| Tuesday, November 24, 2009 |
| Information Retention |
Last night I went to the library to work on my statistics homework and sat down at a computer where there was a book sitting on the desk. It was the only computer open but was logged out so I went for it anyway. The book was Modern Techniques for Information Retention.
After working for a bit and spreading out all my work I needed to move the book, at which time I realized that it was not, in fact, a real book - it was too light for its size. So I opened the cover to find
After googling the book title I found that this is a Red Bull promotion - they're leaving these books in libraries for students to find. They were cold so I'm guessing it hadn't been there long. As I left I swiped the book and drank the RB with Cola. I'm not a huge Red Bull fan, so I was actually more excited about the secret compartment book.
If you live with me there's a Red Bull in the fridge with your name on it. |
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| Monday, November 23, 2009 |
| Sun v. Clouds |
This wasn't really how I intended the picture to turn out. This was my first shot of the morning and the shutter speed was a little slow (which is why you can't see any detail around the sun). But it ended up being the only shot with the awesome sun rays, so what can you do.
Anyway I kinda like it. It looks like the morning sun is driving back the clouds from the sky.
On an unrelated note, I made it to work in record time today. Apparently all the traffic near my house is related to parents dropping off their kids at one of the many schools near us. Campus is also a little dead, but that's to be expected. I'm hoping for at least 5 out of 24 students in class tomorrow (last day of class before break and it's a 3:30pm class - I'm not holding out a lot of hope).
I'm off to Denver for Thanksgiving, so hopefully I'll get some good shots to share. Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving!
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| Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
| Friendsgiving |
It's almost better than Thanksgiving - almost. For the past few years we've had a thanksgiving feast a bit before the actual holiday so that we can celebrate with friends. I love Thanksgiving, it's one of my favorite holidays. There's football, time with family, and a ton of good food. The only downside is you can't spend it with more of the people you love - unless you celebrate twice (I would also not be opposed to a third celebration).
I'm still getting used to the camera (shooting on auto is for pansies and people who don't know what they're doing - and I refuse to acknowledge that I am either) so bear with me through the fuzzy, poorly lit, and/or noisy pictures for now, I'll get it down one of these days...
The amazing turkey chef himself
There was a bit of a bottle neck in the food line
Presentation of the pie
The age old battle of fork v. spoon
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| Tuesday, November 17, 2009 |
| Ice is back with a brand new invention |
As Justin Timberlake brought sexy back, I am here to bring blogging back. I had grown tired of my old camera and had all but stopped taking pictures, but with the addition of my new favorite toy, I hope to bring the blog back to its long lost glory (yes, it was at one time glorious). Soon to come will be pictures of last week's Friendsgiving...
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| Tuesday, July 28, 2009 |
| Really? Another Sunset? |
Yes, really. Probably half my posts are of sunsets, I realize this, but they still look cool.
2009 marked the reinstatement of the semi-long standing tradition of a roommate FL trip. We started the tradition in 2005 with Wes, Taylor and I and expanded the trip the next few years to include lots of good friends. After a one year hiatus we were back thanks to the generosity of Cal's parents. They let us crash in the guest house of their beach house for a few days and, aside from the fact that we got stuck in Montgomery Alabama for 24 hours due to a freak incident involving a pvc pipe, it was a pretty sweet trip. More to come on the pipe story later. |
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| Monday, July 6, 2009 |
| Happy 'merica ya'll |
If there are any readers left, I apologize for the 2 month hiatus. I had been unmotivated to take pictures lately, but i think I'm ready to get back into it. We'll see.
4th of July this year included about 11 min of stuff exploding out at the Naturals stadium (and a few fireworks shot of in the parking lot behind us). I spent about half of that time trying to get this picture right - which is fine by me. I love fireworks, but a good picture is much more fun.
On a side note, tripods are very handy, and make for great pictures. But sometimes I love how pictures come out when I have to improvise (like my sandaltripod I used for this picture). I like the angle and the effect of the grass way more than if the picture had been taken from a tripod a few feet off the ground. |
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| Tuesday, May 5, 2009 |
| Signs of the times |
On our last night in Raleigh we wandered around South Glenstone, a street a few blocks off of downtown that has enough houses to make it look like a neighborhood but enough bars and restaurants to make it a pretty cool hang out. We came here a few nights for dinner, drinks, desert and of course, people watching. Apparently this restaurant had recently hit by the economy and closed. As we walked up the steps to its patio anyway, a couple stopped and asked us if it had closed. After replying that I wasn't from around there she said it was too bad, they had great soup. They also had a great patio overlooking the street, which Jess and I took advantage of regardless of the lack of patrons.
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