Checkmate

Save Net Radio!

Link: SaveNetRadio.org

"The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger.  Royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling and are due to go into effect on July 15 (retroactive to Jan 1, 2006!). If the increased rates remain unchanged, the majority of webcasters will go bankrupt and silent on this date.  Internet radio needs your help! The Internet Radio Equality Act has recently been introduced in both the House (H.R. 2060) and Senate (S. 1353) to save the Internet radio industry."

Also, if you haven't seen Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End yet, go watch it! Great movie and a fine conclusion to the trilogy. :P

The Alignment Test

Your Score: Neutral-Good

62% Good, 46% Chaotic

Plane of Existence: Elysium, "Blessed Fields". Description: The plane of peace. Notable Inhabitants: Guardinals - noble immortal humanoids with bestial features.

Examples of Neutral-Goods (Ethically Neutral, Morally Good)

• Cloud Strife (FFVII)
• Boogenhagen (FFVII)
• Mother Theresa
• Ghandi
• Sidhartha Gautama (the Buddha)
• Gandalf
• Bilbo & Frodo Baggins
• Samwise Gamgee
• Indiana Jones
• The Dali Lama
• Ben (O-Bi-Wan) Kenobi
• Luke Skywalker
• Harry Potter
• Hermionie
• Dumbledore

Often goes along with the laws and desires of the group as being the easiest course of action, but ethical considerations clearly have top priority. May pursue quite abstract goals. Often aloof and difficult to understand.

• Will keep their word to others of good alignment
• Would not attack an unarmed foe
• Will not use poison
• Will help those in need
• May work with others
• Indifferent to higher authority
• Indifferent to organizations

Neutral Good "Pure Good"
"Benefactor"

A neutral good [person] will obey the law, or break it when he or she sees it will serve a greater good. He or she is not bound strongly to a social system or order. His or her need to help others and reduce their suffering may take precedence over all else. Neutral good [people] do good for goodness' sake, not because they are directed to by law or by whim.

This alignment desires good without bias for or against order.

Other Alignments and Tendencies (Tendenices are what you would more often sway towards; esp. for Neutrals):
0-39% Good, 0-39% Chaotic: Lawful-Evil
0-39% Good, 40-60% Chaotic: Neutral-Evil
0-39% Good, 61-100% Chaotic: Chaotic-Evil
40-60% Good, 0-39% Chaotic: Lawful-Neutral
40-60% Good, 40-60% Chaotic: True Neutral
40-60% Good, 61-100% Chaotic: Chaotic-Neutral
61-100% Good, 0-39% Chaotic: Lawful-Good
61-100% Good, 61-100% Chaotic: Chaotic-Good

Link: The Alignment Test

How normal are you?

You are 87% normal You are shockingly normal... and since normal doesn't really exist, that is kinda scary. In fact, you are scarier than the most abnormal person. Go you! Take this quiz!

Dances of wolves

Two Great Books

I recently purchased a couple books which I highly recommend:

• The Complete Conversations With God - an uncommon dialogue - by Neale Donald Walsch
• The World Is Flat - A Brief History of The Twenty-First Century (Updated and Expanded) - by Thomas L. Friedman

They're very well written and provide interesting insights into the world around us. It's no wonder these books are praised world-wide.

Do yourself a favour and pick'em up at your local bookstore. :P

(On a side-note, House M.D. Seasons 1-2 were on sale and I snagged them at the same time. Two seasons worth for the price of half of one! Now to wait until the third season's price drops....)

Biking again!

I'm home for a week or so, so I decide to pull out my bike. Thankfully the weather is pretty nice so I've begun biking again. Heh, I haven't touched the bike in a long time though; I had to clean the gears and re-pump all the air too. I hope to keep it up through the summer. Currently thinking about 2-3 hours a day of biking if I can manage it. ^_^

In other news, I'm seriously considering getting the A+ Certification. If anything, it'll at least look good on my resume (regardless of profession) and at best, it'll keep the IT field open to me. Not only that, if I get the A+ Certification, it'll open up eligibility to more advanced IT certifications as well which will definitely keep the IT field open to me. I'm going to use some of my spare time to study for it this summer. I'm reasonably sure I know most of the material already but I'll have to pick up a few books at Chapters to read up on the more detailed bits, including practice examinations. The A+ material goes far more into depth than I generally go so my knowledge of the finer details is a bit fuzzy. However, it is not like I'm unfamiliar with it either.

Anyway, still have a bunch of other things that take priority so... yeah... that's pretty much all I'm going to say for now. I'm going to get ready to head out. ^_^

Yobi the Five-Tailed Fox

A Korean-made animated film that closely resembles Miyazaki's own style of films. It looks quite interesting!

The movie itself was actually released earlier this year (end of January, I think) but I only heard it about it recently. ^^;

[Note: In case you haven't realized this yet, you can actually click on the YouTube videos embedded below to view it on YouTube instead of here. I always have music in the background (based on my mood) so you might not hear everything that goes on in the videos.]