ubuntu, whispers and lies, and the www void.

Super+n in ubuntu inverts colors in compiz. i also learned that super+m inverts the colors of all windows in compiz. the "super" key is usually marked with a little windows icon, a testament to microsoft's monopoly. i got a hold of a little ubuntu sticker that i was able to place over the microsoft icon. i'm not exactly sure when monopolies became okay, but apparently nobody really cares that microsoft is a monopoly. they paid their lobbyists to get off the hook when the u.s. filed an antitrust lawsuit against them. they were ruled a monopoly from what i understand, and paid a fine. of course, the fine is just a scam. i mean where does the money go? heh. nobody knows but the wizard of oz.

i actually figured the super+m key combination on accident, while i was mashing away on super+n. it isn't a perfect fix for the awful white background that is so ubiquitous on the www, but it's better than nothing. i had set up firefox to have a black background with green text, but i recently moved over to the chromium browser in ubuntu, which is in beta, and doesn't support the overwriting of colors. so, yeah, inverting colors with super+n is the solution, at least until people realize that white backgrounds on computers are the suck, which, as far as i'm concerned, is an empirical fact.

so, i did this little experiment on facebook where i decided to remove the filter from my typing hands and my brain, and just go ahead and tell people how i feel. it lasted a day. i mean, i think the realization that the word "friend" on facebook is essentially meaningless. i have no delusions that anybody, yes, nobody, is really my friend on facebook. i mean, why not say the obvious? i never talk to anybody on facebook, and i don't talk to anybody in real life. well, there might be like two real friends. i don't know, it's just kind of dumb, but i'll go ahead and play the game, because it's probably just as dumb to delete all my non-friends from facebook, and have just two real friends on there, which of course will probably last the entire existence of facebook. and i'm really not complaining. i'm just stating a fact. it's not even that big of a deal, it's just kind of funny. it reminds me of this blog called fraudulent living, that just points out the cognitive dissonance that is life. i mean, hey, maybe it won't be like this forever...well...yeah, it probably will be.

at any rate, i decided pure honesty really doesn't work on facebook, but it sure does on blogs! so i went ahead and created a new blog, where i can rant insanely (inanely?) about the general topic of fictional philosophy in a purely honest forum. this includes religion, philosophy, science, and politics, and, of course, my favorite, confessions! i won't be importing this blog into facebook, because, quite frankly i don't think anybody on my facebook will even get it, let alone be remotely interested in it. so yeah, i'll keep importing this blog and just conform to the facebook format of whispers and lies.

i was kind of bummed earlier today because i was watching these videos a few months back that were really creative. they had a person doing a talk, or a lecture, and then someone would draw a story of what they were saying. i even drew some of the art on the website, but i can't remember the name of the site, and i tried searching on google, but couldn't find the website. ah well, hopefully i can find it. the particular talk i was looking for was about how the guilt of consumerism is actually being marketed towards people, like how when you buy a coffee at starbucks you also are buying into feeding the poor, or some green solution or something. anyway, it was a great video, wish i could find it. the worst part about it is i don't even know where i found the videos in the first place. i searched google reader to see if i could find a link, and i checked underlore.com but, nothing. well, i definitely have spent too much time on this, even though it really bugs me. i mean, i have pictures of it, that i drew myself, but i can't remember the site's name. i guess this is my first introduction to the www void. i mean google is working on making the void a little less terrifying, but i think i'm hitting this wall. for instance, i know that of all the computer users out there, that there are probably users (even if it's just a handful of them) that would be interested in my novel and my blog writings. but finding them is such a challenge in the www void, that they might as well not exist from my perspective. well, i just have to keep working at it i guess. i will probably start taking more notes in a notepad. i mean, typing out notes just doesn't have the same kind of reviewing that writing does. anyway, if i do get a hold of that link, i'll of course post it.

all typos were made on purpose :) i don't have time to edit anymore.