February 01, 2006
Things That Don't Suck
I saw this video sometime in December or something, but I didn't think too much of it then. For whatever reason, I saw it again a few days ago and now I find it absolutely hilarious.
We're going down tuuuuu in a luleelurah!
And of course, Dr. Thorpe. Assholes being assholes to other assholes is funny. Even funnier if you talk about indie or emo kids.
Firemelon is always hilarious. I call those guys idiots, but in reality I've done far worse; I'm just lucky enough that I don't usually end up hurting myself. The time I exploded a can of butane fuel comes to mind. Think 15-20 foot high fireball.
Pandora is pretty cool too. Like, yeah. The idea has been done before, but this is the first incarnation I've seen that does it well. The idea, if you haven't heard of this thing already, is that you can give Pandora the name of a song or artist you like, and it will create a music "station" that will have similar style to the song or artist you named. You can put multiple songs/artists to a station, and as you listen to the station, you can thumbs up/down songs that are playing and further customize the kind of stuff the station will throw to you.
I've been dicking around with it and trying out different combos of artists and songs to try and get the ideal station that will play awesome new song after awesome new song and I think I've kinda figured it out. For me, it worked best when I put in a list of songs as opposed to artists. They talk about why that's the case in the FAQ a bit, but who reads that kinda crap anyway?
It's a service worth checking out in any case, if you happen to like listening to music you haven't heard before.
And the coolest thing this week that didn't suck was an e-mail I received from NEC Electronics the other day. I talked with their booth dude for fifteen or twenty minutes or something, and apparently he liked me. The gist of the e-mail they sent me was, "Our recruiter was very impressed with your skills and would like to encourage you to officially submit your resume." I am hoping this means that they will definitely include me on the interview list, and I also hope this means that other people I spoke to that day felt the same way. It'd be nice to get a post-graduation job lined up before the Spring quarter starts.
And, I should be getting a shortboard soon. I imagine sometime later this week, when I finally find time to hit the shop. It's a chunk of change, but I think it'll be more than worth it for getting around from campus to work and for just dicking around on. I'm just wondering what design I'm going to paint onto it.
We're going down tuuuuu in a luleelurah!
And of course, Dr. Thorpe. Assholes being assholes to other assholes is funny. Even funnier if you talk about indie or emo kids.
Firemelon is always hilarious. I call those guys idiots, but in reality I've done far worse; I'm just lucky enough that I don't usually end up hurting myself. The time I exploded a can of butane fuel comes to mind. Think 15-20 foot high fireball.
Pandora is pretty cool too. Like, yeah. The idea has been done before, but this is the first incarnation I've seen that does it well. The idea, if you haven't heard of this thing already, is that you can give Pandora the name of a song or artist you like, and it will create a music "station" that will have similar style to the song or artist you named. You can put multiple songs/artists to a station, and as you listen to the station, you can thumbs up/down songs that are playing and further customize the kind of stuff the station will throw to you.
I've been dicking around with it and trying out different combos of artists and songs to try and get the ideal station that will play awesome new song after awesome new song and I think I've kinda figured it out. For me, it worked best when I put in a list of songs as opposed to artists. They talk about why that's the case in the FAQ a bit, but who reads that kinda crap anyway?
It's a service worth checking out in any case, if you happen to like listening to music you haven't heard before.
And the coolest thing this week that didn't suck was an e-mail I received from NEC Electronics the other day. I talked with their booth dude for fifteen or twenty minutes or something, and apparently he liked me. The gist of the e-mail they sent me was, "Our recruiter was very impressed with your skills and would like to encourage you to officially submit your resume." I am hoping this means that they will definitely include me on the interview list, and I also hope this means that other people I spoke to that day felt the same way. It'd be nice to get a post-graduation job lined up before the Spring quarter starts.
And, I should be getting a shortboard soon. I imagine sometime later this week, when I finally find time to hit the shop. It's a chunk of change, but I think it'll be more than worth it for getting around from campus to work and for just dicking around on. I'm just wondering what design I'm going to paint onto it.
# posted by Yann : 22:59
