I have been using DuckDuckGo since the beginning of the semester. I started doing research about internet browsing, and I thought that DuckDuckGo sounded to good to be true. I understand why Google wants my data, and they might not being using it for anything bad, but it still feels weird to me. I like my privacy.
After using DDG for a couple months now, I can safely say I will never go back. It feels so much better to use, and for the most part I feel like I get better search results. It's so nice not being bombarded with annoying ads.
Somehow I managed to go this whole time without knowing about bangs, and now I feel really dumb. That is such an awesome feature that I will use all the time now.
The only complaint I have about DuckDuckGo is the image search. It isn't anything serious because I don't really search for images all that much, but I do for this class. The image search function works fine, but for finding free to use images Google is still my go to. I don't know how to narrow DDG searches down to only non-copyright images, but I'm sure there is a way. That's my only gripe and it's not even a gripe. For the most part I get most of my images from Unsplash now anyways. They have some great high-quality photos that are all free to use.
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Week 15 Story
Spongebob and his snail Gary were very poor. One day during the winter Gary grew deathly ill and passed away. Spongebob was devastated. He asked his friends to help him dig a grave, but none of them could becasue they were too busy. He asked his boss Mr. Krabs, but he said he could only help him for money. Spongebob was devastated and needed to bury his beloved pet. He decided he had to take matters into his own hands and bury Gary himself.
So he got a shovel and started digging a hole. Once he had dug a good bit his shovel hit something hard. He uncovered it and it was a treasure chest filled with gold. He took it home with him, and bought enough food to have a feast for himself. After he was good and full he went back to Mr. Krabs to ask for his help with the grave.
When he got there Mr. Krabs said "I thought I already told you if you don't have any money I'm not helping you."
This time though Spongebob did have money. He gave Mr. Krabs a gold coin. Mr. Krabs agreed to help bury his precious snail. After the funeral Spongebob invited Mr. Krabs to his house. Mr. Krabs asked Spongebob how he got the money. He asked if he robbed Squidward. Spongebob told him that he found a treasure chest when he was digging a grave.
Mr. Krabs was incredibly jealous. He went home to his daughter Pearl and devised a plan. He had her make him a ghost costume, and she fastened it on him so it wouldn't slip or fall off. Then in the dead of night he went to Spongebob's house.
He knocked on the window, and Spongebob asked who's there. Mr. Krabs told him he was a ghost and he was going to haunt him unless he handed over the treasure he had found. Spongbob thought about it, and becasue he used to be poor he decided he would be fine without the treasure. He gave it all to Mr. Krabs.
Mr. Krabs returned home and had Pearl take off his costume. But when she tried to take it off she couldn't. The adhesive she had used was permanent. Mr. Krabs was stuck like this.
Author's Note:
The story I read was the Russian short story The Treasure. In the story a man's wife dies and no one will help him bury her. He goes to the pope, but he turns him down because he doesn't have money. He digs the grave himself and finds a pot full of ducats. He enlists the help of the pope, and the pope grows envious when he finds out about the ducats. He kills a goat and has his wife sew it on him. He tells the man he is the devil and he hands the ducats over to him. When he returns home the wife cannot get the goat hide off him.
I changed it to Spongebob to make it a little less dark, but everything else is more or less true to the original.
Bibliography:
Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore by W. R. S. Ralston (1887).
So he got a shovel and started digging a hole. Once he had dug a good bit his shovel hit something hard. He uncovered it and it was a treasure chest filled with gold. He took it home with him, and bought enough food to have a feast for himself. After he was good and full he went back to Mr. Krabs to ask for his help with the grave.
When he got there Mr. Krabs said "I thought I already told you if you don't have any money I'm not helping you."
This time though Spongebob did have money. He gave Mr. Krabs a gold coin. Mr. Krabs agreed to help bury his precious snail. After the funeral Spongebob invited Mr. Krabs to his house. Mr. Krabs asked Spongebob how he got the money. He asked if he robbed Squidward. Spongebob told him that he found a treasure chest when he was digging a grave.
Mr. Krabs was incredibly jealous. He went home to his daughter Pearl and devised a plan. He had her make him a ghost costume, and she fastened it on him so it wouldn't slip or fall off. Then in the dead of night he went to Spongebob's house.
He knocked on the window, and Spongebob asked who's there. Mr. Krabs told him he was a ghost and he was going to haunt him unless he handed over the treasure he had found. Spongbob thought about it, and becasue he used to be poor he decided he would be fine without the treasure. He gave it all to Mr. Krabs.
