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Flipbooking central is just my outlet for thoughtful rants and rages. I’ll be talking about things like racism in a lot of my posts.

About me:

I hate discrimination, lack of freedom, censoring, and I support rap, and cheese.

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1. The admin will approve all comments, any not shown are deemed inappropriate.

2. I will be kind and respectful, and I will not spam.

3. I am subject to any amount of editing as the admin likes.

New posts:

Web Browsers: How to pick

Internet Censorship?

12 good ways to choose a pencil

Upcoming Posts:

Grammar

HTML codes

Propaganda and Rants about how the world will end

All Posts:

Web Browsers->View Post

For the Macbook Zealots->View Post

12 good ways to choose a pencil->View Post

People who pretend to care -> View Post

Internet Censorship?-> View Post

Flipbooking Central Message Board->View Post

And more to come!

Internet Censorship?

Well, this is quite a matter. I had already typed this post up, when all of a sudden I pressed “publish” and wallah! Any connections I had to the internet had been severed for about 10 minutes, until I fired up my proxy. The Internet Censoring Filter they use is highly sophisticated, persistent, and effective. Well, anyways, the Chinese government did an interview with BBC.

The Interview

Chinese government said, “We don’t censor the Internet. Really.”

They went on to present BBC as an example, saying

“I know that some colleagues listen to the BBC in their offices from the Webcast. And I’ve heard people say that the BBC is not available in China or that it’s blocked. I’m sure I don’t know why people say this kind of thing. We do not have restrictions at all.”

The BBC world director replied, “I’m glad he listens in Geneva. But if he was in central China, he would not be able to listen on short-wave radio and not be able to read our Web site. This is very well established. (It’s) effectively blocked…and has been for years.”

That’s an outright LIE people! Proven to be by THE SOURCE! The first and not the last piece of evidence I’ll be showing here.

Evidence, tested

Expert sources at Harvard made a massive test of the censorship. They tested 200,000 websites, and 19,302 websites were proven to be blocked, AKA by the government as “having bad connection”. Blocked websites were unaccessible in China, but accessible in USA or through a Proxy/VPN. Such sites included Youtube, Facebook, and some links to Anti_Government sites. That’s a lot of web sites! It can’t be too easy trying to hide all that with propaganda(which I note, the Chinese government uses very well).

My evidence

It would seem that google is blocked half of the time, while Chinese Government controlled Search Engines like Baidu and Bing are almost always open.

Visual Evidence

None of these pictures were photoshopped or changed, only highlighting certain phrases to be looked at.

Connection Reset!

And now I can use Youtube using my Proxy!

And, the Chinese government is spying on me. No surprise there.

Don’t be fooled by their lies and propaganda! Spread the word! Before I get arrested and beaten to a bloody pulp like the rest of them!! Go forth!

Web Browsers: How to pick

note: This post is from my previous blog. This is completely mine. I have no affilation with Apple, Mozilla, Microsoft, etc.

THE BEST WEB BROWSERS YOU CAN GET:
Intro: These are the Web Browsers I found the best. This might help you in a decision on picking a browser, or may change your views. If I forgot some, either
Not important enough, or not good enough
I forgot. Sorry, it happens all the time.

MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER: 2/5 STARS
Pros: Not many, a browser that is very commonly used, mostly among HP users. Not very good. One of the reasons, and perhaps the only reason, that Windows is still used is because of the mass rate at which PC computers/laptops are produced, and they are the default PC browser, I believe.

Cons: Very slow, and clunky, and also extremely prone to falling prey to viruses and harmful software. It seems VERY fast at first, until it gets slower, and slower, and ssllloooowwwweeeerrr. Plus, occasionally, it downloads files without your knowledge.

Aesthetics: Explorer doesn’t look bad, but don’t judge a book by its cover. Or a web Browser’s icons.

FIREFOX INTERNET BROWSER: 4.5/5
Pros: If you are usually going to a website that activates many ads and pop-ups, and you’re not in the mood for many distractions(most of us aren’t) then FireFox is your browser. Also, FireFox 3 has really brought it out, too. Very customizable.

Cons: A little bit slow and clunky, but you can usually count on the condition not getting too much worse, or better. If that is a good thing. Also, FireFox’s “security” usually involves creating a message that says “Do you want to open this? Fire Fox blocked this website from opening.” FireFox has improved quite a bit, but they still have to balance the handling more.
Also, to people who are new to computers, the display can be very frustrating, because FireFox actually shows no indication of loading other than a very small spinning circle. hard to see. And can make a non-tech savvy Firefox installer go insane.

Above, it says Firefox.

Aesthetics: OK looks, but mostly just looks very boring.

