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Sunday, August 16, 2009
Comic 624: Should Be Blocked
105 comments:
captcha: obiesistReplyDelete
Rob is the obiesist person on the blog.
- AnonymousAugust 16, 2009 at 11:00 PM
"Browsing without Adblock" is not smug nerd name-dropping, it's scene-setting. What the fuck do you want, "browsing without an ad blocker?" Don't flame things that aren't there; at best it makes you come off as trying to hard, and at worst it makes people disregard the things that are ACTUALLY wrong with the comic.ReplyDelete
CAPTCHA: prettylyl
i'm a prettylyl girl
How about just "Browsing" ? Most people (even adblock users!) understand the idea of ads online. Or perhaps, setting the scene by showing us the ads (as he does) without the title informing us "THESE. THESE ARE ADS." hm?ReplyDelete
It's funny because I was just using Facebook for sex! Randall, get out of my head!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 16, 2009 at 11:48 PM
To be fair, I've actually seen a 'facebook of sex' ad.ReplyDelete
Am I living under a rock to have never heard of github? The wiki page is like a paragraph of text and half a page of references, so it can't be that well known.ReplyDelete
It's a bad idea to have the punchline be the obscure one of the bunch.
I can sympathize with Randall on this point. Ad-block users (next to Prius drivers) are some of the most smug and annoying people on the internet.
Every time someone mentions anything about online advertising on sites like Reddit or Digg, there are at least 10 comments of "What is this 'advertising' of which you speak'"
Makes my blood boil.
- Cuddlefish PrimeAugust 17, 2009 at 12:15 AM
I kind of liked this one. "RSS&M" made me laugh, even though it doesn't fit the pattern.ReplyDelete
CAPTCHA: comatiz
Reading xkcd usually makes me want to go comatiz, but not today
(I meant to make the point that if he didn't mention that he knew about adblock, the entire forum would be full of adblock users and their smug)ReplyDelete
- Cuddlefish PrimeAugust 17, 2009 at 12:22 AMReplyDelete
"I can sympathize with Randall on this point. Ad-block users (next to Prius drivers) are some of the most smug and annoying people on the internet."ReplyDelete
Au contraire, commoner. For I, William Monty Hughes, and the vast majority of the "Xkcd" fora just happen to use ad-block (as should all men). Only a true plebian would assume the audacity to accuse ME (of all people) of being smug and/or annoying.
Research before flaunting your inaccurate assumptions, child.
-William Monty Hughes
"Cogito Ergo Sum"
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2009 at 1:08 AM
Willy's always good for a laugh.ReplyDelete
This comic's also creepy. I do not need to read about Randy's extreme familiarity with porn, or about how he seeks it out.ReplyDelete
Also, it is totally wrong to steal criticisms of xkcd from the xkcd forums, but the dude is floating above his chair in every single panel.
Also aren't most of these advertisements on actual porn sites? I mean that is the only place I have seen them, as other sites tend to not want to associate themselves with the porn industry (i just had this conversation today! goomh).ReplyDelete
I'm using adblock (as should everyone!) and I'm still getting these pop-up ads. Apparently there is a Russian version of "Facebook of Sex", "SexVKontakte". But yeah, GitHub for Lesbians doesn't make much sense. How about "ebay for MILFs", "fmylife for S&M", "mydeadspace for Necrophiliacs".. ok that last one was a bit over the top.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2009 at 2:36 AM
You know what? I actually -don't- use adblock because I actually think it's fair that I watch a few ads for the stuff I'm consuming for free on a daily basis.ReplyDelete
The free internet runs on ads. When adblock becomes so prevalent that the vast majority of surfers uses it, then there's no more ad revenue for websites, and that means no more income. So that means all the stuff we get for free now will either dissapear or be paid subscription only.
If the alternative to that is watching a few ads that I ignore anyway, then I'd gladly choose the latter.
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2009 at 2:38 AM
"mydeadspace for Necrophiliacs" would've been funny if you didn't just cram the word 'dead' in the name myspace to have it make sense with the necrophiliacs thing that came after it. You should've gone for DeadJournal, because at least there the original name has some reference to being alive.ReplyDelete
Is this an xkcd comic? You decide!ReplyDelete
CAPTCHA: fulatin. At Ninja Language school I learnt how to speak fulatin.
I think it would have been funnier if the stick-guy actually clicked on the last ad. Then again the plain stick man is a usually a stand-in for Randall and is rarely (never?) allowed to have any shortcomings.ReplyDelete
On another note, I spotted this post on the badscience forum. I know it's not the most notable of forums, but maybe this is a sign of growing dissatisfaction with Randy's mediocre scribbles?
P.S. There are some pretty good parodies on page 2 of that thread.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2009 at 5:10 AM
Anon 2:38, mydeadspace is a real site. Or mydeathspace is anyway.ReplyDelete
I think this one wasn't too bad, actually. But then again, considering the recent comics, perhaps my expectations are that low?ReplyDelete
Maybe I got it wrong, but I thought the main idea of the comic is that porn advertisement is getting so crazy and illogical that they're using ANY "real life" link, even if it plainly doesn't make sense. The comic shows a gradual progression of that. With that interpretation, it's necessary that the last panel shouldn't make any sense (yeah, I had to look GitHub up).
But the execution is plain shit. It would have been much better if Randall had actually drawn the fake ads over drawings of actual websites. I think he did quite an impressive job with the spoofs of YouTube and Twitter -- why not try that again? Instead we get that annoying stick figure with those awful side comments. We don't NEED the side comments, we're not stupid.
... but then again, considering xkcd's audience recently...
That doesn't make the execution less awful, though.
By the way, what the HELL is that "Brightly Wound" comic?? Christ, that's much worse than even the worst xkcd strips.ReplyDelete
- Person #1August 17, 2009 at 5:50 AM
C'mon, don't be unfair. It was perfectly reasonable to mention adblock.ReplyDelete
But yeah, the comic sucked.
