So, I can't sleep. What do I do when I can't sleep? I blog! Durh.
I'm putting together a BUNCH of projects, and I might as well share them a bit. Or at least, remind myself of them so that I stop forgetting.
First and foremost, I have a determined goal to be an independently published author by New Year's. Project is going well, got some good stuff going for me, just need to flesh out the ideas. Might do that later tonight.
In the meantime, I am throwing a performance art project together, in an attempt to help independently boost the self-esteem of girls who don't look Barbie beautiful. Just gotta...well, put shit together lol.
Back in a bit, the hamster apparently needs attention.
Peace, Love and MarioKart.
~Dexie
Monday, May 30, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
An Angry Letter to Elections Canada
To whom it may concern, regarding the last election on May 2nd.
I am writing this letter to you, and to the country at large, to voice my disappointment at not being able to cast my ballot in the federal election that just passed, despite my efforts to do so.
I am currently studying abroad in the United Kingdom, and when I heard from home about the federal election to be held in May, I specifically requested information on how I could still take part in the voting process, even though I'm not at home.
After receiving said information, I set out to complete the application process and follow all deadlines accordingly; I sent out my application, as well as photocopies of the required documents, on the 10th of April, 2011, 16 days before the deadline of April 26th. I sent the parcel via First Class Royal Mail, ensuring it would be delivered to your offices at high speed.
I have more than enough reason to believe that if there was a problem on the side of the Royal Mail, my parcel would have returned to my flat with some kind of indication as to why.
As such, I had checked my post every possible day afterward, to find the voting kit I had sent for, or even a letter telling me that I wasn't able to vote for whatever reason. I found nothing. I had taken steps to provide more than enough time to receive my ballot and send it back, and I received nothing.
I feel let down. I am deeply interested in being a contributing member of Canadian society, no matter where in the world I am. It doesn't matter to me that my vote may or may not have made a difference to the election's results. What matters to me is the fact that as a young [and abroad] voter, which is very rare in the current state of things, I feel either disregarded or not taken seriously.
What I do not understand is why voting ballots, especially those sent overseas, are not taken care of with first class post or another high-priority equivalent. The post system takes a long time, and because there was no way to vote online (which would have been much faster), these things probably should have been considered when setting deadlines.
Next time an election is held, I sincerely hope that those who request a ballot from outside of Canada do receive one. And if they do not, I hope they voice this fact.
Sincerely,
Sabrina Elizabeth Belfast.
I am writing this letter to you, and to the country at large, to voice my disappointment at not being able to cast my ballot in the federal election that just passed, despite my efforts to do so.
I am currently studying abroad in the United Kingdom, and when I heard from home about the federal election to be held in May, I specifically requested information on how I could still take part in the voting process, even though I'm not at home.
After receiving said information, I set out to complete the application process and follow all deadlines accordingly; I sent out my application, as well as photocopies of the required documents, on the 10th of April, 2011, 16 days before the deadline of April 26th. I sent the parcel via First Class Royal Mail, ensuring it would be delivered to your offices at high speed.
I have more than enough reason to believe that if there was a problem on the side of the Royal Mail, my parcel would have returned to my flat with some kind of indication as to why.
As such, I had checked my post every possible day afterward, to find the voting kit I had sent for, or even a letter telling me that I wasn't able to vote for whatever reason. I found nothing. I had taken steps to provide more than enough time to receive my ballot and send it back, and I received nothing.
I feel let down. I am deeply interested in being a contributing member of Canadian society, no matter where in the world I am. It doesn't matter to me that my vote may or may not have made a difference to the election's results. What matters to me is the fact that as a young [and abroad] voter, which is very rare in the current state of things, I feel either disregarded or not taken seriously.
What I do not understand is why voting ballots, especially those sent overseas, are not taken care of with first class post or another high-priority equivalent. The post system takes a long time, and because there was no way to vote online (which would have been much faster), these things probably should have been considered when setting deadlines.
Next time an election is held, I sincerely hope that those who request a ballot from outside of Canada do receive one. And if they do not, I hope they voice this fact.