SAFARI: MAIN APPLE BROWSER 4.5/5 STARS
Pros: Safari is sort of fast, and usually loads quickly. For an average computer user, Safari is a good choice for you. Safari is also the default used in Apple iDevices. And, if you want to download something, you can count on Safari to get it at first try, and even faster if you go for a second try..

Cons: When it’s slow, it crashes. When it goes bad, it goes horrible.

Aesthetics: Looks very nice, and shiny. Good for someone new to tech.

GOOGLE CHROME: BY GOOGLE 4.5/5 stars

Pros: very nice, extremely fast, and plus, Google is damn smart. They put something there that picks out your favorites(most used), so you can have a direct link to the favorites, rightfully assuming you are going there. Plus, if you don’t want to be caught on a website you were on, you can go Incognito, to be untraceable, not even in history. And if you don’t know how to do this, Google Chrome does it for you!(eventually)

Awesome start Page

Cons: Google Chrome is new, so some software is incompatible with it, so if you are downloading something, your best bet is Safari. It occasionally crashes.

Aesthetics: Very beautiful format, you can change the backgrounds; what else would one need??

In the end, the formatting is about the same, so it’s your choice to decide.

For the Macbook Zealots

This post is originally from my previous blog. It is completely mine.

Macbooks can be known the immense slowing down of applications, the lack of an override-all command. They are notorious for the “rainbow-swirl of death”, compared with the PC’s “blue screen of death.”

My mac is INCREDIBLY slow, compared to that of my classmates, for some reasons, and in the past 2 weeks, I underwent The Arms Race-for Mac.

Publisher’s note: NONE of these can compare to that of simply buying more RAM  or buying a CPU upgrade for your mac.

Tip #1: Mackeeper

Either buy Mackeeper, or download a full version for 15 days as a trial. Mackeeper is almost like a Finder app, that has multiple tabs.

The tabs are:

Update-Tracker

Duplicates Finder

Quick-Cleaner(I cleared over 10 gigabytes using this)

and Log-in items.
In total, I freed up over 26 gigabytes worth of Memory storage on my Mac, in under 7 days.

Download HERE: mackeeper.zeobit.com/download

Tip#2: Desktop

Having a messy, cluttered desktop can be a nuisance. It makes your Mac in general, slower, sluggish, etc. I increased my normal Finder speed by 2x by clearing up my desktop(which I might mention held over 56 items). You can even take every one of your desktop items, and place them in a single folder, to increase speed.

Tip# 3: Dust/Temperature

Dust can often gather up in the fans of your macbook(due to it’s weak spot, between the keyboard and the monitor that exposes the internal fans). This will make your mac slow down, crash, and suffer thecomputer equivalent of a heart attack. Also, temperature can really make your Mac break down. Other than taking your Mac apart piece by piece, you can download this app:

smcFancontrol. Fan control allows you to change the power of your internal fans easily, without damaging your mac. It simply cleans out any dust in your fans AND lowers temperature.

Tip#4 Restart

Macs can slow down with over 8 apps open, and somehow lose battery time, even when your Mac is charged to full extent. This is because you have probably not restarted your computer for a while.

Tip#5 Cut away unused languages

It is doubtful you use all of Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, Spanish, English, German, Irish, Hindu, Ahfgan, etc. languages. Keep the ones you need, and delete those that you don’t. This can be done in System Preferences. (for unchangeable items such as games, use MacKeeper’s Languages Cutter, as well as Wise uninstaller, to get rid of any files left behind)

Tip# 6: Delete unused items

If you have unused screensavers, or documents you have but don’t use, delete them, and back up on hard drives, or MacKeeper’s Backup disk.

Tip# 7 Delete or turn off any unused preference panes.

Apple provides a wide variety of valuable tools, but do you really think you need to use them all? Turn off Universal access and Bluetooth, and you can delete your preference panes in the folder

YourNameHere(example, josh)>>>Library>>>PrefPanes

Tip#8 Delete widgets

You probably have tons of widgets. Yes, it makes one feel giddy to see a dancing gingerbread man when you open the dashboard. But even if you don’t use them, even if you have closed widgets and don’t intend to use it again, it still uses valuable RAM to run them, even when widgets is closed.

And that’s all I have.

12 good ways to choose a pencil

NOTE: THIS POST IS IMPORTED FROM MY PREVIOUS BLOG, SO IT’S NOT COPYRIGHT.

I have always been a bit crazy about my writing utensils. For one thing, I love calling them crafts. A good pen or pencil has more in common with a bringer of art, like a paintbrush, than most people would realize. Good handwriting or skilled draftsmanship is an art. If you take writing or drawing seriously then you need a good tool to help do the job.

