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Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Another win
Pandora
Sunday, November 27, 2005
This one I actually knew about, thanks to a Google alert
Ace Printwear still spams me
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Honestly, I don't even know when his games are.
Awww
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Talent Show
"Robotic buddahs are awesome"
Monday, November 21, 2005
Hard to believe he's graduating before me
Sunday, November 20, 2005
Off to a great start
College life
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Less than 5 hours left! Canon EOS-1V HS 35mm Pro SLR
SNL
Quoting myself
Friday, November 18, 2005
First game tonight
So did they win?
The iTunes Support Team is an inhuman computer
Remember Omar Butt? He still hasn't mastered English. And he's from Pennsylvania.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Back to my roots
Mean Ether on iTunes
Animusic 2
Because I promised Blake this would be blogged.
Wow, that was longer than I expected.
Monday, November 14, 2005
Need a Canon 35mm pro SLR?
What?!
Juxtaposition
Sunday, November 13, 2005
HotW accused of discrimination
Querido Wysz,
He notado que tu tienda no ofrece productos en español. Como es la primera vez que mi familia española va a celebrar la navidad (son muselmanos pero van a celebrarla para mi), me gustaría comprarsela una decoracion del ´Ridiculously Large Blue Bow Tie´ para el arbol de navidad. (Lo siento, pero aunque el parajo con brazos es super-mono, no lo conozco.) Tiene que tener las palabras ´Ridicouly Large Blue Bow Tie´en español y prefiero que venga con una carta que explica la historia del ´Ridiculously Large Blue Bow Tie´ porque aunque mi español va mejorando, creo que eso es algo que no puedo explicar bien a mi familia. Ademas, he visto que cuesta $7 para entregarlo a europa. Eso me parece un modo de descriminacion contra los europeos. No es nuestra culpa que vivimos en otro continente.
Contestame pronto!
Renee
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Rifat. His name should be Rafat. I'm awesome.
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
To make up for not linking to the Halloween adventure
More random childhood memories
Why am I in Baltimore and not in New York?
Classic Gaming!
I'm fine
Monday, November 07, 2005
Ugh, The Bill requested that I blog this, even though it's not that funny
Sunday, November 06, 2005
Ted still plays basketball
Parking
Never ever tell anyone that you have a car at school
Not sure if there were any metaphors
Fine, I'll update
Incredible Speech Error
No my blog has class.
Saturday, November 05, 2005
Sale!
I'm open to suggestions
Friday, November 04, 2005
Ughhghghh, I just want to go home
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Google @ JHU
This is a test
Fan pictures
This is getting annoying
Mannheim Steamroller's Christmas catalog now in iTunes!
He NEVER gets it!
I still don't get wrestling.
Leotard followup
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Because I know you care
Wysz on Engadget Podcast #050
Another win
Looks like Ted won another game.
Pandora
This is
pretty neat. I have to get back to work.
Sunday, November 27, 2005
This one I actually knew about, thanks to a Google alert
Once again, Tony
has the coverage.
Ace Printwear still spams me
Even though I called
them back in May, Ace Printwear continues to send me unsolicited
email. They have finally added a "remove" address at the bottom of the email, so
we'll see if that works.
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Honestly, I don't even know when his games are.
Awww
Yesterday afternoon when I came home from picking
up some Thanksgiving food in Doylestown, I found a bird sitting at our front
door. It must have hit the window, because it didn't fly away when I approached.
It was still breathing and blinking, so I took its picture and then left it
alone, hoping that it was just stunned and would recover. I figured I would keep
looking out the window, and then when it was gone, I could post the picture
along with a nice story.
I looked out the window about an hour later, and it was still there, but I could see that it was still breathing. It even shuffled about half an inch a couple of times. Thinking that it wasn't going to make it through the night, I erased the picture on my camera, because who wants a picture of a dead bird? About an hour after that, right before we left to go to dinner, I checked the door again, and there was no bird. I asked if anyone had moved it, and nobody had.
When we got back from dinner, I doubted my quick observation, and went to see if the bird had simply moved a short distance from its original position. I was right to doubt myself, as I saw the bird sitting in a small bed of leaves just about two feet from where I had first seen it. I couldn't see it moving, so I went outside. When I got closer, I could see the bird looking at me, blinking frequently and doing that twitchy thing with its head that birds do. It actually seemed more alert than before, but I figured it wasn't going to make it since it didn't move. As I shuffled closer to look at its wings, the bird hopped out of the leaves and flew into the woods, five hours after I had first seen it sitting at our front door. True story.
Happy Thanksgiving. It snowed here today, which is awesome.
I looked out the window about an hour later, and it was still there, but I could see that it was still breathing. It even shuffled about half an inch a couple of times. Thinking that it wasn't going to make it through the night, I erased the picture on my camera, because who wants a picture of a dead bird? About an hour after that, right before we left to go to dinner, I checked the door again, and there was no bird. I asked if anyone had moved it, and nobody had.
When we got back from dinner, I doubted my quick observation, and went to see if the bird had simply moved a short distance from its original position. I was right to doubt myself, as I saw the bird sitting in a small bed of leaves just about two feet from where I had first seen it. I couldn't see it moving, so I went outside. When I got closer, I could see the bird looking at me, blinking frequently and doing that twitchy thing with its head that birds do. It actually seemed more alert than before, but I figured it wasn't going to make it since it didn't move. As I shuffled closer to look at its wings, the bird hopped out of the leaves and flew into the woods, five hours after I had first seen it sitting at our front door. True story.
Happy Thanksgiving. It snowed here today, which is awesome.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Talent Show
I never had a Nintendo, but I did play my share
of Mario. And I just couldn't
not
link
to this.
"Robotic buddahs are awesome"
Michael Wyszomierski:
found this in the archives http://homepage.mac.com/wysz/iblog/C712427414/E1297536892/index.html
8:40 AM
John Young: haha
John Young: robotic buddahs are awesome
Michael Wyszomierski: yeah, i have twelve in my basement
John Young: did you recieve the e-mail i forwarded you from the freemasons?
Michael Wyszomierski: yeah, it was just some weird spam
John Young: yeah, i found it funny that the freemasons were interested in me
John Young: my roomate is actually building a robot
John Young: it plays soccer or something silly like that
8:50 AM
Michael Wyszomierski: haha
8:55 AM
John Young: i'm training the robot to assassinate targets
Michael Wyszomierski: nice
John Young: possibly after being sent back in time
Michael Wyszomierski: yeah, nothing can go wrong with that plan
John Young: why didn't skynet send back like 50 terminators to kill john conner?
Michael Wyszomierski: it's be a short movie
9:00 AM
John Young: i'm just saying for a artifical intellegence capable of destroying mankind, its kinda dumb
Michael Wyszomierski: haha yeah most AI is
John Young: they should have just sent back an army of terminators
Michael Wyszomierski: you lose sleep over this don't you
John Young: yeah, i mean all i'm saying is, if i was in charge, john conner would be dead
Michael Wyszomierski: lol, ok you know what i was going to keep myself off the blog all morning, but i'll fire it up for that
8:40 AM
John Young: haha
John Young: robotic buddahs are awesome
Michael Wyszomierski: yeah, i have twelve in my basement
John Young: did you recieve the e-mail i forwarded you from the freemasons?
