Ty_Ping's Blog (11)

Well it was an interesting run that's for sure. Got to think of some interesting stories, got to realize some new stuff, got some info and class stuff for my students later.



Will this change anything for me or many other people out there? Probably not.

Simple solutions for world issues are all around us, even if it's just everyone donating a few pennies every day, if every person on earth gave $.01 a day we'd have over 6 million every day to deal with world problems. But even that… Continue

"Look I just cant!" Ty cries at the computer screen. An urgent EVOKE from alchemy flashing across the screen asking all active agents to step up and assist the main group.



Closing the computer lid she stands and paces the room while some of her guild-mates look up at her with curious eyes.



Looking at them a wave of guilt, anger and despair wash over her and she turns to leave the room quickly.



"What's going on?" one of her friends asks softly finding Ty curled up in… Continue

I was skimming the forum when I noticed a question in a post asking "How would you explain morals to someone who might not have them?"



It kind of gave me a pause.



One of the responders (A.V. Koshy) responded that he's never heard of a society of people that does not have some kind of moral guideline whatever they may be.



And this is true, every society or coming together of humans has some kind of "Moral" agreements made within them (even if it's begrudging agreements… Continue

Thought if you havent seen this you might enjoy it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg9qnWg9kak&feature=player_embedded

Living in a smallish apartment in Japan I find it kind of neat. I'd like more light then that yellowish glow myself tho.

Changing Power.



I was just thinking about the sOccket soccer ball http://www.soccket.com/ and one of the problems I have with it and potentially any other energy entrepreneurial things out there.



The issue I have is with the lack of entrepreneurship. I would, personally, here and now, love to have a sOccket. I would pay to have a sOccket, I would give sOcckets to the soccer club at my school right here and now, and I can think of thousands… Continue

"I think I hate potatoes…" I say glaring at the offensive spud. Trying to make gnocchi out of it and the handful of flour I can use for today I impatiently burned myself on the hot tot trying to crush them too soon out of the hot water.



Potato Bannok, Potato Gnocchi, Potato casserole, potato filled potato seaweed balls.



"Aren't you Irish?" My roommate asks jokingly, referring to the amount of potatoes the Irish traditionally ate.



"1/4th Scottish actually but who would… Continue

"Wow" My boyfriend exclaimed his eyes following where I was already looking. "A wh*** pack of doughnuts for 130Y! That's so cheap, why don't you get some?"



I cry on the inside as he said that. I don't have 130Y to spend on doughnuts. I have to buy rice and some noodles and some cheap frozen vegetable mixes. I'm freezing my own potatoes and carrots so that I can have them for the next few months. I have no money for the things I want. I bought myself some flour so I could treat myself… Continue

And idea...



This is just an idea I'm throwing around after looking at World Without Oil and Evoke.



But the basic concept is to talk to facebook, and possibly any other small games development sites and maybe even Blizzard to see if they'd get in on it.



And create a game. A real honest to goodness game, like farm ville only dealing with real farming and real farming techniques and issues in Africa.



Give people so much money to buy a plot of land when they sign… Continue

"Don't say it" she said to me as she walks onto the roof.



I try and stifle my cheshire grin, after all starving people is not something to be joking about but I've always had a black humour. You can either laugh on the edge of hysterical or you can cry your way off the ledge of a building.

Neither of them really solve anything but at least one makes you feel a little better about the world.



Wandering over my rooftop garden I check and see if any tomatoes are ripe yet. I'm… Continue

I can watch, I can watch from the shadows at those who can do what I cannot. Silently cheering from the sidelines, dropping assistance when I can, be it a donation to a relatively <a href=http://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/> small organization</a> to a tiny local event to gather those donations to an avid defense or subtle mention of the person I idolize when and if their name will come up in conversation.



The very person who brought me here is… Continue

http://designinafrica.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/innovation-in-africa-tips/



Social Innovation.



I'm not even sure what that word means all the time. I guess it means doing what you can to change the world. But when I think of it, the word, what it represents, what you have to do.



I lose hope.



This is the opposite of what a person should feel I imagine, when they think of… Continue