iGoogle and Google Reader

FHSU.blogspot.com is no longer my homepage. Nope! Now, I can have one place to check everything I want, including any updates to our blogger page. If you have a Google account, go to iGoogle.com and add the Google Reader. When you adjust your settings for the first time, just type in "fhsu" as the blogspot user you want to keep track of. Easy!

Forsyth Library

Forsyth Library is getting compact shelves in the basement, just like the K-State's library, pictured left. This is really exciting for me, probably because I like to push buttons. Soon, all of the periodicals will be housed IN ONE PLACE. English majors, rejoice.

Lester is alive!

I know, because I facebook stalk. Lester, you just keep breathing, man! And other stuff you like to do, too. :)

Remember this?

http://www.geocities.com/shayne_co/

I sure do. Don't forget to drive slowly and enjoy the scenery when going down memory lane.


And let some people merge every once and awhile. I hate it when I miss my exit.

It's that time of year again...

IIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT'SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS BASEBALL SEASON FINALLY. (My tv beware)

Spring Break in CA

So I went to the International Laser Safety Conference in San Francisco over spring break. I gave a presentation and saw some sites. Here are some photos I took if you want to look at them.

Emergency tips, courtesy of the U.S. government

Fact: It's funny when warning signs are taken out of context. Example: http://www.armenianteens.com/emergency.php

Knowing is half the battle. The other 75% is math.

Get Your Uninumber Now!

Ok, so this isn't pertinent to people who only have one phone number (like me), but I just thought this was darn cool. And it's free (or $15 a month if you don't want ads and stuff)! And it has tons of awesome options, too. This article led me to it. I thought it was rather clever.

Go Viacom, take down those dirty linux users at google

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Dispatch/ViacomSuesYouTube.aspx?GT1=9215

I've got pants.

Just thought you and the rest of the blogosphere should know. This is some high quality news here. They aren't fancy pants, or anything of the like. But they do work for the purpose that pants serve.

But, if you want some useful, free-to-own open-source software, you should look at freemind, which is the digitized form of mind mapping, a technique for organizing streams of thoughts, ideas, and majiggers. I also seem to vaguely recall something like that from my grade school years.

You'll need Java to use it (the link is for Java 5.0 for Windows XP. It's not the latest Java, but it works. For now.)

Ouch

I have an ear infection and it is killing me. It has to go away I only got 5 days till I have to go take a huge test.

Happy Valentine's Day

I'm engaged! Now, what was his name again? ;) But seriously...Lance proposed on Valentine's day in my kitchen. He tied the ring to the stems of roses he bought me, and I found it while I was cutting the stems. It is very shiny.

The News

If you have not hear Jessie has news for the world. I don't have the security clearance to talk about it :). I can say it might have to do something to with todays date.

I have some new to "It's working, it's working." If you do not get it you can just be like "crazy old paul."

Live long and proper,
paul

It's about time: Singing a Song

I planned to put this video on YouTube for quite some time. Around six months, to attach a number to it. Why so long? Procrastination, mostly. But also the realization that prospective employers tend to search the Internet for peoples' names, just like the rest of us.

I then realized that nobody cares. I also already have a job. So it's all good. Enjoy!

Edit: You can find the video on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csbl9td3n-A.

Bill Gate and Pie fun times.

http://www.bitstorm.org/gates/

Down in a hole

Today i got to go down 30 ft. in a man made hole. It was warm. I wanted to stay, but they wanted to put concrete in it as soon as it was drilled. Then I had to come out of the hole and it was cold as outside can be and I had to test concrete. Concrete testing is not fun. Everybody should come test concrete with me and then we can collect all the cylinders and make a giant concrete cylinder house. Now that would be awsome. A house made of 6" X 12" cylinders. Now that would be freak'n sweet. But the coolest thing was that I was at a chemical plant that exploded really really big less than a half hour after I was done testing comcrete there

Microsoft?

I think if there was ever a time to get off the windows boat it is now. I myself have been using Windows XP all the time at home. This makes me sad. I don't know why I can not escape. Vista is the way out. I don't way to buy anymore Mirosoft stuff and I have found some cool eye candy for linux. So if there way ever a time to try linux it is now. Give it a try. There are a lot of live CD's so you don't have to install anything to get a taste of it.

FHSU Bloggination?

So I was thinking should we change the name of the blog. I mean most of us are not at FHSU and what we talk about is not FHSU stuff. Just an idea. I don't know.

news...

Jared Wann shot himself the night before last. I don't really know the details, but I'm fairly certain it was suicide, not an accident.

testing

test 1 2 3.

i found this comment on hi5...thanks shayne!

