Welp, it's been a while, so here I am again. The latest in awesomeness, people, is also the oldest. Go here: www.datamancer.net, to see what I'm talking about. The first thing I thought of when I saw this was "H.G. Wellsesque". What is it? This guy, among others, takes modern technology and basically Victorianizes it. That's right. Imagine...using typewriter keys with Linux and XP...using a crank to boot up your mahogany encased laptop. Now all they need to do is create a computer that runs entirely on steam power, and H.G. Wells and Jules Verne would be truly proud papas.
Now, we at The Pursuit of Awesome seem to have forgotten the initial mission of this blog. Remember the points system, people? So...comment, rate, and be merry!
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Google Translates into Awesome
Ah, the world wide web: That which connects each one of us to the remotest parts of the world, and vice versa. That which some have claimed will eventually seal the seemingly imminent globalization of the world as we know it, thereby creating a world in which All is one, and One is all...
Ah, Google, that which was invented by a bunch of nerdlings who are now billionaires with gold-diggers giving each other acrylic nail scratches to get at 'em.
And now, Google, in an attempt to fulfill that promise which they made to us humble searchers when they began to add extra "original" features to their site(s?) and buying out all our most beloved webspots, has done something extra noble. Something which shall change how we perceive the world and those in it forever. Something that will make concrete that ever impending global philosophy: All is one, and One is all...
What is it, you ask? I give you: Google Translations! Oh yes, surely with this ingenious addition to the Google Empire, the communication barrier will be a thing of the past! All obstacles thus far impeding the success of the information highway will be overcome, and all shall be able to learn from each other's culture until all is one!
For example, take this little tidbit from what appears to be a blog entitled Espacio Filmica: "Lamentably, in Spanish, to pronounce the name of some personajillo of these only supposes arduous task, for more inri with polvorón in the mouth now that are approached… Nevertheless, the brilliant Goscinny worked the names of the personages in French language well, always maintaining games of words simply shining."
Do you see now? Do you? This page, though originally written in Spanish, has been translated into English using advanced Google programming. And what can we learn from this example? I'll tell you! It's just no wonder we couldn't understand this garble, as even when translated by the experts at Google, nothing said in foreign language makes any sense. Now that Google has revealed this truth to the world, everyone will inevitably decide to speak the same language, most likely English Webspeak! Colon Right Parentheses!
Nonexistent Reader No. 1: Wow, they're doing satire on this blog now?
Nonexistent Reader No. 2: Maybe it means...satire is awesome? Perhaps??
Ah, Google, that which was invented by a bunch of nerdlings who are now billionaires with gold-diggers giving each other acrylic nail scratches to get at 'em.
And now, Google, in an attempt to fulfill that promise which they made to us humble searchers when they began to add extra "original" features to their site(s?) and buying out all our most beloved webspots, has done something extra noble. Something which shall change how we perceive the world and those in it forever. Something that will make concrete that ever impending global philosophy: All is one, and One is all...
What is it, you ask? I give you: Google Translations! Oh yes, surely with this ingenious addition to the Google Empire, the communication barrier will be a thing of the past! All obstacles thus far impeding the success of the information highway will be overcome, and all shall be able to learn from each other's culture until all is one!
For example, take this little tidbit from what appears to be a blog entitled Espacio Filmica: "Lamentably, in Spanish, to pronounce the name of some personajillo of these only supposes arduous task, for more inri with polvorón in the mouth now that are approached… Nevertheless, the brilliant Goscinny worked the names of the personages in French language well, always maintaining games of words simply shining."
Do you see now? Do you? This page, though originally written in Spanish, has been translated into English using advanced Google programming. And what can we learn from this example? I'll tell you! It's just no wonder we couldn't understand this garble, as even when translated by the experts at Google, nothing said in foreign language makes any sense. Now that Google has revealed this truth to the world, everyone will inevitably decide to speak the same language, most likely English Webspeak! Colon Right Parentheses!
Nonexistent Reader No. 1: Wow, they're doing satire on this blog now?
Nonexistent Reader No. 2: Maybe it means...satire is awesome? Perhaps??
