February 2010
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Ambiguous Dreaming
Man. Had two incredibly convoluted and complicated dreams last night of “epic movie” proportions. At first I thought they were combined stories, but in retrospect I think they were two separate ones. Unfortunately most of the details are totally lost on me and all I remember are the main themes.
The first one was something like… me and several other people (no one I knew) were...
January 2010
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WatchThe Kotaku iPad article made a mention of this in-development MIT experiment called the SixthSense and the screencap was interesting, so I Googled and was pleasantly intrigued by the TED video that came up for it.
There are definitely similar strains of work occurring with this and the Gspeak (aka Minority Report system) that MIT was also developing.
I also find it relevant how they call it...
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“What I’m saying is that the iPad appeals to a very deep and longlived...”
– Why The iPad is Crap Futurism
I’m very divided on what to think about the iPad. I’ll admit to being more or less completely disappointed (by everything except the price point…) … I had really expected / hoped for something entirely different.
So I’ve been reading...
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W3Schools Historical Browser Statistics →
Takes a little bit to understand what’s going on, but kind of neat. There aren’t any explanations for what the data is of exactly… Spark thinks it’s browser access to w3schools.com specifically. Either way, kind of neat.
“Please recommend a good DL of freeware to get rid of any/all evil stuff in...”
– Dad, in an e-mail to me
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The Housesitter's Club
Took a nap and had some kind of whack dream. It was unusual because I never identified as one of the people in the dream, rather than just experiencing the narrative as an omniscient other. Dream logic ftw.
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It was about a little girl who lived next door to a really eccentric couple and it wasn’t totally clear why at first. But they frequently asked the little girl to come over...
When working on a long project in academia...
There are two ways to handle it.
Come up with a project and justify its existence.
Come up with a problem and justify its solution with a project.
In the end, no matter which you end up choosing, if it turns out your explanation is not matching the project, change the explanation and not the project.
Unless you hate the project. Then you’re screwed. >_>
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“how do you say TURN OFF DAMN RIGHTEOUS FURY in spanish”
– Bunny
“Every January, the Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas is the biggest annual...”
– Top 5 Reasons Porn-for-Profit Is Dying.
… actually, I posted this because I was shocked at the idea that the porn industry is actually shrinking over time, but then I realized that the article specifically addresses “porn-for-profit”. I guess that means the ‘net isn’t...
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This is going to hurt me way more than it's going...
I. ALPHA 1.0
Game Logic
- Citizen generator
- Adventure generator
- Encounter generator
- Encounter resolution
- Encounter log generator
Web Interface
- User administration
- Create new user
- Change password
- Game administration
- Create new game/realm
- Join game
- Player actions
- Citizen recruitment
- Adventure/Encounter selection
- Manage loot splitting
- Town status...
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Mona Lisa Made from 3,604 Coffee Cups →
A Dad-sent-me-this tidbit.
Some really nice additional photos on this site, too: A Table for Two: Aroma Festival 09 – The Rocks, Sydney. Scroll down to the bottom-most one.
Give a Day, Get a Disney Day →
Any of you overachieving high schoolers interested in this? ;x
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Hmmm.
Terra's turn.
Playing Fireball morph: Sacrifice an Attack card from the discard pile to turn this card into a Fireball card. Transformed card must still be discarded.
DECK: Lesser heal HAND: Attack Lesser heal Fireball morph DISCARD: Attack Attack GRAVEYARD:
Change Fireball morph into Fireball
Attack sent to graveyard.
DECK: Lesser heal HAND: Attack Lesser heal Fireball DISCARD: Attack...
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Almost There →
Probably my favorite number from Princess and the Frog. (it’s not the whole thing of course, too bad, but good quality and “official”)
There’s a nice interview with Anika Noni Rose from the same user about her thoughts on the film and the characters. She said something lovely and poignant about Tiana’s song (Almost There)… how it’s not about...
::lol::
My dad got Facebook.
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Oooh.
Doing a TAship for Peter and his new class, “Introduction to Procedural Media”. I’ve no idea what we’re going to be covering in this class, but it involves the students using Processing, so I’ll probably be okay. :x
The neat thing is that we’re in the new lab in the Zemeckis building, known only as the “XML” (and not like the language… in...
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It's a small 'net after all →
These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered—combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web—have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China. We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing...