Michael Wyszomierski: yeah, it was just some weird spam
John Young: yeah, i found it funny that the freemasons were interested in me
John Young: my roomate is actually building a robot
John Young: it plays soccer or something silly like that
8:50 AM
Michael Wyszomierski: haha
8:55 AM
John Young: i'm training the robot to assassinate targets
Michael Wyszomierski: nice
John Young: possibly after being sent back in time
Michael Wyszomierski: yeah, nothing can go wrong with that plan
John Young: why didn't skynet send back like 50 terminators to kill john conner?
Michael Wyszomierski: it's be a short movie
9:00 AM
John Young: i'm just saying for a artifical intellegence capable of destroying mankind, its kinda dumb
Michael Wyszomierski: haha yeah most AI is
John Young: they should have just sent back an army of terminators
Michael Wyszomierski: you lose sleep over this don't you
John Young: yeah, i mean all i'm saying is, if i was in charge, john conner would be dead
Michael Wyszomierski: lol, ok you know what i was going to keep myself off the blog all morning, but i'll fire it up for that
Monday, November 21, 2005
Hard to believe he's graduating before me
I joked that GA and PC had set up a joint website
so alumni could bet on the GA/PC Day games online. Bill believed me. I'm
awesome.
Sunday, November 20, 2005
Off to a great start
Game
#2. [anthonytrumbo.com]
College life
John Stowe:
is it bad that my microwave doesn't run unless
I turn off the lights?
Michael Wyszomierski: haha i'd say it's bad enough to blog about
John Stowe: awesome
Michael Wyszomierski: haha i'd say it's bad enough to blog about
John Stowe: awesome
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Less than 5 hours left! Canon EOS-1V HS 35mm Pro SLR
Bid
now. And thanks for tolerating this shameless plug. I'm really not
getting anything out of this.
SNL
How awesome is this? Steve Jobs is such a
celebrity that Fred
Armisen actually copied Steve's appearance, voice, and mannerisms when
he played him tonight during Weekend Update on SNL. He even did the
putting-his-hands-together thing at the end. For most CEOs, they'd just put a
guy in a suit and not worry about doing an actual impression, but people
actually know Steve. You can probably find a copy of the video on the Internet
somewhere.
I just wonder what will happen when Steve leaves Apple... I wouldn't mind stepping in.
I just wonder what will happen when Steve leaves Apple... I wouldn't mind stepping in.
Quoting myself
Michael Wyszomierski:
i remember at ga though, my favorite thought
process was something along the lines of "man, it would be incredibly convenient
if we had a fire drill right now. have we had one recently? there's gotta be
some sort of law that says we need to have one soon. or maybe some kid will pull
it. or maybe someone will screw up in
chemistry..."
this usually happened when it was approaching my turn to answer a question in class
this usually happened when it was approaching my turn to answer a question in class
Friday, November 18, 2005
First game tonight
I'm running off to Quiznos so I can be back by 8 to
follow Ted's
first real game of the season.
[Schedule]
[Schedule]
So did they win?
I know that many of you turn to HoTW for your
up-to-the-week coverage of the Vanderbilt Commodores, so let's go live to our
Nashville affiliate, Tony
Trumbo.
The iTunes Support Team is an inhuman computer
Here we go, a post about Kenny
G:
I was checking up on the popularity of my Awesome Christmas Songs iMix in the iTunes Music Store, when I noticed that the album art for Faith, one of Kenny G's holiday albums, looked terrible in the iTunes Music Store:
I used the Customer Service feedback form to send Apple this email:
In the album "Faith - A Holiday Album" from artist Kenny G, the artwork in the music store is very blurry, as if it is a small picture that was blown up to a larger size. I do not remember the graphic looking like this while browsing earlier.
Here was their response:
Dear Michael,
Thank you for contacting the iTunes Music Store.
Album cover art is provided with most songs and albums sold on the iTunes Music Store. Liner notes are available for select albums only. To learn how to view album artwork, please read this article:
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n165225
If you would like to add your own artwork to one or more songs, please refer to the steps in this article:
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n165221
To print CD inserts with your album art from a playlist, follow these easy instructions:
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n165232
Sincerely,
The iTunes Music Store team
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/ww/
Wow! Someone must have really read my email, because I wrote a message including the word "artwork," and they got back to me with some information on album cover art! I'm glad that I know my message was forwarded to the appropriate people. I bet they'll be thankful that I took the time to report this unsightly and embarrassing glitch!
I was checking up on the popularity of my Awesome Christmas Songs iMix in the iTunes Music Store, when I noticed that the album art for Faith, one of Kenny G's holiday albums, looked terrible in the iTunes Music Store:
I used the Customer Service feedback form to send Apple this email:
In the album "Faith - A Holiday Album" from artist Kenny G, the artwork in the music store is very blurry, as if it is a small picture that was blown up to a larger size. I do not remember the graphic looking like this while browsing earlier.
Here was their response:
Dear Michael,
Thank you for contacting the iTunes Music Store.
Album cover art is provided with most songs and albums sold on the iTunes Music Store. Liner notes are available for select albums only. To learn how to view album artwork, please read this article:
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n165225
If you would like to add your own artwork to one or more songs, please refer to the steps in this article:
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n165221
To print CD inserts with your album art from a playlist, follow these easy instructions:
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n165232
Sincerely,
The iTunes Music Store team
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/ww/
Wow! Someone must have really read my email, because I wrote a message including the word "artwork," and they got back to me with some information on album cover art! I'm glad that I know my message was forwarded to the appropriate people. I bet they'll be thankful that I took the time to report this unsightly and embarrassing glitch!
Remember Omar Butt? He still hasn't mastered English. And he's from Pennsylvania.
auraraptor:
when is the library
too
Michael Wyszomierski: Omar, that is not a sentence.
auraraptor: until
Michael Wyszomierski: When is the library too until? 2:00, my good sir.
Michael Wyszomierski: Omar, that is not a sentence.
auraraptor: until
Michael Wyszomierski: When is the library too until? 2:00, my good sir.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Back to my roots
Remember back in the day when I didn't care about
this blog? Before I had ads and affiliate links? Before I got Boing boinged and
Slashdotted on the same
day?
Well considering that long
quote I just posted, I think we're getting back to the old school,
which, by the way, I just typed without adding an associate link to the DVD of
"Old School."
One of the great things (in my opinion, which is all that matters) about the old blog was the random announcements of patterns in numbers such as time. Well, I just noticed that (not including this entry) I have 1,283 entries in my v.Awesome of my blog. Significance of 1283? My birthday!
One of the great things (in my opinion, which is all that matters) about the old blog was the random announcements of patterns in numbers such as time. Well, I just noticed that (not including this entry) I have 1,283 entries in my v.Awesome of my blog. Significance of 1283? My birthday!
Mean Ether on iTunes
Hey, kids, remember Jason Straub from math class?
The one who left footprints on the wall and quoted Office
Space? And do you remember his band, Mean Ether? Well now you can
download their album Silvertongue
on iTunes! I saw the track Raise
the Blinds in the listing, and wondered why it sounded familiar. I
then remembered that he recorded a version of it in the Media Lab at GA. Not
sure if that's the version that's on iTunes, though.