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Arena (Anthem) Rock
If you are looking to rock out (and if you are not, I simply do not wish to know you, sir or perhaps lady), but are not sure how best to proceed, you should familiarize yourself with the following awesome entry. Maybe you have an upcoming road trip? barbecue? funeral you'd like to liven up? In any case, your answer is the most awesome genre of music ever conceived: Arena rock, also known as anthem rock. It's characterized by its "big" sound (achieved by layering vocals, layering guitar tracks or having two or more guitars, as well as cowbell, keyboards, and sundry other instruments) and its majorly awesome singability. It's generally upbeat. Frequently it's self-conscious, referencing rocking within the actual song (for example, Ted Nugent's "Free-For-All" or Twisted Sister's "I Wanna Rock"). Often it has helpful suggestions for how best to rock (for example, Metal Health's "Bang Your Head," almost a how-to for the rocker initiate). The one thing it always is, though, is Awesome.
Here's a sample playlist.
1. Roll with the Changes (REO Speedwagon)
2. Hold the Line (Toto)
3. I Want You to Want Me (Cheap Trick) You have to get the live version, so you can say the line with him at the beginning- he doesn't sing it, he just says it in this I'm-trying-to-be-reasonable-with-you tone: "I want YOU, to want ME." Then the drums start.
4. Peace of Mind (Boston) This may be the pinnacle of the genre.
5. Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns & Roses) Never has such a sad subject been shredded to SO HARD. Singing along is a must, so make ready the throat lozenges. And remember, the part where he goes "NOW-NOW-NOW-NOW-NOW-NOW NOOW" starts at five minutes twenty-nine seconds in.
6. Carry on Wayward Son (Kansas)
7. Don't Bring Me Down (Electric Light Orchestra) Don't bring me dooooooown/ rooosh? It's not important what that means. What matters is it's fun to say.
8. Any Way You Want It (Journey) Man, this song is great. While we're on the subject of Journey, as long as you don't take yourself too seriously, you could replace this entry with "Don't Stop Believin'" and rock just as hard if not harder. I cannot recommend for this playlist, however, the song "Faithfully," no matter how fun you find it to sing "I get the joy of redisCOVERing you!!" It would only bring us down (see #7).
9. Barracuda (Heart) You can fudge most of the lines if you get the tune right, but make sure your timing's accurate for the "ooooh....Barracu-da!" part.
10. Mr. Roboto (Styx) The words are easy to memorize and sing along to, but that's not the best part: this is possibly the most physically involving song on the list. You got your air drums, your air keyboard, AND your requisite robot dance at the beginning where the synthesized voice is going "Domo arrigoto, Mr. Roboto, domo."
Well, there you have it: you're well on your way to rocking to the most awesome genre of music ever conceived. But rock safely.
for more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_rock
Here's a sample playlist.
1. Roll with the Changes (REO Speedwagon)
2. Hold the Line (Toto)
3. I Want You to Want Me (Cheap Trick) You have to get the live version, so you can say the line with him at the beginning- he doesn't sing it, he just says it in this I'm-trying-to-be-reasonable-with-you tone: "I want YOU, to want ME." Then the drums start.
4. Peace of Mind (Boston) This may be the pinnacle of the genre.
5. Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns & Roses) Never has such a sad subject been shredded to SO HARD. Singing along is a must, so make ready the throat lozenges. And remember, the part where he goes "NOW-NOW-NOW-NOW-NOW-NOW NOOW" starts at five minutes twenty-nine seconds in.
6. Carry on Wayward Son (Kansas)
7. Don't Bring Me Down (Electric Light Orchestra) Don't bring me dooooooown/ rooosh? It's not important what that means. What matters is it's fun to say.
8. Any Way You Want It (Journey) Man, this song is great. While we're on the subject of Journey, as long as you don't take yourself too seriously, you could replace this entry with "Don't Stop Believin'" and rock just as hard if not harder. I cannot recommend for this playlist, however, the song "Faithfully," no matter how fun you find it to sing "I get the joy of redisCOVERing you!!" It would only bring us down (see #7).
9. Barracuda (Heart) You can fudge most of the lines if you get the tune right, but make sure your timing's accurate for the "ooooh....Barracu-da!" part.
