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Tuesday, February 28, 2006
What if we had more ad-supported options?
Bam!
Conan, Alf, and Hippies
Nice hair
Photo: AP
Comforting Words
Monday, February 27, 2006
What Would Jobs Do? - Engadget
New Bestseller
Correspondence
Actual excerpt from recent email by a fellow student
Silly Robbery
Sunday, February 26, 2006
One of my favorites
Saturday, February 25, 2006
It's funny because it's true
Friday, February 24, 2006
My afternoon
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
This Week in iTunes
Monday, February 20, 2006
Quiz
podstar.runner
Pink Panther
A Sign
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Evidence that I was right to question my professor's font choice
its not an odd font choice. its an awesome font choice. Viva la Sans!
Friday, February 17, 2006
Appropriate?
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Shirts, Shoes, and...?
I'm just joshin' with ya, kids. Just joshin'.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Ted Skuchas Career Highlights
This achievement was previously reported on Wysz's Thoughts in October 2005.
John needs to borrow a car on February 25.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Cake on Pants
Monday, February 13, 2006
Heard at Hopkins
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Wysz, 2041
Last-Minute Valentine's Day Shopping
Sane?
Kick it up again!
Should We Fear The Future?
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Local News
What?
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Apple Customer Service Getting Better
Remember those long Blake quotes? They're back.
Googling
I feel powerful
Wysz: Never Been Mugged
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Finally, a t-shirt for the rest of us
Bummer
Commence Downloading!
I'm eligible!
Monday, February 06, 2006
PSA for Guys Like Me
Peter Bogdanovich
Thursday, February 02, 2006
First Friday of the semester
What if we had more ad-supported options?
You can watch TV shows for free (sorta) with
commercials, or you can buy them on DVD or iTunes without the
ads.
Web browsers can be offered for free with websites paying for default bookmarks, homepages, and search engines.
Why stop there?
We still have tolls on our highways. Can't Viacom and Clear Channel strike a deal with the DOT to get better billboard placement... and get rid of the tolls?
Even with a free road, cars are pretty expensive. Let's make those free too. Radio stations could pay to be on a city's default (but changeable) car radio presets. Restaurants and gas stations could pay to be preset destinations in the navigation system.
I don't want to pay for my house either. Give me one for free, and put any movie posters you want on the walls. And stock my shelves with sample sizes.
Web browsers can be offered for free with websites paying for default bookmarks, homepages, and search engines.
Why stop there?
We still have tolls on our highways. Can't Viacom and Clear Channel strike a deal with the DOT to get better billboard placement... and get rid of the tolls?
Even with a free road, cars are pretty expensive. Let's make those free too. Radio stations could pay to be on a city's default (but changeable) car radio presets. Restaurants and gas stations could pay to be preset destinations in the navigation system.
I don't want to pay for my house either. Give me one for free, and put any movie posters you want on the walls. And stock my shelves with sample sizes.
Bam!
Dude, I just made garlic bread!
Conan, Alf, and Hippies
John Young:
i haven't seen conan in so long, it was an
old one last night too
Michael Wyszomierski: did they air the finland stuff yet?
John Young: oh i don't think they have, last night was the first night back from the olympics
Michael Wyszomierski: oh are the olympics finally over?
John Young: yeah
John Young: sunday
Michael Wyszomierski: good now i can watch tv again
7:15 PM
John Young: i love the olympics
Michael Wyszomierski: i would probably enjoy them too, but i got so angry the first thursday when i tried to watch the office and it wasn't on, so i stopped watching tv
John Young: ah
Michael Wyszomierski: and instead watched the entire first season of alf on dvd
John Young: lol
Michael Wyszomierski: alf is awesome, they are having this garage sale, and alf has changed all of the price tags to ridiculous amounts, and nobody is buying anything, except for this one guy dressed as a military officer, who comes up to them and asks if they "have any more of those $800 screwdrivers"
John Young: hahaha
John Young: i saw a hilarious commerical today where a guy improves his scarecrow by making into a robot with laser vision, and he uses it to keep hippies off his land
Conan | ALF | Scarecrow | Lasers
Michael Wyszomierski: did they air the finland stuff yet?
John Young: oh i don't think they have, last night was the first night back from the olympics
Michael Wyszomierski: oh are the olympics finally over?
