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| My ice cube tray smells like fish. I haven't had any fish in the freezer; just some frozen shrimp a few months ago, but my ice cube tray smells distinctly of fish. It's not overpowering, but it still unsettles my mind. What's really weird is that the other tray sits right next to it and doesn't smell at all. | | |
| http://www.nike.com/nikeos/p/nikefootball/en__EMEA/index.html The best commercial I've seen in a LONG time. I think it's perfect to play during Euro Cup games. FYI, Guy Richie directed the commercial. It's amazing how a little genuine artistic touch can produce something infinitely superior to every other commercial out there. I'm sick of lame geico geckos/cavemen, pc vs mac, etc commercials. Another interesting tidbit about the commercial: a lot of it takes place at emirates stadium (locker room, player's entrance, etc). I was actually there last summer (profile pic was taken there). This time last yr I was getting ready to go on the greatest trip of my life. Now, I'm just grinding out the days at work. I feel like such an adult. | | |
| You all are in for a treat. Welcome to my first photo entry ever. This entry is to commemorate the arrival of my new TV, an absolutely incredible achievement in video display technology. Also you get to see some bits of my apt, which is pretty sparse, but it has all the important things. Without further ado...
The box. So damn big. No wonder shipping cost so much. I'm dreading the clean up.
Quick comparison picture of the new tv (50 in) vs the old tv (23 in). You also get to see my very rustic tv stand. I was thinking about getting a new one for this tv; however, this one's sentimental value is through the roof (think price of 1 barrel of oil or a 7 diamond escort from the emperor's club) AND the tv's base stand fits perfectly on top. It's very minimalist, which I like a lot. While I'm thinking of a permanent place for the old tv, right now I'm using it as a coffee table. It'd be hilarious (not to mention retarded) if I split the cable and and had the old tv on at the same time as the new one while using it as a table. I'm way too smart to do that; however, the incredible euphoria that has swept over me since getting this tv has skewed my thinking.
Here is my gaming corner. All the usual suspects are here: ps3, xbox360, and wii. I've recently dedicated myself to becoming really good at smash brothers brawl, but frankly speaking, it's not that good. It sure doesn't blow me away like the tv does. Online play is ok I guess.
A shot of the tv and me. I thought a shot of me standing next to the tv would give a good impression of how big this plasma is, but this pic just doesn't convey the sheer size of this thing. The picture is so overwhelming, I had to move my couch back.
Pirates of the Caribbean on Blu Ray. 50 inches of 1080p plasma goodness. Is there anything sexier than a really nice flat panel tv? Of course this is why I'm a total geek, but come on. Look at the picture! I was getting kinda worried about how long it took to get here, but I got no complaints now that it's here in time for the Final Four. Anybody got some blu-ray recommendations?