The dent in all this is that while I love my mechanical pencils like beautiful instruments most people are only used to the minor luxuries of a $0.10 pencil/pen. When the average student/co-worker has lost their pen they immediately turn to the person closest to them and ask to borrow a pen or a pencil. It seems the most of the population has a stereotope that pens and pencils are part of the public domain. It is common knowledge that you need to offer up your pencil willingly no matter what reasons you may have for keeping it, or how much you treasure your pencil or pen. I have always pondered with that social norm. I carry a high quality mechanical pencil with me almost everywhere I go so I am never forced to use an inferior writing machine.

If you ask me for my pencil, you better not walk off with it.(or else!!) At my desk at work I have an entire pencil case full of horrible pens and pencils that I don’t mind if people steal(which people are always doing). Actually I have several in there that don’t work, or are just plain intolerable. I get a kick out of watching people take a pen out and walk away, planning on stealing it only to return moments later after they find out it is out of ink, and then ask me for a pencil.

Last week my brother commented on my pencil. I told him that I have had it for 5 years now. he seemed baffled by me keeping that pencil so long. But the truth is that I have kept the pencil for so long because it is a great machine. I have come across very few pencils that stand up to my high expectations for a mechanical pencil(and I mean VERY FEW). As I was thinking about this pencil that I cherish I started thinking about all the things that can be wrong with a pencil. Before I knew it I had a list of 12 things that can make or break a good pencil. So here’s the list of 12 things to consider when you are decide to upgrade your writing instrument…

1. What size of lead does it take?
The size of lead that you use comes down to personal preference and the mechanics of how you write. If you have a heavy hand you probably want a thicker lead like .7mm to avoid breakage. If you like a thinner line then go for something thinner. I have always been a fan of .5mm but there is lead even thinner than that. Also keep in mind that lead comes in different hardnesses. The local office store probably only carries HB, but with a little searching you should be able to find harder or softer leads.

2. What does the click feel like?
You want a nice click. This is a little hard to explain, but you will know when it is wrong. When you press the button you want it to resist and then spring down and back. Cheap pencils don’t have the click right. It’s too loose and springy. Did I mention I am obsessive?

3. How far does the lead advance with a single click?
This is critical if you want to avoid breaking your lead. If the lead comes out too far you have to press it back in manually with your finger. If it’s too short you have to click it three times to get the lead far enough out and you have the same problem. A good pencil will push the lead out to a perfect length with two clicks. This is so that when you are writing and need to advance the lead you only have to click it one more time to get a perfect length.

4. Does it have solid construction?
When you press does the lead to the paper is there any movement? When you shake it do you hear anything? A good pencil is solid and should feel well made.

5. What is the lead sleeve like?
The tiny metal tube at the end of the pencil that protects the lead is a critical part of the pencil. Drop the pencil wrong and the tip will get bent or jammed in. Either way your pencil is toast. Higher quality pencils will have a sliding sleeve at the end. When you aren’t writing you can advance the lead and push the lead and sleeve into the pencil where it is safely protected.

6. What is the eraser like?
I never understood why most mechanical pencils come with a tiny little eraser that is almost not worth using. Isn’t that why we are using a pencil instead of a pen – to easily erase mistakes? I like having a fat white eraser at the top of my pencil. It seems that the majority of mechanical pencils have a cap that covers the eraser. While this helps the aesthetics of the pencil it makes it inconvenient to make mistakes.

7. Does it have a good clip?
Plastic clips will eventually break. Metal clips that snap on are fine but they give the pencil a sense of cheapness and lack of design. I good clip will be a part of the pencil extending naturally off the pencil giving you a simple way to attach it to your notebook or pocket.

8. What does it weigh?
Again, this is a personal preference but it can affect how you write. I like the feel of steel over plastic, so I am willing to sacrifice light weight. The weight should be equally distributed or slightly bottom heavy.

9. How does the grip feel?
My preference is for a solid rubber grip and I am amazed how many rubber grips are loose. I can’t stand a grip that slips up the pencil or rotates easily. It’s like riding a bike with a flat tire. The pencil is unresponsive and less accurate. Another mistake is if the grip is too soft. If you need a pillow to grip onto so your fingers don’t get sore then you need to write more.

10. How thick is it?
There are some fat pencils out there that I can’t use. If it is too wide I feel like I can’t control the pencil. The same problem happens when the pencil is too thin. For me the perfect circumference is a little fatter than a normal wooden #2 pencil.

11. How much lead can it hold?
I like to fill my pencils with as much lead as they can hold. I never want to be caught without lead. What do you do in that situation? Ask to borrow someone’s ballpoint? No, I would rather stop everything and find some lead.

12. Is it cool?
The final thing I look for is whether or not it has something unique about it. Is it a unique color? Is the design clean and beautiful? Is it covered in ugly logos and text?
I hope i changed your view on pencils, or I convinced you that i am crazy. good day!