Interesting Websites

Through His Webcam, a Boy Joins a Sordid Online World - a teen becomes involved with pornography.

Reality Bytes: Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked (via)

Comparison of Instant Messengers

Podcast Software (Clients)

McChronicles is a blog about McDonalds. It has a link to one of my photos.

Update: IM Multiprotocol Clients - which is better for Windows? Gaim or Trillian? Which uses less resourses?

Voting Clarification/Ideas.

I updated the Voting rules in the post about the contest. I have some more ideas:

I will make a Contest Submissions page and link to member submissions as they are posted.

I was thinking that after our deadline of Feb. 14 we could have two days (until midnight Feb. 16 - Feb. 17 Pacific Time) to vote. You could also vote early.

What do you think?

Header/Logo Contest

We are looking for a new header/logo for our blog. Something artistic and fun that expresses our blog. Stephen's header and Sudman's are examples of headers that look fine with our template.

Rules:

1. Only members of 2 Lazy 2 Blog can submit entries. Anyone can vote on a submission.


2. Multiple submissions are OK.


3. The artwork must be your own or that which you have permission to use. For example: photos with a creative commons (Share alike) licence.


4. The header must look fine at different resolutions. For example I use 800x600 most of the time. I would say 610x150 is a good size to work with. Your art may be bigger but may be resized.


5. Any graphics or text may be used as long as '2 Lazy 2 Blog' is recognizable.


6. Keep the pics clean. :)


7. Only static pictures should be used. Animations can slow loading of the blog.


8. email me the link to your submission. Anonymous submissions are fun!


9. Optional: It would be nice if our motto could be included in the design. Either: "As Sam and Stephen say: we are '2 Lazy 4 A Real Motto'" or just '2 Lazy 4 A Real Motto'.

Deadline: Tuesday February 14, 2006.

Voting:

• Members Vote = 4 points.


• Friends (listed in sidebar) Vote = 2 points.


• Other Votes = 1 point.


• You may vote for more than one submission.


• The submission with the most votes wins.

Prize: Fame and the cherished love of your fellow members. I will mention the winner on my blogs and other members may too. I could include a copy of my demo cd, but I was planning to send it to friends anyway.

What Time Is It?

Many of us have friends in different places and in different timezones. This website lets you know what the time is around the world.

The Legend of E.T.

I found this over at The Skinny. For those that are big into video games, you may have heard about the old E.T. game for the Atari 2600. Maybe you even heard something about them dumping the leftover copies of the game in a landfill because of how bad it was. I remember reading about that somewhere a number of years ago. Anyway, here's a cool music video for the band, Wintergreen (who I never heard of until now), that involves that game.

Attack The Web

I found this link to Netdisaster. It gives you the chance to destroy any website you want using the method of your choice. Some of my personal faves: Mars Attacks, Spilled Coffee, and Dog Poop.

Leon Simpson

Me as a character from "The Simpsons". Check this website to make your own picture.

Fake Blog? --- Valse Blog?

In December I mentioned a blog The Life of Mathew Knightly. I also commented on the blog.

In January the blog seemed different and less believable. The blog also had new member called Sigi. I followed links and checked out Sigi's blogs. I saw a list of the Mock Blogs he maintains. One of them was "Mathew's".

All the links are now changed and "Sigi" has changed his name to "Bizarre.petroglyph". I have some evidence I can post if necessary.

A "mock blog" is a pretend blog. It is made to look real. I think this blogger is doing it to practise his writing and not to be malicious. I am mentioning this because "Mathew" has been commenting on blogs linked in our sidebar. Some of these blogs are written by kids.

If the blog is fake, and the blogger is legitimate, I don't think he should be carrying the charade so far that he is deceiving children on the internet.

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In December vermeldde ik een blog het The Life of Mathew Knightly. Ik gaf ook op blog commentaar.

In Januari scheen blog verschillend en minder geloofwaardig. Blog had ook nieuw lid genoemd Sigi. Ik volgde verbindingen en controleerde Sigi blogs. Ik zag een lijst van Onechte Blogs die hij heeft gehandhaafd. Één van hen was "Mathew". Alle verbindingen worden nu veranderd en "Sigi heeft" zijn naam in "Bizarre.petroglyph" veranderd. Ik heb wat bewijsmateriaal ik kan indien nodig posten.

Een "Mock Blog" is beweert blog. Het wordt gemaakt echt te kijken. Ik denk dit blogger het zijn het schrijven doet uitoefenen en niet kwaadwillig zijn. Ik vermeld dit omdat "Mathew" commentaar heeft op blogs gegeven die in onze sidebar wordt verbonden. Sommige van deze blogs worden geschreven door kinderen.

Als blog vals is, en blogger wettig is, denk ik niet hij charade tot dusver zou moeten dragen dat hij kinderen op Internet bedriegt.

Mars Or Bust!

Mars Rover

At the Planetary Society website there is a simulation of a Mars Rover. You can control it from your computer.

How Much Do You Weigh On Mars?

Find your weight on Mars and other planets.

Annoying Games

This game is annoying while this one is tricky and annoying.

Make A Million Dollars!

I saw this on BBC and found it interesting. This guy made a webpage and is selling space by the pixel. Read his blog.

Choo Choo! Trains Are Fun!

Men wrote a cool post about trains today. This got me thinking about a train game I play called Railroad Tycoon 2. I checked the website of the new version (RT3) and found this really cool train game!

Up in the Sky!!

I posted this on my blog too, but figured I'd spread it around a little more. It's an old Superman cartoon from 1941. I used to watch these back when I was a little kid and can actually remember this exact one. So I hope everybody likes it. Here's the link... Superman: The Mechanical Monsters.

