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Friday, January 29, 2010

Review: Website WIX

When Geocities was cancelled I felt there was a huge hole in the market for a free , easy to use web builder and web host for casual users and noobs. Then I had just discovered WIX.com almost by fluke , I noticed the link another users webpage , clicked and I am here ... I tested it. Its pretty damn good. I will further test later on my Ubuntu to see if its Linux friendly but why wouldnt it be.

Here's my first sample webpage....
http://www.wix.com/gordy90210/Gordylocke


Wix.com

its free , its WYSIWYG and its full flash!

Pros: Everything. You can embed YOutube , upload pics and music , you can install Paypal if you want a small business web , ...etc Absolutely amazing. The more I screw around with this website the more I fall in love with it.

Superb control panel for web tools , many many toys to play with. It also has more advanced settings if you're an experienced web builder and want to custom set your page. Definitley its noob friendly.

Who would I recommend this for: anybody. Personal web , informational , educational , small business ,..etc I cant say enough.

Cons: Nothing. Its a fair system , you want a full URL and no WIX ad bar ,then pay. The free version is pretty damn good.

You only get 500mb storage space , though considering Geocities offered 15mb per account , this could also be viewed as a "pro". 500mb is great for starters and 1gb bandwidth , which is good for public/private sites with casual traffic.


RATINGS: 9.5/10.. I mean I don't even know why I penalized them .5 for a free web host , website , web builder... its simply amazing and I'm ecstatic this website exist. Its exactly what the market needs , a new "geocities". I guess the one thing is their own ad at the bottom but its bloody free , what do you expect? I wouldn't have found this site if not for that free ad at the bottom of another user. They have typical paid accounts to eliminate the ad and get a personal URL and more space(which isnt as big of a deal as it use to be)

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Fuck Jay Leno

This guy is an overrated douche bag. He's not funny anymore , his comedy expired when I got pubes. Also he's a prick. When Johnny Carson left the Tonight Show it was because he was done with it , when Jay Leno left it was because Jay Leno wanted more money as we learn now. He wanted to reinvent the late night talk show and make it prime time again.. WRONG! you're not the guy thats gonna do it you walking mutant.

He's screwing around with so many people's lives all because he wants his spotlight back. Its not like he would've starved at 10PM ,its just he was fading into a mid tier name , he panicked and pulled the shoot less than a year into it. What a coward. Walk away with your dignity but Leno is gonna turn his non fans into haters like me now.. I just wasnt a fan of his before , now I cant stand his fucking face.

I WILL BOYCOTT JAY LENO FOREVER. Fuck Jay Leno.

I didnt watch his Tonight Show to begin with , definitely ignored his 10PM show.. and now? fuck that shit. LETTERMAN HARDCORE. Maybe in a way I should thank Leno caz I was caught in a bind trying to choose between Letterman and Conan..now its 100% easy choice.

YOu are an moron if you watch Leno , you are a supporter of a snivelling rat if you watch Leno , and quite simply you have no taste in comedy if you watch Leno.. he sucks.

Conan makes statement

What did I tell ya.. notice he has nothing nice to say about the giant chin from hell? notice he's trying to be classy but he's pissed off. Notice how many shows this effects , how many staff members .. all for the arrogant chinhole. Thats right , Im calling him a CHINHOLE. Fucking CHINHOLE Leno.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Why the fuck do we censor swear words still?

I am absolutely miffed that we still censor ourselves from using swear words everywhere and everyone. Seriously swear in front of your kids.. who cares. Let me explain first , you cornhole twat then you can disagree with your stick up the ass way of thinking.

Two of the most popular words in an adults vocabulary are "Fuck" and "Shit" yet they are deemed swear words and forbidden to be used in news print , mainstream television , in everyday public forums ,..etc because they are bad thats what we've been told since we were little.

Lets examine the words and why we need to censor them

Fuck. A street slang term that means to have sex with.. for eg. "I wanna fuck her/him" translates into I wanna have sex with you. So whats the big hub bub? I want to have stick my penis in her vagina... I want to FUck her. Same bloody meaning and Saved myself 15 letters of typing to boot.

Its also morphed into a expressive verb for eg. " HOLY FUCK! THATS FUCKING AWESOME!!!" this PG'd down into " HOLY COW! THATS REALLY AWESOME". Its ok to teach kids that if you're bad you will burn in hell for eternity by this real demon known as Lucifer whom watches you like Santa but its wrong to say Fuck in front of these same kids? really? Seriously do we even know what we are censoring ourselves from nowadays?

Fuck has also taken on the "smurf"ism persona and can be used to replace words to express one's current emotional state. For eg. " Get the FUCK out! you dumb fuck!" .. normally one would say " Please exit the room! you dumb person!" .. when you want ot make a point , you exchange the normal words with Fuck and you have a much more succesful way of expressing yourself. So the word Fuck is even more favourable useage.

So whether you use the word FUCK or not , the content is still there and isnt that what should be censored? Its taboo for me to say "She would be a wicked FUCK" in public but " She would be so wicked having intercourse with"... reallY?

Lets carry on, how about the anti christ of vocabulary.. "SHIT". Its poo. There's no sub context to this word , its just another word for poo. Its an unsanctioned street slang term but its used more than the real words of poo , poop , feces , dung , crap , ...etc There's no hidden meaning in these words to censor them from kids.. its not like the word Fuck or Shit have a hidden meaning of "I am a satan loving , murdering rapist..and Im also lazy and envious of rich people". No , they mean what they mean just like the official words in the dictionary.

"Goddamn" I actually understand and respect that being more a "taboo" or "swear word" because you are calling out a religious figure that is very meaningful to somebody and asking God to condemn something/someone. Basically there's a .... wait for it... CONTEXT to that phrase.

Its the context we should be censoring dont you think? just lift the ban on all swear words. If I said " I wanna Fuck the shit out of her " in front of your kids , would you be pissed at me for simply swearing or would you still be pissed at me caz I said " I wanna copulate her feces out of her anus".. right? its the context. Who cares what words we choose , FUck and shit are just words.

I petition to Webster , Oxford , Ponns , Duden ,... to sanction and accept all swear words as official usable words. We use them anyways why not sanction them. Maybe a med student can write their thesis on " Shit or Fucking" and not be scolded for using words that are more used than the actual words.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Jan. 5 to me

Jan. 5 was the day my dad was killed. 16 years ago , A block from home and it still lingers to a certain degree. I've found my peace and closure but cant deny the feelings. I still miss him and dream about him and wish he could see his grand daughters. I get disappointed in me when I forget to tell my nieces about their grand dad , not that there's a lot to tell , he wasnt a secret agent or a super hero or sort. Nonetheless they should know a little about him.

The older I get the more I morph into him. Which means the more I appreciate him in a time when I didnt and thats what still kills me today. He never knew how much I cared about him. It still eats at me that he died alone on a ambulance thinking nobody cares.

Anyways , my dad was a great man. He never hit me , he never abandoned me , he never abused me , he simply tried his best within himself and whom am I to judge who he is.

As my soul slides down to die.
How could I lose him?
What did I try?
Bit by bit, I've realized
That he was here with me;
I looked into my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.

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- Eric Clapton , My Father's Eyes

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My name is Gord and I blog comic and graphic novel reviews for Horror Happy Hour. Im just a passionate fanboy since the glorious 80s. Im not a writer as you can tell with my butchering of the engrish language just love geeking it up with comics. Horror Happy Hour is a devoted group of horror enthusiasts started on Facebook , website to come.. and I do the comics commentary. Woot woot