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Talk:Uncyclopedia is the worst
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- 1 gawd this comment page is the worst!
- 2 Comment
- 3 Dumbassaywha?
- 4 "The Knowledge, it fills me. It is neat."
- 6 Please at least spell properly!
- 7 Undeterminable sarcasm
- 8 Fresh material
- 9 What the fuck...
- 12 Why is this article protected?
- 13 Audible article
- 14 you fucking asswhores are real clever, arent you?
- 15 Re: A Criteek
- 16 Amazing
- 18 We really need an "Uncyclopedia is the Worst" T-shirt
- 19 Explain?
- 20 A long rant...
- 21 xD
- 22 I could say something different
- 23 For the writer of this text
- 24 Greatest Article on this Site, ever!
- 26 Can I just ask...
- 27 For the love of...
- 28 A great entropy pool
- 29 I laughed for 20 minutes straight
- 30 Conservapedia
- 32 An old favorite!
- 35 Anyone thought this?
gawd this comment page is the worst![edit]
Allow me to write a fully detailed essay on why: 1. it sucks 2. it's w0rds have long and boring 3. y00 all have no lives. any1 reeding this noes that I do because I no how to spell "additionally" 4. ur al n3d5!!! 5. i m twi53 as funy s u 6. n gd cmments 7. ihtual 8. ulme 9. mgnaklual 10. udicsikual 11. npoignsdrdsabfdssardv
haha, i like the audio files, that dramatica is really batfuck insane, i aien't even been there and they said i've been banned
- User:Iateyourgranny
Seriously this is one article that only helps show that everyone hating on America is just as, or even more idiotic than the USA itself. I nominate this article to be an example against the British, to help knock them from their high horses.
-Ahmed, on an airplane...watch out.
I don't know why they haven't awarded this Article for Best Thing Ever, i mean, it's so stupid and poorly made that i ROFL'd for 5 minutes straight. Also, i don't masturbate to Hentai everytime... Just once a Day.
WHERE THE HELL IS HATE HATE HAT?!?!?!! -- http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/8/88/Tinymooose.gif » Sir Savethemooses Grand Commanding Officer ... holla atcha boy» 23:21, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- It has been lost under the mountain of edits! It must be replaced! -- Hindleyite 11:01, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
The contents of this page do not represent the feelings of the author (ie. me).
Please see here for more information. --Hindleyite Talk 18:56, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
I want a t-shirt that says "HATE HATE HAT". -- http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/8/88/Tinymooose.gif » Sir Savethemooses Grand Commanding Officer ... holla atcha boy» 21:38, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
- Or an alternative to the NRV shirt - a "Junky junky junky junky junky junk" tee? —rc (t) 21:44, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
- That HATE HATE HAT thing absolutely kills me. It doesn't get better than this!
- --Hrodulf 18:28, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
Somebody listed this article for deletion. Do you think it should be made more blatantly satirical/sarcastic in some way (if this is possible)? --Hindleyite Talk 11:07, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
This article should be protected and voted onto the main page immediately!--The Freed Mind Sutoth the Black Mage [FACEHOLE HERE] [MUN] [YvJP]I am not a queer.
This article made me want to cry. The writer obviously has a lot of
hat in their heart, hate in their hat to want to actually sit down and type out this pitiful baboon-like whimpering when there are grown men and women out there who actually make sense and work hard for a better future for all of us. Oh the humanity! The humanity! It just makes me want to stick my head in a bucket and then beat the bucket with a brick and I would too, except that I am the kind of person who respects the dignity of buckets. Unlike the absolute mugnugget who was moved to write this... this... I can't say the word .... offal. They probably don't care about buckets at all. How can this happen when there are lovely little lambs skipping in fields? --Sir Hardwick Fundlebuggy (Bleat) 19:32, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
- Hey... who are you calling a mugnugget? :) --Hindleyite Talk 19:36, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
- It's an ancient Aramaic word meaning he who masters satire, and as is according to custom, you owe me a camel. --Sir Hardwick Fundlebuggy (Bleat) 19:59, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Gaaargh! The anonymous IP's have seriously mucked this up... --Hindleyite Talk 12:44, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
- I think we should start working on coping all of Uncyclopedia:Praise into this article. I know I am. ~ 10:05, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
- Good idea. --Hindleyite Talk 11:02, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
- I've done enough more for now... ~ 11:18, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
- Good idea. --Hindleyite Talk 11:02, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
That 'whining' tag is a nice addition. --Hindleyite | PL | CUN | Converse 09:34, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Hate should be replaced with haet, just for the sake of KeiteiKeiteiKeitei. Uncycopedia haet haet haet!!!!!!!!!! >:( --Singaporekid 05:04, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- I chenged a "HATE" to a "HAET". Just one, for effect. --epynephrin 18:11, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- NRV shirt? Like [katiefromuncyc.googlepages.com/unmerch here]? - Sir Sikon [formerly known as Guest] 06:18, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
This is really a weird homepage... who the hell are making all the racist jokes!?
Wish I had a contribution to make...maybe I do? still a n00b though so will have to carefully plan. Just wanted to say - this is great, so very very great Oddbod 09:27, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Go for it. I'm a n00b and I contributed. Never regretted it. Turned to drink, though. --Sir Hardwick Fundlebuggy (Bleat) 09:43, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- Are you sure it was this particular article that turned you to drink? Uncyclopedia has been known to produce its share of alcoholics, particularly after reading some of its less funny entries . . . in fact I heard this website is the 41st cause of liver disease, right behind watching too much VH1. --Captain Finding Nemo 23:19, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- I just knew there was something wrong with it. I'm writing to the National Council for the Protection of Decent Livers
right now!Right after I drink a bucket of absinthe.--Sir Hardwick Fundlebuggy (Bleat) 03:03, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
- I just knew there was something wrong with it. I'm writing to the National Council for the Protection of Decent Livers
Here is a short list of what I know you bastards do all day. Wake up. Masturbate to hentai. Edit Uncyclopedia. Masturbate to more hentai. Suck the big cock. Edit Uncyclopedia more, or maybe make a piece of shit article. Masturbate more to hentai. Go to sleep.
How on earth did he guess?!--Imp88 22:39, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Um, is the joke here that Uncyclopedia is obviously so overall amazing that anyone who criticizes it would have to be a babbling nutcase? Or that only such nutcases want a quality Uncyclopedia? Or what? I mean, Uncyclopedia is great and all, but it almost seems pompous to have this addition. Either that or uncessecarily self-deprecating. I still don't get it. Any help here (my talkpage is best for reaching me, but you can also double-post or whatever.) --Lenoxus 17:43, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- If you closely read it you can see that it would have been written by a 'babbling nutcase'. ~ 17:54, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- I was considering fixing the typo on "Brail", but it makes it seem more like a Flame War to leave typos in, says I. --epynephrin 18:03, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- OK, I get it now. Thanks Hindleyite — Lenoxus 02:49, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
- (There used to be a page just like this in dramatica, though dunno where it went now. Well, after hearing the audio versions, you know why it's here. User:Iateyourgranny)
"The Knowledge, it fills me. It is neat."[edit]
For some reason (I apologize for the randomness of the comment) one of the lines in this article reminds me of an Invader Zim line:
"Your methods are stupid! Your progress has been stupid! Your intelligence is stupid! for the good of the mission, you will be destroyed!"
This is what happens when epy watches too much Zim. --epynephrin 18:51, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- I thought it was what happened when the nurses forget to lock the doors to the ward. --Captain Finding Nemo 23:17, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- that too... --epynephrin 03:45, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
DUMB ARTICLE[edit]
your awesome!
- he yeh they are awesome-- Hindleyite Converse • ?pedia 12:12, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Please at least spell properly![edit]
It would have been better, if you (whomever "you" is) could spell properly.
- Who should spell what properly? And if it's about the Hate hate hat thing, I like it mispelled, lol. --Hrodulf 22:00, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- Don't you just love it when people do a drive-by commenting like that? I think I heard this one on the scanner. At any rate, whoever the OP was obviously doesn't "git" the article. If there's anything to git, which of course there ain't sice it iz a bad artikle. --Captain Finding Nemo 23:16, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- alternately, to quote the above:
- Don't you just love it when people do a drive-by commenting like that? I think I heard this one on the scanner. At any rate, whoever the OP was obviously doesn't "git" the article. If there's anything to git, which of course there ain't sice it iz a bad artikle. --Captain Finding Nemo 23:16, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
If you closely read it you can see that it would have been written by a 'babbling nutcase'. ~ 17:54, 19 May 2006 (UTC) I was considering fixing the typo on "Brail", but it makes it seem more like a Flame War to leave typos in, says I. --epynephrin 18:03, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- --epynephrin 03:47, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Undeterminable sarcasm[edit]
Reading the various comments on this page, I honestly have no idea how to tell who's being sarcastic and who isn't. To quote the RoflCopter (may his brain rot in peace), "ROFL!"
- I know, I've been having trouble figuring it out to. I guess we should just Assume Sarcasm. ;) --Dandin1 18:07, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
- Oh man, we should have that page to mirror WP's policy. --Nintendorulez | talk 18:10, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
- This is easily one of the most hilarious articles on Uncyclopedia! --The sound
- Oh man, we should have that page to mirror WP's policy. --Nintendorulez | talk 18:10, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Fresh material[edit]
Forum:Fuck Uncyclopedia. Please someone rework this into the article.---Asteroid B612 (aka Rataube) - Ñ 19:26, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
- Yes! Just what this article needs: A fresh perspective.--Emmzee 21:03, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
What the fuck...[edit]
- ^You forgot to sign. I TYPE IN ALL CAPS TO SIGNIFY THAT I AM ANGRY AND TO HELP MY 85 YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER MORE EASILY READ MY WRITING, BUT MOSTLY TO SIGNIFY THAT I AM ANGRY BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL THAT IF I DIDN'T TYPE IT IN ALL CAPS!!!! Huh huh, beavisth. Vandalism is cool.
