In true nerd fashion, I decided it was time to convert one of the old laptops I had to a digital photo frame, and to use Christmas as the catalyst to motivate me. So at Christmas, I gave my parents this thing:
It wasn’t the simplest process ever, but it was fun. I wussed out and just ran Win95 which was already on the old Toshiba, but it gets the job done. I put a couple extra pictures of the process on Flickr.
Life can plod on uneventfully sometimes, can’t it. Bleh. BORING. It’s 12:45 and I’m required to sleep, but my day feels unfilled.
[this is me being awesome]
IBM has launched a new campaign to promote the IDP:
The IDP (or Individual Development Plan, for those non-acronym savvy) is merely a sheet of paper that outlines your personal development goals (like “win an emmy”) and how you plan on doing that (like “make a tv show”). Usually, these only get filled out by managerial request (requirement). But the new campaign makes me feel all blue and fuzzy inside to fill out my IDP!
Another photo trip, this time to the Sierra Vista Hot Air Balloon Festival. Here’s a short selection of some of the better photos:
http://flickr.com/photos/8811797@N04/sets/72157602951844952/
Remixed awesomeness:
Don’t be too timied and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you can see the photos, then EXCELLENT.
Check it out, it’s pretty sweet:
Examine, if you will, the pure and utter genius that is the Mute Math drummer. Last 45 seconds are arguably the best of the clip. Examine the reaction from Letterman. Classic.
[don't gasp]
We’re finding out as a culture that all of our sexual ‘liberty’ is not necessarily making us happier or more progressive. Turns out we’re just getting more distant, less satisfied, and more depressed.
Men less hungry for real sex due to pr0n.
“Not Tonight, Honey. I’m Logging On.”
What better argument can you make? God knew what he was doing when he set up the moral principles we know and [as a society] seem to despise occassionally.
On the slightly more humorous side, Smarter kids do it less. If I remember right, it’s these kids who wish they were dumb enough to indulge. Or, again proof of the Idiocracy principle.
I would venture to say that Luc Besson has made some of the best and most underappreciate films. But, they may not be that underappreciated. And I haven’t liked some of his later films.
However, Fifth Element is a classic.