Mr. Krabs returned home and had Pearl take off his costume. But when she tried to take it off she couldn't. The adhesive she had used was permanent. Mr. Krabs was stuck like this.
Author's Note:
The story I read was the Russian short story The Treasure. In the story a man's wife dies and no one will help him bury her. He goes to the pope, but he turns him down because he doesn't have money. He digs the grave himself and finds a pot full of ducats. He enlists the help of the pope, and the pope grows envious when he finds out about the ducats. He kills a goat and has his wife sew it on him. He tells the man he is the devil and he hands the ducats over to him. When he returns home the wife cannot get the goat hide off him.
I changed it to Spongebob to make it a little less dark, but everything else is more or less true to the original.
Bibliography:
Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore by W. R. S. Ralston (1887).
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Russia Reading Notes Part B
One night a man rode into a village and asked a man if he could stay in his cottage. The man told him to come in if he didn't fear death. The people inside the cottage were all crying, and the man asked why. The master of the house told him that in the village at night a witch comes around and causes death. She picks a house and the next morning everyone inside is dead. Tonight she is visiting their house. That night everyone went to sleep except for the traveling man. The witch put her arm in the cottage, and the man cut it off with his sword. The witch fled. The man hid the arm under his cloak. The next morning the man told the master that he can show him death if he wants. They gather everyone and go around looking for her, but they can't find her. They go home and they see that the house masters daughter is missing an arm. They drown the witch.
A man had three sons. When he was about to die he told his sons wives to watch over his body for one night each. He ordered that no cross was put on him. The first night the man sat up in his coffin and asked the first wife if she was there. Terrified, she told him she was. He asked again and she told him the same thing. He asked one more time and then he strangled her. He did the same thing with the second wife. The third wife was smarter. She waited for him to ask her the third time and as he lunged at her she put a cross on him. He died and when she looked in the coffin there was tons of money.
A man had three sons. When he was about to die he told his sons wives to watch over his body for one night each. He ordered that no cross was put on him. The first night the man sat up in his coffin and asked the first wife if she was there. Terrified, she told him she was. He asked again and she told him the same thing. He asked one more time and then he strangled her. He did the same thing with the second wife. The third wife was smarter. She waited for him to ask her the third time and as he lunged at her she put a cross on him. He died and when she looked in the coffin there was tons of money.
A warlock
Bibliography:
Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore by W. R. S. Ralston (1887).
Reading Notes Russia Part A
A husband and wife lived in a village, and all of their neighbors envied them. The mother had a baby, but she died during birth. The father didn't know how to take care of the baby so he hired an old woman. During the day the baby wouldn't eat and he would cry nonstop. However, at night the baby was silent. The old woman decided to stay up one night to see what was happening. At midnight someone opened the door and went to the babies cradle. She told the father about this and he decides to see for himself. The next night the figure comes in again and when it gets to the cradle then shine a light on it. It's the dead mother. She immediately leaves silently. They go up to the cradle and the baby is dead.
An old couple lived in poverty. One winter the wife died in the winter. Everyone was poor so no one would help him dig a grave for his wife. Even the pope wouldn't help because he didn't have money. The old man decides to do it himself. While he is digging he finds a pot full of gold. He returns in the hope and gives him gold to bury his wife. The old man invited the pope to his home, and the pope asked him how he got the money. He thinks that he robbed someone. The man tells him how he found it. The pope is greedy and devises a plan to steal the money. He kills a goat and has the wife sew the skin on him. He goes to the man's house at night. He knocks on the window and tells the man he's the devil. He tells him to give him the gold. The man obliges. The pope goes back home and tells his wife to cut the skin off, but she can't. The goat skin had merged with the man.
An old couple lived in poverty. One winter the wife died in the winter. Everyone was poor so no one would help him dig a grave for his wife. Even the pope wouldn't help because he didn't have money. The old man decides to do it himself. While he is digging he finds a pot full of gold. He returns in the hope and gives him gold to bury his wife. The old man invited the pope to his home, and the pope asked him how he got the money. He thinks that he robbed someone. The man tells him how he found it. The pope is greedy and devises a plan to steal the money. He kills a goat and has the wife sew the skin on him. He goes to the man's house at night. He knocks on the window and tells the man he's the devil. He tells him to give him the gold. The man obliges. The pope goes back home and tells his wife to cut the skin off, but she can't. The goat skin had merged with the man.
The devil the man was impersonating. Source
Bibliography:
Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore by W. R. S. Ralston (1887).
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