SparksD2145 - AutoDevote

Hey! I freaking love your music. Sometimes I'll doodle around in flash and other stuff and I was wondering if it would be alright with you if I used a song or two from you? I would obviously give you credit and have links back to you in the flashes and anything else. Just wondering!

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:02:00 -0500

Absolutely :) Have at it!

dem-queer-animals: fluffalicious: brb violently sobbing did...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:31:44 -0500

fluffalicious:

brb violently sobbing

did AT just describe love in a completely gender neutral and non-religious way

oh man

i’m sorry to burst your bubble.

(probably the best execution of that joke)

It’s also a play on how others can interrupt the love two people (any two people, mind you) can feel for each other. Adventure Time does this frustrating thing where it makes a remarkable point, but does so in the form of a joke; in retrospect it is a young adult’s show and that’s how it should be.

It just bothers me sometimes? Does anyone else feel that?

nprfreshair: Graphic design for science nerds or science for...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:57:19 -0500

nprfreshair:

Graphic design for science nerds or science for graphic design nerds?

Graphics by Kapil Bhagat.

via I Fu*king Love Science

chartier: Google wants to sell you a web browser. It happens...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:52:22 -0600

chartier:

Google wants to sell you a web browser.

It happens to include a keyboard.

It costs $1,300.

Enjoy!

I thought you might have been joking until I went to the link. I’m not sure what exactly Google is thinking/hoping-for but I suppose building a $1000+ Chromebook is one way to earn revenue. I mean, I’m all for ChromeOS as both a developer and an enthusiast but building a machine that defies the very principle of ChromeOS’s existence (namely, a low cost operating system based on Google Chrome and it’s spectacular v8 engine at the price of compatibility) seems very counter - active. I can’t imagine it would compare well to alternate solutions with greater capabilities, but I suppose it can be compared to Microsoft’s current predicament with the surface rt: if the surface rt fails as the premier, flagship product, it will take windows rt with it.

~= HOMESTUCK MUSIC RADIO STATION =~

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:32:03 -0600

~= HOMESTUCK MUSIC RADIO STATION =~: konec0: iarekylew00t: Listen to all the Homestuck Music your...

wellmanicuredman: maderr: 30secondstocalifornia: Can we just...

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:24:00 -0600

wellmanicuredman:

maderr:

30secondstocalifornia:

Can we just observe when he says “communicate their feelings and just enjoy each other’s company” what we see is people just staring on their phones. No one is interacting with another person.

Aren’t we mindless zombies already?

I’m seriously tired of the message ‘technology has made us all zombies and we don’t talk to each other anymore’. Yes, there are serious problems. Yes, there is a large amount of room for improvement.

But you know what I did before technology? You know what I did before I had a phone?

Nothing. When I was in school I brought novels with me every day and I read them. I didn’t talk. I managed to make a few friends and only had fun with them because they forced me to do things that I hated. I don’t like parties and clubs and other stuff, every single bit of that was hell for me, because I like quiet and suck at conversation and places like that were nothing but balls of stress to me.

If not for technology, I would still be a miserable pile of constant anxiety, afraid to break out of a routine for fear I’d do/say something wrong and stupid. I never talked or socialized and when I did muster up the nerve to speak it was always awkward or too blunt. I became known as a cold-hearted bitch who was mean to everyone, even though what I mostly did was go home and cry and call myself stupid.

Computers changed all of that for me, showed me for the first time that there were people like me. The better tech got, the more I opened up. But I still was pretty alone when not around people I knew, because I’m not a talker, not really.

Chatting online - chat rooms, emails, lj comms, fanfiction, all of that taught me how to be social. All of that helped me be braver, made me more willing to talk to people anywhere, everywhere. It’s less overwhelming to me now to have to go into a strange room and talk to people. I don’t go deer in the headlights now when someone randomly starts talking to me.

My phone also helps when I’m being harassed. Back when I didn’t have a phone, if the nutjobs on the bus or in the airport started harassing me, I had no choice but to endure it until it was over or try to say something or just leave and risk whatever the fuck happened next. Now? I always have my phone. I can always call and say ‘talk to me so this person leaves me alone’. I can text someone to come rescue me at the bar. I can fucking call for help at the drop of a dime if I have to. Airports are no longer a terrifying place where I will be stuck for hours with no one to talk to unless I want to risk an uncomfortable, even dangerous, situation.

Technology made me more aware of the problems and challenges that other people face. It showed me a broader world. It’s made me more patient with people, it’s made me more determined to remember that you never know what someone is going through.

