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Translation

Tomensnaben — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:19:29 +0000

Just for shits ‘n’ giggles, I put my Xanga Page through Babel Fish. I am definitely not a fan of machine translation, so don’t expect to see any of these published (if you want me to write more in Spanish, just ask. If you want any other language, you’re out of luck.). I will, however, share some of the more interesting results. First, I translated it into Japanese, just to see what my blog would look like in that language. I must admit, I liked what I saw: It did, however, point out my spelling errors: And, something really weird happened when it got to Spanish entries: Now, seeing as I had it set to “English to Japanese,” I didn’t expect it to understand the Spanish. But adding “の” to the end of every word? I think that “の” shows possession, so… Yeah, that gets me nowhere. Oh, well. So, next I figured I’d translate it into a language I can understand, i.e. Spanish. I haven’t read the whole translation, out of fear that it will cause my eyes (or, at the very least, my Spanish skills) to melt and drain of my head on to the floor. But, here are a couple from the first two entries: “The year of the month of the day.” And, my personal favourite: The English title is “Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan.” It’s a show about an angel that bludgeons people (a “bludgeoning angel”). Babel Fish has decided that it’s a show about bludgeoning an angel. That made my day.

Ping!

Tomensnaben — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:29:30 +0000

I think I have solved my blogging woes. I got an account at Ping.fm, which posts to multiple sites at once. I’ll have to try it out: it doesn’t seem to have tagging capabilities, so I guess I’ll still have to go in and edit posts later), and it doesn’t cover some of my sites (Gaia Online comes to mind), but it will make posting less daunting.
And, of course, my setting it up would not be complete without getting an account at nearly every one of the sites they support. I’ll get those URL’s to you later: I need to go to bed.

I’ve been blogged!

Tomensnaben — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:00:06 +0000

So, I was doing an ego search (i.e., Googling “tomensnaben”), and found that I am actually mentioned somewhere by someone else! Here, to be exact. Well, I suppose it’s more so my Latin, but still, if I can be cited as an authority on something, even something so minor that contributing at all makes you an authority, I’m happy. This calls for a celebration! Any ideas?

College! And…er…more sites.

Tomensnaben — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:49:33 +0000

    Today was my first day of junior college. Nothing much to report: just the general handing-out of syllabi and professors talking about themselves and the course. The classes seem nice enough, though.
    I also got some new blogs: Vox, MindSay, and Blogster. Now, hear me out: each new blog gives me new features and opportunities to ignore. But this one sounds really fun: MindSay has a wiki. And I automatically have my own page. It requires an account to edit, so I guess it isn’t a true wiki, but still. I can’t wait to see what sort of stuff people say about me on it.
    Oh, and I’m going to be on my own at last. Mum’s moving in with her boyfriend at the end of September, and letting me stay here. I’ll have to pay the bills and whatnot, but Ill be alone without having to scour the horrors of the housing market. Student loan time! (I also have to get a laptop, since my current computers are going to shit).

¡Lo cogí!

Tomensnaben — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:00:15 +0000

I finally got a job! I’ve been looking since the beginning of the summer. It’s at Cragun’s, as a dishwasher. Okay, so it’s only a trial employment, but still. I have to trim my beard for this job, so I’d better keep it! Oh, well–at least I don’t have to shave it off completely, and I’ve already gotten rid of my red spiked hair.

And afterwards, I saw a sign there saying “no through traffic.” I was so excited to see decent, competent spelling that I almost went through it, not realising what it actually meant. Whoever decided it was alright to use “thru” should be shot. In my opinion, it’s like having a sign that says “STOPZORZ LOL ;)!!1!~~” One of my dreams in life is to make a fast food place with a drive through.

At any rate, it’ll be nice to have some cash flowing in, assuming I can stop myself from spending it on Transformers.

A common misconception about Minnesota…

Tomensnaben — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:39:50 +0000

…Is that it’s always too cold. In fact, it is often too hot. We’ve skipped good weather entirely, going strait from the one to the other. And now it’s raining–thunderstorms. They last about ten minutes, and ten later there is another. It’s nearing ninety. It always irritates me to hear people saying “oh, I’d love to live in Florida–What great temperature: hundred degree days! Wouldn’t that be heaven!” No, it would be hell. Have fun sweating to death!
I’m doing this to test out a new blog: tomensnaben.blog.com. Yes, against my better judgement, I got a new blog. I’m not transferring my back entries, though. I just need to post until no-one cares what the earlier posts are.