Mrthejazz 18:30, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
HOLY FUCKING CAMEL SHIT![edit]
I AGREE WITH THIS ARTICLE 100 PERCENT THERE IS NO SIT WORSE THAN UNCYCLOPEDIA I TRIED TO EDIT AND THOSE BASTARD FAGGOT HOMO JACKASS MODS BANNED MY ACCOUNT, WELL I AM BACK AND HERE TO SAY YOU FLYING FUCKERS SHOLY SHIT YOU SHOULD ALL JUST TO TO THROW YOURSEL FINTO A TANK FILLED WITH SHARKS I JUS HOPE YOU DONT FUCK IT UP LIKE U DOD TO THIS SITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MOTRF FUCKER! ASSHOLES!!!!!!! I HATE YOU GUYS!!!!!!!! CANT WAIT FOR THIS SITE TO BE SUED BY BILL GATES! --Uncyclopedia Sucks 04:19, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- Troll. -Sir Hat-a-lot the great, who is feeling: Thirsty # My contributions|My talkpage|My templates 23:24, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
- Do you happen to be a "computer hacker" by any chance? --Kenmcfa 09:21, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
- Why would Bill Gates sue? He made Wikipedia? If he did, HOLY FUCKING CAMEL SHIT! But I completely disagree with this guy! --SanDemonMax 19:28, May 31, 2011 (UTC)
- You do realize you're responding to a post that was made almost 5 years ago, right? --Roman Dog Bird 19:30, May 31, 2011 (UTC)
Denial should be changed to e-denial in keeping with the theme. --OpenFaceSurgery 00:14, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
HATE HATE HAT[edit]
We really need an article about that. ~ 11:08, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- I agree, that line made me laugh on roughly 3 or 4 different levels. -- Kaptain 13:40, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
What is Hate Hate Hat? - O&E fan 21:23, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
- Probably something someone said in a forum, either someone ranting about hating uncyclopedia or someone making fun of them. - T.L.B. WotM, UotM, FPrize, AotM, ANotM, PLS, UN:HS, GUN 22:34, May 31
Why is this article protected?[edit]
Erm, you just answered your own question...--Kenmcfa 18:29, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
Audible article[edit]
I loved this article and I was wondering if I could make an audible version of the article for the seeing impaired. -- 00:35, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
you fucking asswhores are real clever, arent you?[edit]
well congratulations, you just put my forum post "You and you Shitty Website should go die" into your article, complete with added misspellings, so I'll look stupider in everyone's eyes. I bet your just patting your asses with pride, you racist fascists, at your "ironically humourous" accomplishment in making me look like a flaming jackass. I'm here to tell you you arent worth the shit on the bottoms of your shoes. why don't you go back to playing pokemon instead of polluting the internet with your worthless writings? shit like How To Convince People You're a Heterosexual Male (you REALLY need that bad), Oscar Wilde (wtf your making him out to be like some kind of god. He was a gay faggot who really wasnt that great), AAAAA! (how the fuck is one letter over and over again funny? you guys are LAME), making false history that really isnt that funny (1927? GET A PROFESSIONALY HUMOUR WRITER), Redundancy (I FUCKING GETIT!!!! REDUNDANCY REDUNDANCY REDUCNDACY omg this is funnay), 001 (OMG you are SO NOT FUNNY!!!! wtf a guinea pig? the only people who think those are funny are 10 years old. AND GAY), you even make fun of jews, asians and black people!!!! thats old, unfunny, and people dont like it anymore except racists like you!!!! YOU BETTER HOPE I NEVER FIND YOU BECAUSE I WILL TOSS YOU INTO A PIT OF BURNING METAL ALONG WITH YOUR COMPUTERS SO YOUR SITE WILL BE ENDED FOREVER -188.8.131.52 23:24, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
- There you go again, stating the obvious. Now calm down and have some Christmas pudding. -- Hindleyite Converse • ?pedia 13:20, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
- "why don't you go back to playing pokemon"... man, pokemon was great wasn't it? --—Braydie 13:23, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
- Unfortunately, I clean my shoes. So I am not worth something that is not there. Do you wipe shit off your shoes? Bilky Asko Talk Here 14:18, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
Actually, some poeple will find this page really funny... Even if it was meant to be serious, Uncyclopaedia's mighty team of 9999999 level 30 Enchanters will make everyone think it's a joke. Of course, it looks like one. MorkaisChosen 14:25, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
Do you guys mind if I censor every single word this guy said? Ineedhelpalot
Re: A Criteek[edit]
May I point out that the original post was never named "A Critique." Hinoa renamed it that. Consider renaming the "A Criteek" section to the far more hilarious and benighted original name, "Editing How to post comments" or some variation. --http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/2/20/Alksubsig.gifAlksub - VFH CM WA RV {talk} 21:12, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
- I don't care though. --http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/2/20/Alksubsig.gifAlksub - VFH CM WA RV {talk} 19:25, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
I love it!
LOVE IT![edit]
it really explains enough of some of the articals and lies here. write more! I LOVE YOU!(Not to sound homosexual) but, I think your are just too smart. seriously. I am NOT kidding. I am fucking serious. Btw, why ARE you reading this when i made my point?
We really need an "Uncyclopedia is the Worst" T-shirt[edit]
I think uncyclopedia is great, but IMO, this article doesn't deserve to even be featured let alone be in the top 10 of the year. I get the concept here, but I just don't think this is a funny article. It's a cheap knockoff of an actually GOOD article "I Fucking Hate the Bermuda Triangle". I remember everyone was worried someone was going to copy the format and try it again and it wouldn't be funny anymore. This article killed the joke. In my opinion. The HATE HATE HAT was a little funny, and make me snicker, but I don't see what comedy genius you find in this article. I guess I'm just asking for someone to explain why they think this article deserves a top 10 position, because, frankly IMO this article isn't very good. Nothing personal to anyone involved. 22.214.171.124 02:25, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- The anyone involved you mention here must be a least 100 people because this is meant to be a collection of comments made about Uncyclopedia and its users. Nearly all of them are real or have been recontextualised slightly. It's kind of an in-jokey thing. Don't look at me, I didn't vote for it as Article of the Year. -- Hindleyite Converse • ?pedia 15:47, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- Oh, and the best bit of the article, the HATE HATE HAT bit, was written by me. *grins smugly* *gets slapped* -- Hindleyite Converse • ?pedia 15:48, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
A long rant...[edit]
"This so called HUMOR is less fun than watching Barney! I LOVE BARNEY! BARNEY IS TEN TIMES THE DINOSAUR YOU COULD EVER HOPE TO BE! The fact that you abuse my favorite purple dinosaur makes my heart cry."
who likes BARNEY!?! a kindergardenerd (maybe...?)
"Your hostility towards 'noobs' scares potential new users away, and I am surprised you have more than 50 members!" do they NOT get the true meaning of "n00b" (its with two "0"s not two "o"s!
"so much JUNK on this webcite"
darnit! learn to spell!
"Some 12-year old on crack?"
like them? well they are not an adult.
"scientists who carfully craft each Wikipedia article"
scientists?!?!?! GIVE IT A BRAKE ALREADY! Alot of pepole makes WP articles and not even been to school!
"thanking your lucky stars that he even allows you the honor of copying his site instead of suing the hell out of you."
1). if they had a BRAIN they would know that WP is FREE!!!! 2). riping wikipedia OFF? whats one thing they have "Riped" off of WP?!?!?
"If you want a good wiki, go to Enclyclopedia Dramatica where thay at least know how to spel"
ROFLOL! liek ho abuot yuo laerning to spell?
"I read an Uncyclopedia article and it almost made me CRy"
Why? because your a baby?
"hope you find Jesus Christ" + "bURN UNCYLOPEDIA DOWN!!!1 BURNBURNBURN!! bURN IT AND LET US WATCH11!!!!!1!11111 URN UNCYCLOPEDIA AND SET IT IN SMOK AND LET IT BURN BURN BRUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111!!!!!!!!1111!!!!11111!!!!!" = means one thing: you're a bible thumper to the extreme!
- Right back acha, bucko! And I didn't even write this PERFECT! article! Got it? HMMM?
"I am going to get you shut down"
lol!!! yeah right! i'd like to see you try! dumb n00b!
"They deleted all of my pages for christsake!"
i dont put it pass them to do just that! i'd rather they just delete you! with you witing poop like this! dumb n00b
"you should be ashamed if u even think of going here"
then why are YOU here?!?
i hope that "SITE" = dumb n00b
Yes, well thats VERY humain compared to what i was thinking...
"halfwits who think that calling something "gay" is big and clever"
you've put "GAY", "Gay", "gay", "GAy", or "GaY" every other word!
You are the dumbst most wothless pice of poo poo! i feel like putting you in a shredder!
ahh i do so love this one, it seems that most of it was made by the same "COCKFAG" and really they all dsperatly love un wiki, but pretend they dont cos, you know they are cool like that, and of course ED is so much better xDDD, at least this site has some wit, ed is just penis jokes that were written on a public bathroom wall, if mr wild had been cottaging in these toulets they maye have got something vagely funny, but alas they did not
so unencyclopedia FTW
and if you deelet this then ur all gay cock faqs who qwill burn and dy
hate hate hat!!
This article was a waste of time. The only funny part IMO, was the HATE HATE HAT! ...you mean shit. Anyways, Ican tell this page was sarcasm.
