Archive for September, 2003

Stalkers

Monday, September 29th, 2003

Attn: To Whom It May Concern
Re: Ineligible Candidates
It has come to my attention that I appeal to everyone’s eyes. Fair enough. However, two particular types of people should avoid hitting on me.

Fisher College Girls
Living on the west side of Emerson’s Campus on the Common, walking six miles a day is not uncommon. I pass Fisher […]

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Saturday, September 27th, 2003

Orisinal.com - Windy Days
A most visually beautiful Flash game
InternetWeek.com: Java On The Desktop: An Idea Whose Time Has Come And Gone
I have only one piece of advice for Scott: If you really want an alternative to Windows, buy a Mac. It runs Unix just fine, has a great and stable graphical desktop environment that for […]

Mighty Boy

Thursday, September 25th, 2003

Kevin at the Emerson College Fitness Center is my health hero. He designed a training routine for me based upon my past physical activity (running for the most part) and gym experience (none). I am officially two work-outs into my more chiseled future and I feel great. My imagination may be playing tricks on me, […]

Droppin the Funck

Thursday, September 25th, 2003

I just returned from the first official Evvy Awards general meeting. Wow.
The faculty advisor, Pete, initially turned me off. I now think that he is a genius. He should work in Admissions. He is abrasive, but he is passionate and he knows his stuff. Even more impressive was his commanding use of "f*ck" ELEVEN times […]

Half a Month

Wednesday, September 24th, 2003

I love college. I love Boston. I love sleep.
As I gradually lose the freshman quality of complete uncertainty and assimulate into the college campus vibe, the transformation from an outsider to the epicenter is worth noting. And thus, I apologize for not updating in over two weeks. A recap:
Despite having three graded assignments, I am […]

Automedon and the Horses of Achilles

Wednesday, September 24th, 2003

The Emerson College love spreads thick over Boston. Emerson students have free admission to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Other students are charged $13.
This finding comes as my second assignment in Honors Seminar 1 involved choosing a painting at the Boston Museum of Fine Art, criticising a criticism of the painting in regard to […]

VeriBadSign

Sunday, September 21st, 2003

BetaNews: VeriSign Redirects Unused Domains
In a surprise move that has left network administrators fuming, VeriSign has added a wildcard DNS record to all .com and .net domains - redirecting all nonexistent Web addresses, as well as those without valid DNS entries, to a VeriSign search page.
C|Net’s News.com.com: VeriSign redirects error pages
Criticism is quickly growing […]

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Saturday, September 20th, 2003

St. Petersburg Times: Schools will give kids new Windows on the world
There is no sense in letting kids get accustomed to easier-to-use, more reliable machines that are less prone to viruses when they will have to grow up and survive in the modern workplace.
New York Times: Your Message Here, in a Flash
EFF Analysis of "Patriot […]

Entertaining Professors

Wednesday, September 10th, 2003

Anne, my guidance counselor, accurately predicted, “Monday will be a bitch.” Classes from 2-8 PM with no break for dinner on Monday left me grateful for the microweavable, frozen chicken chimichanga filled with partially hydrogenated oils that I bought from the Emerson College convenience store since the cafeteria and diner were closed. Fortunately, Guidance Counselor […]

Hot Enough to be a Fire Hazard

Wednesday, September 10th, 2003

My dormitory failed its fire inspection in part because of the flags on my wall. While I had removed them over the weekend before asking the housing office on Monday, the inspector came sometime during the 24-hour period that the flags were hung last week. My room is officially bland.