I visited the surgeon who performed my Tympanoplasty (now, several years ago). He said my ear drum is still looking good, and my hearing is the same as it was a year ago. I am, of course, very thankful.
I’ll see him again in a year.
(If you don’t know what I’m talking about, I encourage you to read this and this, and optionally, the posts in between.)
I spent last summer almost entirely in Dover. In having little to do, I nearly went insane. With hopes of changing that, I’ve lined up a summer full of activity, projects, and work.
For the next several days, I’ll be in Dover. I have plenty of people to see and errands to run! Starting June first, I’ll be living in Medford, MA, working two web programming and design jobs, as well as working on the next version of GetchaBooks. At the end of June, I’m moving back to Dover to teach at the Computer Academy, my normal summer routine for several years now. Finally, come August, I’ll be resting and playing back in Medford, MA, preparing for another semester at Tufts.
The plan is to keep busy, create things, and make money. What could possibly go wrong?
Over Spring Break, I decided to take a break from taking a break by launching BiasIncident.com, my first non-academic Ruby on Rails project. Noting its simplicity, I felt a Barack Obama is your New Bicycle clone was my new bicycle Hello World.
The site’s purpose? Display and archive faux pas at Tufts University. Go ahead and report an incident, and you may be featured on the front page!
For National Grammar Day this year, I’m reposting a sign I saw at a fast food establishment two years ago:
Fishy Business
I don’t have any idea what it means, either.
Oh, Apple Inc. You kill me sometimes. Comment from a reader:
I have an iMac intel 17″ early 2006 same problem with matshita uj-846. Two month ago I’ve got apple replace the lcd screen (vertical lines issue) for free. Tomorrow I’ll call apple for the superdrive issue; with luck I’ll got it replaced for free like the lcd.
The secret is to call apple service. Apple record customer calls to control its employers.
My family has an Intel 17″ iMac from 2006 with the same line issue. Apple has repeatedly told me that they will not acknowledge it. The kind customers who have taken to the Internet wish the company would.
Stuff like this makes it hard to appreciate Apple. The product announcement on Wednesday, however, will likely make it easier.
An absolute must-read blog post from Google today. Go read it now.
…We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China…
Google has been struggling to win the hearts and minds of Americans as it continues to churn out more products and services with hopes of organizing the world’s information. Noting its massive efforts, privacy advocates and technologists have warned of the emergence of an evil empire. I believe these concerns are valid to a point, and therefore, today’s blog post and change of policy are huge news.
I don’t want to give anyone or any company a free pass. Although I’m thankful for Google’s services, and honestly owe much of my success in life to them, their policy of censorship in China gave me pause. Today’s announcements, although troubling in some aspects, give me some hope.
Just figured you should know.