Archive for August, 2008
They still call it news
I'm appalled at how blatant the western media has become with its propoganda. It's no longer news, it's fantasy designed to support the US government's agenda. Seriously.
I know a lot about what's been going on. I'm an avid follower of world events. This Georgia/Russia conflict began many years ago, and it's all very complicated. But basically, both Georgian and Russian forces have been peacekeeping in Sth Ossettia for a few years now, keeping the violence from the 'separatist' Sth Ossettians to a minimum. Suddenly, on the Friday 2 weeks ago, the Georgian forces turned on their Russian peacekeeping companions and mowed them all down. 15 of the Russians were killed, and about 150 were wounded. As soon as the Russians were dealt with and unable to 'keep the peace' any more, the Georgians went on a slaughter spree and killed about 1,000 Sth Ossettians before the Russians could respond – that was just within a few hours.
Growing out of passive aggression
When I started learning about passive aggression, one of the things that stood out for me was that wherever I looked, all the 'experts' were telling me that passive aggression cannot be cured, and that all they can do is hope to control it.
I'm not so sure that's true.
What are some of the common traits of passive aggressives? Procrastination, inefficiency, avoidance, blaming others….
It's very easy for a passive aggressive to continue the trend and find reasons why they can't be 'cured'. They may even use the diagnosis itself of being passive aggressive to justify why they can't change who they are.
I think that's a copout, however. Over the past two years, since I became aware of my own passive aggression, I've taken active steps to try and deal with it. I've looked at the traits of passive aggression, recognised where I'm doing them, and consciously tried to do exactly the opposite. Feedback I've received has confirmed I'm making good progress.
Blogging from my phone
I decided to add a Wordpress app to my iPhone and then discovered my blog was too old… So I upgraded Wordpress from 2.3 to 2.6. That was a bit of a mission… And then I discovered my theme was incompatible!
So I managed to find a nice theme that I liked (incredible!), upgraded that and some of the plugins, and here I am, 2 hours later…
But at least I can blog via the iPhone now…
This thing is getting better the more I use it. I can take photos, blog, twitter… all from my 'phone'. The little keyboard still takes some getting used to though.
Oh… I can even make phone calls with it! Wonders will never cease…
My friend Alex and I blogged about a day in our life recently. Now he wants to do the same thing, but in photos. So starting tomorrow I'll be using this to take photos of my life over a 24 hour period.
More on the iPhone
As I’ve mentioned previously, I intended getting the new Apple iPhone, and on Friday night I did. I’ve been waiting for a good price to come out by one of the phone providers, and finally, Virgin Mobile came to the party on Friday with the best prices in Australia.
My original plan was to purchase the phone outright, and then go onto a cheap pre-pay plan with Virgin Mobile, but when they came out with the phone on Friday, their prices meant that I could go on a plan and pay less over time than if I was to follow my original plan. So I walked into a store on Friday after work and walked out with one half an hour later.
It’s sad that some people who signed up with one of the other major telcos (on their incredibly exorbitant pricing plans) are either still waiting for their phone to be delivered, or stuck with a very expensive plan.