Come on now. Yes his comic has a number of similarities with xkcd. No, you aren't the first to notice this. His comic is similar by necessity. He can't draw and he's a physics major. What type of comic do you think is going to come out of that combination? He didn't set out to try to copy xkcd, and hopefully by reading both comics you'll be able to see that there are indeed different styles to them despite the similar art style and subject matter.ReplyDelete
Aloria, you must be the Devil incarnate to be getting this blog so infected by that "Brightly Wound" cancer. OR you're a secret agent from the xkcd forums set out to make xkcd seem better in comparison. In either case, you're doing an excellent job.ReplyDelete
By the way, I refuse to write "xkcd fora"; not just because I'm bitter with the forums, but because I always got annoyed at how the English language ripped words directly from Latin without making up its own. Portuguese is largely derived from Latin, yes, but we adapt words to our own rules at least!
... well, actually, English words go largely unadapted thanks to the "good neighbours" relationship with the north (yeah, right)...
The Brightly Wound guy didn´t set out to copy XKCD? Are you kidding? Stick figures and physics jokes don´t necessarily make it a copy of XKCD, but you can´t tell me calling it "a webcomic of physics, astronomy, math and grammar" isn´t a nod to XKCD.ReplyDelete
Anyway, what´s up with stick figure dude referring to the ads as being for "porn sites". I know I´ve seen the Facebook of Sex ad, and although I can´t recall what site it for, I´m going to assume it was AdultFriendFinder or one of their competitors.
Skeevy NSA "online dating" site does not equal porn site
@Anon 2:36ReplyDelete
That is a great point I wanted to raise (I don't use it either), but thought it would distract from the horribleness of the comic.
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2009 at 9:10 AM
Fernie's like a completely different person. I like him much more now.ReplyDelete
It is a pretty predictable pattern we have going here. One person who still likes XKCD decides that they can play the role of "the pro-xkcd guy" until eventually a comic comes up that is so bad that the pro-xkcd guy joins the rest of us in our hatred. We are truly a persuasive group.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Other criticisms aside, I think it is unreasonable to complain about a stick figure having to levitate off of the chair that it is sitting on; how else would one draw it while being able to clearly distinguish the (monochromatic) chair from the (monochromatic) stick figure?ReplyDelete
Making a bingo sheet for ridiculous defenses made by xkcd fans.ReplyDelete
Here's what I have so far:
Any ideas?
how about "god why do you waste ur time dont u have somethin better to do with ur time"
i suggest you look in the frequently asked annoying questions if you haven't already
You totally forgot the free space and the fifth row that entails.ReplyDelete
Brightly Wound is clearly trying to copy xkcd guys, read his first FAQ. Come on.ReplyDelete
R: "Well I thought it was funny."
"Well what comics DO you think are funny? Achewood? Oh well that is your problem, you have a terrible sense of humor"
"I would like this blog more if it weren't so obvious that Carl is Randall Munroe"
"It is a pretty predictable pattern we have going here. One person who still likes XKCD decides that they can play the role of "the pro-xkcd guy" until eventually a comic comes up that is so bad that the pro-xkcd guy joins the rest of us in our hatred. We are truly a persuasive group."ReplyDelete
I think I'm too biased to tell exactly whether the group *is* that persuasive, or if the comic *is* in such a steep decline. My feelings are sort of mixed. Sometimes I start running backwards through the strips and some of them strike me as quite good. On the other hand, there are times when I remember strips back from the "good ole days" and realise there were some pretty bad duffers even at that time.
The clearest opinion I can assemble is that the duffers have become much more frequent and far, far worse; and it's been a couple of weeks since a comic that truly gave me a hint of hope.
- Person #1August 17, 2009 at 10:30 AM
So uhReplyDelete
I'm taking 100% credits for everyone liking Fernie now. Go me.
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2009 at 10:39 AM
It is kind of sad that xkcd is more popular than Achewood, which:ReplyDelete
has more comics
is more original
is funnier
predates xkcd by years
inspired xkcd
probably has more effort put into each individual strip
has actual, well-rounded characters
It's hard to get at first, but once you do...
I will like Fernie when he has an opportunity to do his old bitchy routine about how Randy is not a pedophile who is desperately lonely and wants to have sex with Megan and tries to fill the void by having meaningless sex with everyone, but fails because he is a creeping creeperstein, and not only avoids it, but actively participates in mocking Randy's sex life. THEN I WILL BE CONTENT.ReplyDelete
My complaints about this comic are geeky in nature, forgive me for wielding them against a geeky-but-unfunny comic.ReplyDelete
Perhaps others have seen "the facebook of sex!" on the internet, but I haven't seen anything like the ads in the comic. (FYI: I use adblock in firefox, but also keep up with other browsers for the heck of it)
"Ok, wait, what?" remains the worst straight-man reaction to an odd situation. Just a question mark or sweat drop could be better than that phrase. And if the character (and the intended audience) know what github is, then why act confused about it? He should be excited, if anything. Is everyone supposed to wiki github, adopt it, then search for/create the github of lesbians?
Sorry, I mean, wait, what? EXCUSE ME WHILE MY ASPIE BRAIN RACES TO UNDERSTAND THIS UNEXPECTED PUNCHLINE!
- FrogwarriorAugust 17, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Hm, on the "floating above chair" thing I'd say the 2nd and 3rd panels get it pretty well, but the 1st and 4th don't.ReplyDelete
Hey I know! His pants are woven with metal, and the chair contains a superconducting material! Hahahahaha physics!
Anyway, welcome to the club, Fernie.
I must say, I see this "staunch defender becomes comic's newest antifan" a lot; I'm in the group on the Order of the Stick forums that whiles away our time snarking the epically bad Dominic Deegan. It's... If the author had TRIED to make it this bad, I'd call him a pure artistic genius, a master of all things ironical. But he didn't. He's trying to make a good comic. And he just keeps finding more and more inventive ways to SCREW IT UP.
