Yesterday — July 28, 2010

Alex
The Emperor’s New Antenna 11:23 PM
If you read only one article about “Antennagate” (too late, I know), it should be this one.
Stevie
Style Exercises 9:45 PM
Y’all are answering this, so I might as well do it too. I often hear people say things like, “I’m not good at writing.” Quite simply, the point of style exercises is to remind yourself that that is ridiculous. When you say something like that, you are often comparing yourself…
At Saturn Cafe w/ Alex H., Kass, Dev, Frank, Spark, Max, Tansen. Tweet more specific than you again, Tansen. Haha. Blueberry ice cream yum! 8:20 PM
Stevie
Karen: Last ATDP blog Part 2 how sad…. =( 4:41 PM
1.You have to read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time first of all so you can understand what I am talking about and second of it’s a pretty good novel you should read  True story. Very good book. Also, footnotes rule.
Sarah
adventuretime: Adventure Time T-Shirt Art: Slamacow!: For one… 4:09 PM
[image] adventuretime: Adventure Time T-Shirt Art: Slamacow!: For one month, the good folks at Mighty Fine are offering an online discount on their women’s Adventure Time tees. For 25% off, just enter the code ‘mathematical’ on the Mighty Fine website. I want thiiiis. Sooooo baaaadly.
Chung
Style 2:50 PM
Do you remember back in the day when your english teacher would give you ridiculous assignments? They may gave you a short story and then make you respond, AND they would be like, “write one like this!”. All the sudden your eyes may bulge and in your head, you’ll go…
Stevie
Vote for Chungster! 8:38 AM

Tuesday — July 27, 2010

Sarah
….wait, WHAT? 11:44 PM
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Chung
Rest in peace, David Foster Wallace 10:18 PM
Today I read, Shipping Out1 by David Foster Wallace. I honestly suppose that he is kind of right. On a cruise, you expect to be pampered, but in all honesty, you’re restricted. I remember on my last cruise there was a night we had to dress formally2. It’s alright and…
Dennis
Day 25 - A picture that you edited: Something from Layer Tennis… 10:14 PM
[image] Day 25 - A picture that you edited: Something from Layer Tennis a while back. Never was really good at using photoshop. UFO apocalypse :O
This line struck me as utterly LOL hilarious, on Amanda’s blog: “There were plungers, but those struck me as gross.” Don’t know why /chuckle 9:39 PM
Former ATDP student & current Java TA Ulysses Popple is a unique mix of budding thespian & programmer. Now playing at the Live Oak Theater! 8:27 PM
Jamie
sheawheatley: mellifluous4thesoul: bewitchthemind: Ravenclaw’s… 8:12 PM
[image] sheawheatley: mellifluous4thesoul: bewitchthemind: Ravenclaw’s Diadem or 1 of Voldemort’s 7 horcruxes. The diadem is engraved with the message, “Wit Beyond Measure is Man’s Greatest Treasure.” Want. Want want want want WAAANT. If someone gets me this, I will be sorely tempted to wear it to my prom à la…
Interesting wording of the day: “I think I’m in obsession.” via someone on my tumblr feed. 7:54 PM
Jamie
thanks sheawheatley. This is not only awesome, but a reminder of… 7:46 PM
[image] thanks sheawheatley. This is not only awesome, but a reminder of two movies featuring Ellen Page I need to see. Goddammit, there are a lot of movies I need to see.
Alex
Photo 10:56 AM
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Stevie
thinking about reading and reading about thinking 10:47 AM
Lloyd sent this article around to the young adult writers of ATDP*. I read it and my resulting thoughts mostly circulated around how cool it is that I’m actually kinda following a public intellectual conversation about, well, anything. I didn’t really agree or disagree or feel much of anything besides…
Kass
Apple loses big in DRM ruling: jailbreaks are “fair use” 10:01 AM
Holy crap.
Stevie
extra credit 8:06 AM
official people-who-have-found-the-extra-credit count: 3

Monday — July 26, 2010

Dennis
Day 24 - A picture of what you did today: Had some Yogurtland… 11:43 PM
[image] Day 24 - A picture of what you did today: Had some Yogurtland with my girlfriend :). Yummmz even on a cold day.
At Tomatina’s on Center St. with Tansen, Dev, Kass, Alex H. and Max, for a spot of dinner. I’m enjoying a Fat Cat pinot noir. Na zdorovye! 6:37 PM
Stevie
Emily: Rick Riordan is my Idol Author 4:29 PM
Part I: Why do we do style exercises?  I think we do style exercises because it teaches us to pay close attention to the way an author writes so that we can look at the little things that make a style so special. By paying close attention to the little…
On my new Mac Mini OS X Server: Terminal window open to Spark’s SnackTime server, watching brilliant young Java programmers compete. 9:19 AM
Stevie
“Of course, the marginalia that corrected, quarrelled, and attacked—’hostile marginalia,’ as they’re…” 6:24 AM
“Of course, the marginalia that corrected, quarrelled, and attacked—’hostile marginalia,’ as they’re called—were the most fun. In William Coleridge’s copy of ‘Joan of Arc,’ by Robert Southey, Coleridge came up with so many objections that he had to abbreviate them, as in ‘L.M., for ‘ludicrous metaphor, and N., for ‘nonsense.’…