I could say something different[edit]
Encyclopedia DRamatica is the worst, however, uncyclopedia also sucks, not as much as them, at least you arent like ED bastards(and bastardesses) that masturbate to SUper Gay-Porn, but lets hope you dont masturbate to yaoi hentai, well, lets hope you bastards (and bastardesses, of course) dont insult like ED, and make more paris hilton cliches
You're right, Encyclopedia Dramatica IS the worst! It's not funny, and it thinks that we uncyclopedians are stupid. :/ I mean, sure we have some articles that could use improving, but we don't suck!--Just!n 21:25, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
For the writer of this text[edit]
Son,you are deeply disturbed and mentaly ill.In other words-you are crazy.Get some help.There is a very nice place filled with nice people in white coats,its called a madhouse,you will be very happy there,i just know that
- lol -- Hi, hey! I'M A MOTERFUCKING NIGGER BITCH LOVER 21:12, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Greatest Article on this Site, ever![edit]
If I wasnt such a Communistic Bastard, Id worship the writer of this article, the admins on this site suck as....I mean, they're okay, please no more banning....{mutter}evil elitist tyrants!{mutter}....... Comrade Z 02:10, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
IP users continue to be stupid while you don't contribute at all. This is an encyclopedia that anyone can edit, AND FIX!--Dummmmmmy 21:04, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
- What on earth are you talking about? --THE 21:53, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
Can I just ask...[edit]
...why is nearly everyone with a comment on this page irrationally homophobic?
Ah, I remember, of course, it's America, and more particularly the litttle halfwits who think that calling something "gay" is big and clever.
wait nvmd BECAUSE IM NOT GAY LIKE YOU HOMOSEXUAL FAGS!!!
Serously you guys are fags join over to the good side where Gay, ... jokes are funny.
Wow, this site is really, really gay.
shit like How To Convince People You're a Heterosexual Male (you REALLY need that bad)
the only people who think those are funny are 10 years old. AND GAY
hey for all you fags on uncyclopedia and dick suckers have fun with anal sex
You like the hard cock, I just know it.
You fucking faggots...
-Sir Hat-a-lot the great, who is feeling: Thirsty # My contributions|My talkpage|My templates 23:36, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
For the love of...[edit]
Are you sure? --184.108.40.206 18:20, August 31, 2012 (UTC)
A great entropy pool[edit]
Uncyclopedia, a better entropy pool than a comedic website. The infinite monkey theorem applied to comedy, with tweenagers for monkeys. Almost as funny as Randopedia, the wiki generated entirely from automatically chosen random words. Nearly as much thought put into its writing as into the scenario of a midget porno. Comedic writing made accessible. And by accessible I mean AAAAAA AA AAAAA AAAA AAAAAA AAA AAAAA AAA AAAAAAAAAA AAAAA AAAA. --220.127.116.11 21:46, September 6, 2009 (UTC)
- I know, right? - T.L.B. WotM, UotM, FPrize, AotM, ANotM, PLS, UN:HS, GUN 21:55, Sep 6
I laughed for 20 minutes straight[edit]
This article is great, and I just felt the need to post it here. There I was just a fresh n00b wandering through all those repressed articles about indie art films and parodies of philosophical texts, thinking that they're the best of humour Uncyclopedia has to offer, then I see this. It's the funniest thing I've ever read, seriously, I even went back to listen to the audio which I have never ever done. You guys are geniuses. --~http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/uncyclopedia/images/9/9a/Scriptsiggy.JPG 13:55, November 6, 2009 (UTC)
Both ED and Uncyc are pretty crap,
for true comedy gold, go to conservapedia,
5 minutes there and you will be filled up with so much laughter and RAGE at the same time; youll be forced to go crazy on all three sites
So much fun
HAET HATE HAT --[The] [Green] [Arse] [user:lachybus|Lachybus] 12:49, May 19, 2010 (UTC)
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![edit]
How could you? call Uncyclopedia Horrible like this?!?! YOU ARE SO FUCKING GAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET A LIFE YOU FUCKING BITCHY-ASS MORON POSED AS A HUMAN BEING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lordhood (talk • contribs)
An old favorite![edit]
Hate Hate Hat!!!!
...It's still funny after all these years! -- User:TheSlyFox/sig 09:24 May 2, 2011 (UTC)
I just realised I blanked this is September 2010 and got banned for it... --User:Frosty/sig 07:34, May 13, 2011 (UTC)
+CPL 2011[edit]
Just... add this section if you are okay with it because this article is semi-protected.
- Micro$oft Window$ (first thing you see there says "shit" a few times, but maybe you can keep it just if you remove the Microsoft Windows redirect to it and re-create Microsoft Windows as a non-crass version of it) --22.214.171.124 12:52, December 27, 2011 (UTC)
- Apple (the first thing you see says "ass" many times, "bastard faggot Bill Gates" once, and "douche nozzels" three times) --22.214.171.124 12:52, December 27, 2011 (UTC)
- Bat Fuck Insane, a. k. a. Bat Shit Crazy (whatever that means, there is no reason to have "fuck"/"shit" in that name) --18.104.22.168 06:36, December 28, 2011 (UTC)
- Template:Nigga Please (who would categorize their own articles as "bullshit"?) --188.8.131.52 06:36, December 28, 2011 (UTC)
- run like hell (redirects to HowTo:Fuck Off, but how does this title relate to that and I think only titles with the word "fuck" in them should be allowed to be redirected to HowTo:Fuck Off) --184.108.40.206 12:52, December 27, 2011 (UTC)
- Many talk pages (for example, there is a section named Enough of this bullshit on Talk:AAAAAAAAA! and in this section on ChiefjusticeDS' talk page Dr. Skullthumper said "Sure. Sounds great. Fuck that shit.") --188.8.131.52 12:52, December 27, 2011 (UTC)
- Even the article about Uncyclopedia (the sections about Uncyclopedia as it currently is reflects all the crassiness in Uncyclopedia with more crassiness) --220.127.116.11 12:52, December 27, 2011 (UTC)
- Even Uncyclopedia is the worst, although [[Uncyclopedia is the worst] for this reason (sections like "Fuck Uncyclopedia" and "you fucking asswhores are real clever, arent you?", but sections like "wat da hell?!?!?! are acceptable) --220.127.116.11 14:19, December 28, 2011 (UTC)
Anyone thought this?[edit]
Don't tell me nobody considered the possibility that this article was made by a 13-year-old troll/vandal and he accidentally made a contribution? --184.108.40.206 18:17, August 31, 2012 (UTC)
- Hindleyite, the user who wrote this article, is not a troll/vandal, instead he/she writes good articles and is being creative. SERVED! Cat the Colourful (Feed me!) Zzz 18:23, 31 August, 2012 (UTC)


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Ask Noel: Franking credits and capital losses
I am a director of the trustee of a charitable foundation. The trustee invests in listed shares, mainly LICs and applies to the Australian Taxation Office for the refund of franking credits, as the fund is exempt from income tax. It appears that the foundation could be another victim of Labor's tax grab. Can you please clarify.
I have been advised that charities will be in the same position as pensioners – they will be exempt from the proposed rules.
Labor's proposal if it gets into power is to disallow the payment of cash for franking credits to investors who do not pay income tax. This is of concern. However, I have heard that there is the possibility that existing securities could be grandfathered until they are replaced over the next seven years. What does that mean?
I have not heard of this proposal, but I suppose it would mean that investors would be able to claim excess franking credits on existing shares but not ones that had been more recently purchased. I cannot imagine it being legislated in view of the immense complexity it would cause.
I have a home with a large loan and an investment property portfolio of three residential properties. An investment property was recently sold with a large loss and has a residual loan due to negative equity. Investment property B will soon be sold for a large gain. Both sales will occur in the current financial year. Overall the total capital gain/loss from those two sales is negligible. Investment property C will be held long term and has no mortgage. All properties are cross collateralised by my single lender. Can I transfer debt/loans from investment properties A and B to investment property C which will be held long term? Can I use the full sale proceeds from the sale of investment property B to pay down my home loan?
You cannot rewrite history, interest on a loan is only tax deductible if the borrowed money is used to produce income. It does not matter where the loan is secured, it is all about tracing how the money is spent.
If you are seeking tax deductibility, an option may be to sell the third property, and then re-borrow for another investment property. The interest on this last mentioned loan would be wholly deductible.
Noel Whittaker is the author of Making Money Made Simple and numerous other books on personal finance. His advice is general in nature. Readers should seek their own professional advice before making decisions. Twitter: @noelwhittaker

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Facebook now allows beheading videos so users can "condemn" them.
The social network had a ban on graphic violence but lifted it earlier this year, according to Reuters. Now disturbing photos and videos are allowed so users can "share their experiences," Facebook said in a statement.
"People share videos of these events on Facebook to condemn them. If they were being celebrated, or the actions in them encouraged, our approach would be different," the statement continued.
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Facebook said that it's working on ways to warn users about graphic violence. Despite the violence, its current terms of service don't allow threatening posts, sexually explicit content or hate speech. However the social network plans to stop any sharing of the violent content for "sadistic pleasure."
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The standard line from police departments is that they "vigorously investigate every allegation of police misconduct." That is something we want to hear and believe, but it is not always the case.
Can you imagine a friend or relative getting beaten up and pistol whipped for no good reason by an off‐duty cop and then seeing the victim prosecuted for crimes? Can you imagine a police department where the honest officers are harassed into supporting cops who break the law? Well those are the basic findings of a federal judge in Kansas City. A DEA agent, in a fit of road rage, pulls over one Barron Bowling, and proceeds to beat him up. When other cops arrive on the scene, the cover‐up begins–they omit witness statements from persons who contradict the account of the DEA agent. And Detective Max Seifert gets harassed by his peers for not playing along with the fabricated cover story.
