Twittering Plant
Posted by Qrystal on October 29, 2008 at 12:54.
Category: Miscellany. Tags: horticulture, twitter.
The ThinkGeek Plant Twitter Kit looks like the answer to almost all of my struggles with houseplants! The only thing missing is the option for it to sense if my cat is trying to eat it. Maybe in version 2.0?
Laser Tag – What Fun!
Posted by Qrystal on October 27, 2008 at 11:39.
Category: Life. Tags: fun.
Laser Tag was amazingly fun! We’re all gung-ho about going again.
The arena was big enough to get lost in, and it was all blacklit as shown in the picture here. It was maze-like, with lots of walls and turns and passageways and multiple ramps up to the second [...] Continue Reading…
My First Computer
Posted by Qrystal on October 23, 2008 at 15:54.
Category: Life. Tags: computer, nostalgia.
My first computer was a Radio Shack MC-10. With it, I learned elementary BASIC programming, and I’ve been a geek ever since.
According to my research just now, the MC-10 was released in 1983 but discontinued in 1984, which means I was about five or six years old when [...] Continue Reading…
Career Inventory Test Results
Posted by Qrystal on October 21, 2008 at 14:43.
Category: Life. Tags: .
Yet another personality test that tells me all the stuff I already know, and doesn’t help me decide what to DO about it …. but it’s amusing nonetheless.
Career Inventory Test Results
Extroversion
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46%
Emotional Stability
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70%
Orderliness
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20%
Altruism
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40%
Inquisitiveness
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90%
You are an Architect, possible professions include – strategic planning, writer, staff development, lawyer, architect, software designer, [...] Continue Reading…
Concept Mapping with VUE
Posted by Qrystal on October 17, 2008 at 12:37.
Category: Tools. Tags: computer, mindmapping.
Concept maps are … free form, [with] multiple hubs and clusters [that] can be created, unlike mindmaps which fix on a single conceptual center.
This quote from the concept map article at Wikipedia clearly summarizes why I should’ve been looking at concept mapping all along, instead of trying to constrain [...] Continue Reading…
My Brain Lateralization
Posted by Qrystal on October 17, 2008 at 1:22.
Category: Life. Tags: myself, personality.
Brain Lateralization Test Results
Right Brain (66%) The right hemisphere is the visual, figurative, artistic, and intuitive side of the brain.
Left Brain (38%) The left hemisphere is the logical, articulate, assertive, and practical side of the brain
Are You Right or Left Brained?
personality tests by similarminds.com
I wouldn’t have guessed that I [...] Continue Reading…
I am INTP/INFP/INXP!
Posted by Qrystal on October 17, 2008 at 0:51.
Category: Life. Tags: .
INTP – “Architect”. Greatest precision in thought and language. Can readily discern contradictions and inconsistencies. The world exists primarily to be understood. 3.3% of total population.
Free Jung Personality Test (similar to Myers-Briggs/MBTI)
Deeper analysis told me that I’m actually fairly close to halfway between E and I, as [...] Continue Reading…
Future Voters are Going Green
Posted by Qrystal on October 15, 2008 at 11:24.
Category: Miscellany. Tags: politics.
They probably think their votes won’t change anything, but if enough people do go vote it will change things.
I’m glad to hear that the youth of Canada are gearing up to take their voting duties with pride. In the mock election for school-aged kids, Greens tied the Conservatives, [...] Continue Reading…
F!!k Strategic Voting
Posted by Qrystal on October 10, 2008 at 17:25.
Category: Miscellany. Tags: politics.
I can’t help but agree with this Green Party ad. I also think the NDP should join the Green Party. Jack Layton would make a great Prime Minister though, especially if he had the Green Party behind him. (My riding tends to always vote NDP for the federal election, [...] Continue Reading…
Politicians as Star Wars Characters
Posted by Qrystal on October 6, 2008 at 17:50.
Category: Miscellany. Tags: humour, politics, starwars.
Amusing U.S. politics thread going on at Fark. This one I chose surely betrays my geekiness… but perhaps other people will find other examples they find funnier! Go look!