Animusic 2
Sorry, I just needed to get an affiliate link in
before I went crazy. Don't worry, I'm gonna be unconscious soon. Animusic
2 has been released. #1 on my Christmas list. I also want Das Keyboard.
Because I promised Blake this would be blogged.
[WHCL]
Michael Wyszomierski: do you have good cell service where you are right now?
Blake Mattern: why?
Michael Wyszomierski: i need to make a phone call but my phone sucks in my apartment
Blake Mattern: yes
Michael Wyszomierski: it will take 4 seconds
Blake Mattern: lol
Blake Mattern: how you getting here?
Michael Wyszomierski: well i was actually hoping you could make the call for me, so i don't have to make the journey
Blake Mattern: who am i calling
Blake Mattern: and im not saying i will
Michael Wyszomierski: 215 859 4200 and demanding that they play "mahna mahna"
Michael Wyszomierski: and you'll get extra points if you identify yourself as "the duder"
Blake Mattern: ?
Blake Mattern: what radio station is this?
Michael Wyszomierski: it's a radio show i'm listening to
Blake Mattern: haha
Michael Wyszomierski: please
Blake Mattern: fine
Michael Wyszomierski: thanks
Blake Mattern: this better be a blog entry
Michael Wyszomierski: it will be if they play it
Michael Wyszomierski: actually ID yourself as blake
Michael Wyszomierski: so i know it was you
Michael Wyszomierski: or whatever
Michael Wyszomierski: as long as they play it
Michael Wyszomierski: oh
Blake Mattern: yeah
Michael Wyszomierski: but ask for "DJ awesome"
Blake Mattern: ?
Blake Mattern: ?
Michael Wyszomierski: JUST DO IT
Blake Mattern: what radio show is this?
Michael Wyszomierski: i dunno the name
12:30 AM
Blake Mattern: ok
Blake Mattern: what station
Michael Wyszomierski: but ask to talk to DJ AWESOME
Michael Wyszomierski: and say you want mahna mahna
Michael Wyszomierski: and DJ AWESOME is totally not THE WYSZ
Michael Wyszomierski: i promise
Blake Mattern: ok
Blake Mattern: what radio station is it?
Blake Mattern: wait
Blake Mattern: i have a feeliong your setting me up
Blake Mattern: idk about this
Michael Wyszomierski: stop being a baby and call dj awesome. you won't regret it, cause dj awesome is cooler than you
Blake Mattern: so i just called
Blake Mattern: "doo doo doo the # you have reached is no longer in service or may have changed area code. please check the # and try again"
Michael Wyszomierski: ok try 315 859 4561, i'm kinda new here
Michael Wyszomierski: i mean
Michael Wyszomierski: [shoot] just call it
Blake Mattern: hahahahaha
Michael Wyszomierski: and ask for dj awesome
Michael Wyszomierski: and ask for mahna mahna
Blake Mattern: i think i figured this out
Blake Mattern: you better answer
Michael Wyszomierski: i told you it's not me
Blake Mattern: right
Blake Mattern: its ringing
Blake Mattern: its sarah
Michael Wyszomierski: indeed
Michael Wyszomierski: told you it wasn't me
12:35 AM
Michael Wyszomierski: MAHNA MAHNA
Blake Mattern: i did
Blake Mattern: calm down
Blake Mattern: she said it would be a few
Blake Mattern: cause they have to find it
Michael Wyszomierski: MAHNAHMAHNAHAAHHAA MANANAGHA
Michael Wyszomierski: !
Blake Mattern: i requested a few songs as well
12:40 AM
Blake Mattern: are you listening?
Michael Wyszomierski: yes
Blake Mattern: i requested the ween song
Blake Mattern: dammit!!!
Blake Mattern: i wanted to hear roses are free or happy colored marbles
Blake Mattern: thats bull[shoot]
Michael Wyszomierski: what a bunch of [fork]ing amateurs they have working at whcl
Michael Wyszomierski: i'm gonna drive up there
Michael Wyszomierski: and show them a thing or two about using electronics
Michael Wyszomierski: ugh
Blake Mattern: should i call and complain?
Michael Wyszomierski: this pisses me off
Blake Mattern: yes
Blake Mattern: as it does me
Michael Wyszomierski: you do whatever you want, i'm gonna change my listening habits
Blake Mattern: although i do like ani defranco
Blake Mattern: haha
Blake Mattern: they are gonna play mahna mahna
Blake Mattern: dont worry
Michael Wyszomierski: ugh ani difranco? she sounds like atlantis morisette
Michael Wyszomierski: she is like
Blake Mattern: and did you hear that i requested as "the duder"?
Michael Wyszomierski: whiney whine whine whine
Michael Wyszomierski: yes
Blake Mattern: shes nothing like alanis
Blake Mattern: trust me
Blake Mattern: shes not whiny at all actually
Blake Mattern: see
Blake Mattern: its good [shoot]
Michael Wyszomierski: well at the beginning of this song she was
Michael Wyszomierski: and she still sounds atlantis morisetty
Blake Mattern: atlantis?
Blake Mattern: lol
Michael Wyszomierski: i finally drove out where the sky was dark enough to see the stars, [birch].
Blake Mattern: ?
Michael Wyszomierski: ugh shows how much you know
Michael Wyszomierski: it's difranco lyrics
Blake Mattern: oh
Blake Mattern: haha
Blake Mattern: ani's gay
Blake Mattern: alanis isnt
Michael Wyszomierski: that's hot
Michael Wyszomierski: MAHNA MAHNA
Michael Wyszomierski: i'm blasting it
Michael Wyszomierski: MAHANANAHANAMAMAHAHANAHAJA AANHAA
Blake Mattern: haha
Michael Wyszomierski: AAMAAANA
Michael Wyszomierski: A
Michael Wyszomierski: AM,AHAA
Michael Wyszomierski: A
Michael Wyszomierski: AMHAHAAMA
Michael Wyszomierski: ,AAHAMMAMAHAJAJA
Blake Mattern: ur so weird
Michael Wyszomierski: doooo doeoo eoodoadoodooe
Michael Wyszomierski: a
Michael Wyszomierski: amahhamahha
Michael Wyszomierski: admahaamma
Michael Wyszomierski: a
Michael Wyszomierski: a,aha
Michael Wyszomierski: a
Michael Wyszomierski: a,a
Michael Wyszomierski: ajaa
Michael Wyszomierski: a
Michael Wyszomierski: mddododoeoeododo
Blake Mattern: why don't you just by the [darn] song
Blake Mattern: and stop that
Blake Mattern: its annoying
Blake Mattern: oh
Michael Wyszomierski: it's not on itunes
Michael Wyszomierski: i've requested it 4,000 times
Michael Wyszomierski: make that 4,001
Michael Wyszomierski: MAHANNA
Michael Wyszomierski: AMAHANNA
Michael Wyszomierski: MANANGA
Blake Mattern: tonight, Kate, her friend cari, cari's friend, and kates really good friend's brother are going to watch ted play
Michael Wyszomierski: M AHAHGAA
Michael Wyszomierski: MAHAAH
Blake Mattern: they are driving to nashvile
Michael Wyszomierski: MAHAHA
Blake Mattern: and kate saw that ted had a game
Michael Wyszomierski: AJAHAMAHHA
Blake Mattern: and she said they were gonna go
Michael Wyszomierski: cool
Blake Mattern: so i called ted
Blake Mattern: and he set them up with tix
Blake Mattern: im jealous
Blake Mattern: i'll be in freakin michigan
Michael Wyszomierski: i want him to set me up for january
Michael Wyszomierski: why?