John Young: yeah
John Young: sunday
Michael Wyszomierski: good now i can watch tv again
7:15 PM
John Young: i love the olympics
Michael Wyszomierski: i would probably enjoy them too, but i got so angry the first thursday when i tried to watch the office and it wasn't on, so i stopped watching tv
John Young: ah
Michael Wyszomierski: and instead watched the entire first season of alf on dvd
John Young: lol
Michael Wyszomierski: alf is awesome, they are having this garage sale, and alf has changed all of the price tags to ridiculous amounts, and nobody is buying anything, except for this one guy dressed as a military officer, who comes up to them and asks if they "have any more of those $800 screwdrivers"
John Young: hahaha
John Young: i saw a hilarious commerical today where a guy improves his scarecrow by making into a robot with laser vision, and he uses it to keep hippies off his land
Conan | ALF | Scarecrow | Lasers
Nice hair
Photo: AP
Comforting Words
From a letter I received today from
Hopkins:
Your name has been placed on the tentative list of students who will receive a degree at the University Commencement ceremony in May.
Tentative.
Your name has been placed on the tentative list of students who will receive a degree at the University Commencement ceremony in May.
Tentative.
Monday, February 27, 2006
What Would Jobs Do? - Engadget
New Bestseller
As of this weekend, PO-PO's
early lead for bestselling item in my store has been taken
by...
Buy it now.
Buy it now.
Correspondence
Dave Barry emailed me today. That's pretty
neat.
Actual excerpt from recent email by a fellow student
"If i don't here from you guys buy
tonight..."
Silly Robbery
Attempted Robbery
(Non-Affiliate)—2900 Blk.
Guilford Ave.--On Feb. 26, at 7:20 AM, a
non-affiliate walking south in the 2900 Blk. Guilford Ave. was approached by a
male who stepped in front of the victim and stated “I do not want to hurt
you, give me all of your belongs.” The victim raised a walking stick
she was carrying and said, “I do not think you are going to hurt
me.” The suspect started laughing and fled east on 29th Street.
No injuries, no property taken.
Sunday, February 26, 2006
One of my favorites
Lois: Chris, where have you
been?
Chris: I don't know!
The Clip | The Inspiration | The Song | The DVD (Episode: Breaking Out Is Hard To Do)
Chris: I don't know!
The Clip | The Inspiration | The Song | The DVD (Episode: Breaking Out Is Hard To Do)
Saturday, February 25, 2006
It's funny because it's true
From Dave
Barry's Money
Secrets:
"Parking is the single biggest crisis facing American higher education today. Despite the fact that colleges are, theoretically, institutions of higher learning, it apparently has never occurred to the geniuses who run them that anybody would be arriving by car. The result is that most colleges have approximately one parking space per 150 students, which means that many students spend their entire college careers cruising around looking for a legal spot."
"Parking is the single biggest crisis facing American higher education today. Despite the fact that colleges are, theoretically, institutions of higher learning, it apparently has never occurred to the geniuses who run them that anybody would be arriving by car. The result is that most colleges have approximately one parking space per 150 students, which means that many students spend their entire college careers cruising around looking for a legal spot."
Friday, February 24, 2006
My afternoon
Today Richard Chisolm came to my film class. I
asked him if he still had the same watch he was wearing last time I met him. I'm
not too profound when it comes to questioning guest
speakers.
After class, I found a piece of stamped and sealed mail just lying on the ground with a tire track on it. It was near where the USPS trucks deliver and pick up from the post office. Being 4:30 in the afternoon, the post office was of course closed, so I slipped the envelope under the door. I bet there are official procedures for "Mail left under door after hours." I just hope the bitter guy who works there doesn't give the sender a hard time.
Before I got back to my apartment, I snapped a few photos of the stadium, which I cut through on the way to class all the time but rarely photograph.
After class, I found a piece of stamped and sealed mail just lying on the ground with a tire track on it. It was near where the USPS trucks deliver and pick up from the post office. Being 4:30 in the afternoon, the post office was of course closed, so I slipped the envelope under the door. I bet there are official procedures for "Mail left under door after hours." I just hope the bitter guy who works there doesn't give the sender a hard time.
Before I got back to my apartment, I snapped a few photos of the stadium, which I cut through on the way to class all the time but rarely photograph.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
This Week in iTunes
It looks like the Billion
Songs Countdown is going to end sometime within the next 24 hours, so
pick out your list of songs now that you want to download when the counter gets
close to 10 digits. Good luck!
As one contest ends, another begins in iTunes, with a chance to win a private concert by Prince in Prince's home. Simply download his new single: Black Sweat / Beautiful, Loved and Blessed in iTunes by 6:00 PM EST on March 21st, 2006 to be entered for a chance to win. It looks like you have to purchase it as an album to receive an entry (click on "Buy Album" or "Add Album"), so don't download the individual songs. (US residents only. See Official Rules for more details including free entry method.)
And if you really like the music of the '80s, check out the year-by-year iTunes essentials playlists dedicated to the decade: The '80s Year By Year
As one contest ends, another begins in iTunes, with a chance to win a private concert by Prince in Prince's home. Simply download his new single: Black Sweat / Beautiful, Loved and Blessed in iTunes by 6:00 PM EST on March 21st, 2006 to be entered for a chance to win. It looks like you have to purchase it as an album to receive an entry (click on "Buy Album" or "Add Album"), so don't download the individual songs. (US residents only. See Official Rules for more details including free entry method.)
