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I won’t be updating until monday. I’ll be up north at the Garland resort for my company’s Xmas party.
It should be a fun time of good food, good drinks, and cards.
Speaking of good drinks, check out the Granny who hit the 3 story beer bong. That beer bong is in Ann Arbor, and I’ve hit it before.
Seems like they took it easy on her. Years ago when I did it they didn’t just have pitchers of beer up there; they had some fifths too.
Ahh College…
What are some of the wild drinking games you’ve played in college? Leave some responses in the comments. (it’s free, you don’t need an account)
December 3rd, 2005
MSN is looking for search champs for an upcoming conference. You apply, and if you win you’ll be given an all expense paid trip to Redmond to chat about MSN search with it’s developers.
Sounds like a unique opportunity, especially for coders to network.
I’m going to ruin my chance of getting picked right now by giving away my #1 suggestion:
Search is about convienence, put MSN search on the taskbar in the new version of windows and you will dominate Google.
But, you do need to make a few algorithm changes and clean up the interface a bit first. I can still push a new web page to #1 for my desired keywords in just a week’s time; that shouldn’t be happening.
December 2nd, 2005
I was just watching this Star Wars documentary on some channel I’ve never heard of, basically it’s just a George Lucas interview, but there was a funny part.
During an interview with Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), he says “My whole goal for star wars was to get another job”.
It’s funny because Star Wars was the reason he was typecast and didn’t get any other jobs.
If that’s not irony I don’t know what is.
December 1st, 2005
I was shocked when I read This Article earlier about a middle school student who was suspended after he removed a camera from the bathroom ceiling.
Apparantley the bathroom is shared between middle and high school students. It seems the high school priniciple installed the camera without notifying the middle school principal.
The student will now have a “damanging school property” mark on his permanent record, as well as a 5 day suspension.
I think the Bibb County prosecutor needs to bring the principal up on charges of child porn for posessing the surveilance videos.
We all know if this was in the girls bathroom instead there would be public outrage, angry mobs, and picket signs.
December 1st, 2005
There’s a new law in congress that would require any school recieving federal funds to block acccess to any “commercially operated website that allows users to create web pages or profiles that provide information about themselves and are available to other users.”
It’s an attempt to ban MySpace from schools, but the way it’s worded it could also include any forum or blog (including this one… which is already blocked from some schools, and Ford HQ) Just goes to show you the power of your domain’s history.
The bill also goes on to suggest blocking IM access in school too..
While I agree all of these things can be dangerous if used improperly, they can also be great learning tools.
Here’s a great idea: Instead of just banning all the sites out of paranoid fear, lets try educating our children.
After all, predators can only hurt you if you give them your personal information. Education is the problem here, not the sites.
If tradition serves though, personal responsibility has no place in our new society.
Full Article Here
October 6th, 2005
It’s been a busy few weeks. I’ve got some cool new websites coming up… stay tuned for those.
I still haven’t found a car. It seems the ones I like aren’t too easy to get a hold of within the next 7 months… which isn’t good because my Jeep is having problems.
I DID get the tires filled with nitrogen. I hope that helps.
I almost signed up for MSN adcenter until it told me that my broswer (firefox) wasn’t supported. I can’t believe microsoft is actually pulling this crap. There’s no reason any broswer shouldn’t be supported… Makes me think they did it on purpose.
It also looks like Google finally fixed the trustrank problem. If you hadn’t noticed, sites like expedia were able to show up #1 for terms like “buy viagra” simply by making some cheap spam on a subdomain of their site.
We’ve all known subdomains have power over new domains… but there’s no reason they should make unrelated spam sites catapult to #1.
On a related note, I just read the “combating web spam with TrustRank” whitepaper, and it’s got some really interesting stuff in it.
October 6th, 2005
Are you as forgetful as I am?
Do you have post it notes all over your desk reminding you of stuff to do? Do you hate carrying around your PDA but feel lost without it.
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October 4th, 2005
buy provigil singapore News Flash: (AOL Time Warner – San Francisco, CA) – AOL officials announced today that the period was officially banned on their network.
“No one uses it anymore anyway, lol †stated Steve Case, AOL chairman and CEO. “Instead, we will officially use the acronym “lol†as the termination character set for a sentence lol â€
Many users praised the move in IM policy as a blessing. †AFAIK It’s just more natural to to type †lol †than a stupid period lol IMHO AOL is showing their supreme l33tness by staying on top of popular internet trends ROFLOL†added frequent user PiXi69.
In response to the change, elite AOL members (sometimes referred to as Hax0rz or l4m3rz) have begun using alternate endings such as: ROFL, ROFLOL, ROFLMAO, ROFLOLBAG, ROFPML, LTIP, and the vulgar version: LMFAO.