Hang on, hang on, the Internet's not free. You still have to pay for your connection, unless you're accessing it exclusively through freee Wi-Fi hubs, in which case people are still paying taxes for it. Yes, (most) websites don't charge you personally for their content, but the Internet itself is not free.ReplyDelete
Sometimes I consider turning off my ad blocker for sites that I like and want to support, but then I'm too lazy to do it because I don't like and support any sites THAT much.
what I want to see is an adblock filter that only filters out badvertising. if an ad service is good and doesn't intrude or otherwise ruin your browsing experience then it can go through. basically you need badvertising curators who look through white lists. this needs to somehow become the only thing people useReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2009 at 11:45 AM
I do browse without adblock, and have never seen any ads like those first two.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2009 at 11:59 AM
What really creeps me out is when he says "Does every porn site have to brand itself like this" implying that he's browsing for porn, and then looking at where the stick figure's arm is placed.ReplyDelete
Does this make me the only person here who everyone still hates? Or who everyone would hate if I posted often enough for you to remember who I am?ReplyDelete
Triggles, I don't remember why you suck, only that you do.ReplyDelete
basically he was fernie before fernie wasReplyDelete
but less of a whiny 15 year old?ReplyDelete
more arrogant, i think? he's the douche who decided to quote cs lewisReplyDelete
oh man the CS Lewis douche! yeah he is less of a whiny 15 year old and more of the type of douche who quotes CS LewisReplyDelete
it is hard to decide who should be hated moreReplyDelete
i'm just kidding trig, you are all right
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2009 at 1:10 PM
At least the alt-text is funny.ReplyDelete
- Cuddlefish PrimeAugust 17, 2009 at 1:20 PM
I remember when I was the resident "pro-xkcd guy"
Of course, I didn't post much at that point
And I started hating xkcd after only a week or so
But still
- almost anonymousAugust 17, 2009 at 1:20 PM
Is this you Rob?ReplyDelete
it looks a bit like you.
what's wrong with quoting c.s. lewis, he's pretty coolReplyDelete
oh, rob. poor rob.
anyway nothing is wrong with quoting cs lewis, it was just the manner in which he was quoted
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2009 at 1:49 PM
No, this is Rob.ReplyDelete
Woohoo, finally a post I read on the same day it's released!ReplyDelete
...in case you didn't get it, I just crawled throught the entire archive of this blog. Quite instructive and funny, indeed. Anyway, where was I? ...oh, yes, today's comic!
Oh, damn. I was once an xkcd rabid fan, but it's been at least a week already that I can only look at those last strips and say "...huh?" The alt-joke at least is marginally cool.
almost anon: no, I am whiteReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Hang on, hang on, the Internet's not free. You still have to pay for your connection, unless you're accessing it exclusively through freee Wi-Fi hubs, in which case people are still paying taxes for it. Yes, (most) websites don't charge you personally for their content, but the Internet itself is not free.ReplyDelete
Oh please, apart from that being an awfully pedantic discussion of semantics, that's like saying a walk in the park is not free because you need to pay for the bus/buy a car/buy a bicycle/buy shoes/buy food and eat it to get there. You also need to pay to get to the movie theatre. Does the fact that you paid for the bus ride make it okay when you sneak into the theatre without paying?
Carl: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/04/20/business/link_span.jpgReplyDelete
also, Randall Patrick Munroe = Steven Patrick Morrissey?
I don't understand what the joke is supposed to be. The last panel doesn't make sense, obviously, but that's why this comic is stupid, not funny.ReplyDelete
I have a feeling it's supposed to be nonsense + lesbians = funny, and that's kind of sad.
Oh please, apart from that being an awfully pedantic discussion of semantics, that's like saying a walk in the park is not free because you need to pay for the bus/buy a car/buy a bicycle/buy shoes/buy food and eat it to get there. You also need to pay to get to the movie theatre. Does the fact that you paid for the bus ride make it okay when you sneak into the theatre without paying?ReplyDelete
By your argument, as long as you watch the ads, yes.
The point is that even if there are costs to you, it doesn't mean that the creator is getting any money, and thus you are circumventing the rules of capitalism and the system doesn't work. You're getting stuff for free, but it's not sustainable.ReplyDelete
And, no, in that case it's not okay, because the profit from those ads isn't nearly enough to pay for the product (movies, theaters, etc). If you want the system to work, you have two options: pay what they ask (be it watching ads, paying cash, etc) or not consuming the product. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
HEY it's Jay, bitching about a comic that's not xkcd for once.ReplyDelete
I think this is legitimately the stupidest comic I have ever seen online.
I read that comic, Jay.ReplyDelete
I think I can now feel my brains leaking out of my ears.
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2009 at 7:25 PM
Trigboy, we know your name. Stop signing your posts like a douche.ReplyDelete
who posted thatReplyDelete
if only they had signed their name i would know
"Does this make me the only person here who everyone still hates?"ReplyDelete
Hard to say, Dr. Horrible hasn't been seen for a while.
He said he'd be posting as an Anonymous. But *I* still remember him. What a bunch of drama that was...ReplyDelete
didn't he change his mind thoReplyDelete
i mean didn't i change his mind for him
Today's joke wasn't so bad compared to the others. Hell, it's vaguely reminiscent of the older comics. The only trouble I find is that I had to google Github because the place is off the friggen map. Even bugzilla would be a better option.ReplyDelete
Yeah, whatever happened to the Doctor, anyway? I thought he said he needed to go and think it through on his own for a few days or something? Well, it's certainly been a few days and he's like... Disappeared. What's worse, all the drama didn't snowball and destroy everyone on this blog in a horrible catastrophe! Hmph. Talk about an underwhelming conclusion.ReplyDelete
I liked how today's comic had lots of pretty pretty colors! I can't believe none of you said that, it even had a cute little stylization of "S&M"! Unfortunately the "joke" still made me feel dead inside, but yeah.
Asher: Actually, while it's true that in theory if everyone blocks a guy's ads he will lose money, and hence be forced to either take down the site or make it paid, both of which deprive you of the site. The problem is that it's only true in theory.
While people love to use this expression as a one-size-fits-all cop-out, I think it applies here: You are assuming people are rational. Isn't the whole idea of a free market and capitalism and McBurgerKing based on the assumption that participants in an economy, without fail, act in a rational manner to achieve the highest monetary profit they can? That's not why you make website- websites are intellectual masturbation. You basically put them up because you're a narcissistic douche, though fortunately sometimes that's warranted and sometimes it's not but still hilarious.