The bad apples within the department move up while the honest detectives are hounded out of the organization. Read the whole sordid story here.


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CARSON, Calif. – Bruce Arena has backtracked on his refusal to release Robbie Keane for the friendlies Ireland have scheduled ahead of their upcoming World Cup qualifier against the Faroe Islands, and it's all about the agreement between U.S. Soccer and Major League Soccer on player releases this summer.
The LA Galaxy captain will be departing following Sunday's game against Seattle for Ireland's matches on May 29 against England at Wembley Stadium and June 2 against Georgia in Dublin. The Republic meet the Faroes in Dublin on June 7, and Keane also will be available for the friendly with Spain on June 12 in New York.
Arena's not particularly happy about it, but what's fair is fair, he says.
READ: U-20s - Jose Villarreal too valuable for the Galaxy to go to Toulon Tournament
"In reflecting over it, I think if we're requested to release US players, then how can we not allow other internationals to go," the Galaxy head coach and general manager said after Wednesday's training session at the Home Depot Center. "We're allowing US players to play in friendlies, then we have to do [this]. It creates an awkward situation, but it's fair."
Defender Omar Gonzalez also will depart the Galaxy after the Seattle game, joining up with the US national team for friendlies next Wednesday against Belgium in Cleveland and June 2 against Germany in Washington, followed by World Cup qualifiers against Jamaica (June 7 in Kingston), Panama (June 11 in Seattle) and Honduras (June 18 in Sandy, Utah).
He will miss three MLS games – June 2 at New England, June 8 at Real Salt Lake and June 19 at home against Portland – and as many as two US Open Cup matches.
Keane will miss the games against New England and RSL and not be available for the Open Cup until the June 26 quarterfinals, should the Galaxy advance that far.
Arena said the league "mandated that we release the players" for the US friendlies – it's part of an agreement between the federation and the league about rosters for summer events, including the CONCACAF Gold Cup in July – and said letting Keane join the Irish team ahead of the FIFA-mandated release date for qualifiers was "the right thing to do."
"In reality, no player should be released. US player or other internationals," Arena said. "We should adhere to FIFA rules. ... If our US internationals are going for friendlies, then others should. We're on the same page here. It's not one rule for one and one for another."
READ: Seattle Sounders' Brad Evans added to USMNT roster ahead of five-game set
The Galaxy declined to make Keane available to media Wednesday.
The USSF-MLS agreement is designed to benefit the federation and the league, a league source said, and limits US coach Jurgen Klinsmann from using the same players for next month's qualifiers and all of the Gold Cup.
CONCACAF will allow teams to make four changes to their Gold Cup rosters following the group stage, and Klinsmann said in a teleconference Monday that "we agreed to let all MLS players play on May 25 and 26 with their clubs in exchange to have the availability of those players for the last week of the Gold Cup."
Arena on Tuesday said said the Galaxy would follow FIFA rules in releasing Keane, that he's "an important member of our team, he's missed half the games [because of injuries], and these games are important. We're the ones that pay him."
He acknowledged Wednesday that LA would like to have him next week.
"We can have all of our players actually. Right?" Arena said. "By FIFA rules, they should all be playing MLS games. So that's the way our league has decided to operate. I don't think coaches agree with that, but that's fine."


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Market Defender necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 35 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
A professional logo is required for Market Defender, a site which will help you identify who is bidding your keywords and track your competitors ad copy.
Market Defender
The logo for Market Defender should be clean and transferable to various mediums (vector). We do not want a logo which is simply a basic rounded font like so many other Web 2.0 logos... we want something that stands out and identifies Market Defender as a leader in the field.
The logo should work in a variety of colours - we have no specific colour in mind for the final website so please feel free to post your favourite variation along with a black and white copy.
Keywords to consider are search, defence and strategy.
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Lea Michele has spoken out since the death of her boyfriend Cory Monteith on July 13.
The "Glee" star took to Twitter to say, "Thank you all for helping me through this time with your enormous love & support. Cory will forever be in my heart."
She attached a photo of the couple hugging on a beach, both looking happily in love.
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Just days after the tragic news was announced that Cory had passed, Lea's reps made a statement to E! News about the actress's whereabouts and emotional state.
"Lea is deeply grateful for all the love and support she's received from family, friends, and fans," reps for the star said.
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"Since Cory's passing, Lea has been grieving alongside his family and making appropriate arrangements with them. They are supporting each other as they endure this profound loss together. We continue to ask the media to respect the privacy of Lea and Cory's family."
Her camp also asked that "everyone kindly respect Lea's privacy during this devastating time."
Cory was found dead at age 31 in his hotel room at the Fairview Pacific Hotel in Vancouver. After missing his checkout time, he was found alone in his room on the 21st floor.
Cory checked in July 6 and according to police, he was not staying with his girlfriend. Michele was last spotted in Mexico on July 9th.
VIDEO: Cory Monteith's Top Five Musical Performances on "Glee"
After conducting an autopsy a week after his passing, the BC Coroners Service announced Tuesday that Cory died of mixed drug toxicity, a toxicology screening showing heroin and alcohol in his system.
"This was an overdose and a tragic accident," Vancouver Police Department spokesman Brian Montague said at a press conference following the release of the autopsy results.
Coroners Service spokeswoman Barb McClintock stated that the investigation into his death is ongoing and no further information will be released until its conclusion.
On July 25, cast and crewmembers of the hit Fox show held a private memorial for the actor.
"Today, Ryan Murphy and Lea Michele gathered the cast, crew and producers of 'Glee,' along with colleagues from the network and studio, to share memories and music in an emotional celebration of the life of Cory Monteith," Fox said in a statement to E! News. "We thank the public for their continued outpouring of love and support as we grieve our friend and colleague during this difficult time."
Murphy told E! News last week that he was allowing Michele to take the lead on how to proceed with the show.
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St. Patrick's Day in NYC: Things to do beyond the parade
On St. Patrick's Day, New York City makes it plenty easy to be green. In addition to joining the throngs of revelers marching in Saturday's parade up Fifth Avenue, there are ample opportunities to experience the luck of the Irish.
1. IRISH NEW YORK TOUR Explore the Little Ireland district of the Lower East Side, between City Hall and Houston Street, and discover its history on this family-friendly walking tour, which includes the founding site of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the home of four-time New York governor Al Smith, sites linked to Tammany Hall, the Five Points and many others.
WHEN | WHERE Saturday at 11 a.m., meet in front of St. Paul's Chapel, on Broadway between Fulton and Vesey streets
INFO $15-$20, 888-606-9255, bigonion.com
2. STREAMS OF WHISKEY It's doubtful that '80s Celtic folk-punks the Pogues will tour anymore, and their notoriously erratic lead singer Shane MacGowan can't be counted on to appear with his other group, the Popes, but Streams of Whiskey dutifully re-creates both U.K. bands' anthemic songs with just the right amount of mischief.
WHEN | WHERE Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m. Lucille's Bar & Grill (located inside B.B. King Blues Club), 237 W. 42 St.
INFO $15 in advance, $18 day of show, 212-997-4144, bbkingblues.com
3. CELTIC APPALACHIA More than 70 performers converge for a lively celebration of Celtic and Appalachian music, dance and storytelling, presented by the Irish Arts Center. The evening features performers Mick Moloney, The Green Fields of America, third-generation Carter Family member Dale Jett and scores of others.
WHEN | WHERE Saturday at 8 p.m., Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway
INFO $25-$50, 212-864-5400, symphonyspace.org
4. ST. PATRICK'S DAY FOR SINNERS The Wasabassco Burlesque troupe offers this party as a libidinous yet classy alternative for those looking to have some fun without suffering the obnoxious and inebriated throngs. Expect to be pleasantly surprised by the all-redhead cast. Bonus: If you're a redhead, you get in free. 21 and up.
WHEN | WHERE Saturday at 8 p.m., (doors open at 7:30), The Bell House, 149 7th St., Brooklyn
INFO $20, 718-643-6510, thebellhouseny.com
5. "THE IRISH SHOW" Loud and jovial, host Sean Donnelly effortlessly riffs on relationships, his schlubby appearance and neighborhood locals, often driving himself to exasperation. His affable, unassuming charm wins over the crowd over every time.
WHEN | WHERE Sunday at 10 p.m., Carolines on Broadway, 1626 Broadway
INFO $20, 212-757-4100, carolines.com
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2013 Covenant Award Nominees Announced
Forty-nine students have been recognized as nominees for the 2013 Augustana Covenant Awards.
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March 18-22
The Covenant Awards, the honors recognizing students who exemplify the College's five core values: Christian, Liberal Arts, Excellence, Community and Service, will be presented during Verdier 2013 events, a week-long celebration of Augustana's guiding values and ethics, set for March 18-22.
From Norwegian to English, "verdier" translates to "values; the moral principles and beliefs or accepted standards of a person or community."
"At Augustana, we often say that our students enter to learn and leave to serve. Here, they come to understand that in order to create an even better tomorrow, they must do all they can to support, nurture and help develop ideas and communities today. From serving at the local food pantry to forging new pathways in science, our students are the ones who illustrate this idea and push the words far beyond just a great talking point. Today, and during Verdier week, we congratulate and celebrate our students who are living out the core values of this institution each and every day," said Dean of Students Dr. Jim Bies.
