Minecraft

I never liked Minecraft. It seemed horribly stupid to me that we went from some of the most amazing graphics in the world to a sandbox game that someone could have thought of at the age of 4. "Mommy, I want a game where I can build whatever I want!" My friends love/loved/will love it forever. I refused to pay for it, so I downloaded a crack (I know how seriously agitating this is to the Minecraft community, but honestly if I wasn't going to pay for it anyways, is it really stealing? So I played, I set things on fire, and to me, it's still stupid. It's something I did because I had nothing better to do, and although I would do it again, I like games like League of Legends where there's something exciting going on every second of the game, and it makes your heart beat faster. Those kinds of games are the best.

Also. Note how I said something about "if I wasn't going to pay for it anyways...", because I plan on making a well thought-out elaborate post about piracy (and why I love it!)

Programming Flow

I'm a geek. It takes a lot for me to get stimulated. I'm so used to doing lots of things at once. I'll be doing my homework, listening to music, browsing the internet, and talking to someone on Skype at the same time some days. So, when I'm programming, I can't stand doing it in silence. So I put music on. Usually, music like rap or something upbeat is what I listen to. I've tried other genres, but rap is usually the best. Jay-Z is awesome for "programming music" (a new term coined by yours truly!), but I think anything that rhymes well is good. Anything that has a nice flow, actually. I'm gonna call it the "Programming Flow".

Facebook

Okay. I'm gonna write about Facebook. I've used Facebook for 2 years now. It gets annoying sometimes, and it's repetitive.
Here's why I liked facebook:
-my friends used it

Here's why I didn't like facebook:
-always changing
-addicting, in a scary (it got to the point where if I wasn't being productive and I had access to the internet, I would just log on and check my notifications. If I had some, I would be happy, and if I didn't have any, I would be sad)
-things got old (seeing the same types of statuses over and over again; if I wanted to I probably could have sorted all of them into categories and subcategories and never need a new category for a few months)
-privacy issues (if I ever want to do something that needs a background check, the last thing I want is for people to see the posts I've made on facebook (not that they're that bad!))
-it's not going to last (I shall elaborate)
-it makes physical communication seem so hard when you can just type things into a chat box

When I say it's not going to last, I mean that I think it's just going to fade away eventually, like Myspace, Friendster, Google+, etc.. It might be one of those companies that just does things right and stays on top (Google vs. Bing. When was the last time you heard someone say Bing it?) for awhile, but I don't think it'll do that. Instead, I think it'll fade away and people won't miss it because there will be a new standard that everyone uses.

Because I only had ONE reason on my "liked" list, I deleted my facebook today. I'm hoping my social life doesn't take a dive with it, but I think without Facebook, I'll be more focused in life.