Monday, June 18, 2007
Saturday, June 9, 2007
The probability of getting an unique blog address
i actually spent a few days trying to register for a nice address. you know, because i really don't want to disclose any personal information in the address. but the process was a lot tougher than i had ever imagined.
i kicked off trying boulevardofbrokendreams.blogspot.com- not available
it's really a hit. coz i really love the song and the lyrics and also the title.
okay so i tried another. this time, i opened my playlist and saw hoobastank's the reason.
great, i love this song too. so i tried thereason.blogspot.com- not available
for the next few minutes, i kept keying the titles of songs on my playlist. just to name a few here:
singforthemoment.blogspot.com
bringmetolife.blogspot.com
myimmortal.blogspot.com
basketcase.blogspot.com
numb.blogspot.com
youraisemeup.blogspot.com
but sadly, all unavailable.
after the repeated failures of the trials of the names of songs, i kinda gave up and i took out a dictionary. so i adopted the policy that i would just randomly pick a page, and then a word.
some more examples of the trials:
mistakenidentity.blogspot.com
oversubscribed.blogspot.com
overtones.blogspot.com
still, not available.
then, i was desperate enough to pick up my biology notes on my desk, and continued to try:
phagocytosis.blogspot.com
macrophages.blogspot.com
basophil.blogspot.com
neutrophil.blogspot.com
what world, still unavailable.
and then, i suddenly rmb a term which i came across a few days ago, when mum asked me to search about glycosamine (a diet supplement which she is taking now, an importnat component of cartilage), and wikipedia says there's a controversy over the use of glycosamine because of its unknown effectiveness. it describes an experiment and it says sth like... "the control group under placebo response". the always curious me, of course, clicked and wanted to learn more about it. so here it is:
"A placebo is a preparation which is pharmacologically inert but which may have a medical effect based solely on the power of suggestion, a response known as the placebo effect or placebo response. It may be administered through ingestion, injection, inhalation, insertion into a body cavity, or applied topically.[1]
The term placebo effect (as distinct from the more correct term placebo response) was introduced by T. C. Graves in 1920 "because it is the subject that has the subject-centred response. It is not the administered substance that generates the observed effect." Sometimes known as non-specific effects or subject-expectancy effects, a so-called placebo effect occurs when a patient's symptoms are altered in some way (i.e., alleviated or exacerbated) by an otherwise inert treatment, due to the individual expecting or believing that it will work. Some people consider this to be a remarkable aspect of human physiology; others consider it to be an illusion arising from the way medical experiments are conducted."
knowing that i have a strong affection towards medicine, there's no need explaining uh? placeboeffect.blogspot.com was taken, so.... yeah.
i kicked off trying boulevardofbrokendreams.blogspot.com- not available
it's really a hit. coz i really love the song and the lyrics and also the title.
okay so i tried another. this time, i opened my playlist and saw hoobastank's the reason.
great, i love this song too. so i tried thereason.blogspot.com- not available
for the next few minutes, i kept keying the titles of songs on my playlist. just to name a few here:
singforthemoment.blogspot.com
bringmetolife.blogspot.com
myimmortal.blogspot.com
basketcase.blogspot.com
numb.blogspot.com
youraisemeup.blogspot.com
but sadly, all unavailable.
after the repeated failures of the trials of the names of songs, i kinda gave up and i took out a dictionary. so i adopted the policy that i would just randomly pick a page, and then a word.
some more examples of the trials:
mistakenidentity.blogspot.com
oversubscribed.blogspot.com
overtones.blogspot.com
still, not available.
then, i was desperate enough to pick up my biology notes on my desk, and continued to try:
phagocytosis.blogspot.com
macrophages.blogspot.com
basophil.blogspot.com
neutrophil.blogspot.com
what world, still unavailable.
and then, i suddenly rmb a term which i came across a few days ago, when mum asked me to search about glycosamine (a diet supplement which she is taking now, an importnat component of cartilage), and wikipedia says there's a controversy over the use of glycosamine because of its unknown effectiveness. it describes an experiment and it says sth like... "the control group under placebo response". the always curious me, of course, clicked and wanted to learn more about it. so here it is:
"A placebo is a preparation which is pharmacologically inert but which may have a medical effect based solely on the power of suggestion, a response known as the placebo effect or placebo response. It may be administered through ingestion, injection, inhalation, insertion into a body cavity, or applied topically.[1]
The term placebo effect (as distinct from the more correct term placebo response) was introduced by T. C. Graves in 1920 "because it is the subject that has the subject-centred response. It is not the administered substance that generates the observed effect." Sometimes known as non-specific effects or subject-expectancy effects, a so-called placebo effect occurs when a patient's symptoms are altered in some way (i.e., alleviated or exacerbated) by an otherwise inert treatment, due to the individual expecting or believing that it will work. Some people consider this to be a remarkable aspect of human physiology; others consider it to be an illusion arising from the way medical experiments are conducted."
knowing that i have a strong affection towards medicine, there's no need explaining uh? placeboeffect.blogspot.com was taken, so.... yeah.
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Breaking the virginity of placeboresponse.blogspot.com
GREAT. mission finally accomplished. (mind you, it is a "finally") finally created a blog on blogger, so to take a break from the hustle and bustle in xanga.
it is actually quite interesting. i started my blogging life by registering one on blogger back in the SARS period, and then also during that period, xanga rose among us. (not surprising, what can we all possibly do during class suspension?) as a writer, i also possess the psychology of all other normal bloggers- i have a thirst for readers. considering the fact that blogger hasnt been popular among hk teenagers, i chose to move and embrace xanga, abandoning my poor blogspot.com. but now, i am moving back, i want a more personal space for myself, to write, to reflect, and to really be myself. so that i dont have to pause everytime i finish a sentence, completing a multiperspective analysis of whether this word would offend this person, and that word would offend that person.
and privacy is also another thing. perhaps i'm just too paranoid. yes, i enabled friends lock, but still i feel so insecure, perhaps my existing subscribers can still read my xanga from the subscription tab (yeah, some subscribers are unwelcome) but well, in terms of privacy features, xanga certainly beats blogger. this blog here is actually MORE public than the one i am having in xanga, hahaha but don't know why i'm just feeling more secure here.
long time no write. and you see, i cant actually express what i intend to say. deteriorating language ability. hahaha i ought to write later! i SHOULD definitely write about my hardship of registering this address! i've tried a zillion times man! haha maybe next time!
adieu!
it is actually quite interesting. i started my blogging life by registering one on blogger back in the SARS period, and then also during that period, xanga rose among us. (not surprising, what can we all possibly do during class suspension?) as a writer, i also possess the psychology of all other normal bloggers- i have a thirst for readers. considering the fact that blogger hasnt been popular among hk teenagers, i chose to move and embrace xanga, abandoning my poor blogspot.com. but now, i am moving back, i want a more personal space for myself, to write, to reflect, and to really be myself. so that i dont have to pause everytime i finish a sentence, completing a multiperspective analysis of whether this word would offend this person, and that word would offend that person.
and privacy is also another thing. perhaps i'm just too paranoid. yes, i enabled friends lock, but still i feel so insecure, perhaps my existing subscribers can still read my xanga from the subscription tab (yeah, some subscribers are unwelcome) but well, in terms of privacy features, xanga certainly beats blogger. this blog here is actually MORE public than the one i am having in xanga, hahaha but don't know why i'm just feeling more secure here.
long time no write. and you see, i cant actually express what i intend to say. deteriorating language ability. hahaha i ought to write later! i SHOULD definitely write about my hardship of registering this address! i've tried a zillion times man! haha maybe next time!
adieu!
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