The 2013 Covenant Award nominees are:
|Christian Faith
|Liberal Arts
Kyle Blake
Alaina Heiskary
Shane LeClaire
Callie Stadem
Phil Uecker
Alyssa Weber
Ben Winkler
John Detlie
Maren Engel
Kaitlin Hjerpe
Marissa Knaak
Hannah Kuelbs
Ally Lloyd
Aaron Munce
Anne Pfeifle
Michael Seeley
Tina Skeie
Mason Voehl
Kelly Wong
Tony Yang
Erika Zetterlund
Collin Block
Emily Eichele
Coral Hanson
Carl Hjelmen
Alexandra Hjerpe
Scott Hofer
Kim Homan
Bailey Jackson
Katelynn Kenney
Hannah Kuelbs
Evan Livermore
Morgan McAlpin
Anne Pfeifle
Thad Titze
Michael Tveter
Erika Zetterlund
Coral Hanson
Kim Homan
Sanna Horsley
Megan Kremin
Megan McDonald
Chi Ngo
Erin Schoenbeck
Thad Titze
Amanda Warmka
Dylan West
Krista Youngberg
Kim Homan
Stephanie Larson
Alison Peymann
Ashley Schreurs
Mallory Schulte
Molly Seberg
Brooke Walker
Sara Weinreis
Join us on campus March 18-22 to participate in Verdier 2013 events and recognize the 2013 Covenant Award nominees and recipients:
Monday, March 18: Honoring Christian Faith
Rev. Jon Larson, class of 2006 and a recipient of the Covenant Award for Christian Faith, will deliver a message and the 2013 Covenant Award for Christian Faith will be presented at 10 a.m. in the Chapel.
Tuesday, March 19: Celebrating the Liberal Arts
Hear Drs. Jeffrey Miller (English & Journalism), Joel Johnson (Political Science/Government and International Affairs), Rocki Wentzel (Classics), Jared Mays (Chemistry) and Mike Mullin (History) "define the liberal arts" in "Fast Five" presentations. The 2013 Covenant Award for Liberal Arts will be presented at 3 p.m. in the Siverson Lounge.
Wednesday, March 20: Recognizing Excellence
Watch students take on faculty members in the Quiz Bowl. The 2013 Covenant Award for Excellence will be presented at 5 p.m. in the Siverson Lounge.
Thursday, March 21: Embracing Community
Join fellow students and faculty/staff for Viking cookies before the presentation of the 2013 Covenant Award for Community at 10 a.m. in the Siverson Lounge.
Friday, March 22: Lifting up our dedication to Service
Pledge to participate in the April 20 "meal packing day" to benefit Kids Against Hunger. The 2013 Covenant Award for Service will be presented before the Rendezvous at 3 p.m. in the Back Alley.


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Monday, September 10, 2007
It's Never Too Late / Il n'est jamais Trop Tard
I waited twenty-four years to have my first cheesecake experience. It was three months ago in Denver where I had Kahlua Cocoa-coffee cheesecake. Nobody told me that once you have a bite of a good cheesecake, you get addicted to it and there is no coming back. The following day, my husband and I had another slice and the next day another one. Three days in a row all we had for late night dessert was Cheesecake, and the same flavor.
Now eating cheesecake is pretty easy but baking it is a different story. You see I have never baked cheesecakes before. I have, what we call: "cheesecakebakophobia" . Basically, my worst nightmare would be ending up with a giggly, uncooked cheesecake that would ooze out of my spring-form tin and landing in my baking sheet or worst in my oven.
And then, it all changed two months ago when I saw Haalo's cheesecake. I was mesmerized. It was meant to be. Haalo's cheesecake was going to be my first cheesecake baking experience. Why her cheesecake, you might ask? It has nothing special, does it? I went with this one because I trust Haalo's recipes. If I had to list all the successful concoctions that went from her blog to my table, I would have to change my blog name to "Haalo's second Kitchen" or "Cook almost anything… at least twice". Secondly, as she was explaining the outcome of her cheesecake, she said three magic words that were like music to my ears: "it's soft and creamy but with a wonderfully light texture. The topping adds that bit of sweetness and the base is appealingly crunchy". And what better than a creamy, light cheesecake with a crunchy crust.
The recipe is very easy to follow and I was surprised to see that the cheesecake doesn't cook in a water bath like most of cheesecakes do. I halved the recipe and used the last handful of cherries found at the market this weekend to decorate the top along with my strawberry jam.
When slicing the cheesecake, I was charmed by the small bites, great for entertaining to pop in your mouth. Haalo was absolutely right about the texture. It's creamy yet not heavy and very fresh with the ricotta cheese. You almost don't have to use your teeth, except for the crust that is just buttery and crunchy with the adding of quick oats. The only thing that I would do differently next time is to use less jam for the topping because it was a bit sweet for my taste.
Other than that, it was a great experience, more addictive than eating the cheesecake. I came out victorious and I am proud of myself. I was a good girl this time; I only had one slice of it. Fine two…maybe three. It was late, I don't remember.
Baked Strawberry and Cherry Cheesecake
Recipe: adapted from here
The crust:
- 5 ounces unsalted butter
- 4 ounces quick oats
- 4 ounces graham crackers
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
The filling:
- 13 ounces light cream cheese
- 4 ounces ricotta cheese
- 3 ½ ounces caster sugar
- 5 ounces light sour cream
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla paste or extract
- 1 tbsp flour
The topping:
- 9 ounces cherries or any fruit in season and depending on your taste
- 7 ounces strawberry jam
Make the Base:
Butter a 20cm/8inch round spring-form tin - line the base with baking paper.
Place the butter in a saucepan to melt - when melted add the rolled oats, cookie crumbs and sugar and stir well to combine.
Pour the mixture into the lined tin and press it down firmly to create an even base.
Store in the fridge for 10-15 minutes.
Make the Filling:
Place the cream cheese, ricotta sugar and sour cream into the bowl of a mixer and beat until smooth.
Add the eggs, vanilla paste and plain flour and continue to beat until smooth.
Pour this over the chilled base and cook in a preheated 180°C/350°F oven for 40-45 minutes or until the filling is just set.
Remove from the oven but allow it to cool in the tin.
Make the Topping:
Place the jam into a small saucepan and heat gently until the jam has melted.
Let this cool a little before spreading it over the cold cheesecake, then top with your fruits.
You will notice that the cheesecake will have shrunk away from the sides of the tin so the some of the topping will ooze out over the edge.
Cover and place in the fridge for a few hours or overnight. For best result,take it out of the fridge one hour prior to serving.
Cheesecake aux Fraises et Cerises
In francais please: adaptée d'ici
- Pour la base:
- 125g de beurre, fondu
- 100g de flocon d'avoine
- 100g de petit biscuits secs, hache finement au robot
- 2 c.s de sucre brun
- Pour la garniture:
- 375g de cream cheese Philadelphia allégé, mou
- 100g de fromage ricotta
- 80g de sucre en poudre
- 125g crème aigre, allege
- 2 eggs
- 2 c.c d'extrait de vanille ou pate de vanille
- 1 c.s de farine
- Pour la decoration:
250g de cerises, ou votre fruit prefere de saison
200g de confiture de fraises
Preparer la base:
Beurrer un moule a cheescake (20cm de diametre) et garnir le fond de papier sulfurise.
Melanger le beurre fondu aux flocon d'avoine, sucre brun, biscuits jusqu'a complete incorporation.
Verser le mélange au fond du moule et bien applatir avec votre main pour obtenir une base uniforme. Mettre au frais 10 a 15min.
Preparer la garniture:
Mettre cream cheese, ricotta, sucre et crème aigre dans le bol d'un mixeur ou avec un batteur et melanger jusqu'a ce que le mélange devienne soyeux et lisse.
Ajouter les oeufs, vanille, farine et continuer a batter jusqu'a ce qu'elle redevienne lisse.
Verser sur la base prealablement refroidi et faites cuire dans un four prechauffe a 180C pendant 40-45 min ou jusqu'a ce que le cheescake soit ferme mais un peu mou au center quand vous le bougez legerement.
Laisser refroidir dans son moule.
Preparer la garniture:
Mettez la confiture de fraise dans une casserole et faites la tiedir. Entre temps, épépiner les cerises et mettre de côté. Verser la confiture sur le cheesecake encore tiede et decorer avec les cerises a votre guise.
Couvrir et mettre au frais pendant des heures ou toute une nuit.Sortir du frigo une heure avant de le servir, pour une meilleure degustation.
24 comments:
- Lisa Johnson said...
That looks so good! I've never made a cheesecake and I keep planning too. I like the look of this recipe and just may try it.
- September 10, 2007 at 1:00 AM
- Claude-Olivier Marti said...
Et bien, tu sais ce que je pense des cheesecakes....que du bonheur. Celui ci a l'air tout particulièrement réussit...j'en ai l'eau à la bouche! Bravo !!!! biz
- September 10, 2007 at 5:11 AM
- Anonymous said...
fan de cheesecakes aussi, il m'aura fallu atteindre les 30 ans ! je te bats !
Froussarde comme je suis, je me limite aux recettes de Loukoum/beau à la louche, avec un régal assuré !
Bravo pour toutes ces belles cerises ....
- September 10, 2007 at 8:30 AM
- Deborah said...
Cheesecake has to be my favorite cake. This looks amazing!
- September 10, 2007 at 11:22 AM
- Figs, Bay, Wine said...
I would love to have my first bite of cheesecake as an adult! Firsts get too few and far between as we age, and it takes more work to keep seeking them out. Gorgeous photos here Rose!
- September 10, 2007 at 1:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
My favorite quote "it was late, I don't remember" :-D
Your first cheesecake looks great! Gingersnap-pear was the recipe I tried (also my first cheesecake).
- September 10, 2007 at 3:43 PM
- Warda said...
- Anali, thanks a lot.
- Claude, je sais tres bien que tu es expert en la matiere. Merci de tes compliments.
- Marion, Les cheesecakes de Loukoum sont un reel plaisir pour les yeux. Je suis sure que les tiens doivent etre aussi beau, talented as you are.
