Four Island

Okay, today I have quite a lot to talk about. Why don't we start out with this week's POTW:

The poll this week..... was interesting. I never expected ANYONE to vote for Brain Damage, but to each his/her own.... Anyway, here are the results:

Brain Damage - 1 vote(s)! Myopia - 4 vote(s)! Diabetes - 3 vote(s)! Arthritis - 0 vote(s)!

Speaking of the POTW, because last week I was short on time, I didn't get to say this: That poll actually did have a purpose. I wore that shirt one day in public, and immediately got comments back. Some people wanted to buy it off of me, and some told me I looked like an idiot. Oh well.

Speaking of voting on things, as two days ago was the first of the month, the first ever QOTM (Quote of The Month) took place. And guess who won. Yep, it's good ol' #2. Look at if you like, it's pretty funny, but there are funnier ones. For instance, look at #30 and try to tell me that it's not funnier.

So remember peoples, get voting on quotes! There are already about 91 quotes up, and because #2's already won, it cannot win again. Can't wait to see the next winner!

Okay, to some exciting information! Well, peoples, as I'm sure you've noticed, Four Island is a little WHOLE LOT different! That's because I finally got tired of Layout 3, and we have finally moved to wonderful layout 4!

I hope this layout will be a wonderful one, not only because it's the FOURth layout, but also because everything is becoming more integrated. The Fourm and the Quotes DB have moved in now, and the Projects site is on it's way. Also, the header image at the top will be fun because it will be another thing I can change on holidays! (BTW, there is a holiday in 2 days!) So, let's all congratulate layout 4! Even though it's not COMPLETELY done yet, it will be soon.

And to end off, I'm hosting a new website. Say hello to "Colour Pencils" from Gryphic! Hello! I know, I know. It has U in it. Don't worry, it's driving me insane as well. But it's her blog, and while I can change it, that would be rude.

Well, thus ends a beautiful post! Can't wait to see the votes on this week's POTW, I am quote-happy (and a sugar-freak, according to Gryphic), the fourth layout's looking great, and I can't wait to see some content coming in on Gryphic's new blog!

I'm sorry, I would have thought of a better thing to say here, but I am short of time. Here are the results:

Love it! - 3 vote(s)! Hate it! - 2 vote(s)! Can't be bothered to see the picture - 3 vote(s)! Indifferent - 1 vote(s)!

Sorry, I'm just in a little bit of a hurry. In the lack of anything else to say, I'll just advertise yesterday's post. GO TO THE QUOTE DB!!!!!!! laughs

We at Four Island are.... hyper.

I just wanted to let you know that before you saw this link. I just set up a QMS (Quote Management System), because of my strange obsession with quotes, and we've already collected some pretty funny ones. Just go here: http://quotes.fourisland.com for the Four Island Quotes.

Prepare to be scared. Or more likely, rolling on the floor laughing.

This poll..... was so random somebody could explode from it. I am certain that fuhsdiufgsadiufgaisfioas is going to become some sort of internet meme. Or at least my brother is. (See the Bestest Quotes topic on The Fourm) Anyway, here are the results:

I don't know! - 0 vote(s)! Wo bu shi dao wa! - 1 vote(s)! What? - 3 vote(s)! That's an interesting question! - 3 vote(s)!

I'd also like to say, that for this week's also-random poll, you are required to have this image inside your brain to answer this week's poll. The above image can be clicked on to increase the size.

Done that? Now that you have, vote on this week's RANDOM poll!

OK, this poll is finally done! And the results.... Well.... OK.... At least nobody said they didn't like The Fourm.....

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - 2 vote(s)! Not a chance. - 0 vote(s)! What's The Fourm? - 2 vote(s)! Indifferent - 0 vote(s)!

In other news, I'm going to be away for a few days again. Four Island should still be up, but if it goes down, and I don't seem like I'm interested in fixing it, this is why.

Well, that was another successful poll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

< 1 hour - 4 vote(s)! 1-5 hours - 2 vote(s)! 6-11 hours - 1 vote(s)! Never get off it! - 3 vote(s)!

Um...... there's not really that much to say......

The Fourm* is here.....

I've created a fourm for the website. You can go to it, register for free, and post what you want. Please, do so, PLEASE!!!!

Oops, sorry about that. But I'm really excited about The Fourm. Look at the above screenshot. Anyway, please go and try it! I bet it will be a wonderful way to converse and yes...

*NOTE: I am saying Fourm on purpose. On the Fourm, you are supposed to say Fourm not forum. (Four, get it?)

Because of the outcome to this poll, I'm not sure that everyone even knows what filesystems are. At least no one voted for HFS!

ext2 or ext3 - 2 vote(s)! FAT32 - 0 vote(s)! NTFS - 0 vote(s)! HFS - 0 vote(s)!

Also, once again, if anyone knows how to answer the questions of the previous post, I'd be really happy. Actually, please just focus on the first one, because it's much more annoying and because Smiley posted a comment about a way to do it that seems to work. Thanks Smiley!

I'd like to bring to everybody's attention a fun website called Dvorak.

It's a customizable card game, one in which you get to create your own deck of cards and play them with special rules.... OK. I'm not making it sound as fun as it actually is. That description is no good, go to the actual site, you'll enjoy it!

I have I user page on that wiki as well, go to User:Hatkirby. I have recommended some of the games on that page, and I have also put a link there to a deck I made myself. So try it! Go to Dvork and play! IT'S FUN!

EDIT: Oh yes, I forgot, I have a few questions I need to ask. I'd put them in the comments, but it saddens me to notice that no-one ever reads those anyway, so here they are (If you know the answer to any of them, please email it to me):

• In Xubuntu, how to you get the display to stop turning off every 5 minutes of idleness, because it is driving me insane.
• Also in Xubuntu, does anyone know how to turn of the BEEP noise, because in GNOME there was an obvious way to do it in the Control Panel, but that's not there in Xfce.

Hi, I'm back! Sorry for the unannounced downtime yesterday. I thought I put up something in yesterday's post about it, but nope!! Anyway, if you're wondering exactly WHY there was downtime yesterday, I'm here to tell you! Note to self: Make posts on blog sound less stupid

Yesterday I archived nearly everything on my computer (personal files, website(s), subversion repositories, databases...) with the handy-dandy Tar (filtered through bzip2)--which may explain why some data inputted yesterday after I archived everything is gone now--and installed Xubuntu onto my computer. Xubuntu, A: Looks much nicer, and B: Is much more CPU friendly. I think I may have made a post about Xubuntu before, and if I have... wait.. let me just go check...

Hmmm... I haven't really, I just advertised it in [blog]Polls wear Linux[/blog]. Anyway, Xubuntu is a great OS, and... wait.... I already said this. OFIHOIUASDHFOA!

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What I'm trying--and failing--to say is, if you want Linux, and Gentoo is too advanced for you, GET XUBUNTU!