Digital Feng Shui

Part Time Lover

dip dip ba, dipba, bada bada
dip dip ba, dipba, bada bada...

if-she's-with me
i'll blink the lights
to-let-you know
tonight's the night
for me and you.
my part. time. lover...

Syntax, the Programming Language Wiki

To my knowledge, there aren't any programming language wikis out there in the world, so I decided to make one. It's called Syntax. Like Vocapedia before it, it's still very much a young project.

Fuck You, Dr. Phil

Check out this YouTube clip of Dr. Phil kicking the Bumfights creator off the Dr. Phil show. The guy in question is the creator of Bumfights. As Keith and the Girl have mentioned, this whole thing was set up.

After watching a healthy portion of Bumfights footage, Dr. Phil says that he doesn't want to talk to the guy anymore. Uhh, hello, stupid? If you didn't want to talk to the guy, why did you invite him on your show? Notice that right before Dr. Phil says "stop the tape", the video playing actually has the premade video static filter cut right into it. This was definitely planned from the get-go. Dr. Phil didn't cut off anybody. He just said those words to make it look like he did.

Then, the guy says to Dr. Phil, "If you think I exploit people, every time you bring a guest on this show, you exploit them and spread whatever problems they have to the whole world." Hah, way to call him out on it. The best part is that Dr. Phil doesn't even respond to the guy. Good job avoiding the question, jackass. Dr. Phil just doesn't want to admit he's made a career out of exploiting weaker individuals, even if he does "help" them.

Dr. Phil responds with, "keep telling yourself that," and the audience has no choice but to clap. What a bunch of sheep. Why don't you applaud the Bumfights guy for such a slick setup?

The guy says, "I'm not finished talking to you." Then there's this completely juvenile exchange of "yeah you are" and "no I'm not" and "yeah you are" and "no I'm not" and "yeah you are". Dr. Phil! You sound like a fucking two-year old! You're a grown ass man! Why stoop to this sort of tactic. For ratings I bet. Why don't you go fuck yourself and then talk on your show about how much of a pansy you are.

Dr. Phil contiues with, "I just watched that footage and that is absolutely despicable, and I refuse to publicize that." Guess what, fuck-knot, you just did. You just aired and publicized Bumfights footage on national broadcast television. The ironing is delicious!

Maybe this is some sort of mega-conspiracy set up by the morality police... To firmly assign sides about who is morally correct, and who is not. Either way, we now know the truth.

Dr. Phil, fuck you!

Vocapedia, the A Cappella Wiki

I just started the Vocapedia which is a wiki about a cappella. It's technically the second resource out there of its kind, that I know of, the first being CASA's Acapedia. My whole take on that is... If you're going to try to be a wiki, you might as well be a wiki. That and I've always wanted to admin my own wiki. Hopefully it takes off.

They Recovered My Data

If you're in the New York City metropolitan area and are in need of hard drive recovery, I'd recommend WeRecoverData.com - Data Recovery Labs.

For the curious, I paid $1200 after a free analysis of two drives (I'm dumb, I didn't know which one was broken). I don't remember if I got the busted hard drive back, but I did get the functioning one back plus a set of CDs or DVDs with the recovered data on it. One caveat is that the recovered data needs to be retrieved with a Windows program because the data spans multiple discs.

Other than that, I was very happy with the service. The girl at the desk is Filipino and the guy who answers the phone talks with a funny accent (English? Aussie?).

AOL Releases Dial-Up Software Replacement, OpenRide

Oh AOL... When will you ever learn...

The problem with AOL is that it isn't the Internet. And it tries to be. Releasing this software is a step in the right direction (away from their dial-up software), but it's still wrong. Who wants a crappy, bloated media-center everything-whatsamajig? I know I don't.

It's called OpenRide, and you can take a tour! Complete with talking Flash movie.

One of the worst "features" they're pitching has to be the "Dynasizer". They've even trademarked the name. I mean, really? Dynasizer? Something that dynamically resizes four window panes? Whoa cowboy, step back! Make some room! This is the Dynasizer, know what I'm sayin'?

The frame rate in the movie for demonstrating the Dynasizer was really shitty. I bet you it was filmed on a PC. Frame rates for video will always be shitty on the PC. Like this Flash site for the new Blackberry Pearl. Shitty frame rate! Maybe it's the computer I'm using. But this isn't a sucky computer. What kind of multimedia specs are they requiring of their viewers for a not so sucky experience? I'm at a loss. I wanted to learn more about this new Blackberry, but the site is too slow.

[via towleroad]

Missed Opportunity

I stared opportunity in the eye. And it stared back at me. Then stared back at it. And it stared back at me again.

Didn't follow up on it. Feel terrible.

Next time, I'll be sure to jump.

New Blood Elf Mount

This just in... the New Blood Elf mount will be... Chocobos.

Or Blood Sabers. They both sounded cool.

The Draenei, of course, will get spaceships.

And yes, I did make a new category called Warcraft.

Shut up, I can stop any time I want.

Edit: Other good ideas... Voidpony.

Hyannis Sound Videos on YouTube

Wow, I want to cry... There are Hyannis Sound videos on YouTube and no one told me! Until now. Uhh I'll edit this post with annotated links when I don't feel so lazy... But but but. ZOMG who's going to see them this weekend for their alumni show? I will! w00t!

Edit (seperated by possible venues):

Drive My Car
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel)
Cecilia
Lady Madonna (The Beatles)
Don't Your Worry 'Bout a Thing (best rendition from Talk About It, 1997)
Gone (Ben Folds Five)

Disco Inferno

29 Ways (generic soul, I love it when they do more R&B type stuff, my favorite of this post)

Drive My Car
Rocksteady (Marc Broussard)
Disco Inferno
Solsbury Hill

Wang. Blow. Headline.

Must've been a knee-slapper at the office the day they wrote this:

[Major League Baseball player Chien-Ming] Wang shines as Yankees blow out Jays

The Magic Bullet. Of Life.

Uno: Just set it and forget it!
Dos: Uno takes the same approach for VCR programming, rotisserie cooking, and child raising.

(Uno is someone.... who we've always thought should never be in charge of a human life... He currently has two.)

The Chinese Work Ethic

I liken the Chinese work ethic to the following...

Anything in life can be accomplished with good, earnest, hard work. If even that doesn't manage to yield what you want, then MO' HAD WOK!

Don't Sleep

meetup junkie (4:05:57 PM): i have a friend that doesn't like to go to sleep
self (4:06:03 PM): boogey man
meetup junkie (4:06:05 PM): he doesn't like the idea of losing conscience
meetup junkie (4:06:16 PM): he thinks he wakes up in a different world every morning
meetup junkie (4:06:26 PM): i don't know if he really thinks that
self (4:06:29 PM): that's creepy
meetup junkie (4:06:30 PM): it's more of a theory

(~2005-09-13)

Em Bare Assed

I'm embarrassed. Embarrassed that I'm not really measuring up as well as I'd like to against my peers. Embarrassed that I haven't been writing as much as I wanted to. Embarrassed that I have an unending mountain of stuff I'd like to do, but never really get to it.

I'm particularly embarrassed that I was brought back to a time... Where... Apparently, in all my wisdom, I put everything out on a piece of paper. Just laid out my heart and mind and made myself completely vulnerable. And then gave that piece of paper away for someone to read.

Honestly, I thought I put it beyond me... But uhh, it's still there, in that person's mind (heart?) I guess. And on my hard drive. I don't even feel like reading it... But I know I should. I should be brave and all that BS/jazz. It's crazy how much I've grown and changed. And how little has changed also.