- Deborah, I am glad you like it. Thanks.
- Amanda, Thank you very much. I am glad I didn't know what cheescakes were before, I would have been a lot heavier by now.
- September 10, 2007 at 3:47 PM
- Warda said...
My dear Nikki,thank you very much. The gingersnap- pear cheesecake sounds and looks delicious with real slices of pear...Yum. This was a great choice, my fellow first time cheesecake baker.
- September 10, 2007 at 3:52 PM
- Nora B. said...
Can't believe that you waited that long! Love those cherries on your cake. Cheesecakes are popular with my friends and family - I always get requests to make it for parties. There is a recipe that I've used from Tyler (he used to host Food 911) that never fails.
- September 10, 2007 at 4:57 PM
- Anh said...
Rose, oh I do you know what you mean.... cheesecake is one of the most addictive desserts on earth.. And how much I admire your beautiful creation here!
- September 10, 2007 at 5:55 PM
- Renee said...
Oh gosh, that looks so good! I never really liked cheesecake as a child, but I tried it again as an adult, and it is indeed addictive! Beautiful job!
- September 10, 2007 at 8:06 PM
- Shayne said...
beautiful, need I say more.
- September 10, 2007 at 9:10 PM
- Mandy said...
such a pretty cheesecake! I can't believe it's your first attempt. Bravo. Now can I have slice? :D
- September 10, 2007 at 10:39 PM
- Cakelaw said...
OMG - I really, really want to try this cheesecake - it looks devine!
- September 11, 2007 at 2:32 AM
- Warda said...
- Nora, Actually I wrote down Tyler's cheesecake recipe a year ago but never tried it. Your friends are very lucky to have you bring cheesecakes for parties. My kind of parties.
- Anh, you are always so sweet my dear. Thanks.
- Nan, thanks a lot. Our taste buds change when we grew up.And it's mostly to sweets that we get addictednever to vegetables...
- Shayne, thank you very much.
- Mandy, of course you can. I kept a slice hidden away just in case you stop by.
- Cakelaw, thank you so much. Trust me, you will love it.
- September 11, 2007 at 10:29 AM
- Anonymous said...
OMG!!! que dire de plus? que j'ai l'eau � la bouche ....et � ce n'est pas sympa de ta part !!ton cheese machin truc nous dit "mangez-moi;mangez-moi!!!"biz
- September 11, 2007 at 4:01 PM
- LILIBOX said...
bienvenue au club des addicts aux cheesecakes .
J'adore ceux aux Cherries .
Celui la est magnifique !
- September 12, 2007 at 1:50 AM
- Warda said...
- Mima, OMG, cute....bientot l'anglais n'aura plus aucun secret pour toi. Mais mon prefere c'est: cheese machin truc...et merci de me rapeler la chanson:"mangez-moi, mangez-moi, mangez-moi" maintenant, je ne peux plus l'enlever de ma tete. Bisous.
- Lili, welcome back. merci beaucoup ma chere. Je m'aurai bien passe de dependance, crois-moi.
- September 12, 2007 at 7:28 AM
- Kajal@aapplemint said...
dunno what you were worried about girl ! this ones got me drooling all over the place. Well done.
- September 13, 2007 at 1:33 PM
- Aimée said...
Nice! Welcome to the wonderful world of cheesecake perfection. I love, love, love cheesecake, and this one looks absolutely stellar! Great job!
- September 14, 2007 at 7:05 AM
- Warda said...
- Kate, that's so sweet of you. Thanks.
- Aimée, I enjoyed making it, and eating it too very much. Thanks for your nice words.
- September 14, 2007 at 2:19 PM
- Helene said...
Superbe! J'adore !
- September 15, 2007 at 12:20 AM
- Warda said...
- Merci ma chere Helene.
- September 15, 2007 at 6:30 PM
- Anonymous said...
You have a lovely blog here! Cheescake, mmmmmm, let me count the ways!!!!!!
- October 3, 2008 at 9:05 PM


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Go out any reasonably clear night around dawn or dusk and look up. Chances are, after a few minutes, a moving star will drift silently by. What youve just seen is a satellite in low Earth orbit, a symbol of our modern technological age. Many are truly surprised by this sight when I point it out at star parties; I always check for bright passes before I load the scope in the car. Some are active; many are space junk or discarded boosters. A very few, like the Space Shuttle or the International Space Station, may have human eyes staring back at you; and an occasional rare spy satellite may even have electronic eyes of a more sinister nature. This week, were going to discuss the astronomical sub-pursuit of satellite spotting, a pastime that anyone can quickly engage in with a minimum of gear and know how. All you really need is a set of eyes, patience, and knowledge of when and where to look. A good Internet connection (hey, youre reading this, right?) and a pair of binoculars can up your game a notch, as youll soon see.
Satellite spotting used to be a matter of national security. As recounted in Patrick McCrays Keep Watching the Skies! Operation Moonwatch recruited amateur spotters to keep tabs on the Russians, as our country found itself woefully unprepared for a potential red menace from space. This had its roots in pre-space age aircraft spotters placed along the U.S. coasts by the Civil Air Patrol. Moonwatch officially ended in 1975, but many aficionados liked what they saw, and kept up their skills via ham radio, home stapled newsletters, and various other pre-Internet modes of communiqué. Some can even still get the political goat of a space faring nation or two. For instance, in 1990 satellite spotters reported the classified shuttle deployed payload MISTY as alive and well, much to the chagrin of the U.S. government who had hoped to perhaps use the cover story of a failed launch to put the new breed of spy satellite in orbit. Conversely, amateurs have been able to quickly confirm and/or deny such recent space age hopefuls as Iran and North Korea in their fortrays into space.
And of course, satellites have been the source of a good many UFO sightings over the years. Some, such as the ever-growing International Space Station, can appear brighter than Venus! Iridium flares are also splendid sights, often brightening up to magnitude -8 before fading out of sight.
So, you ask, how can I see these splendid sights? The best time is local dawn or dusk; even after the Sun has set on the Earths surface, its still shining and reflecting off of objects high over head. Anything thats visible to the naked eye will be at least several meters across and in low Earth orbit about 50-200 miles up. At that height, things move around the Earth about once every 90 minutes. Fun fact: did you know that Sputnik I was invisible to the naked eye? The vision of folks gathering on their porches to witness this silent messenger of the Space Age now persists in our collective mythos; such a depiction was even shown in the movie October Sky. What most people saw was, in fact, the spent but much larger booster that put it there!
In any event, like much of astronomy, knowing what that moving dot is adds to the moment. At very least, it might help explain grandpa Jebs most current UFO sighting . Heres where ye ole Internet comes into play. Basically, youll need three pieces of information for a successful identification. What time an object is passing over, whats its max altitude or elevation, and its position, or azimuth along the horizon. Match these up, and youve got yourself a successful sighting. Visual characteristics are handy; satellites do not blink (thats a plane) or leave a fiery trail (thats a meteor) unless, of course, the satellite itself is re-entering. Anyhow, when Astroguyz wants to know whats up in the man-made sky, heres where we turn;
Heavens-Above : This is the ultimate clearing house for online local astronomy; once youve got your local latitude, longitude and elevation preset in, itll predict passes in an easy to read format. This is a fine starting point and introduction to satellite tracking. The only drawback it has is they can be a bit slow on updates for recent launches.
Orbitron: this is an uber-cool applet that installs onto your computer; once configured, itll operate in the field, sans internet connection, a huge plus. The trick is to occasionally update the Two-Line Elements from time to time, as new stuff gets launched and old stuff decays; I find once a month is adequate or more frequently if its a rapidly evolving situation, like a recent Shuttle launch. Orbitron is the only true stand-alone, satellite simulation free-ware out there; you can even set it to chirp when a satellite enters or leaves the local sky! Itll even take hand-loaded TLEs with a little skill; the only objection would be the need for a possible addition of local constellations in overhead mode.
Space Weather: If you want dirt simple, Space Weathers simple satellite tracker is it; simply plug in your zip code for Canadian and US users, or locale for international, and out comes the local flybys in a no fuss format. Even grampy Jeb could use it!
Spaceflight Now: A good place to track goings on in terms of recent and upcoming launches; Spaceflight Now publishes all worldwide launches right down to the communication satellite that currently brings such trailer park opuses as Wife Swap and Monster Truck Mania into your house. And their live chat and twitter feed is indispensible for real time updates.
NASA: It can take some digging, but NASA publishes ground tracks for shuttle re-entries which can be copied and overlaid on Google Earth to aid with possible sightings.
So, what strange beasties are there in the satellite world? While not all inclusive, heres a short list of what to look out for;
Manned missions: these are the ones that really stir the Buck Rodgers in all of us. Its just plain neat to think that someones chasing zero-g M & Ms around the cabin, right over head. These days, most manned missions revolve around the International Space Station, but expect that to change as we return to the Moon later this decade.
Iridium and other flares: In the mid-90s, Motorola launched a constellation of communications satellites designed for Sat-phone linkups. These sport three each solar panels that are refrigerator-sized and highly reflective, and if they catch the Sun just right, a brilliant flare will occur, sometimes up to -8 magnitude! Heavens-Above is a great site for predicting these, and you seldom have to wait more than a week to sight a flare from your locale.
Space junk: After monitoring satellites a bit, you begin to realize just how crowded its getting up there. A great many objects in orbit are derelict, mostly boosters used to put satellites in odd or highly inclined orbits. And some can be downright unique, like the tool kit dropped by astronaut Heidi Stefanyshyn-Piper last year while working outside of the ISS!
Spy and satellite constellations: Yes, there is some strange goings on in Earth orbit; satellite constellations, such as the NOSS series, are some of the weirdest (and rarest) things youll see in the manmade sky. These will look like a group of satellites moving in formation. Ive seen this only once from North Pole, Alaska, and believe me, its a bizarre sight!
