Monday, August 30, 2004
Well, everyone has left and gone. I wish you all the best in your fall "semester," whatever that means.
Here's how the rest of my summer will break down:
8/30-9/3: work at APL
9/4-9/6: on the eastern shore with family
9/7-9/10: last week of work at APL
9/11-9/21: hang out at home, pack, etc.
9/22: fly to San Francisco
9/27: start fall quarter
Break down... I'm breaking down... I'm breaking down... (Good Charlotte, "Little Things"? Anyone remember that song?)
Here's how the rest of my summer will break down:
8/30-9/3: work at APL
9/4-9/6: on the eastern shore with family
9/7-9/10: last week of work at APL
9/11-9/21: hang out at home, pack, etc.
9/22: fly to San Francisco
9/27: start fall quarter
Break down... I'm breaking down... I'm breaking down... (Good Charlotte, "Little Things"? Anyone remember that song?)
Thursday, August 26, 2004
MoveOn.org has a video with some interesting quotes from the upholders of conservative values in our country.
From Ironic Times - August 23, 2004:
Poll: 54% Still Believe Iraq Has WMDs
Think President Bush is lying when he says they don't.
9/11 Panel's Urgent Recommendations Debated on Capitol Hill
Some want to appear to be “acting quickly,” others want to look like they're “moving aggressively.”
Study: Income Gap Increased Over Last 20 Years
Good indication measures taken to help rich, hurt poor are working.
Poll: 54% Still Believe Iraq Has WMDs
Think President Bush is lying when he says they don't.
9/11 Panel's Urgent Recommendations Debated on Capitol Hill
Some want to appear to be “acting quickly,” others want to look like they're “moving aggressively.”
Study: Income Gap Increased Over Last 20 Years
Good indication measures taken to help rich, hurt poor are working.
The Kerry campaign has responded to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth by calling on Bush to openly and specifically condemn the attacks. If you enjoy this sort of partisan back-and-forth bellowing, watch one of the ads on JohnKerry.com which shows John McCain in 2000 asking Bush to apoligize for similar attack ads against McCain: America Can Do Better (opens in new window; I'm feeling generous).
The scary thing is, these same tactics worked against McCain in 2000 and Max Cleland (the triple amputee) in 2002. If history is any indication, they'll work again in 2004.
It's so stupid... I never cared that much about Kerry's war record, except that I hoped it would innoculate the Democrats against claims that they don't care about defending America. Consider the collossal failures of this administration: the largest deficit in history, for which my generation will pay the consequences, caused by giving "well-deserved refunds" to people with more money than they could ever need; and a war and occupation that was sold by misleading the American people and was implemented horribly, making our country less safe in the long run.
Now tell me, why the hell should I care what kind of soldier the president or possible president was or wasn't?
The scary thing is, these same tactics worked against McCain in 2000 and Max Cleland (the triple amputee) in 2002. If history is any indication, they'll work again in 2004.
It's so stupid... I never cared that much about Kerry's war record, except that I hoped it would innoculate the Democrats against claims that they don't care about defending America. Consider the collossal failures of this administration: the largest deficit in history, for which my generation will pay the consequences, caused by giving "well-deserved refunds" to people with more money than they could ever need; and a war and occupation that was sold by misleading the American people and was implemented horribly, making our country less safe in the long run.
Now tell me, why the hell should I care what kind of soldier the president or possible president was or wasn't?
Friday, August 20, 2004
I have a Gmail account, thanks to my cousin Maya!
I'd type it out here, but spambots might find it, so...
[my last name (seven letters)][my first initial (one letter)]@gmail.com
Not my absolute favorite choice (I did, after all, choose [first initail][first four letters of last name]@stanford.edu over the last-name-first-intial option.)
I'm now playing around with Google's parsing for ads
JeremyHoffman03: Jeremy Hoffman to jeremy.hoffman
Hi Jeremy, I'd like to trade some Magic the Gathering cards with you.
