Digital Feng Shui
blogging all of the things they wouldn't teach you in web design school


Monday, September 30, 2002  

Why do people love to say, "now that's gansta, and I got special ways ta thank ya" ...

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His fries are gone! The fries were the bestest part, ever! I mean... The fries! It was like that boxer, who had fries... So freaky.

posted by Mark Canlas | 16:17 | 0 comments
 

I don't want to do it again. Really, I don't. It's not even close to like eating chocolate.

posted by Mark Canlas | 11:12 | 0 comments


Sunday, September 29, 2002  

Students. Misspelled? Studnets. Yup... You know what's even weirder? Autopsy has nothing to do with auto-spy...

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I fucking hate (so many curses...) logical partitions. Logical partitions can suck my balls. They require way too much thought. Unified partitions rock. At that point, they're like, what the fuck is a partition? Unified hard drives would be even cooler... Anyway, I think partitions stem from this Linux-osity. Partitions are totally unnecessary. Partition guard is an excuse for a more fundamental problem like fscking up your drive or overflooding a partition. Solve those problems and then come back and tell my why partitions are better... I so wanna reformat. I have a C drive and a G drive in the making. Just to use the space. But the gap is killing me! I hate it! I'm trying to convince myself to do actual work, instead of reformatting my computer (which is at least one night of recovery and such)...

posted by Mark Canlas | 19:42 | 0 comments
 

I should just deny myself the pleasure of staring at things in general. I stare at a lot of stuff. Like a camera, even.

posted by Mark Canlas | 19:25 | 0 comments


Saturday, September 28, 2002  

I can keep saying stuff like Yeo, or Ho, or Hos...

And, uh... Only in my most primitive state do I view it as something useful and funny (most importantly, a moment of weakness). Otherwise, it was simply an exercise in experience almost never to be repeated again. Okay, never. I mean, unless, I act all dumb about it, which is completely possible. Fuckin' sucks. No regrets. You're not allowed to have regrets. What's the point.

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What did we do today... We went to the comedy clubs. Dat shzt was mad fun, yo. Hangin' out... Half the Xi (dammit). Learned me some alphabets... Al won a shirt. Nice, nice... Tip from TheCal: when you say your alphabet and hit your (my) letter, say that shit with pride, yo. Xi!

Computer science time: space shouldn't be much of a concept, and deleting files is... Well dumb to begin with, but that's a bit extreme. How about the Recycling Bin take up as much space as it needs. Essentially, your hard drive will always be full, and hence, useful. But, when you need real space, as in Oh I'm Installing WarCraft 3, then the Recycling Bin will reduce itself accordingly. I mean, sure it kinda can do that now, but it doesn't seem that way.

posted by Mark Canlas | 04:07 | 0 comments


Thursday, September 26, 2002  

Funny skit: Farley on a Japanese gameshow.

posted by Mark Canlas | 20:35 | 0 comments
 

They look at my icon instead of looking at my eyes... Fuck.

posted by Mark Canlas | 17:26 | 0 comments


Wednesday, September 25, 2002  

I hate this class and the TA. He talks as if we know what an array is... Dork.

posted by Mark Canlas | 10:23 | 0 comments


Tuesday, September 24, 2002  

Crossing your legs is a sign of what... Like femininity or uber Hollywood ness... It's one of those approaching gayness things isn't it.

And 2001 is boring as shit so far.

posted by Mark Canlas | 20:43 | 0 comments
 

Stanley Kubrick is one of those guys where you're supposed to know and see all of his movies...

posted by Mark Canlas | 20:17 | 0 comments


Saturday, September 21, 2002  

Fucknig shit! (My collegiate language is so foul...) I have hives! What the hell did I eat?!

posted by Mark Canlas | 18:28 | 0 comments
 

Look, man... I don't feel like learning how to set up a VPN connection. That's what wizards are for. I just want to know how to get to my home computer from here... Gimme a VPN tutorial to set up at home.