Dumps, dockings and re-entries: If youre persistent (and lucky) you may be able to witness a docking/undocking of the Shuttle or Soyuz with the ISS. Generally, these happen either two days before launch or landing following the missions via streaming NASA TV can come in handy to catch this. Does the Shuttle or ISS look a bit of a fuzzy halo or trail? You might have been lucky enough to catch a fluid dump, which can look pretty cool if you catch it just right. Re-entries of the Shuttle used to be common place, but after the Columbia disaster in 2003, are now less frequent. The shuttle now almost exclusively supports the ISS, which means it must match orbits with the station. Reentry now generally comes in over Central and South America. And of course, unscheduled reentries can happen any time!
So, youve seen the pretty moving dots and you want more? The sub genre of satellite spotting is always open to expansion and innovation;
Binocular spotting: A good many objects are out of naked eye visual grasp; a good pair of binocs will aid you in this task. To be effective, its helpful to know when a satellite is whizzing by a bright star. Simply aim at the star at the appointed time, and watch the object zip by. I successfully spotted the aforementioned errant tool bag this way! Wide field imaging around the Orion Nebula region some times of year can even turn up geosynchronous satellites, which give themselves away by their slow up and down nodding motion.
Tracking and photography: A simple way to photograph a satellite pass or flare is to lock the shutter open as your quarry drifts by; a more difficult method is to video or photograph the target at higher magnification through the telescope. Setups can range from sophisticated computer tracking mounts to low tech manual setups; simply aim, keep the satellite in the crosshairs, and hope you nabbed a frame or two for later extraction. Both the Shuttle and the ISS are large enough to show telescopic detail. Another tried and true method is to fix on an object such as the Sun (with proper filter in place!) or Moon and let the satellite come to you. This has the advantage of being possible in the daylight, or when the satellite is not illuminated, although the object moves quick, less than ½ a second across the solar or lunar disk! CALsky can be configured to give you local e-mail alerts for transits in your area.
Reporting: sure, these days, everybodys got a blog; but it can also be a great way to get your sightings out. Also, Spaceweather is very approachable for amateur photography submissions, and their Spaceweather Flash routinely posts all things astronomical.
So there you have it, the wonderful and sometimes wacky world of satellite spotting. And unlike some exotic fields of amateur astronomy-dom, this is something you can do tonight with very little startup! Remember, the sky is waiting and tracking the comings and goings of human and technological activity in orbit can be fun for the whole family to enjoy.


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Google's starting salary beats out Facebook by $23,000 and Apple by $40,000, according to a recent pay survey.
Google's median starting salary is $82,600, significantly higher than Facebook's $59,100 and Apple's anemic $43,100, according to salary information site Payscale.com. Still, Microsoft edges out the search giant with a starting salary of $86,900, the Seattle Times reported. Also from the report, Amazon pays $72,200, Intel pays $80,100 and HP offers $55,100.
However, once workers are mid-career, Google beats them all with a whopping $141,000 a year, compared to $127,000 for Microsoft (because Facebook is such a young company, that number is N/A on the report.) Amazon is $110,000, Intel pays $104,000 and Hewlett-Packard is $91,600.
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Other interesting findings include that Facebook's median worker age is 26, the youngest in the report. Google's median worker age is 31, Amazon's is 34 and Microsoft's is 35. Intel's median age is 38 and HP seems geriatric at 44. Facebook also has the highest rate of female workers -- 33 percent.
Stock options don't factor into the pay results, said Al Lee, Payscale's director of quantitative analysis, and some company policies can cause lower median salaries, such as Apple employing an in-house support staff unlike many big tech companies.
"Apple may have a bunch more designers and Web marketers on staff than some of the other companies, and that might pay less," Lee told Bloomberg News.
Ugh, we hate when titles like "designer" seem artistic and therefore deserve less money than one like "engineer" and people like Lee buy into it. That said, it's likely that Google's higher median salaries are probably going to software engineers and mobile programmers in an attempt to compete against the ever-encroaching Facebook.
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It really feels like autumn here in Southern California. And before you laugh, yes, we DO have seasons (they're screwy, but we have 'em). There's a whole lot of stew, soup, and pasta being cooked up in my house these days, whereas a month ago if it couldn't be cooked on the grill it wasn't on our table.
Today I have two picks for your pizza and pasta nights--and if your calendar looks like mine does between Halloween and New Year's Eve that means most nights of the week. Both of them come from California, but are made with traditional Italian grapes: Sangiovese and Dolcetto. When you are having tomato-based dishes and want to serve a red wine, it's important to pick one with good acidity and not too much tannins (that pucker on the sides of your tongue). So if you can't find one of these selections, ask your local retailer for their suggestions.
First up is the 2008 Ortman Family Vineyards O2 Series Sangiovese. (suggested retail, $17; available for $17-$22)This is a rich, layered wine that will pair beautifully with robust, meaty pasta dishes and spicy pizzas. The wine had aromas of cherry cola and chocolate. Expect to taste cherry, blackberry, dark chocolate, and spice as you sip the wine. The nicely layered quality of the flavors extends into a juicy finish, with plenty of acidity to keep the wine from getting heavy. Very good QPR.
The other wine to try is the 2007 Naughty Boy Dolcetto ($15.99 in my local independent grocery store; available for $15-$17). The grapes for this wine were grown in the cool Mendocino County AVA, and they made a very enjoyable wine with kirsch, blackberry, and licorice aromas. When sipped, the wine was smooth on the tongue with cherry, blackberry and pepper notes. There was a slightly smoky aftertaste, which made the wine ideal with an easy, hearty eggplant bolognese. Try it with sausage or mushroom pizza, too. Very good QPR.
Full Disclosure: I received a sample of the Ortman Sangiovese for review.
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Monday, October 25, 2010
Cal-Italians for Pizza and Pasta
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- CIT said...
Great stuff. Odd thing is Wines and Vines reports the biggest increase in sales is now in the over $20 market. Go figure! http://americanculinaryideas.blogspot.com/
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Sometimes Patty doesn't know whether to laugh or cry when one of her three kids runs at her for a flying hug. She loves the affection, but picking up her kids all the time is one reason the 33-year-old third-grade teacher has back pain. She tries to smile and gently remind her kids to hug mommy with their feet on the ground.
Patty feels pretty good most days, even with back pain that comes and goes. "I've learned over the last few years to try to focus on what I can do. I'm lucky that my pain is just nagging, not debilitating. But still, it can make me really cranky with my kids at home and with my kids at school."
Patty did some reading on the mind-body connection. She learned that the things she tells herself about what's going on in her life and how she feels about it can make her pain worse—or better. "So I really work at finding the good things in my day. It helps me get through the day, and I think it makes my pain not bother me as much," she says.
She walks a lot, swims, and does exercises for her back. And she now sits next to her kids when they want a hug. But Patty also works at thinking in a positive way.
"I used to feel so discouraged whenever my back would hurt again," Patty says. "I would tell myself that it was never going to get better."
She learned to notice when she had those negative thoughts. "I would catch myself thinking, 'Why do I bother exercising? The pain is just going to come back.' But instead of keeping on that train of thought, I would say to myself, 'Exercise has helped my back before. I know it will make my back stronger if I stick with it.'"
She also started to use a rubber band to help her "snap out of" a negative thought. For a while, Patty would wear the rubber band around her wrist. Whenever she caught herself saying something discouraging about her pain, she would snap the rubber band and think to herself, "Stop." She has done it enough that now she just says "stop" to herself without using the rubber band.
"It's a little thing. But it helps me be aware of what I tell myself," she says. "It helps me to not dwell on the negative all the time. I still have some bad days. But I don't have as many as I used to. And I feel more in control of my thoughts, my pain, and my life."
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Over the past year or so I've been using an online service called Everpix to automatically store every picture taken on all our iOS devices, automatically synchronise pictures from the iPhoto libraries on both our iMac and MacBook, and automatically suck in and keep updated all the pictures I had on a variety of other services such as Flickr, Instagram and Facebook. Having pulled all these pictures in it did a really nice job of detecting duplicate pictures highlighting when the same picture was on multiple sites, and allowed me to browse through all the thousands of digital pictures I'd built up over the years. Daily it would send an e-mail highlighting old pictures taken on that day in previous years. They had a free service that stored only your most recent pictures, but for a reasonable $5 monthly charge they stored unlimited pictures.
However it wasn't to last – last month Everpix announced their closure, as they weren't going to be able to pay their hosting bill. If you have a read of this article about the closure in The Verge you can easily understand why – whilst they were paying to host loads of pictures for the free service, not enough of those had converted into paying customers. So I, like other Everpix users started the search for an alternative.
After a bit of a look around it seemed like there were plenty of options. Services like Dropbox and Google+ offer photo storage as part of their offering, and of course there are the specialist photo hosting sites such as Flickr, SmugMug and the rest that can store pictures. There are also services very similar to the Everpix offering such as PictureLife, ThisLife, MyShoebox and Loom with a variety of similar features but various pricing models. The arena is also starting to attract the interest of the big boys, with Adobe having retired their previous online hosting and sharing service in favour of which is supported by the latest versions of Photoshop and Premier Elements, alongside a suite of other Adobe applications.
First though, if you're just looking for a secure way to backup your pictures and nothing else, I wouldn't waste time and money on any of these, just make use of one of the many online backup services and just backup the whole computer. Personally I've been using the excellent Backblaze for a while, which has a dead simple per computer pricing model so for $3.96 per computer per month I have a complete copy in the cloud. It operates much like Time Machine on MacOS X, and software like Acronis TrueImage on the PC in that you can set it up and forget about it. It continuously backs up your computer to the cloud, fully automatically and without any need of intervention. Basically the only time you need access it is if you need to restore a file. If backing up your pictures is all you're worried about, stop reading now and head over to Backblaze! If your house gets hit by lightning and it scrambles all the electronics in your house, as happened to a friend of ours recently, having an off-site backup like Backblaze is worth the small monthly outlay.