I'm also interested in other gaming products and supplies.
Hear from you soon,
Sponsored Links
Magic The Gathering Cards
Tired of sites with slow shipping? We mail all orders within 48 hours!
www.oshkoshmagic.com
Magic: The Gathering
Great Prices and a Huge inventory. Custom decks, cards, forums & more.
www.anycraze.com
mtgfanatic.com
Huge MTG Selection, Great Prices! Low-cost, fast shipping.
www.mtgfanatic.com
Verrry impressive. I don't really find it creepy, just interesting. And also really, really smart on Google's part. That company has it together.
Interesting tidbit about the auto-ads, from Gmail help:
Only ads classified as Family-Safe are distributed through our content network and to your Gmail inbox. For example, Google would block certain ads from running next to an email about catastrophic news.
So, if you sent an email on 9/12/01 saying, "Bob, I've been watching the news and it looks horrible... Are you going to be ok in New York? I'm so worried. Should I fly up and visit you? Do you want to get out of town for a while? Love, mom."
You won't get sidebar ads saying, "Want to take a trip to the Big Apple? Book your reservations at newyorktrips.com!"
I'd type it out here, but spambots might find it, so...
[my last name (seven letters)][my first initial (one letter)]@gmail.com
Not my absolute favorite choice (I did, after all, choose [first initail][first four letters of last name]@stanford.edu over the last-name-first-intial option.)
I'm now playing around with Google's parsing for ads
JeremyHoffman03: Jeremy Hoffman to jeremy.hoffman
Hi Jeremy, I'd like to trade some Magic the Gathering cards with you.
I'm also interested in other gaming products and supplies.
Hear from you soon,
Sponsored Links
Magic The Gathering Cards
Tired of sites with slow shipping? We mail all orders within 48 hours!
www.oshkoshmagic.com
Magic: The Gathering
Great Prices and a Huge inventory. Custom decks, cards, forums & more.
www.anycraze.com
mtgfanatic.com
Huge MTG Selection, Great Prices! Low-cost, fast shipping.
www.mtgfanatic.com
Verrry impressive. I don't really find it creepy, just interesting. And also really, really smart on Google's part. That company has it together.
Interesting tidbit about the auto-ads, from Gmail help:
Only ads classified as Family-Safe are distributed through our content network and to your Gmail inbox. For example, Google would block certain ads from running next to an email about catastrophic news.
So, if you sent an email on 9/12/01 saying, "Bob, I've been watching the news and it looks horrible... Are you going to be ok in New York? I'm so worried. Should I fly up and visit you? Do you want to get out of town for a while? Love, mom."
You won't get sidebar ads saying, "Want to take a trip to the Big Apple? Book your reservations at newyorktrips.com!"
QotD:
I saw the movie "I, Robot" recently, a film based loosely on a book written by science fiction author Isaac Asimov. In case you're not familiar with Asimov's writing, here's a list of things the movie had in common with the book:
-The title.
I saw the movie "I, Robot" recently, a film based loosely on a book written by science fiction author Isaac Asimov. In case you're not familiar with Asimov's writing, here's a list of things the movie had in common with the book:
-The title.
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
The masochist said to the sadist, "Hurt me."
The sadist said to the masochist, "No."
The sadist said to the masochist, "No."
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Try this, dad:
This is my blog. Let's skip some lines!<br>
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Here's the second paragraph of the description. <br>
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Whew, that was tiring.
This is my blog. Let's skip some lines!<br>
<br>
Here's the second paragraph of the description. <br>
<br>
Whew, that was tiring.
QotD:
"I bought a seven dollar pen because I always lose pens and I got sick of not caring."
-Mitch Hedberg
"I bought a seven dollar pen because I always lose pens and I got sick of not caring."
-Mitch Hedberg
Monday, August 16, 2004
I forgot to mention that the Barenaked Ladies show at Merriweather Post Pavillion last week was absolutely and totally awesome. (They're co-touring with Alanis Morisette, but I would relegate her to "opening act"; because she played a shorter set and got much less reaction from the crowd than BNL.)
