Apr. 21st, 2006

silveradept: A green cartoon dragon in the style of the Kenya animation, in a dancing pose. (Dragon)
Interview went off, did not botch, as best I can tell. It'll take a week before I know whether or not they'll have me. But, that's behind, time now to concentrate on the examination arriving tomorrow morning at 9am. Hopefully, I'll be done with it in time for lunch. (We know better, though We hope to be done with it by the end of Saturday..)

For those of us who carry memory sticks (and a lot of us do these days), wouldn't it be nice to take a look at the stick and know just how much data was on it (or at least a good approximation?) Well, the idea behind some of these flashbags is just that - depending on how full or inflated the bag is, that's how much space you have on it. Space at a glance - neat idea.

A different sort of neat idea - albeit one that causes you to blink twice and possibly shudder - is the gentleman who put out a lawn sign advertising for a wife. The kicker is that his age range was from twelve to twenty-four. What makes most people look at it crosswise is that, as far as I can recall, it's perfectly legal, if a bit odd. Would require some court assistance, though, for marriage underneath contract-signing ages, though. Neat idea, but a bad execution, in my opinion.

The arc of a soldier's mind on Iraq, and the destruction of his trust. Not a good thing when your military is doing more than having second thoughts about everything. Low approval ratings and all, this is the sign of a serious problem. Especially if you believe that the President may be trying to instigate the Apocalypse of John. From the way that article is written, I'm reminded of some of [livejournal.com profile] bradhicks's writing about how the Republican Party sold itself out to the religious faction because it feared Communism so much. The President doesn't need to say that he wants to usher in the end times, because the party's been trying to do so for the last fifty years.

The Slacktivist makes a rather poignant statement regarding the meaning of words: Rule of thumb: Whenever you hear the most enthusiastic proponents of abstinence-only sex education saying that sex is "sacred," understand that what they really mean is that sex is profane. (Entry is here)

The digital television revolution will be upon us - I think everything's supposed to be broadcasting in digital by the end of the year. When that happens, there could be a new wrinkle in television-watching - with new technologies, companies could block people from channel-surfing during commercials. Even more so, they might be able to stop you from watching a competitor's network (of course, the consumers wouldn't stand for it, and so the FCC would have to do some mighty explaining as to how they let that one go through). What's likely to appear is an additional fee so that you can switch away from commercials. I do believe that runs exceedingly close to extortion.

Also, a Cool thing for tonight: Feast your eyes upon the works of I am 8-Bit!. If your gaming memory is retro enough, all of this art should trigger some memories - and I really like some of the pieces on display there.
silveradept: A representation of the green 1up mushroom iconic to the Super Mario Brothers video game series. (One-up Mushroom!)
First things first, cue up whatever victory fanfare/theme you have available and play it - I got the position I wanted for the summer! Hopefully, I'll have both the ones I want and be able to complete my summer work credit requirement. The position is headquartered in the Youth department, so I'm going to get to know whether it's really up to my caliber or not. Still, the awesome is great - I got the job! That gets rid of the last concern for summer. Now, all there is left is exams.

Lots of strange coincidences are actually quite probable. Things like the small-world phenomenon, the likelihood that if you have two dozen people, the probability is greater than 1/2 that two of them have the same birthday, those sorts of things. Combined with perhaps a little selective vision, some things that are easily explainable become quite marvellous. Worth trying out on your own to see the results. It's at least as entertaining as figuring out how to embarass a duck.

Another one of those things we knew but science seems to want to prove: Guys make worse decisions when exposed to sexual imagery. It's not something irreversible, but well, sex sells, yaknow.

Also, in many easy steps, how to write a scientific paper. It's the essence of paper-writing, really. And it's gotten me through this far. Hopefully, it'll keep working until I get the degree.

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