Archive for August, 2001

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phew, just got back from Six Flags Great Adventure. I went on the Nitro, Batman the Ride, Great American Scream Machine, and Medusa. in that order. I think the place has me a bit fucked up at the moment. Every three minutes, I am experiencing three G’s. Like right now, sitting in front of this computer, I feel like my body just plummeted 200 feet and quickly went up again. cripes.

more to come later.

prayer

don’t rain don’t rain.

please do not rain this weekend. I want to go the great adventure on saturday and then to canoeing.

do not rain do not rain DO NOT RAIN!.

and give me some SUNSHINE!

Man oh man, I wish I could have a job at Google next summer. That would be one sweet internship. They even have friendly games of roller hockey!! What a great company.

I was going through this site again. Did you know Jesus supports abortion? I had no idea.

August is here. That is fantastic. I love life.

When I was in high school, enrolled in the Science and Engineering learning center, we once took a little field trip to UPenn. There, we visited their GRASP Robotics Labs. There, we witnessed first hand, the beginnings of training season for the RoboCup!

Today, I saw a vanity plate with the letters “HTTPWWW”. Pretty clever stuff.

Everyone should learn the word meme. It’s commonly used on the internet.

meme

n.

A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.

Hey, if you’re bored, read this. If you’re not, well, continue what you were doing then [via Lines and Splines].

Aug 1st was MTV’s 20th birthday, as ballooed by many. In celebration (snicker), here’s a sample from the blog of Adam Curry, former MTV VJ.