Like Rob said, there are very few sites anyone would care about if they died, because most sites suck. I don't even know if I can think of any... Maybe Google? But Google is free, except for AdWords, which almost doesn't count.
Slate, NYT and Washington Post all rely on ad revenue (NYT and WaPo only getting more so as time goes on). I think it's facetious to say that websites are a less valid medium than print or broadcast. Most *good* sites aren't hobbies - they're businesses. And AdWords doesn't count? AdWords is Google, at least it's what keeps Google alive.ReplyDelete
As more things entertainment/info businesses migrate to a digital format, it's only going to become more stark. The lucky thing is that most people will never know about AdBlock. But that doesn't make using it ethical.
I'd equate it to stealing books. You can argue most books are written because authors just want to write. But if no one bought books, there'd be a hell of a lot less titles on the shelves. And there's no guaranteeing that the good ones would still be there.
But hey, at least you don't have to see a mildly annoying ad, right?
- AnonymousAugust 18, 2009 at 12:33 AM
By your argument, as long as you watch the ads, yes.ReplyDelete
Then apparently you don't understand my argument at all.
I could continue arguing this point, but it looks like Asher feels the exact same way and can put it far more eloquently than I ever could.
Oh man, that whole Doctor Horrible thing was so hilarious. I don't know what was funnier, the way he started sucking up to Randall ("I'm going to tell my professor I got advice from you!" *sparkle*) ten minutes after announcing that he'd criticize his comic on this blog, or the whole "Sure, laugh at me because I am a decent human being" thing he tried to justify everything with. No wait, it's definitely the sucking up.ReplyDelete
Speaking of the Doctor, isn't it time Carl published those chat logs or emails like he said he would?
I should've clarified: It doesn't count because it is very unintrusive, and not the kind of thing you'd block, anyway.ReplyDelete
NYT and WaPo are certainly legitimate news sources that I value, and although I don't read them regularly I think their sites are convenient and if I were to follow the news, they'd be one of the places I'd start.
You have a point, if ad blocking drove NYT and WaPo out of business or into pay per view, all the other news sites would probably go after the profit, now that the market is there and the usual one is dead (or just go bankrupt). While I think that would filter out some of the really bad sites, it would also probably drive the good ones out of my price range. But again, I wouldn't block the ones that use something like AdWords, I'd block the flash orgies.
I know that I didn't say this, and I'm basically weaseling my way out of a tight spot here, but what I should have said that websites are not all about money. People weigh the motivation AND the self-satisfaction when deciding whether to have one- for NYT, obviously no one would pay for it all just for bragging rights. But for Rob's Rants On Ronald Reagan, I think Rob would still put it up even if it cost him money. So there's a chance that depriving him of his ad revenue wouldn't necessarily kill the site.
Speaking of Rob, why don't the ISP and the webhost divide up the ad space to make my internet access completely free?
I'd consider paying to read NYT, by the way... But it depends on how much. I know you pay for paper newspaper and it has ads anyway, but if they went completely digital how much would they have to charge for an ad-free newspaper to cover just the server and staff expenses?
And I'll consider being ethical about blocking ads when advertising start being ethical, by the way: That means no flash, no sound, no flashing colors, no dishonest marketing bordering on con artistry ("Your computer might be infected by a virus! Click here to clean it!" "Fuck you.") and no irrelevant peddling of crap I obviously wouldn't want to buy (second rate merchandise/services, overpriced stuff, paid services that are worse than free alternatives), and no competing for my attention with the actual content. (Though there's the problem of distinct interest conflicts among the userbase leading to mutually infuriating ads. For one, years ago I remember reading Something Awful and being pretty annoyed at that hentai game store's ads, but I can imagine how the ad may have paid for itself)
Also, both Randall and several other webcomic artists are self sufficient without relying on ads. Wikipedia runs on donations alone, doesn't it? Speaking of donations, the guy who makes Dwarf Fortress also lives on the donations alone. I'm not suggesting that the whole internet could run on charity and accessory stores, but some sites do.
Also, thankfully books don't have ads yet, so it's more of not paying the 8$ most of which goes to the publisher anyway, I think. Or the 8$ all of which goes to the publisher, if the author is dead. Anyway, I do most of my reading from the library.
We interrupt this special edition of Very Dull Economics Today for some BREAKING NEWS:ReplyDelete
Jay obviously hasn't read Shredded Moose.ReplyDelete
Or Sentient Puddle.
Or CAD.
Or Dominic Deegan.
Or LICD.
Or LFG...
Or the billion other terrible webcomics out there.
- Person #1August 18, 2009 at 6:03 AM
@Ar-Pharazôn (with names like that I really miss copying and pasting)ReplyDelete
Some people are bad
Let's kill all people
That is basically what you are saying. There are reasonable ad services out there (google adsense, project wonderful), and you are punishing those webmasters who put up reasonable ads for those who don't. But hey. Since you are blocking all ads because of some people anyway, they might as well put up annoying ads to earn more money, right? Cause you know, that you are blocking their reasonable ads is out of their control, and since they lose revenue on you, they have to make it up somehow.
I see what you're saying, but I think you miss the greater moral point that this isn't a vigilante justice situation - it's not up to the consumer to pick and choose. I think that's a fundamental ethical thing akin to stealing, maybe you don't. The movie theater example is still apt; is it okay to sneak in only because the price is too high, if you might pay if the price were lower?ReplyDelete
I think the thing with "ethical" ads is that you approach it as if you have the right to visit the site, and therefore any ads that don't meet your threshold of subtlety are bad. But it's just the opposite. They can put any ads up they want, and you are free not to visit the site. Once again with the books, you can't steal them until the prices go down. You just either buy them or don't. Watching the ads is the price you pay for visiting a website.
And further, websites use those intrusive ads (and lord knows I hate them too - Salon has terrible ones) because they are better revenue generators. There is so much advertising that prices are rock bottom, so it takes a lot to break even. It's not that they're greedy bastards (well, they may be, I don't know), but that they need to pay their staffs.