posted by Mark Canlas | 11:10 | 0 comments


Friday, September 20, 2002  

Some cool keywords would be like Mark versus Marc. I mean, I'm pretty sure there's a secret bond between all Marks... We hate Marcs. We hate it when we're called Marc. They're freaks. Everyone knows Mark with a kay is better, much better. I wonder if they feel the same way...

posted by Mark Canlas | 18:00 | 0 comments
 

Shower style: icy fucking cold or freakin unhot.

posted by Mark Canlas | 10:13 | 0 comments
 

Tom, there's a difference between Mark Canlas being fucked up and Mark Canlas being sleepy. You just don't want to know the difference... Yay.

posted by Mark Canlas | 01:57 | 0 comments


Thursday, September 19, 2002  

Hey guess what. Beer pong. Losers. Me? I'd rather stick anchovies in my ears. =)

posted by Mark Canlas | 09:11 | 0 comments


Wednesday, September 18, 2002  

Eww the computer lab is all hot and stinky... I think there's no AC. But it's cool, my settings follow me around, they must be using Active Directory. Or some other Microsoft magic.

posted by Mark Canlas | 16:38 | 0 comments
 

I dreamt I was in a magical army and I was even late to class.

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Tuesday, September 17, 2002  

I are need a new set of dry erase markers because some bastard stole my markers... It's sick, I tell ya.

posted by Mark Canlas | 23:14 | 0 comments
 

My browser should pre-empt me and just visit links and see if the contents of that page has changed... So many times I've visited so many pages, known by URL, but the content changes... Give me a fucking clue. That makes life usable.

posted by Mark Canlas | 22:43 | 0 comments
 

I should put card board reinforcements on my soft books so I can use my book socks on them...

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Things I want... Something like trillian... Modular... Plugable... Native! POP checking... Website checking (preferably integrated with IE's Favorites)... Nice.

posted by Mark Canlas | 20:48 | 0 comments
 

Webster defines foo as bar... It's like the all-purposeful atomic no. It's the heavy hand.

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Monday, September 16, 2002  

To be aware of oneself is to ... defy the possible. Break the bonds of mere atoms dancing and realize just that, you are atoms dancing. Freaky! And who said this was just limited to computers...

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The keyword for hotties will henceforth be cliff jumpers... Or rather, I am the cliff jumper. I'm a sucker for good looks (because, again, style is everything, in the most non-shallow way) in such a way that someone can be hot enough to seduce me into doing anything. 5:30, time to check out the Rutgers girlies... Uhh, yeah.

posted by Mark Canlas | 11:13 | 0 comments
 

There was a song in high school that we sang about three bunnies... Tres Conejos, obviously. But sometimes, the mental map of a given idea doesn't survive the years and... Well... One day I was just thinking about it and I thought, hey, Tres Cajones. Yeah, not too accurate, although it would be pretty wild to have or see three balls...

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Football. A sport for gentlemen played by hooligans. Rugby. A sport for hooligans played by gentlemen.

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One day I'll learn what Markov chain Monte Carlo means. I asked about it on Slashdot, but I don't remember where...

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Cool spam things: Bayesian algorithm (to be learned, some day), white lists, and Delete and Delete As Spam buttons... So much unneeded effort in a sad state of society where spam is commonplace... Begone! (umm, yes. Delete As Spam. The computer will learn to fit me.)

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Sunday, September 15, 2002  

Why would you put a hanger on a shirt that doesn't open up? That means you have to open up the next and stretch it and make it ugly... Stupid. That's why I don't understand why so many people have hangers in their shirts. Or, maybe, they own an exorbitant amount of button up shirts.

posted by Mark Canlas | 12:53 | 0 comments
 

Nental Mote: Find or get new contacts case.

posted by Mark Canlas | 04:09 | 0 comments
 

Upon understanding a question as, "Who is important to you," I thought of A Person, but the not same Person From Before, as in, not the someone I would typically think of. Does this mean that Class of 2002, or my mental image thereof, is drifting apart, like islands? I like my island. Very much so. There are palm trees, patches of grass...