New Cinema

I posted my first Cinema of the year at Firemind. Check it out.

If you know of any videos I haven't posted before let me know.

To The Future

I've been a big fan of the Back to the Future movies for a long time. So I thought this little game was kinda cool, but a little hard too. If you've ever seen the movies, you'll get an idea of what to do pretty quick.

Victoria Webcam

Royal BC Museum - Webcam - looking from the top of the museum northwest toward the Inner Harbour. I pass through this area almost every day. Map.

My Religion

You fit in with: Humanism Your ideals mostly resemble that of a Humanist. Although you do not have a lot of faith, you are devoted to making this world better, in the short time that you have to live. Humanists do not generally believe in an afterlife, and therefore, are committed to making the world a better place for themselves and future generations. 20% spiritual. 60% reason-oriented.

Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

Wild Music And Games

I found a silly music player for kids. The blog I got the link from has lots of game links.

Puzzles

Men has written an interesting post about the "Delta Works". One of the links takes you to some challenging puzzles.

The Map Guy

The Map Guy is a geography blog maintained by a boy and his sister and mother. Check out the sidebar for some cool geography games.

The Never-Ending Story

The Never-Ending Story - is a weird online game you can play and help write. I found it via This Is Tom.

More Blogs

You know me... always poking around the 'net for interesting blogs. These ones may be of interest to 2 Lazy members and readers.


The Disturbed Mind of Aaron Cyr by Aaron

Dark Star is a novel being written by a boy named Willyn.

Music Blog

The only music blog I regularly read is Phony Nowhere. I have been reading invisible thoughts lately. The best of 2005 posts are good.

I Guess I Should Pack Clean Undies

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Seventh Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Low
Level 2 (Lustful)	Very High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Moderate
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Moderate
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	High
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	High
Level 7 (Violent)	Very High
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Moderate

Take the Dante Inferno Hell Test

If only I had such fun.:)

Dear Doctor... Am I Ok?

Disorder	Rating
Paranoid Disorder:	Low
Schizoid Disorder:	Moderate
Schizotypal Disorder:	Moderate
Antisocial Disorder:	Low
Borderline Disorder:	Low
Histrionic Disorder:	Moderate
Narcissistic Disorder:	Moderate
Avoidant Disorder:	Low
Dependent Disorder:	Low
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder:	Moderate
-- Personality Disorder Test - Take It! -- -- Personality Disorders --

via Shogun.

Ayumi!

You're 'A Song for XX'


Which Hamasaki Ayumi Song Are You?
brought to you by Quizilla

Instant Blog Templates

Firdamatic is a fill-in-the-blank template maker. The results are basic and would need tweaking but it is fun to play with.

What Photo Theme?

For those of us who are members of Our Photoblog: Read this post.

Update: the new theme is set and ready for pics. See Our Photoblog.

Linking

Linking can be fun in Blogger. You have to watch what information you put into the pop up box.

Steve I edited your link in your intro. You had an extra word in there that broke the url.

Yor blog is called Ride Fast, Live Slow and your url is http://www.shox101.blogspot.com.

You can link it like this:

http://www.shox101.blogspot.com

or like this:

Ride Fast, Live Slow.

Just copy the url, highlight the word(s) you want to link, and paste the url into the pop up box.

Many people like using words as links rather than bare urls.

This is what the code looks like:

(a href="http://www.shox101.blogspot.com/")Ride Fast, Live Slow(/a) replace the () with <>.

Blogger Help is a useful site.

Hey

Hey guys. I just joined 2 Lazy 2 Blog. My regular blog is www.shox101.blogspot.com.

About Us

About Us:

• This is a group blog with members of all ages.


• We come from different countries, continents, backgrounds, and religions.
• We are becoming a community.

Rules:

• Er... be nice... respect each other. We're not much for rules.

Guidelines:

• Write what you want, when you want.


• There is no minimum requirement.


• This is your blog too.


• We are G to PG rated.


• Disagreements are ok, hurting others feelings, or being rude isn't.


• Members know a lot. Ask if you need help.


• Advertise your own blog projects.

Membership

Members can recommend potential new members. Interested people can email us for more information.

Contest

Motto Contest - was won by Sam and Stephen.

Header/Logo Contest - was won by Fintan.

Mascot Contest - was won by The Masta.

Current Contest - none.

Fun Links

Good Blog Links

I have been cleaning up some of my blogs (I even deleted two!). I found lots of cool stuff in some of the posts. I found these via several different sources.

Button Maker - by Adam Kalsey - The buttons in my sidebar at Firemind were made using this site.

Cool Text - this is a cool online tool to make text banners and buttons. There are lots of fonts and some textures.

squidfingers - patterns

W3Schools Online Web Tutorials - learn CSS and other blog skills.

Brilliant Button Maker - a graphic button maker.

Games

Puppy Curling

Stupid Games

Reindeer Games

Art LInks
I found these two when browsing Links and Things.

Time-lapse Figure Drawing - this is a flash movie showing a drawing being made.

HOW TO: Make a Blog Header Graphic

Tutorials

There are several blog related tutorials at The Demo Blog. I haven't made up a "tutorial" page yet but I plan to.

New Friends

We made some new friends through the blog party. I have been inviting them to become members or "friends". I just added a link to Shogun's blog and hope to add others later. Shogun made a cool 2 Lazy 2 Blog banner to link back to us.

Blog Party Post Updated/Sad News

I just updated the Happy New Year - Blog Party post. I added Men's contribution and then found out his grandma died. Sometimes these things happen.

Update: Fintan's contribution has been linked.