And last but not least, if some shmoe wants to earn a couple bucks for his work (good or bad), it's his right. Anyone can make a product, and anyone can sell it (via ads in this case). If you don't think you come out on top for the transaction, don't read it.
If an author has moral rights to his/her work, that means the auther has the right to decide in what manner the work will be published. If the auther chooses to publish his/her work alongside advertisements, you do not have the right to override the author's wishes, anymore than you'd have the right to redisribute the content elsewhere by, say, copying the entire article into a post on a messageboard (and it still astounds me that many people don't think that's wrong).ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 18, 2009 at 9:59 AM
Without reading the whole discussion... does that mean that you find it immoral to switch channels during breaks in tv-shows?
just going to throw out there that I would not pay for the NYT under any circumstances because it is fucking horribleReplyDelete
- Person #1August 18, 2009 at 10:52 AM
TRiG oh man copyright don't get me started ok here I goReplyDelete
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oh hey trig you spelled author wrongReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 18, 2009 at 11:32 AM
@Anonymous 2:36ReplyDelete
The internet doesn't run on ads. The internet might run on ad *clicks*. Watching ads earns site owners no revenue, clicking does. I can't remember when was the last time I clicked on an ad (and not because of ad blockers), so using an ad blocker does no damage because I wasn't going to click the ads in the first place.
That's the enthical part. The legal part is there is squat a page owner can do to legally force you to watch ads. They can try hard to make it hard for you to get rid of them, but they can't force you. That's like forcing you to look at all the ads you see down the street. You're free to buy a book and only read the parts you like. You're free to fetch a webpage and discard the parts you don't want. Copyright has no notion of a whole, legally indivisible work, as far as the end user goes. The only loophole that copyright owners have so far is DRM (they can DRM something and make the DRM force you to do something, and removing the DRM would be illegal in the US thanks to the DMCA), but web pages do not (yet) come with DRM.
The thought that struck me the most whilst reading this comic was exactly what sort of sites Randall is on when he receives ads like this... Where might someone see them?ReplyDelete
Anon: I hadn't thought of that. It's certainly an interesting question. I must consider it.ReplyDelete
I don't watch the telly much. And I'd never flick channels during ad breaks, because I find that annoying. I'd be more likely to leave the room and get myself a sandwich. My housemates channel-hop, though.
Bleh. Something went wrong with my comment submission and 5 posts appeared.ReplyDelete
Yes, I know about copyright. And I know it's a bit of a mess. I've read Richard Stallman on the subject and I think I kind-of-sort-of agree with him.
in Massachusetts it is actually illegal to agree with Richard Stallman, ever.ReplyDelete
I'm moving to Massachusetts.ReplyDelete
Anon 11:32: You are wrong. Some ads work on how many people see them, some work on how many people click them. It depends. I know this because when I considered putting ads on this blog, google offered me both choiced. Obviously, if you are paid per view, it's a much much lower rate than if you are paid per click.ReplyDelete
Cost per impression vs cost per click is an interesting concept. I haven't looked too deeply into it--except that CPC is probably more cost-effective for people who are not very good at advertising.ReplyDelete
However, this doesn't change the fact that CARL=RANDALL
- AnonymousAugust 19, 2009 at 1:07 PM
an author doesnt have the right to decide how someone reads her work. where'd you get a silly idea like that? I can skip chapters of a book, I can read it backwards, I can ignore any illustrations, the way the book was printed, I can scribble in curse words if I want to.ReplyDelete
when you visit a web page you're not looking at some etheral thing floating out in the internet, you're looking at a document that has been downloaded to your computer. by posting to the internet, the author has given anybody who wants to the ability to download that document and read it. what the reader decides to do with that document, short of violating copyright, and even what portions of that document the reader decides to download, are completely up to that reader. if the author (or media corp, as the case may be) has built a business model around giving away free content in exchange for ad revenue, and for some reason the majority of its readers decide not to view their advertisements, it is not a failing on the morality of consumers, it is a failing of the business model of the website. there is no unspoken contract, no moral imparitive that demands that readers of a website view that website exactly as the creators intend. If a website, intending to exploit the large number of people who view its *free* content, does not succeed in making money becuase the readers find it easier to seek out and install an app and deal with the occasions when it makes certain sites work poorly, then advertising (or at least their approach to it) is not a working business model.
Just because they (or "we" as it may be) believe that the product they produce for free is deserving of financial restitution, does not morally demand that we should comply with any attempt on their part to achieve that goal.
In any case I don't use adblock because, as I mentioned before, it breaks some of my favorite websites and simply adding those sites to its ignore list isnt enough to fix the problem.
damn, well put.ReplyDelete
and from an anon no less. nice.
- Person #1August 20, 2009 at 11:12 AM
But you are basing this on the assumption that it is a business model. What about private sites that just can't afford to keep the site open without ads covering a part/all of it?ReplyDelete
- concerned.August 20, 2009 at 1:47 PM
So can we stop with the guest posts already? Almost all of them sucked, people don't write well (save for Hatebottles and his post). Please?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2009 at 7:45 AM
"facebook of sex" is a real ad, it shows up on 4chan all the timeReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 1, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Can we make a category for every time Randy squeezes in that little sitcom-style "wait, what?" after the alleged punchline? It could be the largest category made to date.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 12, 2010 at 9:38 AM
this comic is funny and i love xkcd..ReplyDelete
where am i? a xkcdsucks blog? wtf? who doesnt like xkcd?
People with discernment and taste.ReplyDelete
you should discern that anon was kidding. I think?ReplyDelete
The answer's still the same!ReplyDelete


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New Year's Resolution: No More Bugs
Years ago I worked for a major semiconductor manufacturer doing failure analysis on CPUs. Someone fairly senior once told me that my job (and all my colleagues) should be eventually eliminated because they were an unnecessary expense. Instead, he said, it would be cheaper to never have any failures.
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I wasn't smart enough in those days not to laugh openly at something that crazy, which is part of the reason why I don't work there anymore. I've gotten a little more circumspect with my opinion since then.