posted by Mark Canlas | 03:46 | 0 comments
 

Last night was a dream about water and NJIT buddies. Hmmf.

posted by Mark Canlas | 00:19 | 0 comments


Saturday, September 14, 2002  

One of the Freshman Seminar teacher's looks like she's gonna bust out and be funny like Ana Gasteyer from Saturday Night Live. Freaky. Laugh, it's funny.

posted by Mark Canlas | 23:40 | 0 comments
 

Interesting word of the moment [via Slashdot]: utilitarianism

posted by Mark Canlas | 12:43 | 0 comments
 

What's the new health food burger pitch? Ossie burgers. What's the new cannibal health food pitch? Aussie burgers.

posted by Mark Canlas | 12:37 | 0 comments
 

I don't like this whole Windows XP thing about duplicate search results. Just put them in a freakin' hash!

posted by Mark Canlas | 11:34 | 0 comments


Friday, September 13, 2002  

I'm not sure anymore, but I think there was a short lived series (like two episodes) called Say What on MTV. I just want to know who the actors are and where else they are... One guy was in Smallville. Another was on that Sharpie commercial.

posted by Mark Canlas | 19:45 | 0 comments
 

When something tells me there's an update, it should have it's own agent and just go. Don't tell me to click and download something, that's way too much effort. Plus, there's a residual download window. What a waste. Just do it. Ask me first maybe. But then give me the option to Just Say Yes. It's like an anti-drug.

posted by Mark Canlas | 19:32 | 0 comments
 

The Joker is the best super villain because he has the most fun.

posted by Mark Canlas | 19:23 | 0 comments
 

Gotta love Jersey Girls...

A girl from New Jersey and a girl from the west coast were seated side by side on an airplane. The girl from New Jersey, being friendly and all, said, "So, where ya from?" The west coast girl said, "From a place where they know better than to use a preposition at the end of a sentence."

The girl from New Jersey sat quietly for a few moments and then replied:

"So, where ya from, bitch?

posted by Mark Canlas | 17:13 | 0 comments
 

Something interesting: http://www.bloglet.com/www.revisionsplus.com/blogofficexp.html
Unrelated: I know you want me to make a big deal out of it... Or say something at least. Trust me, I've been there. But sometimes people have nothing to say. Or they don't want to say anything. Which sucks. You suck. Say something!

posted by Mark Canlas | 13:04 | 0 comments


Thursday, September 12, 2002  

I want to shower. Again? You showered like three times already. I know. Alone or together. Together. Okay. Wow, you guys aren't kidding.... Uhh, I'll leave now.

posted by Mark Canlas | 23:58 | 0 comments
 

I couldn't stand it anymore. It was like a bunch of children arguing who had the biggest cojones. Not really an enlightening conversation by any means... And they try so hard. You all suck.

posted by Mark Canlas | 23:54 | 0 comments


Wednesday, September 11, 2002  

Thank you very much is maraming salamat. But for some reason, I wrote salamat dating. WTF does dating mean?

posted by Mark Canlas | 09:38 | 0 comments
 

It's really bootleg that I can't schedule events that cross midnight. Fuck you.

posted by Mark Canlas | 09:31 | 0 comments
 

There should be a button on the radio called Strength Skip, so that no matter what region of the world you are at, the radio will always be preset to all of the strongest channels. This obviously requires an autoscan in the background... Back ground, guys, not back round. I remember that.

posted by Mark Canlas | 08:59 | 0 comments
 

Christian's hair (from BBMak) looks weird. I don't really like it... What a random thought.

posted by Mark Canlas | 08:52 | 0 comments
 

I can take it... I think. But I feel like crying. Who wouldn't. It's all so unnecessary. It really is.

posted by Mark Canlas | 08:46 | 0 comments


Monday, September 09, 2002  

People should be more weary (aware?) of tab stops... Fucking keyboard access.

