YAAAY -.-

As the complete computer geek that I am I guess I actually managed to delete my former post.
Well, whatever, it didn't get any comments either way (boo-hoo), so I guess I'll just have to think of something else that I can write about. Come up with something. Something... Something related to online communication.... ANYTHING... COME OOOON!

Posting a Blog Entry 101

Edit: I cut the post, yahoo!

As I have promised, here is the blog entry about how to post a blog entry. To make it less boring, which it might become for some of you at one point or another, I'm going to include a number of illustrations and pop culture references for your entertainment.

If there is something that you don't get, sorry.

t0m hanx, + ryan

This is a video of a thing:

The Blog of Jenna Marbles

I know I said in class that I don't watch an embedded video but I hope that you're not like me and you'll watch this!

This in an example of The Youtube Blog of Jenna Marbles. I chose this because it was the first I saw and it has the most views among her videos - more than 30 million! It's connected to blogging, it's "useful", and it's fun! I also recommend you to watch other videos of hers. She's brilliant.

Also, there's a special treat in the video. The first one to find it wins a prize: I'll send them a smiley face in reply.

The long awaited football post - Unsung heroes

After it had been made clear to me that there's a strong demand for football, I decided not to hesitate and post these lines.

Football is the most popular sport in the world. It has some well-known faces - you don't have to be a big fan to know who Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo is. After watching a football match, fans usually remember the goal scorers. But there's the other end of the field, where every team has another very important player.

It is said that you have to be crazy to be a goalkeeper. (Or in some cases, even crazier.) Goalkeepers are usually the unsung heroes of victories, but they're much more overtly blamed for some losses. If a goalkeeper makes a mistake, there's nobody behind him to repair the damage; if he saves, he just did, why he's there. The only exception is the penalty shoot-out, where the roles are just the opposite: scoring there is obvious, missing a penalty is a tragic error, and saving one can make a keeper a real hero, at least for the day. From the next day or league match on, everything is back to the usual ways.

Fortunately, there are many fans, who remember the greatest goalkeeping efforts. Let this video stand here as a song for usually unsung heroes - what song could be better for this than what I like to call simply the best song ever.

(Yeah, the creator missed the last sounds - nothing is perfect.)

Goalkeepers in the video in order: Gordon Banks (England vs. Brazil, "The Save of the Century"), Manuel Neuer (Schalke vs. Duisburg), Peter Schmeichel (Man U vs. Rapid), Hans-Jörg Butt (Leverkusen vs. Hertha), René Higuita (Colombia vs. England, "The Scorpion Kick Save"), Gianluigi Buffon (Parma vs. Inter), Jerzy Dudek (Liverpool vs. Arsenal), Iker Casillas (Real Madrid vs. ???), Petr Cech (Czech Rep. vs. Holland), Manuel Neuer (Schalke vs. Porto), Jussi Jaaskelainen (Bolton vs. Aston Villa), Edwin van der Sar (Holland vs. Czech Rep.), David Seaman (Arsenal vs. Sheffield Utd.), Manuel Neuer (Schalke vs. Hamburg), Shay Given (Newcastle Utd. vs. ???), Antti Niemi (Southampton vs. Aston Villa), Iker Casillas (Real Madrid vs. Atl. Madrid), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus vs. Milan), Manuel Neuer (Schalke vs. Stuttgart), Iker Casillas (Real Madrid vs. Sevilla)

haiku

I don't know what to write here,
I'm not creative,
But I sure like Breaking Bad.

Completely Useless Post

It seems that I'm the only one here who has no life, since I'm the only one who has already experimented with blogging.


I used Blogspot but soon realised that nobody is interested in my life, so I changed to Tumblr. Usually I post pictures and music and sometimes one-sentence long details of my super-exciting life.

colourfulillusions.tumblr.com --> this is my microblog, but it's still far from interesting, so I might give up soon and start skateboarding or playing chess.


Anyway, here is a picture of a wombat, the coolest animal in the universe!


Have a good night!

 

 

"People always talk about the weather"

When people try to avoid the tension that silence can cause during a conversation...
When people say something just for the sake of saying something...
When people feel they have no chance to find common interest with their speaking partner...
... they always talk about the weather.

