Thursday, April 15, 2004
Silly jews.
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Seth finally has a (luminous) blog. Hurrah! I must say, Seth, the picture of you in the sombrero is priceless. Your next assignment is to setup an account on Friendster. Huzzah!
As far as the shape of the egg goes, I don't believe it matters. Microwaves will travel away from the transmitter in a spiralling cone and I don't believe that will be focused on any one point. It might have to do with the change in density/material of the egg white and the egg yolk as that would change the path of the microwaves. A potato is consistent all the way through. Remember, in this case, the white was already cooked from the boiling, but the yolk was still a liquid. I think everybody should start throwing random shite in their microwaves and cooking until explosion. Then report what the insides are like. What would be some other good food items that have a solid outside and liquid inside I could test with?
I'll start setting up the FTP so we can share music. Until then I suggest you use the DC++ Essentialsets hub: dchub.essentialsets.net. Unfortunately it's down right now but you can check back at the website above to see when it comes back online. This is absolutely the best DC++ hub I've ever used.
Good luck to the Arch-E's with their final reviews!!!
Words of the Day
privation - a state of extreme poverty
didactic - (excessively) instructive
cogitation - a carefully considered thought about something: study
deprecating - tending to diminish or disparage: belittling, slighting
collude - act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose: conspire
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As far as the shape of the egg goes, I don't believe it matters. Microwaves will travel away from the transmitter in a spiralling cone and I don't believe that will be focused on any one point. It might have to do with the change in density/material of the egg white and the egg yolk as that would change the path of the microwaves. A potato is consistent all the way through. Remember, in this case, the white was already cooked from the boiling, but the yolk was still a liquid. I think everybody should start throwing random shite in their microwaves and cooking until explosion. Then report what the insides are like. What would be some other good food items that have a solid outside and liquid inside I could test with?
I'll start setting up the FTP so we can share music. Until then I suggest you use the DC++ Essentialsets hub: dchub.essentialsets.net. Unfortunately it's down right now but you can check back at the website above to see when it comes back online. This is absolutely the best DC++ hub I've ever used.
Good luck to the Arch-E's with their final reviews!!!
Words of the Day
privation - a state of extreme poverty
didactic - (excessively) instructive
cogitation - a carefully considered thought about something: study
deprecating - tending to diminish or disparage: belittling, slighting
collude - act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose: conspire
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Webserver is back up and thumbnail script is in place. Hopefully it will now be easier to look at all the pictures. Give me some feedback.
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Server's down. Sorry. I bet my Dad turned it off trying to save power or something. Some people just don't understand...
Here's a cool website. It's a commercial-free, online encyclopedia (you don't even have to register). It's very good. See "pluralism" below.
Words of the Day
erudite - having or showing profound knowledge: learned
gastronomy - science of good eating (I recommend Julia Child's philosophy as a starter...)
pluralism - the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements
remunerate - to pay an equivalent for: recompense
libertine - unrestrained by convention or morality: degenerate, dissolute
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Here's a cool website. It's a commercial-free, online encyclopedia (you don't even have to register). It's very good. See "pluralism" below.
Words of the Day
erudite - having or showing profound knowledge: learned
gastronomy - science of good eating (I recommend Julia Child's philosophy as a starter...)
pluralism - the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements
remunerate - to pay an equivalent for: recompense
libertine - unrestrained by convention or morality: degenerate, dissolute
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Oh, magic, pure magic.
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Congrats Steve! I guess that means no more making mudpies in the rain...I'll need to wait til next week to figure if the weekend of the 23rd is ok. It probably is, but I promised another buddy I'd go to Tucks (again) with him that weekend. However, he is a serious flake so it's by no means final.
Pictures are posted at dumbbox. Some of the pictures are really big so it can be slow. I was thinking about archiving them so you could download the whole set, but that's kind of ridiculous. I'll just do a thumbnail-type view instead and try to make it user friendly.
