How to install Windows Vista correctly
How to install Windows Vista correctly - Justin’s not going to like this one. I think it’s pretty funny, though.
How to install Windows Vista correctly - Justin’s not going to like this one. I think it’s pretty funny, though.
In the interest of explaining why in the Sam Hill there haven’t been any images for almost two weeks, I’d like to apologize and ask for your patience just a little bit longer. They (the photographs) are on their way - there is simply a bit more to do on ye’ olde version 15.x of tumbledry. I’m digging up time for it in between homeworking sessions, hence the delay. The entire redesign, though, is 90% functional, with only a few key components remaining. I’ll walk you all through the new features when they are released - the most visible changes will be in the community aspect. As tumbledryer’s, you’ll feel more engaged with the site and with one another. Unless you don’t. In that case, I will have failed. But I will have had fun doing it!
Oh, and there will be a whole lot less of the the random letter reading with those security images on the comments. Hurrah! Or, more appropriately given the weather, burrrah.
The comments of support, advice, and sympathy in the days following my dental news made me smile with gratitude at having such friends. Communicating with people, both online and offline showed me the good side of so many folks … it seems that there is nothing you can’t get through if you are blessed with friends and family. Rewind to Friday afternoon and I was barely getting by; every free moment my mind had was spent contemplating my situation, wondering what was next, alternating between disgust with myself for not getting in and a quiet calm looking forward to a year of planning, freedom, and waiting.
Then my Mom at home calls … they’d gotten another letter from the U saying I was an alternate candidate. What? I thought I’d been rejected. We tried to figure out what was going on as fast as possible, and then I ended up dialing the U. Hi … yeah … you said I was rejected and then a coupl’a days later you tell me I’m waitlisted. What’s the deal? The few minutes waiting for someone on the line to go look up my name and tell me what my real status was were the longest of my life. She comes back — I am waitlisted. This is good news, compared to rejection … but now the waiting game resumes. It could be March, April … even as late as July before I know for sure if I am in or out.
So here I am, feeling silly having elicited so many kind people’s sympathy, only to find out it’s not quite as bad as it seemed. That said, everyone’s advice still stands. It’s still a good idea to find a job, consider traveling (strongly recommended by both Sagert and Nils), and continue engaging the “real” world. I also really appreciated the comments of incredulity at my having been rejected. Those made me smile. While I frequently lack confidence in myself, it’s quite heartening to hear that other people have that confidence. And so we press ever forward.
When I was in university, there was this major historian of the Third Reich, Ian Kershaw, who said, ‘The path to Auschwitz was paved with indifference.’ I know it’s not very funny being a comedian talking about the Holocaust, but it’s an interesting idea that not everyone in Germany had to be a raving anti-Semite. They just had to be apathetic.
I was going to think about this post for a long time, attempt to be as eloquent as possible, and then type up a long tale recounting the events that have transpired since my application to dental school. Perhaps that post will still be written, but this post is not that one. I didn’t make the cut for the University of Minnesota class of 2011 dental school. This Tuesday, the rejection notice came in the mail. No wait list for me. No dental school this September.
I am trying very very hard to see this as a nice year off from school, an opportunity to build a stronger application, and time to reflect on my general thoughts about life. Sure, I would have loved to have been going to dental school this fall, but there’s nothing I can do about that now. For my biggest trick and biggest change yet, I will attempt to plan for the future while enjoying the present.
Dental school, I’ll see you in 2008.
Ridiculously talented model/fashion photographer - Most pictures on flickr try to emulate a certain style, and almost always you’ll see parts of them that simply look strange. They are, after all, snapshots. These pictures, though … the lighting is absolute perfection.
The Nintendo Wii … on a 1.5” TV - Ok, and get this - this guy managed to connect a Wii to a DOLLHOUSE TV. You know, those tiny, working televisions that are included in some dollhouses? Crazy.
The greatest cars in the world - Top Gear’s host loves the Ferrari F360 Modena, but ultimately votes for the McLaren F1 … wonder if he’d still agree today what with the Ferrari Enzo. I think you can judge a person’s passion for what they do by their ability to interest those with only casual interest in the topic. That said, this guy excels at describing the wonder of cars and sucking you into his wonderment (is that a word?).
Tiny planets from photographs - “All these pictures are 360° panoramas projected to look like small planets.”
The effect is quite impressive. Furthermore, the author provides some great resources, with tools by the names of autopano-sift, hugin, enblend, mathmap, and PTBlender. So, the post processing looks technically demanding, but the final result looks stunningly simplistic.
This link probably via kottke.
Inventing the smiley face - Way back in 1982.
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