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January 20, 2005 -- 6:32 PM
posted by eric
think you have an opinion on shit that's OVER RATED?!?
Chunklet magazine
January 20, 2005 -- 5:25 PM
posted by Al
Another link I didn't really try hard to look for. A pretty interesting short movie about a guy who ask girls to go out on a date with him. Yep! it is that simple a camera, a mike, a camera person and one energetic guy on the street. You'd be suprise at the responses he gets.
Here it is
January 20, 2005 -- 4:24 PM
posted by alison
please tell me they don't actually call them Congo lines... they're Conga lines, and I think the DR of Congo really deserves a little more respect (? maybe not the right word) than that...
And in other news, I've decide that if I ever open a donut chain, I will call it "Glazed and Confused" because it sounds excellent, and I honestly think they need to have a donut named that already... I'd buy it.... if Cram Dunk can have Strawberry Fields, someone ought to have glazed and confused, it's too good to give up.
yeah, I'm tired... so sue me...
January 20, 2005 -- 4:23 PM
posted by Par
I went through Micfo. For service they're pretty good. As for downtime, you tell me. I haven't noticed much of a problem. The value was pretty good as well, though I get the feeling they're a little high in the domain registration rate. So far, so good, though.
I only took a cursory look at those Free___.com sites, but aren't most of them for US addresses? (Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not against free stuff...)
Found this kind of interesting: Mental Heuristics. Some are harder to follow than others, but in general they seem to be a pretty good guide.
January 20, 2005 -- 4:04 PM
posted by Pete
Par, who did you go through to get your domain and webspace for this site? I have a friend who wants to build a site promoting his play that will be shown this summer, but he needs webspace and a domain. I told him I'd ask you about any info you could pass along.
Thanks
January 20, 2005 -- 3:25 PM
posted by Pete
Speaking of Viral Marketing, has anyone seen any of these Free ipod sites? I first came across them when looking into software for my iPod on ipodhacks.com. They're essentially marketing companies that pay you in iPods to try out their "boss" company's websites, and then refer 5-10 other people to do so as well. The're giving all sorts of free shit away, like ipods, mini macs and and most of them seem to be legit. One guy has even dedicated an entrie website to show how and why it works.
Heck, they've even set up Congo Lines where you don't even have to refer you friends, they automatically get other users who sign up for their site to be your referals.
Still, I'm a little sceptical, but from what I can see, there's not much risk. Maybe one of these days I'll try it out...
January 20, 2005 -- 1:48 PM
posted by Par
Click the Chinook link to find out the answer.
A plastic that comes from oranges instead of petroleum, and pumps CO2 out of the atmosphere?
An outraged, right-wing interest group in the US that is upset about the 'gaying' of children and has 'Family' in its name?
January 20, 2005 -- 11:17 AM
posted by alison
but what's the answer Paras?
I wasn't too terribly worried, but you know that adrenaline feeling you get when you smell gas in the basement? that's sort of what I was going on... But it calmed down. I figured I've actually heard that noise a lot after I shower... probably soap bubbles or something but yeah, I'm not panicking about it anymore. Thanks for the moral support y'all. More I think I was curious and seeking reassurance. But I still really hate our house. I'd much rather be in a wood stove-heated cabin with outdoor plumbing... but I'm like that on a regular basis, so nothing's new there...
January 20, 2005 -- 9:42 AM
posted by Par
You've officially made it when you're a question on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Ok, so he wasn't the exact question, but Jonathan Schaeffer just sent this e-mail to the games group here at the department:
Completed in 1994, the computer program Chinook is thought to
be the world's best player of what game?
A. Checkers B. Backgammon
C. Scrabble D. Bridge
Chuck does not know (and he has used up all his life lines), so
he decides to walk with $8000.
Chinook, of course, was developed by a team at the University of Alberta headed by Jonathan, who now is the acting Chair of the Department of Computing Science (and all around prolific Comp Sci Guy). Personally, though, I'd think this would be worth more than $16,000.