The reality is, even if my New Year's resolution is to not create any more bugs, they are still inevitable. That's why I wish the Arduino had better debugging support (although I hear that may be on its way). The underlying AVR chip, of course, has fine debugging facilities if you have the hardware (which doesn't have to be much). Most vendors have some kind of on-chip debugging either through a proprietary interface or something like JTAG. It is getting harder to justify a full-blown emulator unless you think you need to troubleshoot problems during reset or something else exotic.
Last year I was setting up the STM32 development environment using a small board from ETT and an Olimex JTAG adapter (click here for details). I made some progress over the holidays, although I will confess most of my time was consumed playing with a new 3D printer (a topic I will return to later in the year).
If you use an IDE, chances are debugging is built in. The NXP board I looked at a few weeks ago did a nice job of that using Eclipse and its proprietary debugging protocol. The ST, though, doesn't officially support an open source or vendor-provided IDE. You can get demos of commercial offerings, of course. If you want to buy something, there are plenty of options. Some of those are nice, but there is also something to be said for having one set of tools for everything, as much as possible (even if that is Eclipse).
As I mentioned last month, I started with the ST files for the RIDE IDE, which is very close to a stock GCC toolchain. Then I grabbed a few example makefiles (from Peter Harrison at www.micromouseonline.com) and started hacking them to the way I like it — at least, for the most part. In general, I prefer to put things I will frequently change up front (by frequently, I mean once per project). Then I will put things that I will rarely or never change — things like the paths to tools, for example. Once you get them right, you'll probably never change them.
I assumed you would copy the interrupt table file from the library (stm32f10x_it.c in my case) to the working directory. After all, you will want to install your own interrupt handlers unless you are doing something really basic. But most of the other library files I left in the original locations.
Unfortunately, a lot of the ST files assume headers are in the current directory and I didn't want to modify it too much. So currently you need the following files in a "blank" project:
- main.c — The main program (you can change this, of course).
- stm32f10x_conf.h — You can comment out (or uncomment) different STM libraries you want to use in this project here.
- stm32f10x.h — This header should be a system header but there are too many things that refer to it in the local directory so for now I just left it.
- stm32f10x_it.c (and .h) — You may want to modify the interrupt handlers, so you might as well have a copy of this file.
- Stm32f10x_flash_hd.ld — The link script.
You'll also want openocd.cfg when you use JTAG debugging (something I'll talk about later).
The locations are set by the
STLIB variable in the makefile. I also borrowed an .ld file from the Internet and put it in the working directory — you might want to tweak that one too. To keep from making the makefile too ugly, I used
vpath in the file to tell the compilers to look in the library directories for .c and .s files:
vpath %.c $(DRIVERS)/src $(CM3) $(CM3D) vpath %.s $(STARTUPDIR)
One nice side effect of this is that you can add ST libraries by just naming them. For example, I am using the RCC and GPIO library files in this project so:
# Add any ST libraries you call here as well and they can stay where they are SRC += stm32f10x_gpio.c SRC += stm32f10x_rcc.c
You can change a variable near the top of the makefile to pick the ETT bootloader or the OpenOCD JTAG to program. I'll talk more about the JTAG interface next time. For now, you can use
FLASH_TOOL = BOOT and make changes to the
BOOTCMD variable to set, for example, your serial port. The stm32ld program communicates with the bootloader. The bootloader worked OK at 19200 and 57600 baud.
The rest of it is pretty much hands off unless you need to make special changes. I left provisions for using different optimization levels, but I found the CM3 core code had trouble compiling when using anything other than OPT=0. I haven't taken the time to find out why yet.
I'm including a dump of my working directory with the online listings. The simple program is the proverbial blinking LED (on GPIO pin 7). If you want to try it yourself, you'll need to edit the paths, serial ports, and anything else peculiar to my installation.
If you are haven't broken into embedded ARM programming, this is a pretty inexpensive way to make that a New Year's resolution. The board itself isn't much, the software tools that I'm showing are all free, and you don't absolutely have to spend on the JTAG adapter if all you want to do is program the part since the board has the built-in bootloader. As handy as the bootloader is, you really want the JTAG debugging. As inexpensive as the Olimex adapter is, chasing down one bug will make it pay for itself. I'll talk more about debugging specifics next time.


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The end of the year is always a good time to catch up on major projects. This year I put together a 3D printer (very cool; I'll have more to say about it next year) and finally got around to working out how to program a particular ARM board from Linux.
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The ARM board in question is from a Thai company called ETT and available through Futurlec. For about $25 you get an ST32F103 processor that has 64K of RAM and 512K of flash. The Cortex M3 CPU runs at 90MIPS and has the usual array of analog and digital I/O. Not bad for the price.
The board has a serial port and a bootloader, and even comes with a cable to connect to a PC. My problem is the software on the CD was all Windows-based. I lost the CD and it doesn't appear to be online anywhere. My eventual goal was to not use the bootloader anyway. I wanted to use an Olimex JTAG adapter — another inexpensive piece. Add a breadboard and a 3.3V power supply, and you have a pretty capable ARM set up for well under $100.
Recently, I complained that NXP didn't support Linux whole-heartedly. That's true, but ST's support for straight-up GNU tools is pretty much non-existent. There's great support for development tools from different vendors, but if you are looking for support for just pure GNU tools, there isn't much. Luckily, the RIDE tools are close to "stock" GCC, so the files provided for that toolchain will work, for the most part.
For the ARM compiler, you need arm-none-eabi-gcc and its friends. There are a lot of options for getting these. Codesourcery keeps current builds available. They'd also like to sell you their other tools, but the basic open source tools are free (I assume since Mentor bought them, this will continue to be the case). About the only limitation I've found with these tools is that they don't build gdb with the insight option (the GUI debugger). I'll mention a few workarounds for that in a future blog.
There are three other parts to the puzzle: The ST libraries, something to push code down to the bootloader, and something to drive the JTAG adapter. The libraries are easy enough to find on the ST site. The current version is in the file stm32f10x_stdperiph_lib.zip ( go to the ST site and click on Resources to browse for the latest version). The example projects for RIDE are close to what you need to get started.