Blake Mattern: wrestling
Michael Wyszomierski: ah
Blake Mattern: ah
Blake Mattern: Ween!
Michael Wyszomierski: how long are you home in jan?
Michael Wyszomierski: and is tomorrow ted's first game?
Blake Mattern: um, i wont be home in january
Blake Mattern: i'll prbly have to be back the 30th or 31st
Michael Wyszomierski: ugh
Blake Mattern: dont you hate it when you have to wait forever to see your grades posted online
Blake Mattern: and then when one finally does get posted its the one you already knew?
Blake Mattern: ROCK ON!!!!!!!!
Michael Wyszomierski: yeah
Blake Mattern: oo i like this so far
12:55 AM
Blake Mattern: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=weekly_sub1
Blake Mattern: look at all three
Michael Wyszomierski: yeah saw that
Blake Mattern: the newest one?
Michael Wyszomierski: no not the 3rd
Blake Mattern: its great
Blake Mattern: except for the stomping hippies thing
Michael Wyszomierski: no, hippies need to be stomped
Blake Mattern: so what
Blake Mattern: you gonna come stomp me?
Michael Wyszomierski: as much as i know you'd like that, especially if i were covered in spandex, i'm not going to
Blake Mattern: ugh
Michael Wyszomierski: do you have good cell service where you are right now?
Blake Mattern: why?
Michael Wyszomierski: i need to make a phone call but my phone sucks in my apartment
Blake Mattern: yes
Michael Wyszomierski: it will take 4 seconds
Blake Mattern: lol
Blake Mattern: how you getting here?
Michael Wyszomierski: well i was actually hoping you could make the call for me, so i don't have to make the journey
Blake Mattern: who am i calling
Blake Mattern: and im not saying i will
Michael Wyszomierski: 215 859 4200 and demanding that they play "mahna mahna"
Michael Wyszomierski: and you'll get extra points if you identify yourself as "the duder"
Blake Mattern: ?
Blake Mattern: what radio station is this?
Michael Wyszomierski: it's a radio show i'm listening to
Blake Mattern: haha
Michael Wyszomierski: please
Blake Mattern: fine
Michael Wyszomierski: thanks
Blake Mattern: this better be a blog entry
Michael Wyszomierski: it will be if they play it
Michael Wyszomierski: actually ID yourself as blake
Michael Wyszomierski: so i know it was you
Michael Wyszomierski: or whatever
Michael Wyszomierski: as long as they play it
Michael Wyszomierski: oh
Blake Mattern: yeah
Michael Wyszomierski: but ask for "DJ awesome"
Blake Mattern: ?
Blake Mattern: ?
Michael Wyszomierski: JUST DO IT
Blake Mattern: what radio show is this?
Michael Wyszomierski: i dunno the name
12:30 AM
Blake Mattern: ok
Blake Mattern: what station
Michael Wyszomierski: but ask to talk to DJ AWESOME
Michael Wyszomierski: and say you want mahna mahna
Michael Wyszomierski: and DJ AWESOME is totally not THE WYSZ
Michael Wyszomierski: i promise
Blake Mattern: ok
Blake Mattern: what radio station is it?
Blake Mattern: wait
Blake Mattern: i have a feeliong your setting me up
Blake Mattern: idk about this
Michael Wyszomierski: stop being a baby and call dj awesome. you won't regret it, cause dj awesome is cooler than you
Blake Mattern: so i just called
Blake Mattern: "doo doo doo the # you have reached is no longer in service or may have changed area code. please check the # and try again"
Michael Wyszomierski: ok try 315 859 4561, i'm kinda new here
Michael Wyszomierski: i mean
Michael Wyszomierski: [shoot] just call it
Blake Mattern: hahahahaha
Michael Wyszomierski: and ask for dj awesome
Michael Wyszomierski: and ask for mahna mahna
Blake Mattern: i think i figured this out
Blake Mattern: you better answer
Michael Wyszomierski: i told you it's not me
Blake Mattern: right
Blake Mattern: its ringing
Blake Mattern: its sarah
Michael Wyszomierski: indeed
Michael Wyszomierski: told you it wasn't me
12:35 AM
Michael Wyszomierski: MAHNA MAHNA
Blake Mattern: i did
Blake Mattern: calm down
Blake Mattern: she said it would be a few
Blake Mattern: cause they have to find it
Michael Wyszomierski: MAHNAHMAHNAHAAHHAA MANANAGHA
Michael Wyszomierski: !
Blake Mattern: i requested a few songs as well
12:40 AM
Blake Mattern: are you listening?
Michael Wyszomierski: yes
Blake Mattern: i requested the ween song
Blake Mattern: dammit!!!
Blake Mattern: i wanted to hear roses are free or happy colored marbles
Blake Mattern: thats bull[shoot]
Michael Wyszomierski: what a bunch of [fork]ing amateurs they have working at whcl
Michael Wyszomierski: i'm gonna drive up there
Michael Wyszomierski: and show them a thing or two about using electronics
Michael Wyszomierski: ugh
Blake Mattern: should i call and complain?
Michael Wyszomierski: this pisses me off
Blake Mattern: yes
Blake Mattern: as it does me
Michael Wyszomierski: you do whatever you want, i'm gonna change my listening habits
Blake Mattern: although i do like ani defranco
Blake Mattern: haha
Blake Mattern: they are gonna play mahna mahna
Blake Mattern: dont worry
Michael Wyszomierski: ugh ani difranco? she sounds like atlantis morisette
Michael Wyszomierski: she is like
Blake Mattern: and did you hear that i requested as "the duder"?
Michael Wyszomierski: whiney whine whine whine
Michael Wyszomierski: yes
Blake Mattern: shes nothing like alanis
Blake Mattern: trust me
Blake Mattern: shes not whiny at all actually
Blake Mattern: see
Blake Mattern: its good [shoot]
Michael Wyszomierski: well at the beginning of this song she was
Michael Wyszomierski: and she still sounds atlantis morisetty
Blake Mattern: atlantis?
Blake Mattern: lol
Michael Wyszomierski: i finally drove out where the sky was dark enough to see the stars, [birch].
Blake Mattern: ?
