Testing this new service

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Cam Sham

Why did ever get me this iSight? I thought I'd open myself up the wonderful world of video chat only to realize that no one else has a webcam. AIM has had this feature for two years now and it hasn't seemed to catch on one bit. Did anyone else grow up watching the Jetsons? Didn't you dream of a day when people could hear and see each other on the phone? Well, you can!...Now! And you don't have to have a Mac with an iSight, just any computer with a cam and a mic and an AIM Screen Name, and you're all set.
Reminder: It's the 21st Century, kids!
(...and now I search for a wrist phone...)

Summer bummer

I had to drop my summer class. My Probability class. Well, I didn't have to drop it, I chose to. After getting a lousy grade on the first exam (stupid, stupid, stupid errors!), I put my faith into doing exceptional on the second exam, which I got an okay grade on, not enough to equalize the first. Now I could have put my faith into doing exceptional (again) on the coming final exam; but here's the story: the instructor (a grad student, mind you, not a prof) is so far behind, that with three(3) class periods left, he's left with THREE WHOLE CHAPTERS to introduce! Now, there is no doubt in my mind that I can grasp the concepts in the course, but to rush through three chapters in a week, leaving us students with the burden to go over examples by ourselves, with the task of trying to absorb three chapters in one week's time, as well as prepare for a comprehensive final exam, that I have to do exceptional on in order to equalize my low standing...I don't think so.
I can take it again this fall and get an A.
Not to mention summer classes have more of the brighter students, which sets the curve unnaturally high.

I Hate MySpace

(Edited to show further hatred.)

What a fucking waste of time...that piece of shit. And no, I'm not just saying that because I regret spending too much time on it....I'm hardly ever on it actually, and I only have a page out of necessity. Consider This:

Scenario 1 -- Friend sends MySpace comment:

1. Receive and read email notification of MySpace comment.
2. Click on link to open MySpace in browser window.
3. Log in to MySpace.
4. Click on "New Comments" in MySpace profile.
   
5. Click on the new comment in the list of comments.
6. Read message from friend.
7. Go to friend's profile.
8. Click on "Add Comment"
9. Type comment and submit.
10. View and confirm comment.
    

Scenario 2 -- Friend sends email directly:

1. Read message from friend.
2. Click on "Reply."
3. Type and send reply.
   

Which of the above scenarios make more sense to you?

Dominoes?

So, I've been watching the FIFA World Cup soccer(football) the past couple days, trying to be a worldly American. We're not used going 45 minutes without a commercial break here. But after ESPN's coverage of the soccer(football) games, they aried World Championship Dominoes. No kidding. A sports network...showing guys sitting around a table playing some hybrid of a card game, a dice game, and Scrabble. Don't get me wrong; games like chess and contract bridge are masterful games, and are "mind sports" recognized by the International Olympic Committee, I'd like to see them on TV. But Noooo.....we get Dominoes.

and don't get me started on that Texas Hold 'em bullshit....

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Bonspiel!

I've found myself a small moment of solitude, during my stay here in Maryland this weekend. I'm one again playing in the Francis Dykes Memorial Bonspeil, and we're still in the first event. (This means we haven't lost a game yet. In curling tournaments, a.k.a. bonspeils, when you lose, you move into 2nd 3rd, and 4th events as you lose, and stay in the event as you keep winning.) We're in the semifinals for the top spot. Cool, to say the least, as i sit here in "business center" of the Holiday Inn were staying at. Next game tonight at 7:45.
Nap time...

Crazy Dave

I met "Crazy Dave" yesterday. I was sitting by myself at the Starbucks in Gillette, NJ, and this guy gets a drink, and sits next to me in the other comfy chair. He introduces himself as "Dave, ...Crazy Dave." He asks, what the name of this place, and writies it down in his book, and than starts asking me about my life story like why i'm here at this time and place and if i'm married with kids, etc., etc. Amusing to say the least.

Boredom

First day of Spring Semester. My two classes meet Monday and Thursday (one additionally meets on Tues.) The annoying part of that is that there's three hours between classes. So I'm sitting here bored in a computer lab, blindly surfing the web. And, what's more, I barely got any sleep last night; I don't know why, I just couldn't sleep. It's early in the semester, I guess eventually this would be ideal time to do homeworks and stuff like that, but there's nothing to be done now other than the web and AIM buddies, and blogger.

You Left Your Blinker On, Idiot

How do you communicate to someone on the road that their turn signal keeps flashing for no good reason? If you beep at them, they don't know why you're honking. I've tried beeping and getting their attention and making some hand gesture but they probably thought I was some pervert. A few times, I've moved in front of the offending vehicle and started sympathetically blinking, but they didn't get it (and neither did I when someone did it to me). So, I've decided there needs to be some universally accepted sign to commuicate that "You left your blinker on." Whether we should decide on a hand signal, or maybe a special honk (how about three short beeps? "bip-bip-bip"?) , there needs to be some simple and easy way to say "Hey, dude; your signal's on."

Stop Means Stop

Happy New Year.
You know, I'm continually perplexed by gas station attendants who insist on "topping-off " my gasoline. The pump stops because the tank is full, but then you guys have to try to squeeze every little drop of gas in. What difference does it make? Okay, maybe you're trying to round it to a nice figure, an even dollar, or quarter; it's easier to make change. But I pay with credit card! You know that...I gave you my card and you already swiped it! Stop overloading my tank!
Or, better yet, LEGALIZE SELF SERVICE IN NEW JERSEY!