And if you really like the music of the '80s, check out the year-by-year iTunes essentials playlists dedicated to the decade: The '80s Year By Year
Monday, February 20, 2006
Quiz
Let's find out if you're a real college
student.
Imagine the following scenario:
You woke up at 5:45 AM at home. By a few minutes past 7, you were packed and out the door. Traffic wasn't bad, and you were even able to find a parking space quickly and close to your apartment. At 9:55, you had unpacked your car and were in your apartment, located 10 minutes away from most of your classes. Your first class isn't until 11. What do you do?
A) Exclaim, "Wow, I made good time!"
B) Refresh yourself on the reading for today's class.
C) Get mad at yourself for waking up and leaving too early, then dive into bed, because you have 55 minutes of nap time that must not be wasted.
If you answered "C," you are a college student.
Imagine the following scenario:
You woke up at 5:45 AM at home. By a few minutes past 7, you were packed and out the door. Traffic wasn't bad, and you were even able to find a parking space quickly and close to your apartment. At 9:55, you had unpacked your car and were in your apartment, located 10 minutes away from most of your classes. Your first class isn't until 11. What do you do?
A) Exclaim, "Wow, I made good time!"
B) Refresh yourself on the reading for today's class.
C) Get mad at yourself for waking up and leaving too early, then dive into bed, because you have 55 minutes of nap time that must not be wasted.
If you answered "C," you are a college student.
podstar.runner
Have an iPod that plays video? Then check out
podstar.runner!
It's HomestarRunner.com
on your iPod!
Pink Panther
I never pay attention to reviews, but I did
notice that it had a small number of stars when I was looking up movie
times. I went anyway and loved it. It was full of gags, and that's
what I like. I give it 38 stars.
I saw an Ansel Adams exhibit the day before.
I saw an Ansel Adams exhibit the day before.
A Sign
Every time I drive into Baltimore, within minutes
I spot something that assures me I haven't gotten lost and that I am indeed in
Charm City.
This morning when I arrived after a weekend in PA, I saw an MTA bus ahead. Normally on public transit we expect to see ads for the TV networks or radio stations. What was on this bus? 1-800-FOR-BAIL.
Freedom is just a call away.
This morning when I arrived after a weekend in PA, I saw an MTA bus ahead. Normally on public transit we expect to see ads for the TV networks or radio stations. What was on this bus? 1-800-FOR-BAIL.
Freedom is just a call away.
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Evidence that I was right to question my professor's font choice
From:
Blake
Subject:
Re:
Appropriate?
Date:
February 18, 2006 9:06:44 PM EST
To:
Me
its not an odd font choice. its an awesome font choice. Viva la Sans!
Friday, February 17, 2006
Appropriate?
I got an email yesterday from one of my
professors detailing a new assignment. It was written in Comic
Sans.
The course is about presentation, and the professor makes a living by telling other people how to present information properly and effectively. Many of his clients are government agencies, including the Department of Defense.
Comic Sans was inspired by comic book handwriting.
The course is about presentation, and the professor makes a living by telling other people how to present information properly and effectively. Many of his clients are government agencies, including the Department of Defense.
Comic Sans was inspired by comic book handwriting.
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Shirts, Shoes, and...?
Establishments often require visitors to wear
shirts and shoes, but there is rarely any mention of
pants.
Keep this in mind, and have fun!
Keep this in mind, and have fun!
I'm just joshin' with ya, kids. Just joshin'.
Today in my IT Management class, the last part of
the lecture was about nanotechnology. After the professor had explained what
just what nanotechnology is, someone asked the following question with a
straight face and serious
intentions:
"Is the iPod nano nanotechnology?"
And that, ladies and gentlemen, illustrates the key difference between Hopkins Student and Hopkins Lacrosse Player.
"Is the iPod nano nanotechnology?"
And that, ladies and gentlemen, illustrates the key difference between Hopkins Student and Hopkins Lacrosse Player.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Ted Skuchas Career Highlights
From
VUCommodores.com:
Attended the “Cream” (1960s Rock Band) reunion concert in England during the summer of 2005.
Attended the “Cream” (1960s Rock Band) reunion concert in England during the summer of 2005.
[link]
This achievement was previously reported on Wysz's Thoughts in October 2005.
John needs to borrow a car on February 25.
John Stowe:
what is this world coming
to
John Stowe: I got two emails just now and both had homophone errors
John Stowe: "read this if your on eboard"
John Stowe: "I have there catalog"
6:50 PM
John Stowe: Auto-reply: I need to borrow a car on February 25.