All thanks to that Herbal Essence commercial, the word urge has only one context. Even in a semi-serious conversation like, "To the Freshman class, I urge you to..." At that point the only think I could think of is repeating the word urge in the most orgasmic way possible... What? Stop looking at me like that.

posted by Mark Canlas | 20:35 | 0 comments


Sunday, September 08, 2002  

Memo: get a tooth brush that has that expiration brush... So nifty.

posted by Mark Canlas | 13:26 | 0 comments


Saturday, September 07, 2002  

Why does not streaming save bandwidth? Isn't streaming like... downloading and playing right away?

posted by Mark Canlas | 21:24 | 0 comments
 

Even though Apple is a schway company (umm, no title again... concentrating on the content...), I don't like this whole oh let's showcase the person's experience in a giant image instead of using physical, scalable, accessible text. Bah. They're good. But sometimes, this whole style attitude overrides a good user experience... Sucks.

posted by Mark Canlas | 21:18 | 0 comments


Friday, September 06, 2002  

The whole idea of Linux partitions is absurd and unnecessary... What an arcade concept. Why do I have to choose how to slice up my space? Why can't this be like Windows? Why isn't it a seamless experience? I don't know what a harddrive is. Bastards.

posted by Mark Canlas | 22:20 | 0 comments


Thursday, September 05, 2002  

What do we do? Argue with our music and drown each other out? Basically.

posted by Mark Canlas | 13:39 | 0 comments
 

I'm too lazy to cite, but it's from ars technica's review of Jaguar:

Unfortunately for Apple, despite the vast technical superiority of Mac OS X over Mac OS 9, perception is often nine-tenths of reality.

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When making a parenthetical comment, people always merge their emoticon with the terminal parenthesis (heh, like this =).

posted by Mark Canlas | 09:05 | 0 comments


Wednesday, September 04, 2002  

And now I make a big mental note that silent PC fans are better than loud ones.

posted by Mark Canlas | 15:13 | 0 comments
 

I know that not everyone is perfect... I'm queer as hell too, whatever. But when I find out, via my own inquiry even, that someone drinks or smokes, it totally warps my impression of them, especially if I thought they were really hot... Hot people or people of authority don't strike me as those who would indulge in such pleasures, but then again, I know nearly nothing about them. I don't smoke, and I don't drink. I don't plan on it either. Sucks. I can be your designated driver, at least... Oh no wait, I don't drive. Foo.

posted by Mark Canlas | 08:11 | 0 comments


Tuesday, September 03, 2002  

Who needs a freakin artist and title field when you can be like Google and just do a universal field... I mean, jeez, all that effort.. And in the current state of things, there's not much to filter.

posted by Mark Canlas | 17:42 | 0 comments
 

I don't know if this is supposed to be some kind of sick joke, but I got a calendar of food from my kuya. Wut u tryina say, huh? What, just cuz I'm a husky boy I eat lots of food or something? =)

posted by Mark Canlas | 14:22 | 0 comments
 

College experiences 101: new towels shed like whatever

posted by Mark Canlas | 08:01 | 0 comments
 

Dammit... By having not-so-easy access to a mouse, you begin to realize that things are organized like shit with keyboard navigation. Why can't all search sites, like download.com, include a fucking focus move to the search box. Fucking idiots, man...

posted by Mark Canlas | 00:27 | 0 comments


Sunday, September 01, 2002  

Hah, it's not as important as I thought! I stepped out of the cafeteria spotlight for a while to go pack. The contents of my bag was in disarray, so I, you know, rearranged it to make it more compact and orthogonal in its arrangement. The only thing I could think of is Wow, I'm defragging my bag. Heh, yeah. And I felt like telling other dorky people that joke. And then we should all cry.

posted by Mark Canlas | 17:29 | 0 comments
 

Some of the honors peoples are hot. Woo. Sizzle. Especially Veronica. She's like Jerri. Bonus points for familiarity.

I was going to post something important and witty... But now I can't remember.

posted by Mark Canlas | 17:27 | 0 comments
 

Somebody spit at me during the retreat. Asshole. Watch where you spit.

posted by Mark Canlas | 17:06 | 0 comments
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