Sincerely,
Sabrina Elizabeth Belfast.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
On the PSN Shutdown, April 2011
So where I work, I've been seeing a lot of complaints, requests, and curiosity about:
What happened to the PlayStation Network
Who compromised it
When it's coming back
And, my absolute favourite:
What will they get for this COLLOSSAL inconvenience.
I work for Ask.com, as a community moderator in their open beta community project. If you're not sure about what it is, you can find it here. It's a wonderful little place, and I absolutely adore being there.
However, the thing that has been pissing me off super royally is the fact that people are (very loudly) running around the website saying 'I'm so sick of this, why can't they just fix the damn problem?' or 'What are we going to get for this?'
There are two inherent problems with these statements:
1 - They're making the faulty assumption that because the internet can be fast, that people who provide services here should be faster.
2 - That when they finally fix the problem, they deserve something for their lack-of-access troubles.
Here's a thought, you sillies; Instead of demanding a rush patch, where there are more holes in the service than there were before the problem happened, exercise this little known thing called patience and wait for the workers at Sony to a) fix the problem at hand, so your IDENTITY is safe from these people until they get more adventurous, and b) make the system better so that it won't happen for a long, long time.
You should not be concerned over whether or not you can access the network and buy games. If you gave a shit about your security, you'd be cancelling or requesting new credit cards, changing your e-mail passwords, and checking your mail for any fraudulent attempts at getting your identity from you.
LIKE SONY HAS SAID IN THEIR PRESS RELEASE:
Lookie, the one posted in this article RIGHT HERE.
You should also have found one from them, sent straight to you, in your e-mail inbox.
They both say the same thing:
They're working on fixing the problem.
They're concerned more about you protecting yourself than letting you play games.
They don't want this to happen again.
So please, please please please, shut the fuck up and wait a while. Rome was not built in a day, and your precious internet gaming will be back, hopefully better than ever.
Peace, Love, MarioKart.
~Dexie
What happened to the PlayStation Network
Who compromised it
When it's coming back
And, my absolute favourite:
What will they get for this COLLOSSAL inconvenience.
I work for Ask.com, as a community moderator in their open beta community project. If you're not sure about what it is, you can find it here. It's a wonderful little place, and I absolutely adore being there.
However, the thing that has been pissing me off super royally is the fact that people are (very loudly) running around the website saying 'I'm so sick of this, why can't they just fix the damn problem?' or 'What are we going to get for this?'
There are two inherent problems with these statements:
1 - They're making the faulty assumption that because the internet can be fast, that people who provide services here should be faster.
2 - That when they finally fix the problem, they deserve something for their lack-of-access troubles.
Here's a thought, you sillies; Instead of demanding a rush patch, where there are more holes in the service than there were before the problem happened, exercise this little known thing called patience and wait for the workers at Sony to a) fix the problem at hand, so your IDENTITY is safe from these people until they get more adventurous, and b) make the system better so that it won't happen for a long, long time.
You should not be concerned over whether or not you can access the network and buy games. If you gave a shit about your security, you'd be cancelling or requesting new credit cards, changing your e-mail passwords, and checking your mail for any fraudulent attempts at getting your identity from you.
LIKE SONY HAS SAID IN THEIR PRESS RELEASE:
Lookie, the one posted in this article RIGHT HERE.
You should also have found one from them, sent straight to you, in your e-mail inbox.
They both say the same thing:
They're working on fixing the problem.
They're concerned more about you protecting yourself than letting you play games.
They don't want this to happen again.
So please, please please please, shut the fuck up and wait a while. Rome was not built in a day, and your precious internet gaming will be back, hopefully better than ever.
Peace, Love, MarioKart.
~Dexie
Friday, August 13, 2010
Inspiration comes from odd places
Y'know, I think I'm going to update this thing a bit more often. I don't know why, but for some reason reading another person's blog post (or lately, following people on Twitter) has been leading to me having much more inspiration to actually reach out on the webernets.
I feel like I've become a member of a bigger community.