Michael Wyszomierski: yeah that is annoying. nobody is literate anymore. at least it didn't have any atrocious apostrophe's
John Stowe: yeah its a big problem
Michael Wyszomierski: http://www.flickr.com/groups/apostrophes/pool/
6:55 PM
John Stowe: hmm
John Stowe: Auto-reply: I need to borrow a car on February 25.
Michael Wyszomierski: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/31208
John Stowe: the thumb comma is an integral part of my hand punctuation repertoire
John Stowe: ,
John Stowe: although I don't use it very much
John Stowe: ,
John Stowe: since I don't like using my hands
John Stowe: Auto-reply: I need to borrow a car on February 25.
Michael Wyszomierski: haha
John Stowe: plus hand punctuation has become too
John Stowe: ""
John Stowe: hip
Michael Wyszomierski: yeah, before you know it, the whole thing will be over-commercialized
Michael Wyszomierski: there will be the nike swoosh hand gesture
Michael Wyszomierski: and things will just go downhill after that
Michael Wyszomierski: it will be the "just do it" handphrase, brought to you by nike, or something to that effect
Michael Wyszomierski: and every time you do it, you have to recognize nike as the trademark holder
Michael Wyszomierski: and give bill gates a dollar, for absolutely no reason
John Stowe: which leads to the awkward ® hand gesture
Michael Wyszomierski: exactly
John Stowe: Auto-reply: I need to borrow a car on February 25.
John Stowe: which only a few corporate gangstas have mastered
John Stowe: Microsoft what whaaaat
John Stowe: I got two emails just now and both had homophone errors
John Stowe: "read this if your on eboard"
John Stowe: "I have there catalog"
6:50 PM
John Stowe: Auto-reply: I need to borrow a car on February 25.
Michael Wyszomierski: yeah that is annoying. nobody is literate anymore. at least it didn't have any atrocious apostrophe's
John Stowe: yeah its a big problem
Michael Wyszomierski: http://www.flickr.com/groups/apostrophes/pool/
6:55 PM
John Stowe: hmm
John Stowe: Auto-reply: I need to borrow a car on February 25.
Michael Wyszomierski: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/31208
John Stowe: the thumb comma is an integral part of my hand punctuation repertoire
John Stowe: ,
John Stowe: although I don't use it very much
John Stowe: ,
John Stowe: since I don't like using my hands
John Stowe: Auto-reply: I need to borrow a car on February 25.
Michael Wyszomierski: haha
John Stowe: plus hand punctuation has become too
John Stowe: ""
John Stowe: hip
Michael Wyszomierski: yeah, before you know it, the whole thing will be over-commercialized
Michael Wyszomierski: there will be the nike swoosh hand gesture
Michael Wyszomierski: and things will just go downhill after that
Michael Wyszomierski: it will be the "just do it" handphrase, brought to you by nike, or something to that effect
Michael Wyszomierski: and every time you do it, you have to recognize nike as the trademark holder
Michael Wyszomierski: and give bill gates a dollar, for absolutely no reason
John Stowe: which leads to the awkward ® hand gesture
Michael Wyszomierski: exactly
John Stowe: Auto-reply: I need to borrow a car on February 25.
John Stowe: which only a few corporate gangstas have mastered
John Stowe: Microsoft what whaaaat
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Cake on Pants
iccarus906:
would you want
brownies?
11:35 PM
Michael Wyszomierski: yes
Michael Wyszomierski: i would like brownies
12:10 AM
iccarus906: come down to my appartment then
Michael Wyszomierski: maybe tomorrow, i cannot see and i have cake on my pants
iccarus906: interesting
Michael Wyszomierski: i suppose
11:35 PM
Michael Wyszomierski: yes
Michael Wyszomierski: i would like brownies
12:10 AM
iccarus906: come down to my appartment then
Michael Wyszomierski: maybe tomorrow, i cannot see and i have cake on my pants
iccarus906: interesting
Michael Wyszomierski: i suppose
Monday, February 13, 2006
Heard at Hopkins
Professor:
Does anyone know what tomorrow
is?
Student: Tuesday.
Student: Tuesday.
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Wysz, 2041
Last-Minute Valentine's Day Shopping
This is your last chance to order 50
Boyfriends Worse Than Yours from Amazon and have it delivered on
February 14th. That's Tuesday, folks. If you have a Borders store in your area,
you can save on shipping and use Amazon's in-store pickup feature. For those who
are having it shipped, make sure Amazon says that they can get it to you on
time, and choose the correct shipping option at
checkout.
If you're looking to make a special playlist for your evening, I've listed some appropriate music on my Valentine's Day page. Don't forget about the "Gift this music" feature in iTunes.
If you're looking to make a special playlist for your evening, I've listed some appropriate music on my Valentine's Day page. Don't forget about the "Gift this music" feature in iTunes.