Anyway, if you're still reading, you're probably looking for something more than just a straight backup.
Looking at all the services I had a bit of a list of important points to consider before spending the large amount of time uploading all my pictures to the service, the main points included (in no particular order):
- Ease of uploading both from mobile devices and computers
- Cost of the service – what is the monthly cost going to be now and how much will it go up as the number of pictures grow
- How does it handle duplicates – this is especially important if you are paying for space as a lousy deduplication algorithm will leave you paying twice for the same picture.
- Long term service viability – is this a small startup for which this their only product or part of a bigger offering from a large company.
- Other bells and whistles – are there any additional features that are attractive.
When considering all of this, this is for our combined photo and video library which runs to over 30,000 pictures and videos stretching back over a decade, size wise running to over 250Gb of data.
Starting with Dropbox and Google+ whilst the iOS apps work pretty well sucking every picture off, there is no real desktop integration with iPhoto for example, and both have significant limits – Google+ to 15Gb, whilst Dropbox is limited to 3Gb unless you put down $10 a month to lift that limit to 100Gb. Flickr and SmugMug are possibilities, Flickr especially now it offers 1Tb of space for free, however they are very clearly designed to be used as sites to present your best images, not as general storage for a large photo collection, so in particular neither offer the set up and forget synchronisation with a desktop that Everpix offered. There is also one major concern with Flickr as they have in the past shown a tendency to permanently delete accounts for arbitrary violations of their terms of service, and even when they have admitted they were wrong to do so have been unable to restore the accounts. If this is going to be a main backup of your photo collection a service that could potentially do that is not particularly attractive!
Looking at the services that are more similar to Everpix, over the past month I've had trial accounts with all four, and even paid out for a month to give PictureLife and ThisLife a good workout. The big fly in the ointment for PictureLife, ThisLife and Loom straight off is the price. I don't for a moment blame them, but for a collection the size of ours the storage cost mounts pretty quickly. This is made worse by the services having duplicate detection that is not nearly so good as their promotion might suggest. A big problem is to do with the way iPhoto deals with exports in that it rarely if ever exports the original image. Even if you load a picture from your iPhone into iPhoto and export it immediately to Flickr, iPhoto will re-encode the picture, so at times I was getting three, even four versions of a picture once edits and other uploads had been taken into account. For any service where you're paying for space this is an expensive issue!
In terms of features PictureLife, ThisLife and Loom are pretty good. PictureLife will even suck in your albums from iPhoto (although it fails to detect when those albums have been uploaded to Flickr which results in loads of duplicate albums), and ThisLife has a really excellent facial recognition system that once trained does a pretty good job at working out who is in a particular picture. Another really nice unique feature with ThisLife is the joint account feature that allowed us to pull together pictures from all sorts of different sources. Ultimately though with the numbers of pictures we have, the killer with all three of those services is the monthly cost, which is only going to go up. However nice the services are the poor deduplication coupled with the monthly outlay for a non-essential service means they weren't my long term choice.
I've deliberately separated out MyShoebox (not to be confused with Shoebox from Ancestry), because unlike the others it is following a more Everpix like pricing model. The main difference is that rather than limiting the time period that can be uploaded for the free account it degrades the resolution. Like Everpix it's another startup, this time running out of Toronto. It's not as feature rich as PictureLife or ThisLife, in particular lacking any of the linking to third party services online, and lacks a bit of the polish of Everpix, however it does what is says on the tin. I was not overly impressed with the desktop synchronisation client which on the Mac seemed to be a wrapper around a web based uploader and certainly wasn't as nice as other services. It also pops up a really annoying "are you sure you want to exit" type modal dialog whenever you try and close the website. In terms of special features it includes some nice analysis of the pictures through scanning the metadata. Certainly it scores on price, and will be even more attractive if they improve the desktop synchronisation, but with the Everpix experience, is the pricing sustainable?
That brings me onto the big boys offering, . In terms of longevity, Adobe have been in the game for a very long time, so in terms of a secure bet for a company to do business with they seem a good choice. The pricing is also really attractive. For the first month you can upload as much as you want for free, from then on you can remain on a free account, but you are limited to uploading 50 photos a month, alternatively they have a pro plan for $6 or £4 a month which gives you unlimited uploads. There are no costs for storage, Adobe will basically take as much as you can throw at them. You can upgrade online, but they also offer a subscription option on iOS devices through which you could potentially pay just for a month if for example you were going on a big trip, then drop back to the normal service limited to 50 uploads.
Adobe are coming at this from a slightly different angle, essentially Revel is acting as a central repository for all your pictures and videos. The latest version of Elements Organizer that ships with both Photoshop Elements 12 and Premiere Elements 12 has a background agent that will synchronise your entire Elements Catalog into Revel. If you're not wanting to buy into the whole Elements ecosystem they do a free Revel app for the Mac, iOS devices and Windows 8 which include limited picture editing features alongside upload and synchronisation features. A number of other Adobe apps such as Photoshop Express, Grouppix and Videobite also hook up to Revel. Revel will also pick up on all the metadata associated with pictures although you'll need to be using Elements as a Revel client to gain access to a lot of that.
Certainly in terms of the offering, I've found Revel the most attractive. Although limited, the apps on iOS and Mac are polished and stable. If you are an Elements user on the Mac, one big gotcha is that the Elements Organizer, being cross platform doesn't talk directly to the Revel application, so you will definitely end up with two copies of your Revel library locally if you have the option turned on in Revel to store pictures locally as Elements will try and download copies of all your pictures into it's catalog. However with the subscription option means that you won't be tied to a monthly cost, which if you don't pay will result in all your pictures being wiped, and Adobe is a big enough company that they're not going to collapse in a mountain of debt as a startup might.
After all of that, there really isn't anything yet that compares to Everpix in terms of what it did and the polish, whilst I'm using Revel to store pictures, it lacks a lot of the connectivity that Everpix had – essentially with Revel you're getting unity by signing up to the Adobe way of doing things, rather than the way Everpix tries to bring it all together. If you want a lot of the Everpix like features to explore your photo collection, and you either have a limited sized photo collection or money isn't an issue I'd certainly look at PictureLife, ThisLife and Loom, but for any large collection beware of how much it might cost in the long term. Ultimately though if you're wanting a secure backup of your pictures, get something like Backblaze to keep your data safe, and consider services like this as an added extra, not you only form of backup.


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Evert E. Swanson
Evert Eugene Swanson, 87, formerly of 345 E. Hemlock St., died Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010, at the Lutheran Home at Kane.Born January 18, 1923, in West Kane, he was a son of the late Oscar Albert and Ruth Peterson Swanson. On Dec. 13, 1947, in Kane, he married Hazel Cochran who preceded him in death.Mr. Swanson served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, attaining the rank of Technical Sergeant. During his service, he took part in 35 combat missions and received the Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal with Two Oak Leaf Clusters.Before his retirement he was employed as a senior technician for Tennessee Gas Pipeline. He belonged to the American Legion Post #250 and was a past member of the Kane Elks. He also was a former member of the First Baptist Church.Surviving are a daughter, Linda (James) Bailey of Plantation, Fla.; two sons, William (Terri) Swanson and David (Sheila) Swanson, both of Kane; six grandchildren, Nina Zaretzky, Brooke Creamer, William Swanson, Jenna Swanson, Kylie Swanson, David Swanson Jr.; and a sister, Shirley (Howard) Rightenour of Lakeland, Fla.He was preceded in death, in addition to his wife and parents, by two brothers, Russell Swanson and Floyd Swanson; and a sister, Isabelle Swanson.Friends will be received Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. noon at the Cummings Funeral Home,Inc. where funeral services will follow with the Rev. W. Craig Smith, pastor of the Mt. Jewett and Hazel Hurst United Methodist Churches, officiating. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery.Memorial donations may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project and sent to Cummings Funeral Home, Inc., 151 Greeves St., Kane, PA 16735. This is an organization that helps thousands of injured servicemen and women returning home from the current conflicts and provides assistance to their families.(https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org)Online condolences can be expressed at www.cummingsfh.com.


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The revolution will be televised in low-resolution
One thing that's always bothered me about sci-fi movies is how bad everybody's communications technology is. Well, that and the costumes. Seriously, if the future is Spandex, I take back what I said about never wanting to die. But anyway, every brave new vision of the future you see, the phone system has gone to hell. Alien, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, you name it: people are flying around, firing laser guns, and talking through intercoms that make them sound like Stephen Hawking gargling. Even a simple video link spits and fuzzes as if they're tuning it through a coathanger. Will the future really be filled with technological marvels that enhance every area of our lives but this?
Now I realize: yes. We're already on the way. I used to listen to music on CD, watch TV on a television, take photos with a camera, and talk to people on a phone with a cord. Now I have internet radio, MP3s, YouTube, VoIP and a cellphone. Even my home landline is a wireless thing that makes people sound as if they're calling from inside an empty beer can. I don't yet watch TV on my cellphone, but my phone company wants me to, even though the screen is one inch wide. I do take photos and videos on it, and that's what I'll have to look back on: a bunch of 8x6 pixel images and footage so jerky everyone seems to be having a seizure.
You know where this started? Vinyl. Oh yes, we laughed, when the purists said CDs didn't sound as good. Well, maybe you didn't, you weren't born. But ask your Dad. Those long-haired freaks were right.