Monthly Archive for August, 2007

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iMovie ’08 Rant

I cut together a video about how much I dislike Apple’s new iMovie using the new iMovie. How terribly awkward.

Check it out, this time on YouTube. This and all of my other movies are on the Exposay Movies Page.

Take me Out

I went to a Renegades game last night and had a great time. I ate some overly expensive food, hardly cared, and even caught a ball! Fine, it bounced off of a woman and then I caught it. I still caught it though, right?

That’s my question for today, does it count? It’s nothing profound and I’m not asking for help. I just want to know, can I boast that I caught a baseball at a game after it bounced off of another person? I’m interested in the feedback I get from this one.

Cranking Widgets

I’m still working it out when it comes to planning college stuff this week, so I’m a little scarce. I’ll have some major details up later this week.

This is Difficult

I spent the last weekend going though mail, CollegeBoard, and Princeton Review doing searches, comparison charts, and calendaring my August college visits, but I keep coming back to one issue: Tech school v. general school.

Through Facebook, conversation, and this blog, I’ve been thinking about the pros and cons of each type. At this point, I’m still iffy on my major, with thoughts of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Mathematics. Hell, I even think about teaching and journalism (new media, tech stuff). Note the term iffy. For all I know, I could attend a technical school, start programming in the dark, and hate it. Then, I’d be in a world of hurt, surrounded by tech-heads. People keep bringing up to me that students at a technical school aren’t exactly ‘intellectuals’. Can anyone combat that claim? It’s not an easy pill to swallow.

This Friday the 10th, I’ll be visiting the University of Connecticut, with tour guide Kyle, member of Exposay. Also, Wednesday the 15th, I’ll be paying RPI a visit. I’ll announce more visiting dates as they’re decided.

Feedback, folks, concerning: Majors, tech v. general, financial aid, anything. I’d really appreciate it.

Hard-Core Plasma Pong

Everyone loves Plasma Pong, it’s just a fact. So, for the last day of the Computer Hardware class at the Academy, we cannibalized parts from everyone’s computers to drive four displays for some Plasma Pong mayhem.

Photos on Facebook, publicly viewable.

Wisdom Tooth

If you’ve seen me or conversed with me in the last week, you know I’ve been suffering from intense wisdom tooth pain. Unfortunately, due to my work schedule, I wasn’t able to see an oral surgeon until today, Saturday. As I type this, I’m sitting in front of my MacBook feeling exactly how I felt all week, awful. Why, you ask?

Apparently another medication I’m taking suppresses my body’s ability to heal, so I’m unable to have my inflamed mouth operated on for four or months or more. Great! Fortunately, I was prescribed a medicated mouthwash to help my mouth, and I should be back to ‘normal’ in a few days. Unfortunately, somewhere around Winter or Spring break, I’ll have to go have oral surgery on four wisdom teeth at once.

Moral of the story? I suppose everyone should be hyper-aware of the medications they’re taking.