One blogger's experience at the concert is here. You can extract the list of songs BNL played from the blog post.
This blogger, like me, jumped with excitement at the first line of "Brian Wilson": "Drove downtown in the rain, nine-thirty on a Tuesday night." Checking my cell-phone, I read off 9:38 PM. Knowing that my cell is several minutes fast, it was almost exactly 9:30 on a Tuesday night when Steve Page uttered the lyric! Awesome, eh? (I freely admit that I get far too excited about cute little coincidences like this. At a Stanford baseball game, I noticed that the scoreboard read "4_3_2_1" when batter #04 was up, with a full count, and one out already in the inning. My comment provoked Mike Posa's standard silent "I can't believe my roommate is actually this retarded" response while I grinned.)
Some pictures from another blogger: bnlmaggz: 8/10 Merriweather Post Pavilion.
One blogger's experience at the concert is here. You can extract the list of songs BNL played from the blog post.
This blogger, like me, jumped with excitement at the first line of "Brian Wilson": "Drove downtown in the rain, nine-thirty on a Tuesday night." Checking my cell-phone, I read off 9:38 PM. Knowing that my cell is several minutes fast, it was almost exactly 9:30 on a Tuesday night when Steve Page uttered the lyric! Awesome, eh? (I freely admit that I get far too excited about cute little coincidences like this. At a Stanford baseball game, I noticed that the scoreboard read "4_3_2_1" when batter #04 was up, with a full count, and one out already in the inning. My comment provoked Mike Posa's standard silent "I can't believe my roommate is actually this retarded" response while I grinned.)
Some pictures from another blogger: bnlmaggz: 8/10 Merriweather Post Pavilion.
Friday, August 13, 2004
Green Day's new album American Idiot is due out September 21st. Just in time to bring it to Stanford!
You can listen to the title track "American Idiot" on this website: Total Assault.
You can listen to the title track "American Idiot" on this website: Total Assault.
Monday, August 09, 2004
I was on vacation last week for some good ol' summer relaxin'. Went down to the Outer Banks (North Carolina). Hurricane Alex brushed by and ruined a couple of beach-going days, but it was fun and refreshing to actually be OUT IN THE SUN for once this summer.
Returning home after midnight Friday night, I had a nice busy weekend of games and fun. Satuday afternoon, played in a Magic tournament. Saturday night, went bowling. Sunday afternoon, played tennis. Sunday night, finally played poker for the first time this summer.
Now it's back to work at Applied Physics Lab. I'll be here til Sept 10 or so.
This Tuesday, I'm going to see Barenaked Ladies in Columbia, Maryland. Should be a cool concert; from what I've seen and heard of their live performances, they have a lot of fun with the crowd and put on a good show.
If I had a million dollars, we wouldn't have to walk to the store
If I had a million dollars, we'd take a limousine cause it costs more
It'll be good, and I would, if I knew I was understood
And it'll be great, just wait--or is it too little too late
Broke into the old apartment
This is where we used to live
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
I have a history of taking off my shirt
Returning home after midnight Friday night, I had a nice busy weekend of games and fun. Satuday afternoon, played in a Magic tournament. Saturday night, went bowling. Sunday afternoon, played tennis. Sunday night, finally played poker for the first time this summer.
Now it's back to work at Applied Physics Lab. I'll be here til Sept 10 or so.
This Tuesday, I'm going to see Barenaked Ladies in Columbia, Maryland. Should be a cool concert; from what I've seen and heard of their live performances, they have a lot of fun with the crowd and put on a good show.
If I had a million dollars, we wouldn't have to walk to the store
If I had a million dollars, we'd take a limousine cause it costs more
It'll be good, and I would, if I knew I was understood
And it'll be great, just wait--or is it too little too late
Broke into the old apartment
This is where we used to live
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
I have a history of taking off my shirt
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