Hi Geeky Tai-Tai.
Thank you kindly for your comment.
Facebook verses Blogging
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- Original post on Mick's Page -
Thank you kindly for your comment.
Facebook verses Blogging
- [What ever platform] -
- Original post on Mick's Page -
Believe me I wasn’t knocking My Space or Facebook or any other similar programs and the people who use them nor did I want to give the impression that Facebooker’s [etc] were somehow less intelligent than Bloggers
It is said that Facebook is the acceptable face of blogging - you can reflect your life and personality online without being seen as a 'blogger', which often carries a geeky stigma. I been called many things in my life but never been called a geeky person before. I’m not too happy being stigmatised, me being a blogger I am now smeared by being socially disgraced and that I am and all other bloggers are shameful. Really, let the reader judge for themselves!!!. - [Note: Facebook and similar does carry a bigger security risk then blogging].
Facebook certainly seems to be your ‘thing’ and its good to see that you are using all the facilities to the full, that’s what its all about - good for you. Agreed, a tremendously good way to keep in contact with all your friends and relations. Instant messaging and visual contact as well.
STICKCAM: I don’t use it now so often so its got pushed to the bottom of the ‘things’ I use. The only reason why it’s still installed is that I have a friend out in the Middle East and we occasionally chat, she [like you is a speed typist 100-wpm plus], types and I reply visually, works quite well. Her daughter up in London will occasionally come on line and we chat but that’s not Sickcam but a Mac install program called iChat [fantastic] up to TV quality reproduction and instantaneous pictures, no time delay. - [I am told that iChat will not work on PC’s unless anyone knows better!!!]
I too have a Reader for my blog - [Web page and private internet pages] for the internet programs I have installed, instant notification of a new entry - I like that.
COMPUTER GAMES - [Applications]: I only have two installed on my computer, one came pre-installed and the other I purchased and only because the cost had been reduced from £139.99 to £30.00 - Guess what?. Yes it was is an army/war program, 15-levels of conflict and so far I have only got to level three.
Chess, now that’s a different story. Many years ago now a computer ‘friend’ of mine mentioned he was a chess player so we started to play chess together over the internet. For 12-months I never won a game. I thought I was pretty good at chess because in my youth I was the Southern Area Champion for a year. How come then I never won one game, try as I might, I just couldn’t beat him, I tried everything, setting up a chess board at home spent hours and hours moving pieces around until I thought I had the right move.
After a year of never winning and me giving him much praise with many internet trophies and scrolls of achievement told him I was becoming frustrated and getting damn cross at never winning. He replied “Think about it Mick, think, think, think - why?", I suddenly twigged, it came to me in a flash, the bastard was using his computer to work out the moves. I sent him an e-mail telling him I had worked it out and called him “An old fart and he was ******* & *******". We had a good laugh and I do mean a good laugh, he said, “It got you thinking didn’t it Mick” - that’s for sure. We still play but it’s now computer against computer, overall we are about even in winning. - Good fun. [The bleep button isn’t working too well]
NOTE: I do seem to have opened up a can of worms with my post ‘Facebook verses Blogging’ the number of e-mails I received is amazing and alarming, some with good arguments for and against, some, however are from very sick people who for reasons I can’t fathom out seem to take delight in using gratuitous foul language to explain their points of view, they get binned straight away. For the good ones I thought I would copy and paste a few of them on my blog for visitors to read as well but without the originators permission I will not do so.
Given time I will reply to those who need replying to.
Geeky Tai-Tai once again thank you kindly for your comment.
Your “To each his own -- viva la difference!”, I like that especially the Viva la difference! I like saying that with a heavy French accent - beautiful.
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2 comments:
Well, as always, Mick, you're very welcome for the commentary -- thank you for accepting it! I certainly didn't take offense to your post about Facebook vs. Blogging, and I don't really understand how anyone could! Maybe those people who sent the nasty comments and emails were drunk or something.
As you know, I'm obviously not offended by the term geek either. When I was a kid in school, my own sisters called me a "band freak". They were making fun of me then, but I really didn't care one bit. I loved what I was doing, even if no one else did. Now, they're the ones who are sorry they didn't learn to read music or to play a musical instrument.
I did forget to say in my previous comment that the majority of my Facebook friends are blog buddies whom I've never actually met in RL (real life). You would be one of them :D
Playing Scrabulous with them through Facebook and a few of the other apps, we've gotten to know each other even more. I probably know more about them than I do RL friends, or even family.
My point is, this computer/internet stuff should be fun and enjoyable. Why use applications you're not comfortable or happy using? I see no sense in that.
Hi Geeky Tai-Tai.
Thank you kindly for your comment.
For me some people are just sick and seem to get their kicks from being obnoxious, well I’m A OK on that as long as its not at my expense.
Scrabulous sounds to be a great game to play but really not for me as I can’t spell, my dictionary is the most used book I have.
I am sorry now that I didn’t learn music - [that’s the only the international language in the world] but somehow I couldn’t get my head around it. Playing an instrument, Oh how I wish I could, the comb with a bit paper is just about my limit and I play that badly.
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