10. Mr. Roboto (Styx) The words are easy to memorize and sing along to, but that's not the best part: this is possibly the most physically involving song on the list. You got your air drums, your air keyboard, AND your requisite robot dance at the beginning where the synthesized voice is going "Domo arrigoto, Mr. Roboto, domo."
Well, there you have it: you're well on your way to rocking to the most awesome genre of music ever conceived. But rock safely.
for more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_rock
Monday, July 2, 2007
NEW AUTHOR
Guess who finally got their act together!
If you guessed the Pursuit of Awesome's awesome new author then, yippee for you! You are correct. She will begin posting things promptly, and, as a fairly competent writer, will maybe bring a touch of class heretofore unseen on within this blog.
Maybe.
You will have to check back Tuesday to find out.
If you guessed the Pursuit of Awesome's awesome new author then, yippee for you! You are correct. She will begin posting things promptly, and, as a fairly competent writer, will maybe bring a touch of class heretofore unseen on within this blog.
Maybe.
You will have to check back Tuesday to find out.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
The Amazing T-Qualizer
This Shirt has actually gone and blown my mind. Not only does it have a graphic equalizer on the front of it (which GLOWS) but it is a fully functioning graphic equalizer. Yep. The glowing t-shirt dynamically changes with any ambient sound or music! Dynamically! Each sound bar reacts differently depending on sound frequency. This is possible because of science. Also a little battery pack hidden away in a discreet pocket inside the shirt.
Come on, now, everyone. This is rad. I am waiting for mine to arrive in the mail and will include any further details in along with the next bit of awesome in my next post. You can look at the entire description and even order the shirt here.
Water--Get Into It
Yes, water. Water is quite awesome. You are over 70% water, so you are automatically over 70% awesome. Congratulations! Water is a funny little molecule...
Water is made of 2 Hydrogen atoms bonded with one oxygen atom. Think about this: Hydrogen and Oxygen = 2 extremely flammable gases on their own; however, combined they serve to create the water to douse these very flames!
Water expands when it gets colder! Think that's weird? Its SOLID form FLOATS on its LIQUID form! That my friend, is the very definition (No. 17) of awesome.
Water is part of living organisms. Water is a breeding ground for NEW life. Water is essential to life. And life, my friend, is awesome.
Water is made of 2 Hydrogen atoms bonded with one oxygen atom. Think about this: Hydrogen and Oxygen = 2 extremely flammable gases on their own; however, combined they serve to create the water to douse these very flames!
Water expands when it gets colder! Think that's weird? Its SOLID form FLOATS on its LIQUID form! That my friend, is the very definition (No. 17) of awesome.
Water is part of living organisms. Water is a breeding ground for NEW life. Water is essential to life. And life, my friend, is awesome.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Me
Yes, me. I'm me, and I get to be on this blog because me is awesome.
Ok, done with that. Anyway, my contribution to this awesome blog today is this website: www.everytopicintheuniverseexceptchickens.com . Go there. Read. Be educated. Vandalize information on chickens.
I would also like to add that the slugs on "Flushed Away" are also awesome, particularly the one who says "High-Five!", even if our host here has never seen the movie.
Ok, done with that. Anyway, my contribution to this awesome blog today is this website: www.everytopicintheuniverseexceptchickens.com . Go there. Read. Be educated. Vandalize information on chickens.
I would also like to add that the slugs on "Flushed Away" are also awesome, particularly the one who says "High-Five!", even if our host here has never seen the movie.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
NEW AUTHOR
Hey everyone guess what!
The PURSUIT OF AWESOME has a new author! Shes pretty cool. Her name is Asia and she also writes the blog called "Asia's Personal Chronological Log of Thoughts". You should read it. Its good times!
So maybe with a few writers on hand to search for and post awesome stuff this thing will get updated a little more often. I sure hope so!
Watch for more authors soon, IF THEY CAN GET THEIR ACTS TOGETHER
The PURSUIT OF AWESOME has a new author! Shes pretty cool. Her name is Asia and she also writes the blog called "Asia's Personal Chronological Log of Thoughts". You should read it. Its good times!
So maybe with a few writers on hand to search for and post awesome stuff this thing will get updated a little more often. I sure hope so!