Sane?
Maybe I'm not crazy
after all. There is such a thing as "thundersnow."
Kick it up again!
I cook pasta for just about every meal these
days. Sometimes I make toast
instead.
When I cook pasta, I cook San Giorgio spaghetti (or similar shape) and add one of Emeril's sauces. But I don't just put the two together and call it a meal. I add stuff to Emeril's stuff. That's right, I kick it up another notch (or two, or three!). If I doctor up his masterpiece, does that mean that I'm better than Emeril? Sure.
When I cook pasta, I cook San Giorgio spaghetti (or similar shape) and add one of Emeril's sauces. But I don't just put the two together and call it a meal. I add stuff to Emeril's stuff. That's right, I kick it up another notch (or two, or three!). If I doctor up his masterpiece, does that mean that I'm better than Emeril? Sure.
Should We Fear The Future?
Evan Vanderveer:
your.image.is.going.to.cause.me.to.have.nightmares
Michael Wyszomierski: haha am i the only one who isn't freaked out by it?
Michael Wyszomierski: first blake told me it was creepy, then i sent it to my mom and she closed the window right away, and now i'm giving you nightmares
Michael Wyszomierski: i better not grow up
The Image (Warning: Apparently it's disturbing.)
Michael Wyszomierski: haha am i the only one who isn't freaked out by it?
Michael Wyszomierski: first blake told me it was creepy, then i sent it to my mom and she closed the window right away, and now i'm giving you nightmares
Michael Wyszomierski: i better not grow up
The Image (Warning: Apparently it's disturbing.)
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Local News
I don't know why in the age of the Internet
people still look to TV for news. Tonight, I accidently turned on the 11 o'clock
news from NBC's Baltimore affiliate, not remembering that the Olympics meant no
SNL.
They spent the first 6 minutes and 45 seconds of the program explaining that it was snowing. This wasn't even the weather report. Now I'm happy that there wasn't a worse event to take the top story, but it's still ridiculous that people have to sit through a half hour just to learn what I've been told throughout the day via my RSS aggregator. And I can tell you that I spent far less than a half hour reading the news.
Although when I go back home (Philly) I will probably turn on whichever channel it is that's getting the HD camera for their helicopter.
They spent the first 6 minutes and 45 seconds of the program explaining that it was snowing. This wasn't even the weather report. Now I'm happy that there wasn't a worse event to take the top story, but it's still ridiculous that people have to sit through a half hour just to learn what I've been told throughout the day via my RSS aggregator. And I can tell you that I spent far less than a half hour reading the news.
Although when I go back home (Philly) I will probably turn on whichever channel it is that's getting the HD camera for their helicopter.
What?
I'm no meteorologist, but I'm pretty sure there's
not supposed to be lightning during a
snowstorm.
When I was walking back from moving my car so I don't get towed during the snow emergency, if there even is one, I saw something cool. A bunch of snow fell from a tree, right in front of a street lamp. The lamp flickered as the snow fell. I think it's because the light reflected off of the snow, and made the light sensor think that it was daytime. As I passed the light, it was dim and glowing faintly. I assumed that it took a while to warm up after being turned off.
Anyway, after I passed the light, I saw a really bright flash, like from a camera. I thought that the lamp had burned out with the flash as its final glory, but when I turned around to look at it, I heard thunder! While it was snowing!
Either that or something nearby 'sploded.
When I was walking back from moving my car so I don't get towed during the snow emergency, if there even is one, I saw something cool. A bunch of snow fell from a tree, right in front of a street lamp. The lamp flickered as the snow fell. I think it's because the light reflected off of the snow, and made the light sensor think that it was daytime. As I passed the light, it was dim and glowing faintly. I assumed that it took a while to warm up after being turned off.
Anyway, after I passed the light, I saw a really bright flash, like from a camera. I thought that the lamp had burned out with the flash as its final glory, but when I turned around to look at it, I heard thunder! While it was snowing!
Either that or something nearby 'sploded.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Apple Customer Service Getting Better
Like many Apple customers, I complain a lot.
Unfortunately for Apple, I think that this will always be true, since Apple's
superior products & solutions naturally attracts pickier customers. Anyway,
I was thinking about my blog today (while listening to
a Microsoft employee,
oddly enough) and I realized that I haven't been completely fair with Apple. In
short, I often post when I have a problem, but I usually forget to update the
post when the problem has been
resolved.
I think the resolution can be even more important than avoiding the problem in
the first place, since it proves that the company is listening. (As long as they
don't go out and create easily-fixed problems to take advantage of
this!)