Thank you, Fabulous Lorraine :3
I feel like I've become a member of a bigger community.
Thank you, Fabulous Lorraine :3
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Boredom and the Internet = This
Stranger: suck my footlon
Stranger: footlong
You: Sorry, your vocabulary's too short.
Stranger: you should be nicer im a cop and im tracking this
You: What does me saying you have a terrible vocabulary have to do with you possibly being a police officer?
Stranger: i can put you in jail ill let you off this time but next time im just saying
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
***
Stranger: hi, are you female with skype ?
You: Why yes, I am.
Why?
Stranger: bad connection
Stranger: you can add me
You: Your connection seems fine right now.
You: Skype won't make it any better.
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
More to come later.
Stranger: footlong
You: Sorry, your vocabulary's too short.
Stranger: you should be nicer im a cop and im tracking this
You: What does me saying you have a terrible vocabulary have to do with you possibly being a police officer?
Stranger: i can put you in jail ill let you off this time but next time im just saying
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
***
Stranger: hi, are you female with skype ?
You: Why yes, I am.
Why?
Stranger: bad connection
Stranger: you can add me
You: Your connection seems fine right now.
You: Skype won't make it any better.
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
More to come later.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Passive Income, Shitty Economy, Student Life...
This summer, more than any other summer, is going to be the busiest of my life. And I can honestly say that despite the speedbumps, I do look forward to it.
However, in preparation, I'm under pressure to make a lot of extra funds. I don't necessarily need them, but my family is doing that thing they do ever so well, and that's harping on me. Every day.
But that's not the topic of today's entry. Lately, the economy of the Great Lakes region has been craptastic, and it's remained so for a while. Unfortunately, this means that the job bank for my region only holds maybe a dozen jobs at most, and those go fast. I've heard stories of friends applying for over 100 jobs, and not getting a single phone call.
With the way my summer's going to be, with paperwork, medical visits, office visits and theatrical gigs, there is no point in me getting a job. But I'm not going to be lazy. I've resorted to various methods of passive income, one of them including trading website currency for USD, and small art commissions both on and offline of a website I volunteer for (love working for you, Den. lovelovelovelove it.)
The last of these, despite the doubts I had before, is paid to click advertising and promotional stuff.
In the interest of helping to fund my upcoming exchange to England, I'm going to actually post my referral banners here. Yes, every single website here is a pyramid scheme. However, you do not need to have 3503826205836427216109847 bajillion people sign up as your referees in order for their systems to work. I merely am interested in promoting the places I've learned to trust, and possibly help those of you who also have a crappy jobhunt make a little more cash over the summer.
Every site listed below uses PayPal as a cashout method, so no banking information gets collected from these sites. Be warned, it is not instantaneous. Some payments can take a day or two to process, and longer to accrue. But that shouldn't deter you. If you play the system right, (and I'll be writing about that in my next post ;D), you can make a fair bit in a short time. Anyway, on to the links. Below each one is going to be a brief summary of my favourite features and how their systems work.
Wordlinx - My personal favourite. Free to sign up, and you earn $0.005 or $0.01 per ad click. To get credit, just click the link that says 'remove frame' after the timer's up. There's usually about 8-10 ads per day, so it's not that bad. The minimum payout is $10, but there are bonuses around $3, $6, and $9 that help bring you to the limit quicker. Obviously, the more referrals you have the better, but it's not that hard to make a dollar or two within two to three weeks. Ad time ranges from 15-30 seconds, but I've seen less.
Incentria - Another close favourite. Cashout is at $2, and in order to redeem the credit for an ad, you click on upside down pictures. Minimum timing on the ads is 10 seconds (really not that bad) and then you move on to the next one. Credit ranges from $0.0001 up to about $0.001. Traffic exchanges are also available, and you can use the credit gained from those to promote your referral page and gain signups, or promote your own website into getting views. Another thing; for those of you who get a lot of traffic to begin with, you get $0.0001 for just having someone click on your referral link. You don't have to do anything.
Clicksia - Functions the exact same way as Incentria, so all the instructions above apply. Same values for everything.