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| I hope everyone had a good Valentine's day. It may surprise you, but I have no problem with the holiday. In fact, I'm entirely for the very idea of it. First, it gives couples a legit reason to have sex. Second, it gives single ppl a chance to get together and have sex. It's a funny thing, but women are incredibly afraid of being alone on valentine's day. It must be right up there with public speaking, death, and not having enough shoes. (As you can see, my knowledge of the opposite sex is incredibly extensive) But back to the point, a Hallmark holiday like Valentine's day encourages superfluous spending on things like chocolate, flowers, jewelry, etc. Anything that can increase consumer spending (it makes up about 2/3 of our economy) and help our GNP is A-OK in my book. I myself have been negatively affected by the credit squeeze. I was about to ebay a plasma tv cuz I wouldn't have had to make payments for 3 months if i signed up for the ebay mastercard, but now they're promo is, get $10 back! What a shitty deal. I've pretty much passed the 6 month mark as a professional in the IT consulting industry. Couldn't ask for more. I hate to jinx this, but my luck has been absolutely amazing in terms of work. From the beginning, I didn't even submit my resume to my present division during recruiting season. I just got this email from out of the blue asking me to fly down to DC to interview. I was able to blow away my interviewers with my knowledge of the company because that semester i was taking a class called History of Computing. And if you know anything about it, IBM is pretty much the entire beginning computers. So I read at least 3 books about IBM's history. For my first and only project, the client site is about a 3 min drive away from my apt. My hours are capped at 40/week. You know you have it easy when the contractors renovating the apt across the hall start working before you leave ur apt and are still working well after you come back home. If I had stayed in NY and took one of those ibanking jobs, I would be like all my other friends killing themselves w/ 80 hr work weeks. In addition to that, the two companies I was in the running for, Merrill Lynch and Citigroup, were the ones that were completely screwed by the sub prime mortgage fallout. Of course, IBM's earnings report was better than forecasted after I joined. On top of everything, I'm actually very good at my job. Got promoted already to lead developer on my project team. One brand that obv isn't doing as well as I am is Sobe Life Water. I remember it came out when I was in college. They redesigned the packaging once while I was still there. Now they do another redesign in addition to a ridiculous super bowl commercial with Naomi Campbell dancing w/ some cgi lizards. In the same period of time, Vitamin Water has not changed once. They just come out with new flavors. (not a fan of b-relaxed though, unpleasant aftertaste) Speaking of crazy celebrities, Naomi Campbell segues well into my tertiary topic. Ppl are always saying how today's celebrities are so much crazier than the ones back in the day. But you have to think, the real reason it seems like that is cuz of the internet. Constant exposure on tmz, perez hilton, etc only magnifies their craziness. Look at Whitney and Mariah. They are absolute head cases, but they were not completely exposed until later on. Would Britney have been saner if she blew up in the 80s? You never know when you give young white trash a shit load of cash (exhibit A: Vanilla Ice). Esp during the coke era. But Britney's rise coinciding with the growth of the net gave her no shot at normalcy or sanity for that matter. | | |
| There is nothing in the world that demonstrates mankind's runaway hubris more so than religion. Throughout our existence we continually compare ourselves to God. We see Him(blatant example combining sexism and folly) in our image. Countless works of art depict God as pretty much human, and we're not even including Jesus themed work. Hindus at least gave their deities blue skin, multiple eyes, arms, etc. Mankind constantly makes these anthropomorphisms of God: the hand of God, He hears your prayers, He sees everything. How can we be so foolish? Well, God is obviously a being on a much higher plane of existence so obviously we are incapable of comprehending even 1% of what God really is. God probably isn't limited to 5 senses (6 if u believe the movie). God seeing everything you do is an insult to what God really uses to observe us. Yet mankind has the gall to compare ourselves to Him. Even at our most hyperbolic, we fail gloriously. One might wonder what God really meant when they say He created us in His image. Maybe, an image to God isn't what our version of what an image is. Maybe it's in our design, which is scary because we're very similar to computers. We both think/compute and send messages via electrical impulses. Our brains are similar to cpus. So why can't we make computers that can really think? We might have computers with 1-32 super powerful processors, but the human brain is like millions of comparably much slower processors; however, the sheer disparity in quantity is enough to completely blow computers out of the water. The most telling example is how our memory works. Recent discoveries have found that memory is a process, not a storage device. You have your short term memory, long term memory, and you can throw in repressed memories for good measure. Computers are much the same where little registers on ur cpu, processor cache, and RAM act as short term memory and the hard drive acts as long term memory. Ultra geekyness alert: Repressed memories are like files you deleted from your recycle bin but are still recoverable on ur hard drive. You can't do that on a mac though! And Leopard was almost as disappointing as Vista. Back to the point: God created us in his "image" and now we are creating lesser versions of ourselves who in turn are poor imitations of God. It's cyclical in a most ironic way. Final Evidence: How many times do computers (our creations) disappoint us with their shortcomings, misbehavior, and tempermental demeanors? (Queue X-Files music: doooo da dooo da duuuhhh duuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh) | | |
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