Michael Wyszomierski: ugh shows how much you know
Michael Wyszomierski: it's difranco lyrics
Blake Mattern: oh
Blake Mattern: haha
Blake Mattern: ani's gay
Blake Mattern: alanis isnt
Michael Wyszomierski: that's hot
Michael Wyszomierski: MAHNA MAHNA
Michael Wyszomierski: i'm blasting it
Michael Wyszomierski: MAHANANAHANAMAMAHAHANAHAJA AANHAA
Blake Mattern: haha
Michael Wyszomierski: AAMAAANA
Michael Wyszomierski: A
Michael Wyszomierski: AM,AHAA
Michael Wyszomierski: A
Michael Wyszomierski: AMHAHAAMA
Michael Wyszomierski: ,AAHAMMAMAHAJAJA
Blake Mattern: ur so weird
Michael Wyszomierski: doooo doeoo eoodoadoodooe
Michael Wyszomierski: a
Michael Wyszomierski: amahhamahha
Michael Wyszomierski: admahaamma
Michael Wyszomierski: a
Michael Wyszomierski: a,aha
Michael Wyszomierski: a
Michael Wyszomierski: a,a
Michael Wyszomierski: ajaa
Michael Wyszomierski: a
Michael Wyszomierski: mddododoeoeododo
Blake Mattern: why don't you just by the [darn] song
Blake Mattern: and stop that
Blake Mattern: its annoying
Blake Mattern: oh
Michael Wyszomierski: it's not on itunes
Michael Wyszomierski: i've requested it 4,000 times
Michael Wyszomierski: make that 4,001
Michael Wyszomierski: MAHANNA
Michael Wyszomierski: AMAHANNA
Michael Wyszomierski: MANANGA
Blake Mattern: tonight, Kate, her friend cari, cari's friend, and kates really good friend's brother are going to watch ted play
Michael Wyszomierski: M AHAHGAA
Michael Wyszomierski: MAHAAH
Blake Mattern: they are driving to nashvile
Michael Wyszomierski: MAHAHA
Blake Mattern: and kate saw that ted had a game
Michael Wyszomierski: AJAHAMAHHA
Blake Mattern: and she said they were gonna go
Michael Wyszomierski: cool
Blake Mattern: so i called ted
Blake Mattern: and he set them up with tix
Blake Mattern: im jealous
Blake Mattern: i'll be in freakin michigan
Michael Wyszomierski: i want him to set me up for january
Michael Wyszomierski: why?
Blake Mattern: wrestling
Michael Wyszomierski: ah
Blake Mattern: ah
Blake Mattern: Ween!
Michael Wyszomierski: how long are you home in jan?
Michael Wyszomierski: and is tomorrow ted's first game?
Blake Mattern: um, i wont be home in january
Blake Mattern: i'll prbly have to be back the 30th or 31st
Michael Wyszomierski: ugh
Blake Mattern: dont you hate it when you have to wait forever to see your grades posted online
Blake Mattern: and then when one finally does get posted its the one you already knew?
Blake Mattern: ROCK ON!!!!!!!!
Michael Wyszomierski: yeah
Blake Mattern: oo i like this so far
12:55 AM
Blake Mattern: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=weekly_sub1
Blake Mattern: look at all three
Michael Wyszomierski: yeah saw that
Blake Mattern: the newest one?
Michael Wyszomierski: no not the 3rd
Blake Mattern: its great
Blake Mattern: except for the stomping hippies thing
Michael Wyszomierski: no, hippies need to be stomped
Blake Mattern: so what
Blake Mattern: you gonna come stomp me?
Michael Wyszomierski: as much as i know you'd like that, especially if i were covered in spandex, i'm not going to
Blake Mattern: ugh
Wow, that was longer than I expected.
Blake Mattern:
i just meant some kind of
entry
Blake Mattern: not necessarily everything
Blake Mattern: lol
Blake Mattern: not necessarily everything
Blake Mattern: lol
Monday, November 14, 2005
Need a Canon 35mm pro SLR?
If you're into 35mm photography, or you're
holiday shopping for someone who is, you may be interested in this Canon EOS-1V
HS that my friend is selling on eBay. It's slightly used, with only 48 rolls of
film having had the pleasure of winding through this "like new"
body.
The winning bidder gets the following items:
The winning bidder gets the following items:
• EOS 1V body (no lens)
• EOS 1V manual
• Canon PB-E2 Power Drive Booster/Vertical
Grip
• Canon NP-E2 Ni-MH 12V battery
pack
• Canon NC-E2 Ni-MH
charger
The only signs of use are cosmetic: Paint rubbed away on the hotshoe and a small scratch near the hotshoe. You can see for yourself in the high resolution photos of the actual item in the eBay listing.
Bidding starts at $400 (USD) and ends on November 19th (Saturday) at 9:46 PM EST.
View and bid on the camera here. I know the seller and can vouch for his honesty and knowledge. Email him if you have any questions about the item.
The only signs of use are cosmetic: Paint rubbed away on the hotshoe and a small scratch near the hotshoe. You can see for yourself in the high resolution photos of the actual item in the eBay listing.
Bidding starts at $400 (USD) and ends on November 19th (Saturday) at 9:46 PM EST.
View and bid on the camera here. I know the seller and can vouch for his honesty and knowledge. Email him if you have any questions about the item.
What?!
I made it to the Dean's List for the Spring 2005
semester. Yes, me, Michael Wyszomierski. Dean's list. At Johns Hopkins. I'm
awesome.
Possible explanation:
Sign error in one of the registrar's computer programs.
Possible explanation:
Sign error in one of the registrar's computer programs.
Juxtaposition
Blake Mattern:
i will juxtapose
you
Michael Wyszomierski: good, i look forward to it
Michael Wyszomierski: good, i look forward to it
Sunday, November 13, 2005
HotW accused of discrimination
From:
Renée Letarte
Subject:
discriminacion
contra europa por la tienda de hotW
Date:
November 11, 2005 6:41:01 AM EST
To:
Michael Wyszomierski
Reply-To:
Renée Letarte
Querido Wysz,
He notado que tu tienda no ofrece productos en español. Como es la primera vez que mi familia española va a celebrar la navidad (son muselmanos pero van a celebrarla para mi), me gustaría comprarsela una decoracion del ´Ridiculously Large Blue Bow Tie´ para el arbol de navidad. (Lo siento, pero aunque el parajo con brazos es super-mono, no lo conozco.) Tiene que tener las palabras ´Ridicouly Large Blue Bow Tie´en español y prefiero que venga con una carta que explica la historia del ´Ridiculously Large Blue Bow Tie´ porque aunque mi español va mejorando, creo que eso es algo que no puedo explicar bien a mi familia. Ademas, he visto que cuesta $7 para entregarlo a europa. Eso me parece un modo de descriminacion contra los europeos. No es nuestra culpa que vivimos en otro continente.
Contestame pronto!
Renee
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Rifat. His name should be Rafat. I'm awesome.
Bill told me that there is a compsci major who
types only using his index finger on his right hand. There's nothing wrong with
his other fingers; he just doesn't know how to type. Weirdo.
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
To make up for not linking to the Halloween adventure
I'm linking to
this.
More random childhood memories
I have never listened to rap, but I do remember
the existence of Kris
Kross. I just had an image in my head this morning of Kris and Kross
standing on the stage at some Nickelodeon event. I believe Steve
Binswanger was a fan. Remember him? I'm pretty sure he knew the words
to Jump
or something.
Turns out they actually made albums until 1996, when they had grown up to become dangerous. Their last album continued the Kris Kross tradition of including one-question "interviews" on their albums.
Key quote from their Wikipedia entry: "By the end they stopped wearing their clothes backwards."
One other thing that came into my head while writing this: The Adventures of Pete & Pete. This song will make you nostalgic, and then you can buy Season 1 and Season 2 as an awesome present for yourself and/or 12 of your friends.
