[en] Summer wish challenge
It's summer, school break, some more relaxing, it seems to me like a good time to do some planning for the next 12 months. So here's what I thought of:
Defending a fellow blogger…
Reading the Twitter updates I noticed a link to the article here discussing the blogging/livecasting style of Justine Ezarik or iJustine for those who know her that way. This post is intended as a reply to the article I mentioned in the beginning. I will start by stating that I am a fan of iJustine. That being said let's talk a little about how useful is iJustine's blogging activity.
Leaving aside her beauty and her sometimes excentric behavior we're left with a girl who knows STUFF about technology and gadgets, who gives talks at all kinds of conferences and is an Apple fan. Do you know how that's spelled? It's GEEK, with capital letters. While a lot of her video posts fall in the category of "hey guys, i'm in #location name#" and tend to be just entertaining, some of them sometimes offer some form of useful information (availability of iPhones in stores, good clothing shops, athmosphere at conference x, obvious things not to do while in jungle and so on).
Regarding the fear that iJustine will become a role model for young teenagers, what's the problem? Most of her videos are of a good quality (not trashy webcam-quality posts), her english is good, she seems to have a good taste for clothing and some of her video posts are even done in a studio. I wouldn't mind young teenage girls thriving to do studio quality video posts.
Next point. iJustine is the ONLY beautiful geek girl I know of out there, I know some cute ones, but none is beautiful. If crazy youg teenage girls were to follow her in masses, in two years we'd have solved most of humanity's problems. Unfortunately they don't, but some do. And more important than that iJustine's look and style help erase the bad image geeks have. "Geeks are never cool, how could they be?", well iJustine does just that, she's a cool geek. Kudos iJustine for showing poeple that geeks can be cool!
Last argument (till now), iJustine is an amateur photographer. Am I alone to thinks that photography is a better hobby for teenage girls than nail polishing? You decide, here's a picture hotlinked from iJusine's site:
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Ce am mai găsit pe net….
1. Se contrsuiesc inca si mai multe ferme de vant in SUA pentru a asigura cat mai multa energie electrica din surse ecologice. E rau ca a fost nevoie de o crestere uriasa a pretului petrolului ca sa se puna si SUA in miscare, dar e bine mai tarziu decat niciodata, cine site, poate la anul viitor semneaza si tratatul de la Kyoto...
2. VoIP vine pe iPhone prin Fring
3. Google Picasa pentru linux ajunge din urma versiunea pentru windows
4. Am gasit aici niste reclame vechi si bizare. Una care mi-a atras atentia:
Campanie ciudata impotriva bolilor venerice
5. Poza zilei:
6. Am gasit pe Outlaw design Blog o serie de reclame foarte interesante si inspirante. Va invit sa le vedeti.
Ce mai apare prin blogosferă
2. Site Google cu ocazia celei de a zecea aniversare
3. Se pare că lumea se întoarce de la Chrome la IE şi Firefox conform studiului de aici. Păcat.
4. Un articol interesant despre de ce Google Knol nu o să fie niciodată mai bun decât Wikipedia
5. 11 verighete ciudate şi interesante. (îmi place ăla cu sfera)
6. O bloggeriţă caută persoană (mascul) care să o ajute să facă un copil.
7. Din articolul de aici am aflat despre existenţa DeletionPedia. Locul unde sunt arhivate toate paginile de pe Wikipedia care ajung să fie şterse.
Chestii de pe net
O poză pe zi timp de 17 ani:
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