For the bootload downloader, there are a few options but all of them load .bin files, not .hex files. Of course, it is no trouble to make the tools write out binary files. The tool I picked was stm32ld. The bootloader autodetects the baud rate, and 19200 baud seemed to work fine.
You might question why you need the ST libraries. In theory, you don't if you don't mind programming everything at the register level. You'll also need to create a startup file and a link script. Here's the first part of my demo program using the ST libraries:
RCC_APB2PeriphClockCmd(RCC_APB2Periph_GPIOB,ENABLE); GPIO_InitStructure.GPIO_Pin=GPIO_Pin_7; GPIO_InitStructure.GPIO_Speed=GPIO_Speed_10MHz; GPIO_InitStructure.GPIO_Mode=GPIO_Mode_Out_PP; GPIO_Init(GPIOB, &GPIO_InitStructure);
The clock enabling, for example, is quite a bit of register-level code. It is much easier to use the library code and there is even good documentation for it on the ST site.
I am mainly using the JTAG adapter to program the device, but if you are using the bootloader, you need to push the blue pushbutton on the board, which causes the boot LED to light. Then press reset. You can now run stm32ld to send a .bin file to the flash memory. To run your program, press the blue button again (the boot LED turns off) and then reset the board.
This is still a work in progress, but it is working. I'll show you more of the code and all the glue required to put it together next time. I'll also talk about JTAG, getting around the non-GUI debugger, and some of the CPU's capabilities in upcoming blogs.


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When submitting a proposal for Gemini telescope time, all overheads associated with science observations must be included, except for those associated with the default set of baseline calibrations.
Telescope and Instrument Overheads
Each instrument page lists specific overheads associated with the instrument, in the "ITC, Sensitivity and Overheads" sections. These include: target acquisition, instrument configuration, detector readout, and telescope offsetting. The instrument overhead pages are:
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- Near-infrared instruments: bad pixel masks, darks, GCAL flat fields, arcs and photometric or telluric spectral calibrators. In addition, for GNIRS cross-dispersed data a pinhole mask spectrum is obtained with the flatfields; for NIFS a "Ronchi" calibration mask spectrum is provided for each wavelength setting. For near-infrared spectroscopy a telluric standard is obtained for each 1.5 hours of science, in the thermal regime this is increased to one for every hour of data; if tellurics are needed more frequently then that time will be charged to the program.
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Information on target acquisition times is included on the Observatory's statistics page. Typically optical and infrared imaging observations are set up in 6 minutes, and spectroscopy in 12 - 18 minutes. Use of GNIRS with the P2 wavefront center requires an additional re-acquisition about every 45 minutes due to flexure. Coronography with NIFS adds 5 minutes to the set up time. Altair adds 5 - 8 minutes to the set up time. GeMS laser AO observations take longer to set up, approximately 30 minutes. Additional overhead must be included if the observation is long (more than about 2 hours duration) such that more than one acquisition is likely. Please use the instrument links to obtain up to date information on specific overheads.
Figure 1: Acquisition times for Gemini North and South instruments during semesters 2005B to 2012A. These values do not include the typical 6 minute slew and guide time. The improvement from 2005B+2006A is due to unifying the acquisition software for the facility instruments.
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The first day back in the city hasn't been as easy as I thought it would be. Im super tired and really could do with a big rest, but I wanna keep busy. I have a stinking cold to match my extreme fatigue so Im failing at life right now. I bought this shirt a few weeks ago from Primark and I haven't worn it until today, I actually like it a hell of a lot more on than I do off. I don't generally like sheer things but I've made an exception for this one. The alphabet print is pretty unique (although I saw somewhere alphabet is a print that's going to be big this spring summer?) and I quite like the sleeves too. I wore a plain black top underneath because I don't own a white cami (mad I know!) but I'm okay with it!
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The first day back in the city hasn't been as easy as I thought it would be. Im super tired and really could do with a big rest, but I wanna keep busy. I have a stinking cold to match my extreme fatigue so Im failing at life right now. I bought this shirt a few weeks ago from Primark and I haven't worn it until today, I actually like it a hell of a lot more on than I do off. I don't generally like sheer things but I've made an exception for this one. The alphabet print is pretty unique (although I saw somewhere alphabet is a print that's going to be big this spring summer?) and I quite like the sleeves too. I wore a plain black top underneath because I don't own a white cami (mad I know!) but I'm okay with it!