So, while I go back through my list of complaints and look for any resolved issues I neglected to update, I'll tell you this:
In the past few days, I've sent three different emails to Apple, all regarding iTunes. Two contained questions, and one reported a technical issue. I received human-written replies to two of the emails (an answer to a question and an acknowledgment of the technical issue), and I am still waiting for a reply to the third email. In a day when Citi looks impressive by running a commercial touting its ability to connect you to an actual talking person when you call and press 0, I'd say these responses are a good sign for Apple (and its customers), and hopefully other companies and customers to come.
So, while I go back through my list of complaints and look for any resolved issues I neglected to update, I'll tell you this:
In the past few days, I've sent three different emails to Apple, all regarding iTunes. Two contained questions, and one reported a technical issue. I received human-written replies to two of the emails (an answer to a question and an acknowledgment of the technical issue), and I am still waiting for a reply to the third email. In a day when Citi looks impressive by running a commercial touting its ability to connect you to an actual talking person when you call and press 0, I'd say these responses are a good sign for Apple (and its customers), and hopefully other companies and customers to come.
Remember those long Blake quotes? They're back.
Blake Mattern:
but, where all those diff prices for
batteries?
Michael Wyszomierski: it's not like they read your blog anyway
Blake Mattern: just outa curiousity?
Michael Wyszomierski: umm, i'm going to send you your question, and you tell me if you're sure that's what you meant: Blake Mattern: but, where all those diff prices for batteries?
Blake Mattern: i guess it is a lil ambiguous
Michael Wyszomierski: yes, asking me "where all those diff prices for batteries" is a bit odd
Michael Wyszomierski: i'm not sure if it even makes sense
Blake Mattern: Auto-reply: im addicted to freeze pops
Blake Mattern: you knew what i meant though
Michael Wyszomierski: no i don't, i'm still trying to figure out if you want to know where they are, or why there are different prices, or what they are
Blake Mattern: lets go with why and what 1st
Michael Wyszomierski: why probably depends on capacity, some will last longer. what is something i don't have to answer because i already told you on your own blog!
Michael Wyszomierski: i listed the prices right in my comment
Michael Wyszomierski: and gave you the link where i found all of them
Blake Mattern: yes yes yes
Blake Mattern: i saw
Blake Mattern: well im to busy for links
Michael Wyszomierski: or proper spelling apparently
Michael Wyszomierski: so fine, it ranges from 20 bucks to 65 bucks
Michael Wyszomierski: it's not like they read your blog anyway
Blake Mattern: just outa curiousity?
Michael Wyszomierski: umm, i'm going to send you your question, and you tell me if you're sure that's what you meant: Blake Mattern: but, where all those diff prices for batteries?
Blake Mattern: i guess it is a lil ambiguous
Michael Wyszomierski: yes, asking me "where all those diff prices for batteries" is a bit odd
Michael Wyszomierski: i'm not sure if it even makes sense
Blake Mattern: Auto-reply: im addicted to freeze pops
Blake Mattern: you knew what i meant though
Michael Wyszomierski: no i don't, i'm still trying to figure out if you want to know where they are, or why there are different prices, or what they are
Blake Mattern: lets go with why and what 1st
Michael Wyszomierski: why probably depends on capacity, some will last longer. what is something i don't have to answer because i already told you on your own blog!
Michael Wyszomierski: i listed the prices right in my comment
Michael Wyszomierski: and gave you the link where i found all of them
Blake Mattern: yes yes yes
Blake Mattern: i saw
Blake Mattern: well im to busy for links
Michael Wyszomierski: or proper spelling apparently
Michael Wyszomierski: so fine, it ranges from 20 bucks to 65 bucks
Googling
Blake Mattern:
but, if i had the new macbook pro (i shudder
as i say that awful name though), it would open those links so fast that it
wouldnt keep me from my important
work
Blake Mattern: brb
6:20 PM
Blake Mattern: sorry
Michael Wyszomierski: no problem, i made a blog entry while you were gone
Blake Mattern: ooo
Blake Mattern: dude, you left out the best part
Blake Mattern: about the macbook pro (shudder)
Michael Wyszomierski: ughghhghghghghghh i'm opening iblog again
Michael Wyszomierski: but just think
Michael Wyszomierski: the more i blog you
Michael Wyszomierski: the more your stupid comments get entered into google
Michael Wyszomierski: and employers google people
Michael Wyszomierski: but whatever you say
Blake Mattern: brb
6:20 PM
Blake Mattern: sorry
Michael Wyszomierski: no problem, i made a blog entry while you were gone
Blake Mattern: ooo
Blake Mattern: dude, you left out the best part
Blake Mattern: about the macbook pro (shudder)
Michael Wyszomierski: ughghhghghghghghh i'm opening iblog again
Michael Wyszomierski: but just think
Michael Wyszomierski: the more i blog you
Michael Wyszomierski: the more your stupid comments get entered into google
Michael Wyszomierski: and employers google people
Michael Wyszomierski: but whatever you say
I feel powerful
Michael Wyszomierski:
hahahahaha so i just googled "blake
mattern"
Blake Mattern: yeah
Michael Wyszomierski: and the very first result... "Blake: A true dope."
