Monday, February 21, 2005
How a Blog can eat my Words.
i wonder at the state of the creative world when the machine is used to record every thoughts that roll around in our heads. Journals used to be the tool to muse or amuse one self with. Journals were personal tools that were very private and only released after the death of that person. The person in question had to be, of some high status or no one would care. How many John Doe's do you know whose journal has been released in hardback or paperback even? I only know of one such case, and that is Anne Frank. I guess there are probably more but not at the rate that are coming out now. But i can go get Anne Frank journals, her thoughts can be in my hands, I can flip through it. I can hold it close or very far away. I can store it away for 50 years and read it again, but what if i type up my accounts of the world and then my computer blows. Fuck right. Nothing. anyway this is just the beginning of a bigger thoughts I have.
Hunter S. Thompson Kills himself.
Is it the only act left for him to do. To exit life in a way that was not meant to be. What could of been on his mind when he pulled the trigger? For Fuck Sake Man! Why?
I remember reading Fear and Loathing in High School. I remember being obessed with every thing Hunter S. Thompson. SO many google searches later and so many days in used book stores help me understand that I was not the only one that found his so interesting. I guess part of it is the rebel in all of us enjoying his nasty contempt for anything normal or any laws what so ever. the other part has to do with the drugs. As a teenagers drugs lit. is big, because you know very little about that kind of life and it so fun to read about the crazy things that happen from the safety of you bedroom. Fuck man
He will be missed.
I remember reading Fear and Loathing in High School. I remember being obessed with every thing Hunter S. Thompson. SO many google searches later and so many days in used book stores help me understand that I was not the only one that found his so interesting. I guess part of it is the rebel in all of us enjoying his nasty contempt for anything normal or any laws what so ever. the other part has to do with the drugs. As a teenagers drugs lit. is big, because you know very little about that kind of life and it so fun to read about the crazy things that happen from the safety of you bedroom. Fuck man
He will be missed.
Saturday, February 12, 2005
Bloggers kills Blogger over not using spell check
Springfield, Or Feb. 12, 2005 (AP.)
Cyberspace is reeling today after reports of the murder/suicide of two bloggers. Officials say The murder took place just after 4 am Thursday night in a small town south of Eugene Oregon.
Police are still inveragating the events and very little information has been released, but what is known is that a Caucasian male was found dead on the floor of his home office. The body was found by his roommate who claims that his mouse was wrap around his neck and his face was laying face down. Police belive that he was chocked by the mouse and then beaten with his keyboard which was found laying next to him. The victim has been indenitifed as Ivan Staggerson,24, a web designer and part-time ebay auctioneer. Staggerson, also ran a popular blog site and was known across the web.
Police were wrapping up this biazzre death when not more then two hours later they were called to the scene of a second death, that of another Caucasian male. This man was also found with his computer mouse wrap around his neck, but was believe to have died for a bullet wound to the head. Police had first beleive that this also was a murder until a sucide note was found. The note was not written on paper, but on the blog site of Staggerson. The male known to friends as Tech was born Derek Douglas. Douglas, also 24. He lived in the attic of his parents, Barbara and Ray Douglas. "He was unemployed and spent most of his day on the net" friend of the family say. The Douglas' had heard the gun shot early Friday morning and called the police, believing their was a shooting down the street. Policet found nothing until another call reported hearing the shot from the Douglas' house.
The police entered the attic to find Derek face down on his desk, dead. The computer had been destroyed and the room was a mess. Police were flooded with emails and phone calls stating that the note was on Staggerson's site. The note has now been take down from the site, but sources say it included key evidence to the murder and to the possible motive.
Even though the note was taken down on the original blog site, the note and it contents are generating numerous hits across the blog world. David Laypeck, of Wire Magazine believes this is the first in what could be a string of blog related violence and deaths. "This is only news to Americans, in Japan and Europe, this kind of thing is happen daily. Blogs are not just a Fad, there are becoming a institution."
Just this week more people have lost their jobs due to comments made on personal blogs. In Japan, there is a real problem with people using the internet or blogs to plan group suicide. In Germany last year a man was arrested after killing and eating a man that he found over the internet.
Laypeck believes "This Tech was not just a random psycho, he had a big time blog site and so did the murder victim. It is rumored that the murder might have been over the non use of spell check. Tech was really adamant about Bloggers taking themselves seriously. He was known to send blog sites two to three page rants about the little things.... He was not very liked in the blog world."