If not for technology, I never would have been brave enough to try writing. I doubt I’d be an author right now. I certainly never would have met this crazy chick who was living in Vermont and was just as miserable as me. I never would have emailed her every morning and night and texted all through work and wound up with my best friend and current roommate slash business partner.

So don’t fucking tell me that technology is turning us into zombies that don’t communicate.

And people don’t just enjoy each other? that’s such bullshit. I was at a concert just a couple days ago. The radio was playing while they waited for the show to start, and Gangnam Style came on. The entire fucking building exploded with people dancing and cheering and laughing and having a good time together for no reason more than we were all amused as fuck that song came on the radio.

I see that kind of thing happen all the time. We’ll randomly be talking about something on someone’s phone at a restaurant and the waiter will chip in because he recognizes it. I’ve shot the shit with so many people over something that was happening on someone’s phone. People I may not have talked to otherwise.

Technology is quite literally one of the main reasons I live a brighter, louder, happier life than I would have otherwise. Like goddamn hell am I a zombie.

^^^

Seriously, tired as fucking shit of neo-luddite bullshit

also how many of the people who reblogged this photoset regularly communicate with people through the internet? oh, all of them? ok

Happy Birthday, to the Vriska in this chat :)

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:58:35 -0600

Happy Birthday, to the Vriska in this chat :)

As of a few days ago (the twenty-third), Rectify is officially a...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:47:00 -0600

As of a few days ago (the twenty-third), Rectify is officially a year older. My fan animation is two years old as of the 9th.

Thank you, all of you who have listened, for listening.

-SparksD2145 (AutoDevote)

italicised: hatefucking: ofthebrokenheartedangel: Awesome...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:08:36 -0600

italicised:

hatefucking:

ofthebrokenheartedangel:

Awesome protests erupted in my school today. Our student council planned a “fun” game for valentines day. They handed out paper hearts to every girl at the beginning of the day. Only the girls. If a girl speaks to a guy through the duration of the day, she has to give him her heart. Guys get five raffle tickets for every heart they collect. Girls cannot collect hearts, they only have one to give away, and guys do not have to give away anything. A gay male asked for a heart to give away to participate and was told no.

Some girls have taken this as an invitation to say things such as, quoted from twitter, “keeping the whores from talking today haha.” And boasting about “keeping their heart and not being a whore.” This has turned into an excuse to shame each other for talking to guys. And for what? A valentines game?

Rather than writing their names on the hearts and giving them away, many girls have written notes of protest on the paper hearts and are wearing them proudly as they associate with whoever they please and refuse to give the heart away.

Proud of some of the people in my school today.

males are rewarded for collecting female “hearts” and are encouraged to collect as many as they possibly can, but females are only allowed to have one heart to give away, and when they give it away they’re not allowed to play anymore

the correlation of “hearts” to how virginity/sex is treated in society is kind of eerie and definitely sexist

Wow, that’s disgusting.

lizawithazed: skepticalavenger: anonymous-atheist: A man...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:00:00 -0600

lizawithazed:

skepticalavenger:

anonymous-atheist:

A man stopped by the Applebees that fired that waitress for posting the receipt from a pastor who didn’t want to give her a tip. This was the letter he left. It reads:

Dear Applebee’s:

Let me cut to the chase: I find your termination of Ms. Chelsea Welch (an otherwise excellent and hard working employee) downright deplorable and appalling. As far as I’m concerned, she did absolutely NOTHING “wrong” when posting the image of that receipt with that insulting comment made by the customer Pastor Alois Bell.

First off, there was absolutely nothing mentioned in the employee handbook admonishing this kind of behavior, but more importantly (if you wish to argue otherwise) just how much “personal information” could have possibly been divulged to the public just by the customer’s signature? NOWHERE was the customer’s full name, credit card information, address or even YOUR restaurant’s name indicated on the photograph of that receipt which is far more incriminating and potentially damaging information than just a signature alone.

How is a mere signature going to help a criminal commit an act of identity theft? Local health inspectors and fire/safety inspectors have their signatures prominently displayed on certificates posted publicly by restaurants like yours… can THEY complain that you publicly displayed their “private information”?

As far as I’m concerned the only “damage” done was to the pastor’s shallow and “precious” ego. Nothing more, nothing less. She could’ve have simply ignored the post, not said anything and just went on with her cheap and inconsiderate, stingy ways. No one would’ve been the wiser. But no. She HAD to complain to the manager and have an otherwise fantastic employee fired simply because she was embarrassed.