Turns out they actually made albums until 1996, when they had grown up to become dangerous. Their last album continued the Kris Kross tradition of including one-question "interviews" on their albums.
Key quote from their Wikipedia entry: "By the end they stopped wearing their clothes backwards."
One other thing that came into my head while writing this: The Adventures of Pete & Pete. This song will make you nostalgic, and then you can buy Season 1 and Season 2 as an awesome present for yourself and/or 12 of your friends.
Why am I in Baltimore and not in New York?
Classic Gaming!
It's 4 A.M. and I just bought Behind
the Waterfall by Paul Speer because I found it in iTunes and was
pretty sure it was one of the songs from Marble Madness,
which I first played on an old PC and then found it again years later for Sega
Genesis.
The song surely wasn't in the original Atari version, but maybe it made it into the version that I played on the PC or Genesis. Or maybe I'm just crazy. And by "crazy," I mean "awesome."
The song surely wasn't in the original Atari version, but maybe it made it into the version that I played on the PC or Genesis. Or maybe I'm just crazy. And by "crazy," I mean "awesome."
I'm fine
I was walking back to my apartment tonight, and
some girl walked up to me, smiled, and asked, "Are you okay?" I wasn't expecting
this, so I was silent for a second as I tried to figure out what was going on,
and wondered if she was talking to someone behind me. Before I could say
anything, the guy she was with assured her that he was fine. So, I kept walking,
thinking it was weird that she would look at me while asking him a question. A
few steps later, I could hear her saying behind me, "Actually, I was asking that
guy..."
So, umm, whoever you are, yeah, I'm okay. Thanks for asking. How are you?
So, umm, whoever you are, yeah, I'm okay. Thanks for asking. How are you?
Monday, November 07, 2005
Ugh, The Bill requested that I blog this, even though it's not that funny
"There are three types of organisms in the ocean.
Fish, sharks, and whales."
- Me, PRETENDING to read one of my answers for "Rocks for Jocks"
It's 5:55.
- Me, PRETENDING to read one of my answers for "Rocks for Jocks"
It's 5:55.
Sunday, November 06, 2005
Ted still plays basketball
Tony Trumbo has posted a report on Ted's
performance at Vandy's first game of the year. It was just an exhibition game,
but Ted looks ready to go for the season. More info. available in the full
report.
Parking
I'm an idiot. Last night, I parked in a bus stop.
Right smack in the middle of it. I know it's a bus stop. I've passed by it a
million times knowing that I'm not allowed to park there. The reason I didn't
realize what I was doing last night was
because:
A) It was dark.
B) There were 5 other cars parked in the same bus stop.
Usually, I can tell at a glance where the bus stop begins, because the line of cars stops there. I only look at the sign to see if the last space before the stop is available. Since I saw a space in the middle of a line of cars, I didn't even think to check if I was too far down the street, and I grabbed it. Bill and I walked back to the apartment with the groceries, neither one of us thinking even for a second that I had done anything wrong. In fact, this afternoon when I went to look for my car, I got worried because I thought I had parked about 3/4 of the way down the block, close to where the bus stop starts. When I could see the bus stop sign and hadn't yet found my car, I assumed that my car had been stolen, or that a drunk prankster had moved the sign to another streetlight. But then there I found my car, still amongst five others, sitting in the bus stop with a ticket on the windshield. In the picture below, you'll see that the bus stop (marked by the blue, white, and red signs) is the space between the two streetlights. My car was in the empty space in front of the Volvo. As I was taking this picture, even in the daylight, I saw three cars attempt to park where I had before realizing that it was a bus stop and pulling out.
The officer's handwriting was expectedly bad. The "Officer's Signature" and "Officer's Printed Name" fields contained the same exact scribble. And, if it wasn't my car, I would have misinterpreted two out of the six characters that were written as my plate number. There is no "5" or "7" on my license plate, unlike how it looks on the ticket:
At least the officer identified my car as "blue," unlike the last time when my slightly dirty vehicle was identified as "grey." That was just mean.
After retrieving my ticket, I had the pleasure of trying to convince some guy that the space he was parking in, between the two cars shown above, was actually a bus stop. This is not the first time I've done this, and people are usually very thankful for my help. This guy, however, thought I was saving a space for a friend, and didn't believe me. I was trying to help him out, but I don't like to be doubted, so I hope he gets a ticket. (Update: He got one.) In the picture, I've highlighted the unmarked "red zone" of no parking. As you can see, the minivan is also parked illegally.
This space was already part of a confusing series of signs, but now it's actually impossible to tell where the bus stop ends, unless you know that the hole shown above is the official barrier between legal and illegal. It used to contain a sign, but it was removed at some point over the summer, reappeared on the ground for a day in September, and then disappeared again. Instead of replacing the sign, the Maryland Transit Administration has responded by giving tickets nearly every day to people who park there under the assumption that it's a legal parking space.
(Update - 3/8/2006: While packing up my car last Friday, I saw the sign lying behind a dumpster in the alley between the apartment buildings.)
And don't get me started on the parking problems that have been elevated by the Baltimore residents' continuing war on students. Hopkins is the only thing besides the aquarium that brings the city any respect, and without us, their property values would plunge into nothingness. Perhaps they should focus on those responsible for making 1 in 10 adult males in Baltimore a drug addict.
A) It was dark.
B) There were 5 other cars parked in the same bus stop.
Usually, I can tell at a glance where the bus stop begins, because the line of cars stops there. I only look at the sign to see if the last space before the stop is available. Since I saw a space in the middle of a line of cars, I didn't even think to check if I was too far down the street, and I grabbed it. Bill and I walked back to the apartment with the groceries, neither one of us thinking even for a second that I had done anything wrong. In fact, this afternoon when I went to look for my car, I got worried because I thought I had parked about 3/4 of the way down the block, close to where the bus stop starts. When I could see the bus stop sign and hadn't yet found my car, I assumed that my car had been stolen, or that a drunk prankster had moved the sign to another streetlight. But then there I found my car, still amongst five others, sitting in the bus stop with a ticket on the windshield. In the picture below, you'll see that the bus stop (marked by the blue, white, and red signs) is the space between the two streetlights. My car was in the empty space in front of the Volvo. As I was taking this picture, even in the daylight, I saw three cars attempt to park where I had before realizing that it was a bus stop and pulling out.
The officer's handwriting was expectedly bad. The "Officer's Signature" and "Officer's Printed Name" fields contained the same exact scribble. And, if it wasn't my car, I would have misinterpreted two out of the six characters that were written as my plate number. There is no "5" or "7" on my license plate, unlike how it looks on the ticket:
At least the officer identified my car as "blue," unlike the last time when my slightly dirty vehicle was identified as "grey." That was just mean.
After retrieving my ticket, I had the pleasure of trying to convince some guy that the space he was parking in, between the two cars shown above, was actually a bus stop. This is not the first time I've done this, and people are usually very thankful for my help. This guy, however, thought I was saving a space for a friend, and didn't believe me. I was trying to help him out, but I don't like to be doubted, so I hope he gets a ticket. (Update: He got one.) In the picture, I've highlighted the unmarked "red zone" of no parking. As you can see, the minivan is also parked illegally.