Watch for more authors soon, IF THEY CAN GET THEIR ACTS TOGETHER
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Dinosaur comics
Yay for all of us, for the first installment of awesome things is here!
The first awesome thing here is the web comic "Dinosaur Comics". For those of you who have never heard of Dinosaur Comics, it is web comic written by a Mr. Ryan North, and features the witty converssations between the main character, T-Rex, and his dinosaur pals. The artwork rarely changes, which, I won't lie, enhances its awesomeness considerably. There are rare occasions, when the artwork does change, such as during a guest week, or during the mirror universe plot, when the same artwork was used, and it was just reversed.
Dinosaur Comics is one of the funniest comics on the whole internet, in my opinion, and easily falls into the "awesome" category that we are looking for here. The comics particular level of awesome delivers a solid FIFTY awesome points. So we are now at, um, FIFTY awesome points, total.
You can read Ryan Norths web comic DINOSAUR COMICS by clicking here
Or, you can use the links in the box to the right, which displays the five most recent dinosaur comics to be published. I will leave these up until people tell me they don't like it or until I get bored of it. Good Times!
The first awesome thing here is the web comic "Dinosaur Comics". For those of you who have never heard of Dinosaur Comics, it is web comic written by a Mr. Ryan North, and features the witty converssations between the main character, T-Rex, and his dinosaur pals. The artwork rarely changes, which, I won't lie, enhances its awesomeness considerably. There are rare occasions, when the artwork does change, such as during a guest week, or during the mirror universe plot, when the same artwork was used, and it was just reversed.
Dinosaur Comics is one of the funniest comics on the whole internet, in my opinion, and easily falls into the "awesome" category that we are looking for here. The comics particular level of awesome delivers a solid FIFTY awesome points. So we are now at, um, FIFTY awesome points, total.
You can read Ryan Norths web comic DINOSAUR COMICS by clicking here
Or, you can use the links in the box to the right, which displays the five most recent dinosaur comics to be published. I will leave these up until people tell me they don't like it or until I get bored of it. Good Times!
PURSUING AWESOME
Congratulations dudes and ladies! You have just entered into one of the greatest blogs of all time. Sure, it might not be that great now, at this time, what with this one measly post, but remember, I said OF ALL TIME. So while it might not be the greatest right now, it will soon grow in fantasticality (primarily be introducing useful words like fantasticality) until it surpasses every other blog of all time.
How can I be so sure of this, you ask? look at title of this blog. Yeah, thats right. THE PURSUIT OF AWESOME. The ENTIRE POINT of this page is to look for and find things, actions, ideas, people, names, words, stories, websites, foods, drinks, and whatever else we think of that is, of course awesome. As more awesome stuff is found, this page's awesome points will grow, until we have surpassed every other web log in existence, now and in the future.
So here is how its going to work: you will come here looking for things that are awesome. You will be amazed at first but then probably get used to finding, yes, things that are awesome. An awesome-point value will be given to every item, a point value decided upon by an expert panel of judges (Me, and probably a friend or two). We will keep track of the points we have earned and post the new total with each post.
If you have seen something or have an idea for something that is sufficiently awesome, then I would love to hear about it. Email it to me at locke_icomeanon@yahoo.com and with some help we will soon have, truly, the most awesome page of all time.
How can I be so sure of this, you ask? look at title of this blog. Yeah, thats right. THE PURSUIT OF AWESOME. The ENTIRE POINT of this page is to look for and find things, actions, ideas, people, names, words, stories, websites, foods, drinks, and whatever else we think of that is, of course awesome. As more awesome stuff is found, this page's awesome points will grow, until we have surpassed every other web log in existence, now and in the future.
So here is how its going to work: you will come here looking for things that are awesome. You will be amazed at first but then probably get used to finding, yes, things that are awesome. An awesome-point value will be given to every item, a point value decided upon by an expert panel of judges (Me, and probably a friend or two). We will keep track of the points we have earned and post the new total with each post.
If you have seen something or have an idea for something that is sufficiently awesome, then I would love to hear about it. Email it to me at locke_icomeanon@yahoo.com and with some help we will soon have, truly, the most awesome page of all time.
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