Sunday — July 25, 2010

As is his wont, Nick came in late this evening to visit/say hullo. He brought me a Phuket Lager (Thai) w/ w/c I washed down Alina’s cookies. 11:17 PM
Dennis
Day 23 - A picture that describes your life: My life so far;… 10:25 PM
[image] Day 23 - A picture that describes your life: My life so far; I’m still growing, being moved from the shelter that helped me get started to the soil where I’ll finally take root and branch out. I’m starting to bear fruit, beginning to take the lessons I’ve learned…
I think by describing [insert name here] as the “opposite of elegant,” my mom indirectly called her a whore. Why is my family so amazing? 9:26 PM
Sarah
Put This On 9:12 PM
Why isn’t there a site like this for ladies? :(
Am at the Cafe Raj on lower Solano; caught the 18 ACTransit fr. dwtn Berk. to here, for the 7pm “Girl Who Played With Fire” at Albany Twin. 6:32 PM
Kass
Absolutely, freaking fantastic. 6:30 PM
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“And on the dredge, in this strange and humid swamp, every yellow morning was like a new skin that he could slip into.” K. Russell, TNY. 6:27 PM
And so, released from the chill velvet shroud of fog that’d lingered on through noon, he walked down the Avenue warmed by thought and light. 1:54 PM
Chung
What’s wrong with clubbing? 12:51 AM
About a month ago, I found pictures of my friend clubbing her ass off. She was giving some guy a lap dance. She’s a junior, in high school (to be senior). I texted her saying that I was really disappointed in seeing her clubbing like that. Now back to the…

Saturday — July 24, 2010

Dennis
Day 22 - A picture of yourself: Hard at work :O 11:22 PM
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Kass
Inception 9:58 PM
… was pretty goshdarnedgud! I mean, I don’t think I would go see it four times in the theater… probably not even a second time. But it was a pretty good ride overall. I’m not sure what’s with the people who call it confusing, because most of it seemed pretty…
Service learning reflections….complete!​ (ohthankgodfinally) 7:52 PM
Dennis
jayshoee:  senior ball, 5/22/10 still can’t stop smiling :] Day 21 - A picture that makes you… 12:06 AM
jayshoee: [image]  senior ball, 5/22/10 still can’t stop smiling :] Day 21 - A picture that makes you think of your loved one: :)

Friday — July 23, 2010

Camping with the fam. Colder than expected, and just learned I can tweet via text, haha. 7:47 PM
Sarah
Photo 4:31 PM
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Stevie
Reading essays 11:17 AM
I’m reading student essays right now! People in whose essays I have found some really impressive stuff so far: Nina, Lisa, and Kathy! Go you guys.
Stevie
Sean: Elephant #2 10:37 AM
 The tone that Orwell uses is both serious and perhaps ironical as well. He depicts with gruesome detail the death of the elephant and the damage it caused (including the death of a man), leaving out no detail. But those gruesome parts are essential to the essay because they allow Orwell…
Kass
The Facebook Game That Makes Fun of Facebook Games 10:00 AM
Ironically I saw a mention of this game first when I saw Quad post one of its things to his wall. Then I read this article and realized it was Ian Bogost’s game, which in retrospect makes everything make a whole lot more sense.
Stevie
“You must rise above and you must do it in the last paragraph with basic grammar and easily…” 9:43 AM
“You must rise above and you must do it in the last paragraph with basic grammar and easily recognized words.” —McSweeney’s, Personal Essay by a Personal Essay
Jamie
I don’t remember when/how I found this movie, but I MUST… 8:58 AM
[image] I don’t remember when/how I found this movie, but I MUST SEE IT. Also, this is reminding me I still need to see 300. And Juno. And Slumdog Millionaire. And a bajillion other things. Also, NOTICE THE NEW URL? :D
Dennis
Day 20 - A picture of where you want to honeymoon: I’ve… 12:28 AM
[image] Day 20 - A picture of where you want to honeymoon: I’ve always wanted to go to Fiji, but after seeing this on TV the other day, I want to go to Tahiti for sure. :O
Dennis
just discovered torrent. 12:21 AM
momomatsuda: how behind am I? You are very VERY behind. Have fun downloading all the stuff you’ve ever wanted in life :D.

Thursday — July 22, 2010

Chung
Dear Jailbreakers 9:45 PM
For the past year and a half, I’ve had a jailbroken iPhone. After upgrading to an unjailbreakable iPhone, it’s really made me appreciate the real intentions of the original appulous team. Appulous was a site that hosted pirated iPhone/iPad apps. I remember that the guy who made Appulous said that…
Sarah
thedailywhat: Print Ad of the Day: A rather risqué campaign… 2:08 PM
[image] thedailywhat: Print Ad of the Day: A rather risqué campaign from Ogilvy & Mather for 3M’s permanent double-sided Scotch Tape. GENIUS.
Kass
Echochrome II 1:21 PM
Sooooooo cool!
Sarah
patrickmoberg: My Senior year in high school, I spent almost… 12:52 PM
[image] patrickmoberg: My Senior year in high school, I spent almost every lunch period hanging out with this gigantic dude (6’11”) named Ranard Robinson. Ranard had this iconic red hoodie that girls would request to try on, and they would subsequently be swallowed up into the absurd size of it…

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