This space was already part of a confusing series of signs, but now it's actually impossible to tell where the bus stop ends, unless you know that the hole shown above is the official barrier between legal and illegal. It used to contain a sign, but it was removed at some point over the summer, reappeared on the ground for a day in September, and then disappeared again. Instead of replacing the sign, the Maryland Transit Administration has responded by giving tickets nearly every day to people who park there under the assumption that it's a legal parking space.
(Update - 3/8/2006: While packing up my car last Friday, I saw the sign lying behind a dumpster in the alley between the apartment buildings.)
And don't get me started on the parking problems that have been elevated by the Baltimore residents' continuing war on students. Hopkins is the only thing besides the aquarium that brings the city any respect, and without us, their property values would plunge into nothingness. Perhaps they should focus on those responsible for making 1 in 10 adult males in Baltimore a drug addict.
Never ever tell anyone that you have a car at school
Ever.
Not sure if there were any metaphors
I just had a weird dream which involved President
Bush, Spock, and two Doctor Emmett Browns. While in the presidential limo with
Bush, he used one of the "sleep chambers" many times for quick naps. Then, I was
riding in the car with Spock and his wife, and Spock was on his way to surprise
an old friend. He was arguing logic vs. emotion with his wife. One of the Docs
woke up with wide eyes, and said, "Great Scott!" After that, Spock picked him up
and put him in the car, and forced me to drive, even though it was stick
shift.
Then Eh, Steve! called and woke me up because he needed a ride to the train station again.
Memorable quote:
MW: When?
ES: 1:30.
MW: When's that?
Then Eh, Steve! called and woke me up because he needed a ride to the train station again.
Memorable quote:
MW: When?
ES: 1:30.
MW: When's that?
Fine, I'll update
Blake Mattern:
update!!!!!
Michael Wyszomierski: ?
Blake Mattern: dik
Blake Mattern: idk
Blake Mattern: oops
Blake Mattern: lol
Blake Mattern: haha
Blake Mattern: i felt like yelling at you
Blake Mattern: and I couldnt think of what I should yell at you for
Blake Mattern: so that seemed like an old classic
Michael Wyszomierski: ?
Blake Mattern: dik
Blake Mattern: idk
Blake Mattern: oops
Blake Mattern: lol
Blake Mattern: haha
Blake Mattern: i felt like yelling at you
Blake Mattern: and I couldnt think of what I should yell at you for
Blake Mattern: so that seemed like an old classic
Incredible Speech Error
Bill: Treehouse of Horror is
on.
Me: Ah, yes, the famous Christmas special that airs after Thanksgiving.
I meant to say: Ah, yes, the famous Halloween special that airs [a week] after Halloween.
Me: Ah, yes, the famous Christmas special that airs after Thanksgiving.
I meant to say: Ah, yes, the famous Halloween special that airs [a week] after Halloween.
No my blog has class.
Blake Mattern:
no your blog has class
again
Blake Mattern: the more blake
Blake Mattern: the classier
Michael Wyszomierski: right...
10:10 PM
Blake Mattern: its true
Blake Mattern: i'll send you the graphs
Blake Mattern: they are directly related
Michael Wyszomierski: haha that's alright
Blake Mattern: [sends Excel file]
Blake Mattern: you best accept that boy
Blake Mattern: thankyou
Michael Wyszomierski: wow
Blake Mattern: i know
Michael Wyszomierski: can't argue with those results
Blake Mattern: pretty dramatic isnt it
Blake Mattern: i know
Blake Mattern: eventually it goes exponential
Blake Mattern: but I didnt have the time to do that
See the results.
Blake Mattern: the more blake
Blake Mattern: the classier
Michael Wyszomierski: right...
10:10 PM
Blake Mattern: its true
Blake Mattern: i'll send you the graphs
Blake Mattern: they are directly related
Michael Wyszomierski: haha that's alright
Blake Mattern: [sends Excel file]
Blake Mattern: you best accept that boy
Blake Mattern: thankyou
Michael Wyszomierski: wow
Blake Mattern: i know
Michael Wyszomierski: can't argue with those results
Blake Mattern: pretty dramatic isnt it
Blake Mattern: i know
Blake Mattern: eventually it goes exponential
Blake Mattern: but I didnt have the time to do that
See the results.
Saturday, November 05, 2005
Sale!
I don't really like to do a lot of Christmas
stuff before Thanksgiving, so I apologize for that early Mannheim
Steamroller entry. I was excited. Well, now I'm going to be like one
of those retailers who has decorations up in August. The reason is that CafePress,
the printing service I use for my store, is running a
sale until the 14th, with $2 off ornaments, greeting cards, and wall calendars.
I don't have any calendars yet, but I have two ornaments
and a Christmas
card. Just remember to enter "Holiday2" as your coupon code when
checking out.
I also have a couple other Christmas items in the shop, but I'll link to them later.
I also have a couple other Christmas items in the shop, but I'll link to them later.
I'm open to suggestions
What do you want me to do in the next podcast? I
really can't come up with anything that I'm sure you'd like. Please email
suggestions to wyszdom@mac.com.
Honestly, the only thing I've come up with so far is "sniff pepper." Would you
watch/listen to that?
I did sing the Late Night with Conan O'Brien theme song last night, but I'm pretty sure I don't have the performance rights to it.
I did sing the Late Night with Conan O'Brien theme song last night, but I'm pretty sure I don't have the performance rights to it.
Friday, November 04, 2005
Ughhghghh, I just want to go home
Earlier today, maintenance unexpectedly showed up
at our apartment door, and said that they had to do some work in or near our
doorway. I hadn't noticed anything wrong with the doorway, and we hadn't asked
for any maintenance to be done, but what do I know? They spent the next 20
minutes hitting things with a hammer and talking about Frank
Zappa.
So what was the result of all this? The door is now extremely difficult to open, and it cannot be closed without slamming it. Other than that, I can't see anything that looks "fixed." All we got was a broken door. Ugh.
So what was the result of all this? The door is now extremely difficult to open, and it cannot be closed without slamming it. Other than that, I can't see anything that looks "fixed." All we got was a broken door. Ugh.
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Google @ JHU
Google came to campus tonight, so I figured I
would go, even though I'm not an engineer. I knew I made the right decision
before I even got in the room, as they were providing free pizza outside. And
not just any pizza—they ordered Papa Johns. They also had plenty of free
stuff on the tables outside the room. We were probably only supposed to take
what applied to us, but I took one of everything, including a handout describing
a scholarship program for women majoring in computer science or
engineering.
Mmm... these Google mints are good. http://mints.google.com/
The presentation was pretty cool, and done on a PowerBook. Some things I remember:
Mmm... these Google mints are good. http://mints.google.com/
The presentation was pretty cool, and done on a PowerBook. Some things I remember:
⁃ Google has a website.
www.google.com
⁃ "Googlers" (Google employees, I assume)
eat 500 lbs of breakfast cereal every day. Last year, the figure was 300
lbs/week.
⁃ Google uses a custom programming language
for certain tasks, such as managing code submissions.
⁃ Most code submissions occur around
midnight; things are pretty quiet in the morning. Programmers are asleep at 10
am.
⁃ During the blackout in August 2003, they
could tell exactly when people lost power based on the sudden lack of queries
from different areas. At first, they were wondering whose code broke
Google.