Blake Mattern: is that on your sight?
Michael Wyszomierski: yes, it's on my site
Blake Mattern: haha
Blake Mattern: i love myself
Blake Mattern: yeah
Michael Wyszomierski: and the very first result... "Blake: A true dope."
Blake Mattern: is that on your sight?
Michael Wyszomierski: yes, it's on my site
Blake Mattern: haha
Blake Mattern: i love myself
Wysz: Never Been Mugged
Blake Mattern:
i heard an interesting fact about JHU the
other day from on eof my
prof's
Michael Wyszomierski: oh yeah?
Blake Mattern: yeah
Blake Mattern: he was saying that literally half of the faculty have been mugged
Blake Mattern: and the one lady was in her office when the building was locked and she still got mugged
Blake Mattern: oh, did you see the cars trailer during the super bowl?
Michael Wyszomierski: yeah
Michael Wyszomierski: the "half the faculty" thing sounds a bit exaggerated, but it's not far from the truth
Michael Wyszomierski: http://www.jhu.edu/%7Esecurity/weekly.htm [[archive]]
Michael Wyszomierski: click that link
Michael Wyszomierski: that is one week
6:40 PM
Michael Wyszomierski: 3 armed robberies
Blake Mattern: thats ridiculous
Blake Mattern: is armed considered a gun
Blake Mattern: or just a knife
Blake Mattern: or something similar
Michael Wyszomierski: well in these three cases it was a gun, but i don't think it has to be
Blake Mattern: gotya
Blake Mattern: dude
Blake Mattern: how do you live there?
Michael Wyszomierski: plus in addition to those three, there was an armed attempted, and an arrest of armed person
Blake Mattern: yeah
Michael Wyszomierski: so that's 5 gun-related incidents in 1 week
Blake Mattern: dude that 2nd one on the list, where the guy ran
Blake Mattern: that was really dumb
Blake Mattern: he coulda got shot
Michael Wyszomierski: yeah, they tell you not to run, but lots of people do
Blake Mattern: i wouldnt
Michael Wyszomierski: yeah me neither
Michael Wyszomierski: sometimes i think i would if i had a chance, but i know i'd be too scared too if it happened
Michael Wyszomierski: which it fortunately hasn't
Blake Mattern: good
Blake Mattern: keep it that wya
Blake Mattern: way
Michael Wyszomierski: oh yeah?
Blake Mattern: yeah
Blake Mattern: he was saying that literally half of the faculty have been mugged
Blake Mattern: and the one lady was in her office when the building was locked and she still got mugged
Blake Mattern: oh, did you see the cars trailer during the super bowl?
Michael Wyszomierski: yeah
Michael Wyszomierski: the "half the faculty" thing sounds a bit exaggerated, but it's not far from the truth
Michael Wyszomierski: http://www.jhu.edu/%7Esecurity/weekly.htm [[archive]]
Michael Wyszomierski: click that link
Michael Wyszomierski: that is one week
6:40 PM
Michael Wyszomierski: 3 armed robberies
Blake Mattern: thats ridiculous
Blake Mattern: is armed considered a gun
Blake Mattern: or just a knife
Blake Mattern: or something similar
Michael Wyszomierski: well in these three cases it was a gun, but i don't think it has to be
Blake Mattern: gotya
Blake Mattern: dude
Blake Mattern: how do you live there?
Michael Wyszomierski: plus in addition to those three, there was an armed attempted, and an arrest of armed person
Blake Mattern: yeah
Michael Wyszomierski: so that's 5 gun-related incidents in 1 week
Blake Mattern: dude that 2nd one on the list, where the guy ran
Blake Mattern: that was really dumb
Blake Mattern: he coulda got shot
Michael Wyszomierski: yeah, they tell you not to run, but lots of people do
Blake Mattern: i wouldnt
Michael Wyszomierski: yeah me neither
Michael Wyszomierski: sometimes i think i would if i had a chance, but i know i'd be too scared too if it happened
Michael Wyszomierski: which it fortunately hasn't
Blake Mattern: good
Blake Mattern: keep it that wya
Blake Mattern: way
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Finally, a t-shirt for the rest of us
Have you ever been out in public an realized that
your shirt was on backwards or inside-out? It can be pretty embarrassing, and
it's even worse if someone else has to point it
out.
Those days are now over with new Foolproof Apparel from Wysz! Inspired by my movie, these shirts let you know up from down and inside-out from inside-in. Simply put on the shirt, look in a mirror*, and follow the instructions.
Available in:
Value (only 11 bucks!)
