Basically, when you decide to remove an application, you click the “X” and then Facebook pops up a little notification asking if you want to remove that app (which, because facebook wants to be fancy, takes about half a second for the window to pop up and then another half a second to fade away), then about one or two seconds later, a second notification pops up to tell you that you have successfully removed it (also with the previously mentioned delays). Obviously this would take up a lot of time if you want to remove several applications.

So, to help with this annoyance, I made a bookmarklet. While this doesn’t get rid of those notifications, it does automatically click them for you. Also, and more importantly, it adds check boxes next to each application so that you may select all of the applications which you wish to remove and then have them automatically removed.

Now, basically as I said, this doesn’t remove the dialog boxes. So, once you have selected the apps you want to remove and click the “Remove Selected” button, it will go through each one, clicking the dialog boxes for you, each taking about 4-5 seconds each, so it will still take time, but at least you don’t have to do it manually.

Before I go into how to set this up, let me first say, I’m not the best JavaScript writer, so, this may be any of the following: slow, inefficient, resource hogging, semi-functional, nonfunctional. Also, use at your own risk, any damage which may occur is not my responsibility, sorry. Use at your own risk. 

Installation:

To install the bookmarklet simply drag the following link up to your browser’s bookmark bar: Remove Facebook Applications

If anyone is currious, the source code can be found here.

Usage:

1. Simply visit the Facebook application page (currently accessed by clicking Account on the top of facebook, and then Application Settings, Alternatively, you may click here).
2. Click the bookmarklet. The checkboxes and button should then appear on the list of applications.
3. Check the box for any applications you wish to remove.
4. Click “Remove Selected”.

The script will then go through the process of (hopefully) removing all of the applications you selected.

As I said, this may not work correctly, so feel free to leave a message here if you have any questions, problems, or comments.

My response is simple: Give it to me!

Okay. For the many of you who do not personally know me, I’m quite geeky. I really enjoy computers and frankly, one can never have to many computers. Really, I would kill for a free PC, no matter how old or crappy it may be. I don’t care if it’s an old box with 3mb of ram and a floppy disks worth of hard-drive space, I’ll take it!

So next time you’re looking to get rid of an old PC*, remember, I’ll take it!

*if you don’t personally know me (and therefore don’t live close to me), you must also be looking to dispose of a few bucks for shipping. Have a nice day.

this was the result of an image search for “jabbering.” I don’t get it either.

At this point in time, the only subject that comes to my mind to talk about is the one subject no one really cares to read about—me. That’s right! Unless I come up with a meaningful topic soon, this is just going to be another one of those crappy blog posts by some random emo kid who is in need of a good hug.

I’m trying to be serious here, but I’m just terrible at transitions.

Right now, I am in a state of mind where everything just seems pointless, I feel useless, everything sucks; yet, I’m actually feeling happier than I did before this point (which is quite odd considering that now I actually have more things to be down about than a few weeks ago). Perhaps I am just beginning to actually push myself to see things on the brighter side? No. I’m still not very fond of myself and whatnot. Maybe, it’s just that I am now relieved from work related stress following the final show of My Fair Lady, as well as benefits resulting from trying to accept the fact that I’m going to be depressed forever* which is in turn making me happier? That could be, it certainly seems feasible.

Deeper down, that appears to be the correct answer, after all, everyone says admitting itis the first step right (accepting it is somewhere around there, I believe)? I’m still lonely as hell, but the acceptance of that loneliness for all of the foreseeable future, and the corresponding childish belief in “maybe next year a girl will like me”-ism being shattered, has helped lighten up everything because, instead of being let down constantly, I can dwell in a neutral state until something disrupts the equilibrium (which happens on a daily basis, but avoidance of disturbances like that certainly helps). However, my current weakness right now is that constant nagging part of me that is constantly falling in to the pit-trap of hope, which in every case is false hope. Hope is a lose-lose situation because, one, either it’s genuine hope that proves beneficial, or it is false hope (and for me it is always false hope), and, two, when it is false hope, every time one grasps that hope even a little, that person has to, again, suffer through acceptance that it is false hope. (just for fun, count how many times I wrote the word “hope”).

If you actually read this whole post, I am quite surprised—even I am not willing to go bad an read it. Thank you for your time.

*forever: the period between now and at least ~1.5 years in the future, to infinity.

*Only applies to people who are horribly lonely, like me. Consult your physician before use. Not valid in the state of Mississippi or Puerto Rico; void where prohibited. Batteries not included. Results may vary.

Yes, yes, I know this is the type of material that you would receive in a mass email forwarding from your mother, but I really have to ask: Why can’t I be this kitten? He has a box. An awesome just-the-right-size box. I want a box. I want to be him. Seriously, this guy is luckier than that guy I saw with a bucket a while ago.

Oh well, I guess you can’t have everything

Now, it doesn’t take an idiot to figure out what happens next; A ton of crazy images I stole from the internets! YEY!

