Life of a Student at Tufts University
I consider being mentioned on a show an appearance, and one of my ‘most appeared on’ shows is Christopher Penn’s Financial Aid Podcast. It was the inspiration for this blog, in fact.
I sent in an email asking if there was anything unwise about publicly posting SAT scores. Listen for the answer.
I haven’t been blogging for the past few days. I procrastinated on some AP homework. It’s due tomorrow, my first day of school, and I’ve dedicated all of my time to it.
Procrastination is awful, and as I thought about it, I remembered an entertaining video about the topic from the amazing Ze Frank. Watch:
I came across an interesting story the other day, linking to this site. It’s a site to send viewers who use Firefox and Mozilla-based browsers to because they have the ability to block web advertising with an extension. That’s absolutely ridiculous. Blocking any of your viewers from reading your site only harms you, even if they can’t see your advertising. Also, it’s possible that those viewers using Firefox aren’t blocking advertising, and have no idea what advertising blocking even is.
About 20% of my blog’s visitors use Microsoft Internet Explorer. If you were unaware, I have a seething hatred for Microsoft’s browser due to its complete disregard for web standards. Back in the old days, before IE7 premiered, IE was a security and feature nightmare. Now that it is ‘fixed’, I live with it. I still completely disrespect the application as a browser, but I wouldn’t ever stop you, my reader, from visiting Exposay.
To restore the balance, let’s learn how to block advertising in Firefox, our favorite web browser. Continue reading ‘Thoughts on Web Advertising’
I have a metric ton of reading to do this summer for my AP courses coming up (European History, English, Biology, Calculus). However, I’ve been so busy that I haven’t really had the time to get through much of the work. Despite this setback, however, I’ve been brushing up on my political reading. It’s quasi-reading, really, since I’ve been listening to Audiobooks while driving to and from the Academy.
My selections thus far have been Al Gore’s, The Assault on Reason, and Barack Obama’s, The Audacity of Hope. The two works shouldn’t be treated as a single unit by any stretch of the imagination; although I’m grouping them in this post, they’re vastly different in purpose, content, and style.
I’m going to die happy; a new trailer for The Golden Compass movie was released at Comic-Con. It’s stunning, breathtaking, spectacular, and other such synonyms.
If you didn’t know, my favorite book series ever is Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials. The Golden Compass is the first book of the trilogy, and the movie for the book will make its debut on December 7, 2007 (a date which will live in infamy).
This trailer is awesome because it relieves some of my fears about the movie. First and foremost, the trailer clearly states that the antagonist of the movie will still be the Magisterium (church), enabling the movie to stay true to its roots.
The Magisterium seeks to control every world, and every universe. Nothing will stop them from trying to take over. Nothing but you.
Next, we’ve finally been given a glimpse at Dakota Blue Richards in character. If I had a test for who is fit to play Lyra, the book’s protagonist, she would pass it. I don’t ask for much, just someone who I won’t hate. The entire movie just seems wonderful, and I really can’t wait until December.
I’m looking for a group of people to take to see the movie, so if you’re interested, let me know. You might think it’s absurd to plan so far in advance. You’re right. Something this awesome calls for absurdity.
Last night I went and saw The Simpsons Movie with a few friends in Danbury; it’s brief review time, without plot spoilers!
I don’t watch TV. I stopped consuming the mindless madness more than a year ago, with the onset of podcasting. I found this new media able to cater to niche audiences and stay much more appealing and intelligent. That said, I wasn’t able to escape the onslaught of Spider Pig, from children quoting the commercial at the Academy. Since I was a fan of The Simpsons when I was a child, I decided to round up a group of friends to see the cinematic experience, despite my disdain for theaters in general.
After sitting through the advertisements that spawn my hatred for theaters, The Simpsons Movie started with a bang, jam-packed hilarious first twenty minutes. Of course, the comedy continued throughout. I really liked the movie, with an emphasis on the beginning rather than its end, but think it could have been a bit longer. It clocks in only at 1:27! I admit that I’m severely unfit to write a proper review; take this link to a real one, and the advice to see it somehow.