PTC50 - A nice little pay-to-click site, providing ads to view, offers to sign up for credit, and traffic exchanging. Minimum cashout is $0.50, and referrals come in handy. They currently have an awesome deal going on where you can buy a guaranteed signup, 2 downline referrals, 500 paid-to-click credits, 500 traffic exchange credits, and 10,000 banner credits for $1 USD. Well worth it, I've bought 6 of them so far. Redemming credit for an ad involves clicking the right number, similar to Incentria and Clicksia. Ad time ranges from 10-30 seconds.
Clickite - Really good, especially with the low cashout value at $0.02. Beware, however, there is a fee for withdrawing. So while cashing out every 2 cents looks like a good idea, a little patience will pay reeeeeally well in the end. There's usually 30-40 ads to click per day, anywhere between $0.0001 and $0.0005 in value. That ads up if you keep up every day. Ad time ranges from 10-30 seconds.
MatrixMails - The banners were annoying, so I decided to not post them in order to save your eyes. You're welcome!
Earn anywhere between $0.005 and $0.01 per ad visited, and there's a timer with a flashing button at the top frame you click to get credit. You can also sign up through them for paid e-mails, which give you between $0.01 and $0.04, as well as sign up offers worth more. E-mail links automatically credit your account after the timer's up, so wait like, a minute while checking other e-mail or reading TFLN and then just close the frame. It's sweet. Ad time is 30 seconds.
PTC Wallet - Shown to me by a friend of mine, and I've gotta say, I like it. $0.10 per click, and a minimum cashout of $100. Takes a while (I've only ever been able to click 7 ads per day), but think of the happy you'll experience when you get that deposit in your PayPal account. Referrals obviously come in handy for this site as well. Ad time is 10 seconds.
Cashium - currently in pre-launch, so no earnings are gained, but if you sign up as a Discoverer you get $0.008 per click and then a certain amount of referral earnings. Cute little place, and there's a forum community right there to help you if you have problems. Viewing ads requires sliding an orange block into a green section of a line. Then the ad gets viewed, and voila! credit. Ad time is about 30 seconds.
That's pretty much it for what I have, so I hope you'll at least check them out, and if you're interested in a small little art commission once I get my Bamboo tablet just pop me a message somehow and we'll talk. ;D
Peace, Love and MarioKart
~Dexie
However, in preparation, I'm under pressure to make a lot of extra funds. I don't necessarily need them, but my family is doing that thing they do ever so well, and that's harping on me. Every day.
But that's not the topic of today's entry. Lately, the economy of the Great Lakes region has been craptastic, and it's remained so for a while. Unfortunately, this means that the job bank for my region only holds maybe a dozen jobs at most, and those go fast. I've heard stories of friends applying for over 100 jobs, and not getting a single phone call.
With the way my summer's going to be, with paperwork, medical visits, office visits and theatrical gigs, there is no point in me getting a job. But I'm not going to be lazy. I've resorted to various methods of passive income, one of them including trading website currency for USD, and small art commissions both on and offline of a website I volunteer for (love working for you, Den. lovelovelovelove it.)
The last of these, despite the doubts I had before, is paid to click advertising and promotional stuff.
In the interest of helping to fund my upcoming exchange to England, I'm going to actually post my referral banners here. Yes, every single website here is a pyramid scheme. However, you do not need to have 3503826205836427216109847 bajillion people sign up as your referees in order for their systems to work. I merely am interested in promoting the places I've learned to trust, and possibly help those of you who also have a crappy jobhunt make a little more cash over the summer.
Every site listed below uses PayPal as a cashout method, so no banking information gets collected from these sites. Be warned, it is not instantaneous. Some payments can take a day or two to process, and longer to accrue. But that shouldn't deter you. If you play the system right, (and I'll be writing about that in my next post ;D), you can make a fair bit in a short time. Anyway, on to the links. Below each one is going to be a brief summary of my favourite features and how their systems work.