⁃ Google has context-based spelling
correction that learns by crawling the web. Try searching for "Kofe Annan" and
see what it corrects to. Now, try "kofe shop." The presenter also noted that "a
popular
word processor" corrects Kofi Annan to "Koki Anna." In Microsoft's
defense, (what am I saying?) Mac OS X suggests "Coif Anon."
⁃ I don't know what this means, but
apparently some versions of Mozilla, Safari, and Opera don't have an XML parser,
so Google wrote one in JavaScript to allow these browsers to interpret Google
Maps. I think.
⁃ Google employees work in small teams,
usually of 3-5 people.
⁃ Orkut is really big in Brazil. It was
developed on someone's "20% time."
⁃ Google can neither confirm nor deny the
existence of Google Base. But
"wait and see."
After the meeting, we got free long-sleeved t-shirts. This is a pretty good deal, considering mine cost $21.
Now how many of you actually tried going to mints.google.com?
After the meeting, we got free long-sleeved t-shirts. This is a pretty good deal, considering mine cost $21.
Now how many of you actually tried going to mints.google.com?
This is a test
This is a test of my blog, which seems to be in a
weird mood. This is only a test.
Fan pictures
You know you're awesome when some guy in Florida
sends you pictures of himself wearing shirts that he bought from your
website.
Thanks, Evan Vanderveer! Evan gives photo credit to his roommate, Andy Marcarelli.
Thanks, Evan Vanderveer! Evan gives photo credit to his roommate, Andy Marcarelli.
This is getting annoying
If I get one more completely blank email in my
Comcast account... I'm gonna.... umm.. write a "junk mail" rule or
something.
Mannheim Steamroller's Christmas catalog now in iTunes!
Six of Mannheim Steamroller's
famous Christmas albums are now
available for download in the iTunes Music Store. Mannheim Steamroller
has been an essential part of Christmas for me ever since I heard their
rendition of Deck
the Halls on the radio. I now own four of their Christmas albums on
CD: Christmas,
A
Fresh Aire Christmas, Christmas
in the Aire, and Christmas
Extraordinaire.
While I really wanted to buy their new "Celebration" song when it was released, I couldn't justify the cost of buying a whole album for just one song, as I already had almost all of the tracks contained on the CD. iTunes can really save the day in situations like this, and today I can finally hear more than 30 seconds of that track.
If you're new to Mannheim Steamroller, or have heard them but can't remember what the "cool songs" are, get started with the ones I've listed below. They're the most upbeat and non-traditional of the bunch. If you're into the more mellow and 18th century-sounding stuff, just click on anything I don't link to. You can also get this list as an iMix.
• Deck the Halls (transitions into We Three Kings, but unless you buy the CD, you'll hear a jump anyway.)
• God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Rock Version—Sounds best if played immediately following the track before it, but not necessary. It's probably my favorite Mannheim Steamroller song. I once drove a 1.5 hour round trip with this on repeat.)
• Good King Wenceslas (Listen to it once before driving with it at high volume—you don't want to get startled.)
• Joy To The World
• Angels We Have Heard On High
• Carol of the Bells (My favorite Christmas song, but not my favorite of Mannheim.)
• Winter Wonderland
• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (best if played immediately following the contrasting Hark! The Herald Trumpets Sing, but if you want to save a buck, don't worry about it.)
This is only a sampling of their songs, and they actually sound better when mixed with some quieter tracks from Mannheim or other artists. Now I have to see how their tour fits into my schedule...
Other rockin' holiday tracks:
• Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) by Trans-Siberian Orchestra. I'll have to make a separate mix for these guys someday.
• Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town by Bruce. Can be found on Disc 2 of this CD.
While I really wanted to buy their new "Celebration" song when it was released, I couldn't justify the cost of buying a whole album for just one song, as I already had almost all of the tracks contained on the CD. iTunes can really save the day in situations like this, and today I can finally hear more than 30 seconds of that track.
If you're new to Mannheim Steamroller, or have heard them but can't remember what the "cool songs" are, get started with the ones I've listed below. They're the most upbeat and non-traditional of the bunch. If you're into the more mellow and 18th century-sounding stuff, just click on anything I don't link to. You can also get this list as an iMix.
• Deck the Halls (transitions into We Three Kings, but unless you buy the CD, you'll hear a jump anyway.)
• God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Rock Version—Sounds best if played immediately following the track before it, but not necessary. It's probably my favorite Mannheim Steamroller song. I once drove a 1.5 hour round trip with this on repeat.)
• Good King Wenceslas (Listen to it once before driving with it at high volume—you don't want to get startled.)
• Joy To The World
• Angels We Have Heard On High
• Carol of the Bells (My favorite Christmas song, but not my favorite of Mannheim.)
• Winter Wonderland
• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (best if played immediately following the contrasting Hark! The Herald Trumpets Sing, but if you want to save a buck, don't worry about it.)
This is only a sampling of their songs, and they actually sound better when mixed with some quieter tracks from Mannheim or other artists. Now I have to see how their tour fits into my schedule...
Other rockin' holiday tracks:
• Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) by Trans-Siberian Orchestra. I'll have to make a separate mix for these guys someday.
• Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town by Bruce. Can be found on Disc 2 of this CD.
He NEVER gets it!
Michael Wyszomierski:
i'm
awesome
Blake Mattern: no
Blake Mattern: your not
Michael Wyszomierski: my what?
Blake Mattern: what?
Michael Wyszomierski: ugh
Blake Mattern: no
Blake Mattern: your not
Michael Wyszomierski: my what?
Blake Mattern: what?
Michael Wyszomierski: ugh
I still don't get wrestling.
Michael Wyszomierski:
my blog is awesome, because it has entries
with funny names such as "Ugh, one of my dreams just had a
metaphor"
12:45 AM
Blake Mattern: ok
Michael Wyszomierski: yours has pictures of men in leotards
Michael Wyszomierski: wow you have new posts
Blake Mattern: they are singlets for the last time
Blake Mattern: leotards are fully body get ups
Blake Mattern: ours only cover the trunk and upper legs
Michael Wyszomierski: sounds like a leotard to me
Blake Mattern: grrrr
12:45 AM
Blake Mattern: ok
Michael Wyszomierski: yours has pictures of men in leotards
Michael Wyszomierski: wow you have new posts
Blake Mattern: they are singlets for the last time
Blake Mattern: leotards are fully body get ups
Blake Mattern: ours only cover the trunk and upper legs
Michael Wyszomierski: sounds like a leotard to me
Blake Mattern: grrrr
Leotard followup
Michael
Wyszomierski:
Direct Instant Message session started
Blake Mattern: ok
Michael Wyszomierski: i'm awesome
Direct Instant Message session started
Blake Mattern: ok
Michael Wyszomierski: i'm awesome
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Because I know you care
The water, both hot and cold, is working again.
It's been working since 15 minutes after I last complained about it, but I just
got around to blogging it. I'm awesome.
Wysz on Engadget Podcast #050
The staff at Engadget has an email confirmation
system that seems to be pretty good at blocking comment spam, but is their
podcast prepared? I called up 1-888-ENGADGET last Friday and did my best to
create what podcast spam would sound like. You can hear it at the end of Engadget Podcast's
050th episode.
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