Archive for February, 2007



Connected Quiz

Here’s my idea for a great meme quiz.
You know those quizzes that get really popular, like “What SuperHero Are You” and “What Kind of Geek Are You”. Well how about a quiz that answers the question “How Well Connected Are You?”
The quiz would have a bunch of questions that ask, “Within 24 hours, can you [...]

They Grow Up So Fast

This morning I used the microphone originally purchased* for playing video games to chat with a colleague in India. We spoke over the Internet.
But we only grow up so fast, last week I spotted two students in the lab playing this excellent tower defense flash game. I smell a Starcraft tournament!
*Truthfully, I didn’t buy the [...]

Lighting Operator

Last night I got to run the light board at a show. My first time ever! The light board is just a bunch of light switches called dimmers. Each dimmer controls the intensity of light from a lamp or group of lamps.
Since this was a very simple show, all I did was to make a [...]

Complaints About Snow

I can’t figure out why the bus system in this city grinds to an absolute halt every time it snows. From time to time it does snow in this city, so I think it’s something the bus folks should be able to deal with from time to time.
In any case, here’s a neat webpage with [...]

Six Things I’m Doing

Hi Team,

I made a poster for Sabrina’s Mom’s Music Academy’s Post-Winter Charity Show. It didn’t take too long because all I did was swap out the pictures of last year’s performers. Please note that this doesn’t take anything away from the poster’s awesomeness.
I’m making a webpage for my mom. It has an RSS feed, a [...]

Outdoor Hockey

I played hockey today on a rink outside.
Even though I broke my stick it made me realize I spend far too much of my life doing things that aren’t playing hockey outside.




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