Chevy has teamed up with The Apprentice and created web site that allows you to design your own SUV commercial. Not only is the video mixing tool a lot of fun but it’s an excellent means of culture jamming as a slew of anti-SUV commercials have been created:
Thanks to Lorraine for the link to the site and the links to all of the anti-SUV commercials. Be sure to check them out before Chevy tries to censor them. Happy jamming!
I recently upgraded this site to WordPress 2 and ran into problems because I had this site running out of the “blog” subdirectory which the latest version doesn’t seem to like very much.?Ǭ� The problem appears to be due to a rewrite rule and since it doesn’t look as though the issue will be resolved anytime soon I decided to move the blog up a directory into the root.?Ǭ� So, from here on in this blog can be found at http://www.amyallcock.com/.
I just came across yet another fun little personality quiz - What is your Perfect Major?. According to the quiz I’m 100% a Philosophy major so it looks as though I got 50% of my degree right considering Philosophy was one of my two majors. My other major, Computer Science, is nowhere to be found on the list although Computer Science is pretty much all mathematics anyways. As for the other top ranking majors, my 75% psychology score sheds some light on why I am so interested in these personality quizzes and my 83% English and Journalism scores might help to explain why I like to write about them so much publish the results here.
| Philosophy |
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100% | |
| English |
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83% | |
| Mathematics |
|
83% | |
| Journalism |
|
83% | |
| Psychology |
|
75% | |
| Linguistics |
|
67% | |
| Art |
|
67% | |
| Engineering |
|
67% | |
| Dance |
|
58% | |
| Theater |
|
58% | |
| Sociology |
|
58% | |
| Anthropology |
|
50% | |
| Biology |
|
17% | |
| Chemistry |
|
8% |
What is your Perfect Major?
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I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢m curious to hear about other peoples so-called perfect majors so feel free to post your own results in the comments section.
My friend Dan passed this little tidbit along to me and I thought that it was a rather novel and enlightening perspective on how to deal with stress.
A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, “How heavy is this glass of water?” Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, “The absolute weight doesn’t matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it. If I hold it for a minute, that’s not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you’ll have to call an ambulance. In each case, it’s the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.” He continued, “And that’s the way it is with stress management. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won’t be able to carry on. As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we’re refreshed, we can carry on with the burden. So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down. Don’t carry it home. You can pick it up tomorrow. Whatever burdens you’re carrying now, let them down for a moment if you can.”
In my yoga practice, we spend a lot of time trying to ?��Ǩ?�let things go?��Ǩ��, which I am able to do with varying results depending on the day and what it is that I am holding on to. Although I am getting better at letting go, this piece really shed some light on to why certain things seem heavier than others. The reason we sweat the small stuff is because we hold onto it so tightly ?��Ǩ��� it?��Ǩ�Ѣs not the burdens that are weighty, it?��Ǩ�Ѣs how we carry them that makes them heavy. Definitely a timely insight - knowing why they feel so heavy will definitely help to lighten the load.
I just completed my PersonalDNA - a fun, free and eerily accurate personality test. According to the DNA test results, I’m a considerate creator which is explained a bit more in the personalDNA map below. The map can be read by moving your mouse over any part of the box or strip to learn more about the traits that the colors represent. For those who prefer words, the full report can be found here.
Not only can you share you tests with others but you can also invite them to assess your personality. Click here if you’d like to asses me - I’m curious to see different assessments and if they match up at all. I must admit, all of the traits seem rather positive so it’s hard to go wrong however you answer. There is no obligation from either myself or the system to share the test once completed, and I’d be happy to return the favour. I?��Ǩ�Ѣd also like to see how other people did on the test, so feel free to post links your own assessments in the comments section.
In addition to being a pretty darn accurate personality test and a fun way to get to know others, the test itself has a pretty cool interface. Instead of using your standard checkboxes and radio buttons, the interface was designed with sliding scales and animations. Having a range of values makes the questions a lot easier to answer as you aren’t stuck in the “yes/no” or “yes/maybe/no” trap. My favourite was the glass animation where you had to “pour” your answers into a glass. I don’t know if these features make the results more accurate, but they sure do make writing the test all the more fun.
Update: I had a few friends asses me and it turns out that in addition to being a Considerate Creator, I’m a Dynamic Inventor, Animated Creator, and a Benevolent Creator x 2. Thanks to everyone who helped out - it was a lot of fun!