White
Gray
Long-Sleeved
*Mirror not included.
Those days are now over with new Foolproof Apparel from Wysz! Inspired by my movie, these shirts let you know up from down and inside-out from inside-in. Simply put on the shirt, look in a mirror*, and follow the instructions.
Available in:
Value (only 11 bucks!)
White
Gray
Long-Sleeved
*Mirror not included.
Bummer
Wouldn't it be a cool idea to buy your girlfriend
a Valentine in the form of a Facebook announcement at her school? It's
unexpected and unique.
Wouldn't it suck if a week later, Facebook started advertising a Valentine's Day Special which encourages everyone to buy a Facebook Valentine? And the example used your girlfriend's first name? And it cost over 60% less than what you paid for your non-refundable and now non-unique gift?
Yeah, that would suck.
Wouldn't it suck if a week later, Facebook started advertising a Valentine's Day Special which encourages everyone to buy a Facebook Valentine? And the example used your girlfriend's first name? And it cost over 60% less than what you paid for your non-refundable and now non-unique gift?
Yeah, that would suck.
Commence Downloading!
We knew this was coming, and it's here. Apple is
counting down to the
billionth song download from the iTunes
Music Store. Here's what you can
win:
Every 100,000th download wins the listener a 4GB black iPod nano and a $100 iTunes Music Card.
If you download the billionth song, you get:
- 4 year scholarship in your name to a music school (you don't get the scholarship itself)
- $10,000 iTunes Music Card
- 20" iMac
- 5 black 60GB iPods
- 5 white 60GB iPods
Videos and free songs don't count, so don't download every episode of The A-Team and Knight Rider just because the counter is about to hit one billion. If you're against buying songs, however, you can still enter for free by filling out this form in it is* entirety.
Apple has a counter on their website, but I prefer to use this app (includes a Dashboard widget) by Jon Nathan.
Ready. Set. Download!
*"It is" is an allusion to the typo on the Alternative Entry Form. (Update: They fixed it.)
Every 100,000th download wins the listener a 4GB black iPod nano and a $100 iTunes Music Card.
If you download the billionth song, you get:
- 4 year scholarship in your name to a music school (you don't get the scholarship itself)
- $10,000 iTunes Music Card
- 20" iMac
- 5 black 60GB iPods
- 5 white 60GB iPods
Videos and free songs don't count, so don't download every episode of The A-Team and Knight Rider just because the counter is about to hit one billion. If you're against buying songs, however, you can still enter for free by filling out this form in it is* entirety.
Apple has a counter on their website, but I prefer to use this app (includes a Dashboard widget) by Jon Nathan.
Ready. Set. Download!
*"It is" is an allusion to the typo on the Alternative Entry Form. (Update: They fixed it.)
I'm eligible!
When I first heard about the iTunes
Music Store Billion Songs Countdown, I worried that as an affiliate
via LinkShare, I might be ineligible for the contest. I emailed Apple, and guess
what? I'm eligible! Neato!
I'm also, ahem, eligible (in the italic sense).
I'm also, ahem, eligible (in the italic sense).
Monday, February 06, 2006
PSA for Guys Like Me
Alright, listen up guys. Valentine's Day is a
week from tomorrow. I know we all like to procrastinate, but why not surprise
that special someone this year and be prepared? I'll make it really easy for
you. You can do this all online, and if you act now, I mean just stop what
you're doing and click right now, you won't have to choose express emergency
rocket shipping. Here's what you should buy, because I get a
cut:
1. 50 Boyfriends Worse Than Yours (It's a book. Girls like it. Trust me; I've seen them read it.)
2. A teddy bear with a shirt that says, "You are awesome." (Don't worry, it's not holding a heart like on SNL. It has a bow.)
3. Valentine's Day music
1. 50 Boyfriends Worse Than Yours (It's a book. Girls like it. Trust me; I've seen them read it.)
2. A teddy bear with a shirt that says, "You are awesome." (Don't worry, it's not holding a heart like on SNL. It has a bow.)
3. Valentine's Day music
Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich came
to Hopkins on Friday and visited my class. He was also present for a screening
of Mask.
He's pretty good at impressions; he did Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, and
Jimmy Stewart as well as some
others.
I'm too tired to write about everything he talked about, but I will say that I really enjoyed watching What's Up, Doc? while we were waiting for him to arrive. I might buy it just so I can see the ending.
I'm too tired to write about everything he talked about, but I will say that I really enjoyed watching What's Up, Doc? while we were waiting for him to arrive. I might buy it just so I can see the ending.
Thursday, February 02, 2006
First Friday of the semester
I have class on Fridays this semester. It's film,
so I don't really mind, but I'm going to miss those long
weekends.
Guess it's just preparing me for the working world...
Guess it's just preparing me for the working world...