So...Tuckerman's. I think I could write a book, but instead I'll give a quick summary. We left early on Friday, expecting to get a shelter for the seven of us (Seth, Tom, Corey, Steve, Ashley, Ian and myself). Unfortunately they had been closed out since 7AM and we arrived around 1PM. No luck there. Fortunately I had setup a deal with a guy ("Rainman") who is a member of a local ski club ("Brettl-Hupfers"). We were able to stay there for $10 a night (and we actually slept on beds!!!). They had a full bar and a great place to party. It was actually pretty similar to the house. Needless to say, we started doing ski shots of Jager (see pictures) around 3PM. People started showing up a bit later and we realized that it was basically a fraternity for adults. Results: Steve and I cut ourselves, Ashley booted, Corey (a Pike bro that came with us) hooked up with a 29 year old, and everyone was thorougly inebriated. The next day (after taking about 2 hours to get ready) we were on the trail up by 9AM and at the bottom of the bowl probably around noon. We took two runs - one up the "Left Gulley" and one in the "Center Gulley". Go here to see the "trail map". On the second run Steve and Vern climbed up over a cornice and became stuck in a rather nasty place. They both made it down alright. Steve looked whiter than Colin Powell. Seth made A turn and then fell head over heels down the entire bowl. I was in shock as he missed to large piles of rocks that certainly would have split his helmet (and probably his head) asunder. Unfortunately I didn't get the camera out in time. His equipment was all over the mountain and we waited a good hour before he and Ian were able to collect it all. We were then able to ski out about 2/3 of the way and hiked out the rest. All in all, we spent about 9 hours and 30 minutes hiking/climbing and probably about 15-30 minutes skiing. Yeah, it's a pretty silly thing to do, but you know the adage - "earn your turns". Back to Brettl-Hupfers for some apres-ski. Minor results: we embarassed the Bretts by destroying them in several games of flip cup, drank a handle of whiskey, drank a bottle of Bacardi O, Corey hooked up with the 29 year old again, Vern wore a sombrero, and I wore a beanie with a propellor. Major result (everything in life pales in comparison to what we witnessed): a forty-something two-tone femullet who could dance like Michael Jackson. I took only one picture because I knew no other could ever be better. There are very few words that can describe what we saw so I will leave you to search through the pictures to find the treasure. Her amazing liquid movements and flowing mane held us all in a state of awe which seemed sempiternal. Steve had very special feelings for her, that is, Lady Linda of the Dance.
That's plenty.
Words of the Day
compulsory - required by rule: mandatory (like drinking after skiing)
variegated - having a variety of colors: varicolored
alacrity - liveliness and eagerness: briskness
quip - a witty saying: epigram, wisecrack ("all your base are belong to us", actually, that's not very witty, just bad English, whatever)
satyr - a man with strong sexual desires: lecher
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Pictures are posted at dumbbox. Some of the pictures are really big so it can be slow. I was thinking about archiving them so you could download the whole set, but that's kind of ridiculous. I'll just do a thumbnail-type view instead and try to make it user friendly.
So...Tuckerman's. I think I could write a book, but instead I'll give a quick summary. We left early on Friday, expecting to get a shelter for the seven of us (Seth, Tom, Corey, Steve, Ashley, Ian and myself). Unfortunately they had been closed out since 7AM and we arrived around 1PM. No luck there. Fortunately I had setup a deal with a guy ("Rainman") who is a member of a local ski club ("Brettl-Hupfers"). We were able to stay there for $10 a night (and we actually slept on beds!!!). They had a full bar and a great place to party. It was actually pretty similar to the house. Needless to say, we started doing ski shots of Jager (see pictures) around 3PM. People started showing up a bit later and we realized that it was basically a fraternity for adults. Results: Steve and I cut ourselves, Ashley booted, Corey (a Pike bro that came with us) hooked up with a 29 year old, and everyone was thorougly inebriated. The next day (after taking about 2 hours to get ready) we were on the trail up by 9AM and at the bottom of the bowl probably around noon. We took two runs - one up the "Left Gulley" and one in the "Center Gulley". Go here to see the "trail map". On the second run Steve and Vern climbed up over a cornice and became stuck in a rather nasty place. They both made it down alright. Steve looked whiter than Colin Powell. Seth made A turn and then fell head over heels down the entire bowl. I was in shock as he missed to large piles of rocks that certainly would have split his helmet (and probably his head) asunder. Unfortunately I didn't get the camera out in time. His equipment was all over the mountain and we waited a good hour before he and Ian were able to collect it all. We were then able to ski out about 2/3 of the way and hiked out the rest. All in all, we spent about 9 hours and 30 minutes hiking/climbing and probably about 15-30 minutes skiing. Yeah, it's a pretty silly thing to do, but you know the adage - "earn your turns". Back to Brettl-Hupfers for some apres-ski. Minor results: we embarassed the Bretts by destroying them in several games of flip cup, drank a handle of whiskey, drank a bottle of Bacardi O, Corey hooked up with the 29 year old again, Vern wore a sombrero, and I wore a beanie with a propellor. Major result (everything in life pales in comparison to what we witnessed): a forty-something two-tone femullet who could dance like Michael Jackson. I took only one picture because I knew no other could ever be better. There are very few words that can describe what we saw so I will leave you to search through the pictures to find the treasure. Her amazing liquid movements and flowing mane held us all in a state of awe which seemed sempiternal. Steve had very special feelings for her, that is, Lady Linda of the Dance.