Thank you for your time. If your wondering, today, I am thankful for my family, my awesome friends, and all of the random people reading this because they Google image searched any random mash-up of words with the term “demotivational” appended to the end.

I’ll end this with a nice video

CollegeHumor: Super Sloppy Thanksgiving

Today, as I was browsing around looking for various scholarships and other methods for increasing my visibility to colleges I found a great website: Zinch.com. Basically, this site is a social networking site, but besides simply connecting you to other people, it also connects you to colleges. All a person has to do is fill out a facebook-like profile and you are out in the view of hundreds of potential colleges.

Not only does Zinch help you connect with colleges, it also uses your information to find available scholarships from their databases containing thousands of potential scholarships. In less than two hours I have already applied to, at least, four different scholarships.

Want to know more? Here is a quote from their website:

Based on our comprehensive student profile, we can match students to any scholarship out there. Students tell us who they are…and we hook them up with scholarships that matter. Zinch allows students to learn about, get recruited by, and interact with more than 726 colleges and universities from all over the world. And it happens on a platform that students embrace – the web.

So, what are you waiting for? Why don’t you take a few minutes and sign up like I did, because its a win-win situation, this can only help you.

So, to congratulate your good work, have some college related videos!

Professor Wikipedia

Guy Stuck In Class

Asher Roth – I Love College

(link is higher quality than the embeded video)

First off, here are some stories from one of my favorite websites, MyLifeIsAverage.

Today, in health class, everyone started talking about where they were going for winter break. After someone said they were going to Kansas, a girl said "Wait! Kansas is real? I thought they made it up in the Wizard of Oz." That shows how great the school system is. MLIA. [link]

Yesterday, as I was walking down the hall to get to my next class, two cheerleaders were walking and listening to Fergie’s song "Glamorous". As they sang along to the part where she sings "G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S", one of them turned to the other and said "What the hell is she spelling anyways?" Never will I doubt the stereotypes again. MLIA

[link]

Today I went to see a local production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (a Musical). A bunch of old ladies were reading the program. One read a song title out loud ‘My Unfortunate Erection’ and they all started laughing. It appears you never grow out of that. MLIA. [link]

Today, I found a site where all you do is pop bubble wrap. Hello, new hobby. Goodbye, entire social life. MLIA. [link] [link to the site you now desperately want to visit]

Wasn’t that fun?

Now for some other crap

And now, I leave you with a simple message. You can’t trust the system.

Throw it on the ground!

[Warning: Educational Content – Skip past education]

For those of you who aren’t computer savvy, IP addresses are the numbers that basically tell computers where to go in order to access a website. Taken from wikipedia:

An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a numerical identification and logical address that is assigned to devices participating in a computer network utilizing the Internet Protocol for communication between its nodes… The role of the IP address has been characterized as follows: "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how to get there."

The average Internet user has a dynamic IP address, which means it changes and does not stay the same. One day your IP address might be 123.123.123.123, but another day it might be 111.222.011.022. However, a static IP is one that does not change. A static IP is typically required to run a website, because when someone types in a website name, the DNS server (i’ll spare you all and not explain that) looks up the name and tells your computer the IP of that website.

If the IP of that website ever changes, the DNS server has to be updated, or else it will send you to the wrong website (or to a server that does not exist).

[End of severe education]

So basically, as I said, I am loosing the static IP address. This leaves me with two options, plan A and plan B. Plan A: Because the address doesn’t change too often all I need to do is update the DNS with the current IP if it ever changes. This is a temporary solution and should work as long as nothing malfunctions. The draw back is the necessary work, and it takes time to update the server, so the website could be “down” for almost a day. Plan B: Don’t host my website at home. That’s a simple and easy solution, but what’s fun about that?

So, in summary, if you can’t access this site (then again who would want to), its because of this stuff and it should be back up eventually.

Now, because I don’t want to leave you all with some boring post about internet protocol, here is a nice heaping serving of “pic unrelated”

Freshman

Yesterday, I went to school and picked up my schedule with my friends. Its pretty nice, but I want to try to get some different teachers. However, I would like to take this opportunity to rant about idiots.

Because yesterday was the first day to pick up schedules, there were a lot of people in line. Because of this some of the faculty tried to organize the line by having everyone stand (almost) single file to the right side, so that people could exit to the left. So of course, this meant that some people found it necessary to immediately walk up the newly opened space to talk with their friends at the front of the line, further blocking the left side again. Seriously, does common sense just not exist in some people? That concludes my rant.

As of right now, I have 4 full days left before school starts. I finished the one book I had to read for summer yesterday, A Prayer For Owen Meany. It was dull in the beginning but it had some good parts. It was certainly a thought invoking book. The ending was surprisingly good, because you know how its going to end, but at the same time, you don’t. I also have a math packet and an essay that I have to write, both of which I haven’t even started.

Oh well, I should be able to finish both of those within a day or two. And with that, I am going to wrap of this post with a related music “video”. Good bye, have a nice day!