Police have not connected the two deaths but have placed Tech as their lead suspect. Police are asking all who might have visited the blogs in the past week to contact them with any info that might help understand what happened.
Cyberspace is reeling today after reports of the murder/suicide of two bloggers. Officials say The murder took place just after 4 am Thursday night in a small town south of Eugene Oregon.
Police are still inveragating the events and very little information has been released, but what is known is that a Caucasian male was found dead on the floor of his home office. The body was found by his roommate who claims that his mouse was wrap around his neck and his face was laying face down. Police belive that he was chocked by the mouse and then beaten with his keyboard which was found laying next to him. The victim has been indenitifed as Ivan Staggerson,24, a web designer and part-time ebay auctioneer. Staggerson, also ran a popular blog site and was known across the web.
Police were wrapping up this biazzre death when not more then two hours later they were called to the scene of a second death, that of another Caucasian male. This man was also found with his computer mouse wrap around his neck, but was believe to have died for a bullet wound to the head. Police had first beleive that this also was a murder until a sucide note was found. The note was not written on paper, but on the blog site of Staggerson. The male known to friends as Tech was born Derek Douglas. Douglas, also 24. He lived in the attic of his parents, Barbara and Ray Douglas. "He was unemployed and spent most of his day on the net" friend of the family say. The Douglas' had heard the gun shot early Friday morning and called the police, believing their was a shooting down the street. Policet found nothing until another call reported hearing the shot from the Douglas' house.
The police entered the attic to find Derek face down on his desk, dead. The computer had been destroyed and the room was a mess. Police were flooded with emails and phone calls stating that the note was on Staggerson's site. The note has now been take down from the site, but sources say it included key evidence to the murder and to the possible motive.
Even though the note was taken down on the original blog site, the note and it contents are generating numerous hits across the blog world. David Laypeck, of Wire Magazine believes this is the first in what could be a string of blog related violence and deaths. "This is only news to Americans, in Japan and Europe, this kind of thing is happen daily. Blogs are not just a Fad, there are becoming a institution."
Just this week more people have lost their jobs due to comments made on personal blogs. In Japan, there is a real problem with people using the internet or blogs to plan group suicide. In Germany last year a man was arrested after killing and eating a man that he found over the internet.
Laypeck believes "This Tech was not just a random psycho, he had a big time blog site and so did the murder victim. It is rumored that the murder might have been over the non use of spell check. Tech was really adamant about Bloggers taking themselves seriously. He was known to send blog sites two to three page rants about the little things.... He was not very liked in the blog world."
Police have not connected the two deaths but have placed Tech as their lead suspect. Police are asking all who might have visited the blogs in the past week to contact them with any info that might help understand what happened.
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
The Internet: When Porn was free.
My mom thinks I am a genius when it comes to computers. While I know computer at a good knowledge level, genius is not even close. Why then would she think so highly of me. Mostly because I can copy and paste and make a cd or find something easiler on the internet. This basic knowlegde is still lose to a good amount of people.
They say that you learn the best when we are young. I been attached to a computer for most of my life. So yes, I have learn the common language, am I fluant in computer talk?
NO.
Can I find the bathroom, if I need one?
YES.
Do you remember the green screen apples?
I do. My school had a room full of them. We had math classes where we played Oregon Trail and a game where you are a fish. Then I got in the TAG class, a group of students whom were told that they were talented or worthy of extra schooling. That was fun. We learn about math and how to do basic computer programming, making houses and stars. The computer was just another toy. Then came the Nintendo and Sega. Everyone had one, so every one was getting training.
to be continued......
They say that you learn the best when we are young. I been attached to a computer for most of my life. So yes, I have learn the common language, am I fluant in computer talk?
NO.
Can I find the bathroom, if I need one?
YES.
Do you remember the green screen apples?
I do. My school had a room full of them. We had math classes where we played Oregon Trail and a game where you are a fish. Then I got in the TAG class, a group of students whom were told that they were talented or worthy of extra schooling. That was fun. We learn about math and how to do basic computer programming, making houses and stars. The computer was just another toy. Then came the Nintendo and Sega. Everyone had one, so every one was getting training.
to be continued......
