Happy 2nd anniversary, Thought Box!

Today, May 30, marks the second anniversary of this blog. I wouldn’t have known and the day would have passed by just normally, but thanks to Google Calendar, the fact that it was already my blog’s 2nd anniversary gave me quite a shock!

I started writing here two years ago, and now this blog has accumulated:

• 176 posts
• 22 categories
• 586 tags, which I desperately need to clean up
• 313 comments, and best of all, no spam, thanks to Akismet!

A list of dislikes, PART 1

Ok, usually, I post about things I like, but occasionally, you just gotta let it out, you know what I’m saying?

But hey, this isn’t just going to be a list of dislikes, I’ll explain why I dislike it (as best as I can), promise.

Thank you WordPress Theme Team!

2010 Theme

In a very short amount of time the WordPress Theme Team has provided WordPress.com users with a plethora of new themes. It seems like new themes are coming out every week! As I preview these themes, they seem so much newer and fresher than the old ones. I have still yet to find one that matches this blog perfectly.

In the meantime, here’s some of the new themes that have been released:

• Structure
• Twenty Ten
• Under the Influence
• Inuit Types
• Neutra
• Dark Wood
• Titan

These are all fantastic themes. Thank you WordPress Theme Team!

Happy 4th Birthday Twitter!

Dear , Happy 4th Birthday!

Along with Facebook, YouTube, and Myspace, you have revolutionized our lives. Whether it’s good or bad, I’d like to say Happy Birthday with some lists and infographics:

Twitter tweets accelerate to 50 million per day

The Path to 1 Billion Tweets (by Mashable)

Favorites of Twitter:

• Retweet feature
• Flashcard feature
• Minor word tweaks
• Echofon Twitter app released
• Interface (simple and straightforward)

Dislikes of Twitter:

• Spam
• Constant phishing attacks
• Not a lot of people (like Facebook)

You can follow me (@Deathgleaner) or my blog (@tboxblog) on Twitter.

http://deathgleaner.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/quick-look-twitter-flashcards/

Twitter’s 385 banned passwords

Did you know that there are 386 passwords that you can’t use to log in to your account? It’s true! But, that 386 less passwords for hackers to try to guess (of course, if you pick a secure password no one’s gonna get it.) How do we know? These passwords are all in a comma-delimited list of banned passwords in the Twitter.com/signup source code.

Happy 200th Birthday, Chopin!

Today, we celebrate the birthday of a historic composer, Frederic Chopin. Chopin was born in 1810 in Poland, and later moved to France. He was the poet of the piano, writing pieces with greater emotional depth than ever seen before. Although he rarely performed in public, his pieces show his virtuosic talent as a composer and a performer. He died in 1849, and his heart was put in a special container and now resides at a church.

For Chopin’s 200th birthday, I have listed some of my favorite pieces by him. Chopin wrote almost exclusively for the piano, and he admitted that he could not write for any other instrument.

My Top Ten Favorite Christmas Carols (and 4 more)

1. Greensleves (What Child is This)
2. O Holy Night
3. Carol of the Bells
4. Silent Night
5. Deck the Halls
6. Joy to the World!
7. Twelve Days of Christmas
8. O Come, All Ye Faithful
9. Angels We Have Heard on High
10. Away in a Manger
11. Hark! The Harold Angels Sing
12. The First Noël
13. O Little Town of Bethlehem
14. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

What we got on Black Friday

• 32″ LCD TV
• 48 pack of batteries
• HP Ink
• Costco cookbook (free)
• Blanket
• Bananas
• Gum
• Bedspreads
• Groceries
• Starburst
• Side table
• Other assorted goodies

Also good to hear that no one got ran over. We got to Costco today at 8:30am and there was a big line. Fortunately, we didn’t wait too long because it was freezing. Then, we head down to a furniture store, eat at McDonalds, and back to a grocery store. I was so tired!