Shayne says:

Jul 5, 2004 10:14 PM

Jessie is really smart, and I can back this up. One day I was talking to my good buddy Jessie in our Physics class. To make things interesting, I presented to her an impossible dare. "I bet you can't travel around the world in 80 days," I said. Jessie, never to back down from a challenge, went on that voyage. Luckily for her, and unbeknownst to me, there was a handbook and two movies on how to do exactly that. I guess it was fortunate for her that she stumbled onto a Chinese man that knew martial arts, and whipped every ugly guy that got in her way. Of course, thanks to the state of technology today, it only took her five days, including a 10 hour layover in the deadliest place on earth, JFK airport. It's a good thing I didn't make it a real bet, because I would have lost.

It is time.

Remember how I said the blog was changing over a week ago? Well, I'm going to attempt that now.

It will be just like the old blog, only this time, we use our Google accounts! I'll attempt to help you through the process, once I figure it out myself.

Update: I just changed it. So easy. When any of the authors want to make a post, you'll just have to log in with your gmail account. I'm fairly sure that we all have one.

Extremely high resolutions and most of the alphabet

So, think that the much belly-hewed 1080p resolution is nice? Or that your fancy 1600x1200 is top-o-the line?

Latest standards of resolutions have brought us the WHUXGA (or Wide Hexadecatuple Ultra Extended Graphics Array) resolution monitor, which stands at a cool 7680×4800 resolution, which is 37 million pixels. That just puts my 3.2MP digital camera to shame. Too bad nothing like this exists. Yet.

Read more about these crazy things at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HXGA. Or not.

bloging

Bloging is so much fun. I just love to blog. If I had something good to blog about that would be great. I did update my google webpage a little the other day. When I should of been blogging. I also think I am almost am starting to know the how to program. Not good yet, but much better then ever before. Someday I shall know the truth and the truth will set me free.

Live long everyone.

The snow

C++

So I have not bloged in a long time but I just descovered that I can use my time wisely buy blogging in C++ class. O yea. I liked the leader today. A great story Jessie and nice how you got that quote for an alum, Shayne Riley. I wonder how long that took you to get :).

Also Physics Rocks! The snow told me.

The Death of ITV

I am facing the end of an era. What once ruled scores of sites, students, and teachers now lies mostly neglected, relegated to two or three classrooms a night. ITV is coming to an end. Fort Hays State University pioneered the program, building it—and much of the equipment—from scratch. Now, the program is dying, site by site. Night by night. Two monitors can barely work enough to scratch 14 or 15 hours—when before three monitors were needed, one working over 20. The Tomanek control room is virtually desolate, housing unused and broken equipment. The classrooms themselves are breaking down, camera by camera. But why fix it, when soon it will no longer be required? A teacher is experimenting with Marratech--marrying Polycom technology with webcams. If anything can save ITV, that would be it. Right now, though, most ITV classes have been changed to online. I foresee the trend only continuing.

Former ITV moniters, I salute you. You have shared in a glorious past--one that will not be forgotten by..well, at least me. Those lonely nights in the control room, doing homework, surfing the Internet, staying at your post, and doing the odd minute or two of work--remember those days, for they were beautiful. You saved teachers in distress, students who were disconnected, and recorded classes for when all hope was lost. You, Wielder of the Mighty Polycom Remote, knew the secrets of Volume control, Projector sources, and VCR technology. Sure, a trained monkey could perform most of your tasks--but remember: Ron Hart chose You. In my experience, this has been the best job in the world. Well, except for maybe the ice cream taster.

Blog changes are a comin'. Also, a case of Too Much Information.

I just found out that Blogger has a new way of doing things. For us to do these things, however, we have to start using Google accounts. So start looking out for that. I'll email the parties that have been blogging the past year or two: Lester, Jon, Paul, Jessie... I have many more in the current list, but I figure now is a good time to clean out those who have moved on to bigger and better things, like doing absolutely nothing whatsoever. If you are on the original list of authors, though, you can always climb back on board by replying to this post in a timely fashion, or by contacting me in some way. Non-violent methods of communication are preferred (like, hurling a brick through my window would be a bad example of a non-violent method).

Also, stop spam through providing links to false email addresses (mostly fake email addresses to known spamming sites). As some are aware, one method of acquiring email addresses is to use a spider to collect emails from links on websites. What if, however, instead of a real email address, a fake one is used instead? I like the idea. A lot. That's why I did it.

Finally, I'd like to tell you something I've learned this weekend: throwing up for the fourth time in one night is easier than the first three or any of the times after (I think it was a total of six or seven. I lost count). The reason is this: By the third time, you've already lost your lunch. It's pretty much water at this point. After the fourth time, two things are going wrong: 1) Your entire abdominal region feels like it got assaulted by some unholy cross between a Bowflex and Mike Tyson, and 2) Bile is very bitter.

Moral of the story: explosive decompression isn't just for jetliners, but for gastrointestinal systems as well.

Remember when....

Happy New Years!

Its the beginning of a new year. Time to start fresh. I'm going to start by going to work. This is way too early to be writing a blog.

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!