Ms. Welch did absolutely NOTHING to publicly embarrass/humiliate her…. MS. BELL DID. And cared more about her ego than actually righting a wrong and offering to not only fairly tip what was rightfully due to Ms. Welch, but fight to get her re-hired. Ms. Alois Bell, the pathetic excuse of a human being she is, did absolutely NONE of that… and YOUR company has the NERVE to stand by her side???

As a part time pizza delivery driver myself, I KNOW first hand what its like to work for a less than minimum wage depending almost entirely on tips just to pay basic necessities such as food and rent. Yeah, I get the “average” principle and try not to take the occasional stuff so seriously, however, on some really bad days when I have runs that I have to drive far, using MY personal vehicle and MY personal gas, and get nothing, its not only very frustrating but completely unfair that I get taxed at federal minimum wage rate when [I’m] actually making LESS in that hour delivering to these inconsiderate customers who have no clue as to what SERVICE is all about. Essentially getting taxed on money that I’m NOT making. And THIS is what your company CONDONES and is PROUD OF?!?!?!

Long story short: I have come to your Easy Brunswick/Milltown restaurant NOT to order anything…but to simply use the restroom, get my complimentary water with lemon and just LEAVE but not without generously tipping your server for doing nothing more than bringing me menus and water.

Furthermore I promised the server that should this letter appear online and go viral, that I’ll be returning to the store and DOUBLING his/her tip. And since he/she has my full permission and consent to post this letter online with MY NAME and signature fully visible, there isn’t ANYTHING that you can do about it.

Yours very sincerely and respectfully,

A now FORMER customer of yours,

Michael T. Zybura (attached $10)

(source)

Well, let’s make this thing go viral then. :)

….an example of both having the means to and actually enacting positive actvism

I am helpless as I watch malicious attacks that use my videos and creations against the users of...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:11:00 -0600

I am helpless as I watch malicious attacks that use my videos and creations against the users of...

lizawithazed: fishingboatproceeds: studyandlove: www.google.ca...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:10:40 -0600

lizawithazed:

fishingboatproceeds:

studyandlove:

www.google.ca takes the time to commemorate the Canadian penny as it officially heads into retirement starting today.

There’s still about 6 million in circulation so there’s no way of knowing how long until they are phased out completely, but the government estimates scrapping the coin will save them about 11 million dollars a year.

Congratulations, Canada, for acting rationally.

You are not just America’s hat. In this way and many others, you are America’s wise and resource-rich uncle whom just as a reminder we could conquer at any time.

uh-huh. yeah. because that went so well for you before. You really wanna rebuild that damn thing a third time? Be out fucking guest. ;P

Thank you.

I would rant about the proper teaching of historical events, or specifically the lack thereof in my local education system, but a simple ‘thank you’ might suffice to say everything on my mind.

I realize the casual nature of the posts, no need to point it out. Merely a moment of reflection on my part; pay me no mind and carry on.

Hey! I love your music. Keep it up!

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:36:00 -0600

I’m glad you like it! I’ll do my best to keep momentum!

Do you have a soundcloud or bandcamp where I could download your music? It's super amazinggg

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:36:00 -0600

I sure do! All of my music is freely downloadable, you’ll find my latest works over at...

Hey, for the track Mjollnir, what's that a remix of? I can't seem to remember and its driving me crazy!

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:53:32 -0600

I’m glad that you asked! Mjollnir is a remix of two much older songs. The first is...

Based on Firefly Cloud of the One Year Older album and done by...

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:34:53 -0600

Based on Firefly Cloud of the One Year Older album and done by ‘request’, Electric Fireflies capitalizes on the soft piano twill to bring the familiar Doctor and Showtime mixes together in a way that was difficult for me to capture previously. I believe it turned out pretty great, but I’ll let you be the judge of that. :)

The experimental but in-progress product of a few minutes of...

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:36:14 -0600

The experimental but in-progress product of a few minutes of imagination. Based on Firefly Cloud, of the One Year Older album.

Have you heard the song Firefly Cloud from the Homestuck Album 'One Year Older'? I feel like you could make an AMAZING remix of it. You don't have to, but, I can just imagine the amazing things you could make with it.

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:25:00 -0600

I haven’t heard it before, but now that I have, I see quite the monstrous amount of...

Control, from the Identity album, without vocals

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:58:00 -0600

Control, from the Identity album, without vocals

sugercube75: zoophobiacrazies: GUYS SOMEONE REDID TOY...

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:24:11 -0600

sugercube75:

zoophobiacrazies:

GUYS

SOMEONE

REDID TOY STORY

WITH ACTUAL TOYS

THE WHOLE MOVIE

A+++++ FOR FUCKING EFFORT MAN

perfection