McCain/Palin Rally
Went to a McCain/Palin rally this evening. Was moderately exciting. The significance will be altered a bit depending on the next two weeks if they make it in. Time will tell.
Got to shake both of their hands. And take a tiny bit of video (see below). The whole crew was there… Palin and husband and kiddos. And thousands of screaming Cincinnati fans. It was a good historical type of thing to see, regardless of the outcome.
Sarah Palin’s Wordle
http://wordle.net/ is a great way to visualize text. It works just like tag clouds do, showing words that are used more frequently in a larger font. Here is what Sarah Palin’s looked like from the Republican Nomination speech
What IT Staff go through…
I’ve been working some long days lately… (I haven’t been off work before 10pm for weeks. 2am is the new 5pm) Sometimes people wonder what could possibly be difficult about an IT person’s job. “How could working on computers be stressful?”
Well, the simple answer is…. Working with computers ISN’T stressful. Working with LIVE PEOPLE on those computers is…
A real help ticket:
Hence my favorite word—mouthbreather.
13 Things That Do Not Make Sense
At least to most people… Check out this interesting list of “Things that defy our current understand”
Hulu Releases PBS Programming: Fans go Wild
Hulu is a video-streaming site. You can’t really compare it to YouTube, because it’s commercially-driven to provide TV/Movie/Documentary clips and shows. It’s becoming quite the popular site, and I had to make sure the students in the dorms couldn’t get to it, but…. For those of you on the “outside”….
As part of Hulu’s “Days of Summer” promotion where they release something new every day to keep people coming back…. They released a lot of PBS programming, including Carrier (a show about a USS Nimitz carrier ship), a design show, and three science shows which I’m going to have to watch… Nova (an example clip is embedded below), Scientific American, and Wired Science.
Looking forward to learning some stuff. If you hear me rattling of scientific terms, you’ll know why..
Oregon Trail Now Available for Mobile Phones
In a follow up to one of my more popular posts about playing Oregon Trail in flash format, you can now waste even more time dying of dysentery on your phone! Mobile games developer Gameloft has released its updated version of The Oregon Trail. The game costs $4 (or more, depending on your carrier) and introduces several new gameplay elements to the elementary school classic.