And the Hungarian attitude goes like this: 

"Ohh in summer you wish it was cooler 

And in winter you wish it was milder 

Conditions - they are never in your favour"

Picturing

Instead of writing, I will show you one of my pictures I took on Sunday. It pictures the footprints one left after climbing out of the pool and (part of) my figure.

Go with the flow!

I've never tried blogging before but I accept this challange! I was "always" interested in the topic, therefore I wrote an 8-page-long essay on the difference between the old and new diary culture. I shortly introduced the "history of blogging" and the history of diary writing which goes back to the 17th century, when Samuel Pepys wrote his personal diary, which included detailed information of the London fire in 1666.

So why am I babbling about the history of diaries? If you're still awake after my first paragraph I kinda get the taste  of blogging. No, I don't. I'm babbling about diaries because I'm a true believer of them. I have 4 or 5 little books at home, which are full of memories and thoughts. Now I see the guy-peers' face as looking strange while reading my blog-entry thinking 'what a girlish-romantic soul is she'. Apart from compulsory writing tasks at school I think I love writing but just for myself. Why? Because it's girlish stuff!!! Just kidding, but I believe that blog-writing reached a professional level these days as we can see the wide variety of them, so the judging of personal blog-entires and online diaries is not my task because it's far too subjective. I personally read some blogs - which I think became obvious for you after my presentations on blogs and blogging - but I don't write one because as you can see I easily take a private, personal tone, I start to speak about myself and at that very moment I become vulnerable, especially in the online universe.

SO, I think this entry satisfies the task "write your first blog-entry" but it doesn't provide an intellectual supply for you. I promise I'll try my best and find a concept for my entries. As the title suggest I just went with the flow of my Monday-afternoon-mind, which is quite tired and Mondayish!

Cheers!

P.S.: I think I will delete this entry after reading it again :D

Blogging for dummies

Actually, the title makes no sense, since this entry won't have instructions on how to write a blog post. I have never tried it before and never felt that I have any idea that needs to be shared online in more than two sentences.

To me blogging seemed like some sort of diary except that it is not secret. Oh and there are those celebrity and gossip blogs... they even give AWARDS to each other. I simply cannot imagine reasonable people giving awards to these bloggers like: "Yes, you spent countless keystrokes digging up dirt on famous actors and/or commenting what clothes they wear. You should get a medal!"

The blogs I've ever read were by my friends, who at that time, spent months in a foreign country, so they collected their experiences and photos to show to friends and family. I did actually enjoy these blogs because these people were important to me, I was interested in how they are doing, what places did they visit.

Now that I have been thinking, I think I've read blogs without noticing. I've read Developer Diaries by video game creators showing how they progress in making a new game; I realized this just now. Fairly regular posts, with videos, pictures and comments.

If I had to write a blog, it could be about three things: video games, books (mainly fantasy, horror, some sci-fi), or board games (I'm not talking about Monopoly or Scrabble but about role-playing, strategy and adventure games). I'd have to be consistent in topic, style and more or less with time, when I post a new entry. I don't think I would ever do something like this, but hey, you never know.

(I'm already doing it...)

So here's a quote from one of my favorite fantasy books, by the Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski:

“People," Geralt turned his head, "like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. When they get blind-drunk, cheat, steal, beat their wives, starve an old woman, when they kill a trapped fox with an axe or riddle the last existing unicorn with arrows, they like to think that the Bane entering cottages at daybreak is more monstrous than they are. They feel better then. They find it easier to live.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish





(The picture: Geralt of Rivia, witcher (professional monster-slayer), protagonist of The Witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski)


And here's some links on board games I like or play:

BoardGameGeek (I like the community and the vast amount of lists of games.)

Szellemlovas Társasjáték Szaküzlet (It's a webshop, real shop and a place where you can actually try out the games before considering to buy it or not. There are feedbacks on several products and you can share your experiences below the detailed review of the game.)

Thanks for reading my very first blog entry!

Chris

Personal Blog Hygene or How Not to Write an Entry

My Dear Mates at Elte,

Last night I have spent an hour desperately trying to figure out how to start my own blog. If I was to say I have succeeded, I would be lying. I am typing these very lines in Microsoft Word right now, in hope of being able to upload them tommorrow to the class blog. 