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WatchThis interview was the reason I decided I wanted to see Avatar in the first place. Thought I would dig it up to show my parents. My mom immediately phoned me after getting out of the theater, demanding to know how the film had been made, but I didn’t remember all the details from the interview.
In retrospect, re-watching it… it didn’t seem super revolutionary at first, but this...
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My sleep lately has been riddled with dream adventures that I can’t remember.
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“If you take a small child into the garden and point at the moon, the child will...”
– Sir Ken Robinson promoting his book The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, which is about finding your true passion(s) and how the current educational system is extremely poor at permitting students to discover what it is exactly that they are “meant” to do.
Without...
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On education
The quotes I agree with that were said by Michelle Rhee, on what is necessary for improving education.
“real focus on teacher quality and human capital”
“level of compensation that puts them on par with doctors, lawyers, investment bankers … the most respected professions in the country”
But… I don’t agree with her on the point that technology...
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Insensitive
I think if I had to hate a certain type of person the most, it’d be this kind. Insensitive statements absolutely drive me up the wall and I desperately feel like punching the lights out of anyone who utters these completely nonconstructive phrases.
And it doesn’t even matter whether or not the person who is saying it knows they’re being a jerk, either… I get pissed at...
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From ‘Avatar’ Joins Holiday Movies That Fail an Antismoking Test
In a statement sent by e-mail over the weekend, Mr. Cameron said he had never intended Ms. Weaver’s character, Grace Augustine, to be “an aspirational role model” for teenagers.
“She’s rude, she swears, she drinks, she smokes,” wrote Mr. Cameron. “Also, from a character perspective, we were showing that Grace doesn’t care...
(((((((((insert person's name here)))))))))
Do you guys remember that typing … convention? ;x It means you’re hugging said person?
I’m so glad that one never caught on, at least not as far as I can tell. ::LOL::
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The Downside
I’m sure you’ll recall that we have feral cats living in the parking lot of our apartment complex. I mean, not just in the parking lot, but all around in the area. It shares a wall/fencing with the surrounding complexes, so the cats go and come as they please and there’s not much anyone can do to really stop them without coordinating with several different owners.
At any rate,...
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I'd like to make myself beliiiiiiieve... →
This song. Will not. Get out. Of my head.
And to think I’d have never known what it was if it weren’t for that one night where we went karaoke-ing in that really ghetto karaoke … bar. Place. Thing. >_>
… Also, I really love that wind-up crab in the video. It’s so cute. XD
(reposted because I thought the embed would work, but it didn’t. ::lol::)
[edit, Jan 12th] wtf, Owl City...
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Americans’ Role Seen in Uganda Anti-Gay Push →
Good friggin’ job. -_- (courtesy of Jess!)
Long arm of law reaches into World of Warcraft →
Courtesy of Penny Arcade’s recent comic: The Bright Side.
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WatchI saw Sherlock Holmes with the girls last Tuesday (29th). It was not terribly deep or thought-provoking, but had a healthy mix of humor and action scenes. It was, put simply, a very fun and entertaining romp… much like the first Pirates of the Carribean was. I felt that it was a charmingly quirky and completely pretenseless film. Definitely going on the list of must-see with the ATDP kids at...
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Fictional Elements →
Ended up on this wiki article because I wondered at the coincidence of both Skyrates and Avatar would both use the term “unobtainium” for their fictional metal.
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WatchDeveloped a sardine obsession at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Couldn’t get a really decent shot of the fish in motion, so figured a film would have to do.
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Viral
In case it wasn’t obvious, guys, don’t click on any links that Trev’s AIM SN (bandaje) is sending you. The SN has clearly been hacked. >_>
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Persevere
So this year’s New Years log is a little different from usual, eh? I’ll admit that I toyed with the idea of quitting logging. The fact that I forget to flip, that I more often had nothing to say than something, that I’m now missing entries for a month’s worth of time… not to mention my dissatisfaction with the visual appearance of the space I was writing in.
And...
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This winter break, I...
Met up with some WoW-playing high school buddies and played mini-golf in the frigid night air
Visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium and enjoyed dinner at Islands
Saw four five movies: Princess and the Frog, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Up in the Air, Avatar, Sherlock Holmes
Socialized with the SC over truffle-making and tea
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