/\/\-[]-[]-S-E http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog An exploration of the creative process with technology Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:31:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Of Shiny Objects http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/2009/09/23/of-shiny-objects/ http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/2009/09/23/of-shiny-objects/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:31:37 +0000 amoose136 http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/?p=53
If you can concentrate read this article uninterrupted, I salute you

If you can read this article uninterrupted, I salute you.

I know I haven’t posted here in a little bit — Okay, okay, I see the cobwebs too!  But I had a question:  When you first sit down to write a paper, what things distract you most? What goes through your head when you first begin to write? For me, I have this thought, “Is this really due tomorrow?” and then I usually get distracted by something completely random. Regardless of what the distraction is, I will find it fascinating. In fact, I would wager to say the vast majority of interesting things I find get shoved under my nose right when I’m trying to do homework. In particular, English homework fits this rule best. I guess I should be thankful. To my English teachers; thank you all for helping me find interesting things….I think. To everyone else; please tell me what distracts you. I’m not going to say why I want to know if you don’t already know, nevertheless you can trust I’m going to do something interesting with the responses I get, assuming I get any.

]]> http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/2009/09/23/of-shiny-objects/feed/ 1 Merry Christmas http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/2008/12/25/merry-christmas/ http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/2008/12/25/merry-christmas/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:00:45 +0000 amoose136 http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/?p=43 Merry Christmas to all and a happy new year. In the busyness of this day, above all else, remember the birth of Jesus because that was the start of it all. Everything else is just icing on the cake. My first semester of school at Farragut has gone smoothly and I’m looking forward to German and Art next semester. I thank you all for everthing you’ve done for me this year and hope I can repay you eventually.

Merry Christmas!

]]> http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/2008/12/25/merry-christmas/feed/ 0 Barack Obama – Internally Consistent? http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/2008/11/04/barack-obama-internally-consistent/ http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/2008/11/04/barack-obama-internally-consistent/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:14:47 +0000 amoose136 http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/?p=38 I don’t agree with everything in this video but…I think it deserves a close observation.

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]]> http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/2008/08/09/back-to-school/feed/ 0 “Welcome to Beijing” Olympics song http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/2008/08/08/welcome-to-beijing-olympics-song/ http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/2008/08/08/welcome-to-beijing-olympics-song/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:16:45 +0000 amoose136 http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/?p=27 Nothing much, just another viral video. Catchy tune too:

Edit: Youtube video removed by copy right claim.

Here is a similar version:

]]> http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/2008/08/08/welcome-to-beijing-olympics-song/feed/ 0 Protest at the House of Representatives http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/2008/08/04/protest-at-the-house-of-representatives/ http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/2008/08/04/protest-at-the-house-of-representatives/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:15:59 +0000 amoose136 http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/?p=14 Last Friday the Republican party was presenting a bill to allow offshore drilling. They were about to start a debate or vote when the Democratic speaker of the house, Nancy Pelosi, in order to avoid the vote, called a vote to adjourn the house early for a five week break. Since the house is controlled by Democrats, it won by one vote. This is surprising considering all but 4 of the republicans (195) and 16 democrats voted not to adjourn. Full stats as recorded by the house clerk can be viewed here. The Republicans, shocked to see that those in favor of adjourning wouldn’t even have a debate on the subject, stayed in the room discussing the bill anyway. Pelosi then sent the media out, and turned off the lights, microphones, and cameras. One Democrat was heard saying “You’re not covering this, are you?” to the the media.

Needless to say, not very many media agencies have reported on this topic. Freedom of the press indeed.

The Republicans then opened up the room to outside citizens and got megaphones to continue talking and giving speeches, urging Pelosi to call a vote. They ended that day in a round of “God Bless America.”  Today, they continued their protest. Below is one of the very few videos collected. Sit tight folks, it’s a revolution and it could get interesting.

  • You can see photos at flickr here.
  • You follow some of the Republicans on twitter here and here for the latest about “The Boston Tweet Party” (referring to the use of twitter).
  • You can find the Republican leader’s blog about the protest here.

Updates I’ve found:

  • At 2 pm today CNN braved up enough to report on the topic.
  • Pelosi didn’t want drilling but did want to open up the national oil reserve.
  • “I love this. Congress can be so boring.  …This is a kick.” said Congressmen Shadegg.
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]]> http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/2008/07/18/facebook-3-my-thoughts/feed/ 0 Change from Xanga – Another Report http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/2008/06/29/change-from-xanga-another-report/ http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/2008/06/29/change-from-xanga-another-report/#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:42:20 +0000 amoose136 http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/?p=11 I have made my blog look much nicer now.
List of new thingys from my xanga:

  • A Favicon
  • A large number of widgets on the side bar including
    • My Twitter Status
    • FriendFeed
    • Flickr Photos
    • Google Talk
    • Recent Comments
  • No ads
  • Tabs
  • New banner
  • No background for better reading
  • Java/Ajax searchy things
  • Pages (other then the blog)
  • CSS3!!!!
  • No spam

The site looks best in Firefox or Safari 3.

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Video screenshot

From Firefox’s web site:

Set a Guinness World Record
Enjoy a Better Web

Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours – it’s that easy. We’re not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind of awesome.

The official date for the launch of Firefox 3 is June 17, 2008. Join our community and this effort by pledging today.

]]> http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/2008/06/13/firefox-3-downloads-record-setting/feed/ 0 And so I start a new blog…. http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/2008/06/08/and-so-i-start-a-new-blog/ http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/2008/06/08/and-so-i-start-a-new-blog/#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:25:46 +0000 amoose136 http://amoose.psoplayer.com/blog/?p=5 Since FLL last fall I haven’t really been blogging. I intend to change that. Now that I have a WordPress blog I will continue. This site, amoose.psoplayer.com, is rapidly changing. I will still be posting during this time but if you visit this site you most likely won’t see the same thing you saw last time you were here. I have decided to change from Xanga to WordPress because WordPress gives me the following:

  • Custom CSS
  • Widgets
  • Ajax
  • Better spam prevention
  • No ads
  • External editors
  • Custom HTML
  • Better themes

So you see this site looks much more promising than my Xanga. Thanks goes to psoplayer for the domain name and hosting.

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