Stuff from 23 September, 2006
This is the archive of tumbledry happenings that occurred on 23 September, 2006.
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This is the archive of tumbledry happenings that occurred on 23 September, 2006.
James Dean looks like an uber nerd in his picture. And Teri Hatcher looks astounding.
These guys are from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Only in Wisconsin would you find a beer cannon…..with Beast as ammo.
PS The 6 character bot protection code I have to enter for this comment is f K K K si. This is a racist website.
That does not at all reflect the very mainstream and tolerant viewpoints of this website!! I am upset with the PHP script that randomly generated this kind of garbage - I'll have to have a stern talk with it.
A question: is "Beast" the nickname for Milwaukee's Best? Isn't that what they used in this video? Hmm.
If you are having problems with iTunes 7 - This provides information for a fix to the garbled or distorted sounds that iTunes 7 will sometimes make when you change the volume (Windows XP version). This actually didn’t work to fix my iTunes 7 volume problem, so I reverted to iTunes 6 and will wait for a later release of iTunes 7.
Small Clothespin People - This is nothing short of brilliant - make adorably amazing clothespin people, take pictures of them, and then offer them for sale on the global marketplace of the internet. Part of a larger project called … “The Small Object.”
Carting around a 20 inch Notebook - My screen here at tumbledry headquarters is 18 inches … here, Laptop Magazine tests the social impact of carting around (and using) this Dell twenty inch (20 inch!) notebook. The subway picture is especially funny.
Blunt views from ex-college president William M. Chace - This is, hands down, the best, most blunt, most perceptive look at the increasing cost of college, the university-student relationship, and the changing landscape of collegiate life that I have ever read. And it’s only about 18 paragraphs long.
It’s an opinion piece from the New York Times by the author of One Hundred Semesters: My Adventures as Student, Professor and University President, and What I Learned Along the Way, and it provides extremely perceptive insights into why college costs so much, why presidents of universities get compensated so well, and the value of a college education.
A must-read. Find a login so you can read it. Go! Now!
Primer - a movie of many awards - Made on a budget of only $7000. Time for me to rent this one.
Update: watch the trailer!
One of the best blog posts of all time - It starts like a made up story, but continues with all the humor and twists only real life can provide.
What is it about people that makes us always want the season we are coming up on? The long days of summer with their warm dewy mornings and long nights of sunlight were amazing; somehow, though, during the past three days of clouds and rain I’m not hoping for an indian summer, but I’ve come to look forward to the color changes of autumn, the crisp night air, and the sweet smell of a wood burning fire in a cozy house somewhere near.
I don’t think I could live where there weren’t seasons as distinct as in Minnesota. Hawaii: sunny and 80 degrees year-round is great for a visitor … but a complete absence of the rhythm and variety of seasons would drive me batty. Perhaps I’m not old enough to abhor clearing snow after every snow storm. There’s something comforting in the fact that, whatever is happening in your life, the world continues to move about the sun, and the seasons rotate through their usual cycle. It’s a cycle I couldn’t live without.
I was telling Mykala that I have an association of music with seasons. Fall, as people return to school and the weather cools, somehow has become linked to syrupy pop music. I don’t know why - it’s a combination that, to me, works. Winter weekend mornings, with a hot beverage and a cold draft from the windows are perfectly complimented by classical music - again, I do not know why this is the case. My memories are tied up in seasons. In high school there was football in the autumn and bitterly cold mornings waiting for Matt’s car to warm up in the winter. The first 70 degree day in the spring always brought on a feverish desire to be “free” from school.
Perhaps these changing seasons are why I enjoy photography - I like the feeling of being able to pluck a snapshot from the endless parade of life before me and bring it home to stay. Perhaps I just need something more meaningful to write about. Just thoughts for the evening. Good night.