Wordlinx - My personal favourite. Free to sign up, and you earn $0.005 or $0.01 per ad click. To get credit, just click the link that says 'remove frame' after the timer's up. There's usually about 8-10 ads per day, so it's not that bad. The minimum payout is $10, but there are bonuses around $3, $6, and $9 that help bring you to the limit quicker. Obviously, the more referrals you have the better, but it's not that hard to make a dollar or two within two to three weeks. Ad time ranges from 15-30 seconds, but I've seen less.
Incentria - Another close favourite. Cashout is at $2, and in order to redeem the credit for an ad, you click on upside down pictures. Minimum timing on the ads is 10 seconds (really not that bad) and then you move on to the next one. Credit ranges from $0.0001 up to about $0.001. Traffic exchanges are also available, and you can use the credit gained from those to promote your referral page and gain signups, or promote your own website into getting views. Another thing; for those of you who get a lot of traffic to begin with, you get $0.0001 for just having someone click on your referral link. You don't have to do anything.
Clicksia - Functions the exact same way as Incentria, so all the instructions above apply. Same values for everything.
PTC50 - A nice little pay-to-click site, providing ads to view, offers to sign up for credit, and traffic exchanging. Minimum cashout is $0.50, and referrals come in handy. They currently have an awesome deal going on where you can buy a guaranteed signup, 2 downline referrals, 500 paid-to-click credits, 500 traffic exchange credits, and 10,000 banner credits for $1 USD. Well worth it, I've bought 6 of them so far. Redemming credit for an ad involves clicking the right number, similar to Incentria and Clicksia. Ad time ranges from 10-30 seconds.
Clickite - Really good, especially with the low cashout value at $0.02. Beware, however, there is a fee for withdrawing. So while cashing out every 2 cents looks like a good idea, a little patience will pay reeeeeally well in the end. There's usually 30-40 ads to click per day, anywhere between $0.0001 and $0.0005 in value. That ads up if you keep up every day. Ad time ranges from 10-30 seconds.
MatrixMails - The banners were annoying, so I decided to not post them in order to save your eyes. You're welcome!
Earn anywhere between $0.005 and $0.01 per ad visited, and there's a timer with a flashing button at the top frame you click to get credit. You can also sign up through them for paid e-mails, which give you between $0.01 and $0.04, as well as sign up offers worth more. E-mail links automatically credit your account after the timer's up, so wait like, a minute while checking other e-mail or reading TFLN and then just close the frame. It's sweet. Ad time is 30 seconds.
PTC Wallet - Shown to me by a friend of mine, and I've gotta say, I like it. $0.10 per click, and a minimum cashout of $100. Takes a while (I've only ever been able to click 7 ads per day), but think of the happy you'll experience when you get that deposit in your PayPal account. Referrals obviously come in handy for this site as well. Ad time is 10 seconds.
Cashium - currently in pre-launch, so no earnings are gained, but if you sign up as a Discoverer you get $0.008 per click and then a certain amount of referral earnings. Cute little place, and there's a forum community right there to help you if you have problems. Viewing ads requires sliding an orange block into a green section of a line. Then the ad gets viewed, and voila! credit. Ad time is about 30 seconds.
That's pretty much it for what I have, so I hope you'll at least check them out, and if you're interested in a small little art commission once I get my Bamboo tablet just pop me a message somehow and we'll talk. ;D
Peace, Love and MarioKart
~Dexie
Friday, April 2, 2010
Bwahahahaha.
I'm everywhere lately, it would seem.
~Dexie
And now, I can be found on Google.
Just search the words "Poindextra" and "Honesty".
I dare you.
Anyway, it's been a while, I'm sorry. Stuff is happening, and things....I'M GOING TO ENGLAND OMG YAY.
Beyond that, um....I'm also now a part of The Infection, and apparently they like me. So woot. I plan on posting there sometime soon, if they allow me the honour to do so.
I plan on getting my dA back up and running.
Website's going quite well for just over a month old, go my little baby. < 3
Basically, I'm on my way to becoming famous.
AND IT FEELS GREAT.
kilubai
~Dexie
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