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ah i love your shirt and i hope you feel better soon!ReplyDelete
Oh my word!! I cannot believe this shirt is from Primark?! I have to get one now!! The necklace is a beaut too!! Love this outfit! xReplyDelete
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gourgeous outfit as per usual xxReplyDelete
Love the shirt, looks so good for Primark! XReplyDelete
you look amazing!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMonday, January 28, 2013 5:41:00 pm
Love the shirt, Lily! xReplyDelete
great shirt!!! your nails look like funfetti!!ReplyDelete
wow, i wasn't expecting that shirt to be from primark! You look lovely as always, love your hair colour and styleReplyDelete
It looks amazing. I can't believe it's Primark, it looks like something Topshop would have outReplyDelete
Lovely look, shoes are to die for!ReplyDelete
gorgeous outfit, the shirts amazing!xxReplyDelete
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You look lovely! Love your shirt! Hope you feel better soon! X LauraReplyDelete
I love those shoes! gorgeousReplyDelete
Love that shirt, can't believe it's from Primark! XxReplyDelete
I think I will be buying this shirt tomorrow!ReplyDelete
'failing at life' HAHA! cracked me up
feel better soon xo
Love this top! xxReplyDelete
Stunningly styled outfit. I was meant to be on a spending ban, but now after seeing this shirt I have to head down to Primark to snap it up! xReplyDelete
Ahhh I saw this shirt in Primark and was really tempted by it, but didn't have time to try it on! It looks fab on you :) xReplyDelete
You look lovely! That shirt looks amazing, it's such a great style, and is just a generally awesome shirt! Hope you're feeling better soon! xxxReplyDelete
That shirt is sooo cute zxReplyDelete
This is beautiful, i love the shirt! Can't believe its from PrimarkReplyDelete
Amazing shirt, such a good Primark find! love it with those trousers xxReplyDelete
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I love how your nail varnish matches your ring!ReplyDelete
this shirt is so cute!ReplyDelete
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I love it! The shoes are amazing!ReplyDelete
I'm loving this alphabet tee, defo need to head down to Primark and get myself one! xxReplyDelete
- AnonymousMonday, January 28, 2013 6:31:00 pm
Love this look! Also you should try get a bloodtest sorted for the fatigue! I felt just like you're describing and it ended up being a vitamin defiency that tablets and a few injections can sort out to boost your energy! Feel better soon xxxReplyDelete
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Love the shirt! xxxReplyDelete
I love that shirt, can't believe it's a Primark find! xReplyDelete
This shirts lovely, Primark really do have some lovely things in at the moment! XReplyDelete
Great shirt! Love the shoes too - very cute. xoReplyDelete
Loving the rings & bracelets. I would never of guessed that shirt was from Primark, its lovely! (: <3 xReplyDelete
That outfit is lovely, and I adore the shoes. The colour coordinated Jewellery looks so nice with the monochrome!ReplyDelete
Can't believe that this is from Primark. Really lovely outfit.ReplyDelete
This shirt looks lovely :) Beautiful outfit !ReplyDelete
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This shirt is Primark?! AMAZING!! xxReplyDelete
primark?! its a nice idea. i love the lettering, it doesn't look cheap :) not sure on the sleeves but it suits you xReplyDelete
This shirt is so cute! Can't believe it's primark xoReplyDelete
I can't believe that shirt is from primark..looks so much more expensive. amazing outfit xxReplyDelete
Love it!ReplyDelete
such a fun shirt! cute outfit xReplyDelete
I love that shirt! xReplyDelete
Love this outfit. The shirt is really cool!ReplyDelete
and I neeeed those shoes!lol
Really love that top, wouldn't have thought it was from primark.ReplyDelete
I picked up these shoes in the Topshop Jan sale and I adore them but am yet to wear them. You are giving me lots of inspiration =)ReplyDelete
The shirt is gorgeous, you look lovelyReplyDelete
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You look lovely! Fun shirt too!ReplyDelete
Love that shirt, really need to hit primark! xReplyDelete
Ahh that's a cool top, not seen that in there before!ReplyDelete
Loving those shoes, as always. So nice!
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What an original shirt, cute! ♡ReplyDelete
I love love love your shirt. Literally cannot believe it s Primark! XReplyDelete
I got this shirt the other day and love it! Just something quirky about it that drew me in, total bargain too. Hope you're feeling better soon, sounds like you're having it pretty rough :( xReplyDelete
Oh! I have to get this shirt..!!ReplyDelete
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Lovely top! And I love your jewellery and nails, so nice! xxReplyDelete
Love the shirt, i thought it was going to be from topshop or somewhere like that lol xReplyDelete
Great shirt, and love the shoes!ReplyDelete
that shirt is amazing, love your monochrome outfits best :) xReplyDelete
Gorgeous shirt and jewellery!ReplyDelete
I love the alphabet trend, topshop has some amazing things too :) I love the strappy flats too! XReplyDelete
Obsessed with this shirt! I'm really sick too so hope ya get better soon Lily xxReplyDelete
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This is so cute! Topshop has so many alphabet themed clothing coming up for Spring so I'm glad I can get it for half the price in Primark :D xReplyDelete
Big love for the alphabet print! xReplyDelete
This is such great outfit! hope you feel better soon.ReplyDelete
Wow that shirt is all kinds of amazing! Great Primark find, love how you styled it <3ReplyDelete
This top is so cut, I would have never of guessed it was fom Primark! I don't tend to go for sheer either, I like the idea of it, but practically you always have to consider underwear or wear a vest, and even when you do all this it never looks as good as it does on the hanger because you can still see the outline of your body through the top! Okay rant over! This looks really good on you though having said all thatReplyDelete
I know you've mentioned it before but I still don't get updates for your blog on blogger :( it's okay because I can still follow you on bloglovin' but it is a pain!
Did you happen to cut your hair?ReplyDelete
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hope you feel better soon lovely! Maybe you have glandular fever? I had it and was exhausted constantly!!! Rest up when you can, still looking georg as always xoxoxReplyDelete
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Great shirt Lily, who'd of thought it was Primark? I've seen a few alphabet inspired pieces in Topshop so thought this must be where your shirt was from. Well done Primark!ReplyDelete
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I'm in love with your top. I want a typography/alphabet printed blouse or dress.ReplyDelete
Great look!
I've seen some American fashion bloggers wearing clothes with type on it - so I reckon the UK is probably going to follow suit.ReplyDelete
You look lovely. Wouldn't have spotted the cold.
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love your shirt! xxReplyDelete
Ah I adore it, Lily. The nails/rings/little details are all so cute.ReplyDelete
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Love your shoes and accessories! (:ReplyDelete
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Love the shirt and I hope things get better!<3xoReplyDelete
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beautiful shirt xxReplyDelete
Love the shirt. Nice blog. I'm a Spanish girl new in the UK:)ReplyDelete
a shirt I may have to purchaseReplyDelete
shirt and shoes are amazingReplyDelete
Love the shirt and your nails. xxReplyDelete
This outfit is lovely!ReplyDelete
I love the shirt!
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Love love love this shirt - perfect for fashion week!ReplyDelete
That shirt is so cute!! Love it!! I also love your accessories!!ReplyDelete
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The shirt looks great. I didn't expect that alphabet shirts are pretty good to look at but I guess I would agree that it is one of a kind fashion. I would like to share one of my favorite sites you may also like it Golf Rain Gear.ReplyDelete
That shirt is so cool, I can't believe it's from Primark! I expected it to be from ASOS or something xReplyDelete
I love the flats.ReplyDelete
Love that shirt and those shoes are gorgeous! XReplyDelete
Complete post i am glad to read this. definitely share with my circle thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
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