Let me start off by telling you how I feel about blogs. It might come as a surprise to you, but I am not a blog fanatic. My life is pretty exciting – at least for me and a few rejects, who care to listen to me – and entertaining, which in itself would be a bountiful foundation for a blog. However, I have no intentions of sharing my life, or anything that particulary interests me with anyone, who I don’t get to talk to in person. The only kind of blog that I believe to be helpful is a research blog. I know, right?

SINCE I am not doing any kind of research at the moment, and even if I were, I don’t think I would share it with the world before getting at least the Nobel Prize, I decided to give a very detailed description of my life as long as this class is due. This way I am going against my own principles, which is a good thing I guess.

Today I got up at half past seven in the morning. As the first rays of the morning sun were reflected on my retina, I sadly realized that I will not have to catch the 8:15 train, and travel to see you guys to have fun, but I will have to go to work. I lifted up my untrained, rapidy aging body and made my way to the toilet. I took a dump. Let me stop you here for a moment. I know it’s shocking but I tend to do this every morning, so I think it’s worth mentioning. Some of you will accuse me of being obsessed with fecal matter, some of you will cry for a psychologist ( a psychiatrist even), but believe me, those fifteen minutes were the least painful part of my day.  I have friends in the theatrical community who would call this act an art in progress.

Afterwards I got dressed, a process challenging enough in itself, since for 20 years I was dressed by a servant my family bought in the Fillippines. He was a nice man, his name was Batu. I even cried when we had to put him down, but early set Alzheimer’s took a toll on his productivity as a servant. I managed to put my boxers on inside out, which is considered a sign of good luck in some cultures. Turns out I represent a different culture. With a quick glance at the clock I discarded the idea of having any breakfast and hurried out of the flat. 

It was cold out there. And dark. Shadowy figures were lurking in the thick morning fog. I tried to blend in. Tried to erase my presence, the urge kick to planet off its axes making our country a tropical paradise forever. My memory gets fuzzy, as I try to remember my march throw the snow and ice, as and old movie that has been cut so many times, that whole minutes are missing from it now. I passed a homeless person, who was fortunately engaged in a heated discussion with some elderly woman carrying a handbag, the ever so classicly annoying companion to old people.

Annyira szeretnék pihenni,

Csak egy napig semmit se tenni,

Aludni, feküdni, ülni,

A világgal mitsem törődni.

Aztán mint kerék indulni,

Felpörögni, az úthoz simulni,

Zötyögni, recsegni, fájni,

Az útból semmitse látni.

De addig is vacogva, ragyogva,

Sörtől és kávétól motyogva,

Megalázkodva és felmagasztalódva

Járok még kicsit.

Excuse my failing English, I am so tired that my brain has finally snapped and conveyed this badly rhymed poem. I also included a picture of myself that was taken while writing this entry for you to be able to grasp the state of mind I was in. No, was neither drunk, nor high when this picture was taken. I kept lying down on my icy futon, but new ideas were popping in my mind by the minute, and I was lured back to my computer time and time again. But lets go back to my day. The rest of it is as shallow as the grave I am digging for myself right now. You’d think the theatre is full of adventure and fun. This is very true. However, two days before premier it is all about doing everything right at the exact right moment. Time and time again. It’s like a treadmill, but worse, since there is no set time to finish. Oh there is a schedule all right, but it’s just for show. Nevertheless, it felt good that we managed to pass such an obsticle. Managed to beat evil sleeplessness, and created something enjoyable. I got home at 23:30. It felt good. Not ’pooping in the morning’ good, but an  ’end of the day good’ that only poets can describe efficiently.

Allright, I lied. You all got me. This little entry was not detailed enough. I talked about lots of unnessesary stuff and there is not even a punchline at the end of my story. I am not sorry, not the least bit. Expect to hear from me in the future. Bad things. Ugly things. A contorted sense of reality...

Why do we need a blog?

This blog was started on the very first class of the Online Communication course at the Media Specialization class at ELTE University, School of English and Amercan Studies.

We agreed that a blog can be used for:

• learning about blogging
• learning about online communication
• following media events
• expressing opinions about online communication and media related topics
• debating
• collecting data 
• analyzing data and issues
• testing theories
• adding photos of events
• adding videos about the topic
• having fun.

I hope you will enjoy posting in the blog, commenting on other people's posts, and doing all the funny and useful things you always wanted to experiment with. The floor is yours.Enjoy.