“When we got down to it we were faced with a tough choice, †said Case who was forced to choose between using †lol †or †j/k †as the end of the sentence. “It was a hard decision to make but in the end “lol†seemed the obvious choice. Typing †j/k †just seemed too hard, and we didn’t want our users to have to look at their keyboard all the time to find the / button lolâ€
Along with the press release, AOL Time Warner also issued a 12 page document on the proper uses of “lolâ€.
“Where the period simply defined the end of a sentence, lol is more universal,†noted AOL spokesperson Cathy Thompson.†Lol can be used after a question mark, after an exclamation point, or really anywhere in a sentece lol, this universal attribute allows our users to really get their thoughts across without explicitly having to type them out lolâ€.
Despite talks, AOL has not issued a statement regarding the rumored decision about changing the ; button to 😉 “In my 10+ years as CEO, I’ve never seen anyone use the ; for reasons other than making smilies, so why not just eliminate a keystroke and make typing simpler lol †said Case who declined to comment on whether or not this change would take effect in the near future.
So what’s next on AOL’s roadmap? “We are currently in negotiations with Harvard Press and the New York Times, along with Webster Inc., to officially purchase the english language lol†cited Case at a recent technology conference in Las Vegas called ‘Loving AOL More Everyday’ (LAME). Supporters of the proposal to purchase english cite the fact that cultural resources like language and religion are always better handled by large, uncaring corporations.
“Imagine what integration of IM words into english would mean in everyday life lol†noted tech analyst Roger Dumphres. “We could save the government a lot of money by firing all english teachers and simply letting the kids spell phonetically like they do online lol †Other contenders to purchase the english language are Microsoft, who seeks to complicate it further and then re-release it as a standard, and the RIAA, who plans to collect royalties on every word spoken.
A new AOL – Microsoft partnership is expected soon as negotiations with Microsoft are under way to convert the little used right click key to a “lol†key, thus decreasing the total amount of typing by some 37%.
September 21st, 2005
Ontario, CA (9/12/05) — Yesterday, scientists for Health Canada suggested that men should take a look at their beer consumption, considering the results of a recent analysis that revealed the presence of female hormones in beer.
The theory is that drinking beer makes men turn into women.
To test the finding, 100 men were fed 6 pints of beer each.
It was then observed that 100% of the men gained weight, talked excessively without making sense, became overly emotional, couldn’t drive, failed to think rationally, argued over nothing, and refused to apologize when wrong.
No further testing is planned
September 12th, 2005
It has been brought to management’s attention that some individuals throughout the company have been using foul language during the course of normal conversation with their co-workers.
Due to complaints received from some employees who may be easily offended, this type of language will no longer be tolerated.
We do however, realize the critical importance of being able to accurately express your feelings when communicating with co-workers.
Therefore, a list of 18 New and Innovative phrases have been provided so that proper exchange of ideas and information can continue in an effective manner.
1) TRY SAYING:
I think you could use more training.
INSTEAD OF:
You don’t know what the f___ you’re doing.
2) TRY SAYING:
She’s an aggressive go-getter.
INSTEAD OF:
She’s a ball-busting b__ch.
3) TRY SAYING:
Perhaps I can work late.
INSTEAD OF:
And when the f___ do you expect me to do this?
4) TRY SAYING:
I’m certain that isn’t feasible.
INSTEAD OF:
No f___ing way.
5) TRY SAYING:
Really?
INSTEAD OF:
You’ve got to be sh__ing me!
6) TRY SAYING:
Perhaps you should check with…
INSTEAD OF:
Tell someone who gives a sh__.
7) TRY SAYING:
I wasn’t involved in the project.
INSTEAD OF:
It’s not my f____ing problem.
8) TRY SAYING:
That’s interesting.
INSTEAD OF:
What the f___?
9) TRY SAYING:
I’m not sure this can be implemented.
INSTEAD OF:
This sh__ won’t work.
10) TRY SAYING:
I’ll try to schedule that.
INSTEAD OF:
Why the f___ing h _ll didn’t you tell me sooner?
11) TRY SAYING:
He’s not familiar with the issues.
INSTEAD OF:
He’s got his head up his a__.
12) TRY SAYING:
Excuse me, sir?
INSTEAD OF:
Eat sh__ and die.
13) TRY SAYING:
So you weren’t happy with it?
INSTEAD OF:
Kiss my a__.
14) TRY SAYING:
I’m a bit overloaded at the moment.
INSTEAD OF:
F___ it, I’m on salary.
15) TRY SAYING:
I don’t think you understand.
INSTEAD OF:
Shove it up your a__.
16) TRY SAYING:
I love a challenge.
INSTEAD OF:
This job sucks.
17) TRY SAYING:
You want me to take care of that?
INSTEAD OF:
Who the h___ died and made you boss?
18 ) TRY SAYING:
He’s somewhat insensitive.
INSTEAD OF:
He’s a pr_ck.
Thank You,
Human Resources
September 5th, 2005
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