That's plenty.
Words of the Day
compulsory - required by rule: mandatory (like drinking after skiing)
variegated - having a variety of colors: varicolored
alacrity - liveliness and eagerness: briskness
quip - a witty saying: epigram, wisecrack ("all your base are belong to us", actually, that's not very witty, just bad English, whatever)
satyr - a man with strong sexual desires: lecher
Monday, April 12, 2004
Back from the Ravine. Ridiculous. This weekend was awesome and I can't have imagined a better way to celebrate Easter (besides going to church of course, HA!). I will merely wet your appetites with a few keywords/phrases and tomorrow I shall sate them with a full description and posted pictures: Brettl-Hupfers, Vern, disaster, co-ed fraternity for adults, vomit, Chet, cutting slow, ice, Rainman, flipcup, and Lady Linda of the Dance (one picture provides sole evidence that there is a God).
Other than that there's not much else to report. You all should check out this site. If you input your location it will show you what stars you can see and things like that. However, I'm not sure you many of you are familiar with the Iridium satellite phone system, but this site tracks their path around the globe. Their particular design basically makes them giant mirrors and they are constantly reflecting the sun onto the earth's surface. It's called an "iridium flare". What I'm trying to get at is you can input your location and the site will tell you when and how to actually see one of these flares. Apparently you can even see them during that day. How cool is that!? You can actually "see" a satellite that is orbiting the earth miles and miles away.
I would like to point out that the "outsourcing scare" is a twisted hypocrisy. How can we possibly be the leading capitalist nation and be worried about outsourcing. If it helps companies operate more efficiently then it should be supported. I'm not saying I'm a supporter, but I am pointing out the hypocrisy. For an American (or a media agent) to say that he or she does not support outsourcing is simply an oxymoron. Buffoonery!
I actually did catch part of an episode of the "The L-Word" a few weeks ago. It's very dramatic and rather engrossing. The lesbian sex is just a bonus. From what I saw, I would also recommend it.
Words of the Day
reticence - the trait of being uncommunicative: reserve, taciturnity
deference - respect and esteem due to an elder or superior: honor
dour - stubbornly unyielding: dogged, tenacious, grim
byre - barn for cows (of the livestock variety, alpha phi would not be a proper synonym)
myopic - lacking forsight, also being literelly nearsighted
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Other than that there's not much else to report. You all should check out this site. If you input your location it will show you what stars you can see and things like that. However, I'm not sure you many of you are familiar with the Iridium satellite phone system, but this site tracks their path around the globe. Their particular design basically makes them giant mirrors and they are constantly reflecting the sun onto the earth's surface. It's called an "iridium flare". What I'm trying to get at is you can input your location and the site will tell you when and how to actually see one of these flares. Apparently you can even see them during that day. How cool is that!? You can actually "see" a satellite that is orbiting the earth miles and miles away.
I would like to point out that the "outsourcing scare" is a twisted hypocrisy. How can we possibly be the leading capitalist nation and be worried about outsourcing. If it helps companies operate more efficiently then it should be supported. I'm not saying I'm a supporter, but I am pointing out the hypocrisy. For an American (or a media agent) to say that he or she does not support outsourcing is simply an oxymoron. Buffoonery!
I actually did catch part of an episode of the "The L-Word" a few weeks ago. It's very dramatic and rather engrossing. The lesbian sex is just a bonus. From what I saw, I would also recommend it.
Words of the Day
reticence - the trait of being uncommunicative: reserve, taciturnity
deference - respect and esteem due to an elder or superior: honor
dour - stubbornly unyielding: dogged, tenacious, grim
byre - barn for cows (of the livestock variety, alpha phi would not be a proper synonym)
myopic - lacking forsight, also being literelly nearsighted
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