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June 11, 2007 - 10:31
- Alumni Weekend - Sopranos - AJAX
If ever there was a time that I would want to pat myself on the back, it would be today. I'm sure I doubted at the time I requested today off whether it was really necessary or not, but I can definitively give that answer today with a simple, "Yes, it is very necessary".
Alumni weekend was really really awesome.
[boring paragraph to follow]
I am about to bounce to the park to get some weird reading done on a short paper I have to write. Later today, I hope to commence my informal introduction into the AJAX programming concept. After a good amount on internal debate, I have come to the conclusion that I need to at least attempt to implement some of my site pages using the ideas behind AJAX, specifically the new Photo Album page I have already done some preliminary work on. Whether or not I actually choose to scrap my current methodology of using as little JavaScript as possible on the site is yet to be seen.
[end of boring paragraph]
My neck is sunburn and I feel kinda dirty. Not dirty like, I did something I shouldn't have done dirty, but dirty like I feel sticky and smelly although I showered before bed last night. Due to the relatively cool temperature last evening, I have drawn the conclusion that my body has successfully fought off any residual affects that might have still been lingering from this past weekend. Well done body, you are about to be rewarded with a large Turbo Ice.
In regards to any other outstanding issues I wish to comment on at this time, I would like to state that I am incredibly disgusted with the series finally of the Sopranos. My stomach hurts just thinking about how excited I was for last nights episode, only to be shockingly disappointed. I would like to leave the door open for me to change my opinion of the episode, possibly someone at HBO screwed up and spliced off the last 5 minutes of the show, or maybe I will read an incredibly insightful blog post explaining why it could ever be considered appropriate to have such a stupid ending to an otherwise decent series. My initial opinion is that the "main guy" for writing the Sopranos, or directing the Sopranos, or whoever is in charge there thinks they are a little bit more clever than they actually are. It's like they had this grand idea of summing things up, or explaining things, or telling a message, or pushing an agenda; but somewhere between that person getting stoned and coming up with the idea and actually producing the episode; they completely lost touch with reality. How about the minute the episode wasted showing Meadow trying to parallel park? I'm looking at the clock thinking, "OK, she is obviously gonna be spared the massacre that is about to happen in that restaurant because she parks like I do, otherwise why would we be seeing all of this?", but no, nothing. And then the stupid cat, OK, we all see the symbolism trying to be portrayed here, but honestly, I just didn't appreciate any of it. For the record, I have not seen even half of this series. Maybe there is a MUCH bigger picture that I am completely unaware of, a picture where everything that happened last night leaves the viewer feeling satisfied. If that is the case, then I would like to rescind all of the negative criticism I just gave.
OK, ok, that's enough ranting for now. I hope everyone has a great day at work, I will be thinking about all of you as I lay in the park, listening to really cool podcasts, reading some really cool material.
Cougar.
Have a nice day.
Alumni weekend was really really awesome.
[boring paragraph to follow]
I am about to bounce to the park to get some weird reading done on a short paper I have to write. Later today, I hope to commence my informal introduction into the AJAX programming concept. After a good amount on internal debate, I have come to the conclusion that I need to at least attempt to implement some of my site pages using the ideas behind AJAX, specifically the new Photo Album page I have already done some preliminary work on. Whether or not I actually choose to scrap my current methodology of using as little JavaScript as possible on the site is yet to be seen.
[end of boring paragraph]
My neck is sunburn and I feel kinda dirty. Not dirty like, I did something I shouldn't have done dirty, but dirty like I feel sticky and smelly although I showered before bed last night. Due to the relatively cool temperature last evening, I have drawn the conclusion that my body has successfully fought off any residual affects that might have still been lingering from this past weekend. Well done body, you are about to be rewarded with a large Turbo Ice.
In regards to any other outstanding issues I wish to comment on at this time, I would like to state that I am incredibly disgusted with the series finally of the Sopranos. My stomach hurts just thinking about how excited I was for last nights episode, only to be shockingly disappointed. I would like to leave the door open for me to change my opinion of the episode, possibly someone at HBO screwed up and spliced off the last 5 minutes of the show, or maybe I will read an incredibly insightful blog post explaining why it could ever be considered appropriate to have such a stupid ending to an otherwise decent series. My initial opinion is that the "main guy" for writing the Sopranos, or directing the Sopranos, or whoever is in charge there thinks they are a little bit more clever than they actually are. It's like they had this grand idea of summing things up, or explaining things, or telling a message, or pushing an agenda; but somewhere between that person getting stoned and coming up with the idea and actually producing the episode; they completely lost touch with reality. How about the minute the episode wasted showing Meadow trying to parallel park? I'm looking at the clock thinking, "OK, she is obviously gonna be spared the massacre that is about to happen in that restaurant because she parks like I do, otherwise why would we be seeing all of this?", but no, nothing. And then the stupid cat, OK, we all see the symbolism trying to be portrayed here, but honestly, I just didn't appreciate any of it. For the record, I have not seen even half of this series. Maybe there is a MUCH bigger picture that I am completely unaware of, a picture where everything that happened last night leaves the viewer feeling satisfied. If that is the case, then I would like to rescind all of the negative criticism I just gave.
OK, ok, that's enough ranting for now. I hope everyone has a great day at work, I will be thinking about all of you as I lay in the park, listening to really cool podcasts, reading some really cool material.
Cougar.
Have a nice day.
filtering your view.
April 8, 2007 - 8:23
- coding - tag cloud - Sopranos
First off, I would like to take this opportunity to, on behalf of everyone here at sethdesantis.com, wish you a very Happy Easter. If you were able to spend it with people even half as awesome as the people I spent mine with then I know you had a great day. I really enjoyed the opportunity to visit with my parents, they are the reason I am able to do everything I do, have done, will do, and don't do (ie: not doing bad things). I could write volumes of blogs on the reasons my parents are so great, but that would require you and me to take our relationship to the next level....it's not you, it's me, I just don't think we are there yet....please understand, let's just take this whole thing slowly....
I opted to take the train for my holiday trip. The reasoning behind this decision has yet to be announced, until this exact moment. Oh, how excited you must be! Yes, it was certainly as I previously told people, due to me just not really wanting to drive anywhere, but I must confess I had a secret motive. For the past three days I have been really stuck on how to write the code for my Tag Cloud. Much like almost everything in the world , there seems to be several good paths to to acheive my goal, but finding the best wasn't very obvious. I have previously written the code for a Tag Cloud that ranked every tag into 1 of 3 categories based on it's use. That code was semi-solid, but I needed to rewrite everything from the ground up. I just wasn't getting the exact information I needed on the plethora of internet resources to comfortably write the tag functions I was looking for. Thus my decision for the train. Armed with some in depth PHP books and my laptop, I was able to bang out exactly what I was looking for. The code will certainly need to be tweaked once I upload it to the server later this week, but I am confident it's approach is the appropriate one for the Cloud.
Sopranos will be starting is a few minutes, I am excited to watch it. I would be lying if I said I was as excited as if any episode of Rome or Lost was on. Worthy to note, I have not watched the first few seasons, which is likely why I don't have the Soprano craze everyone has. Or maybe it is just because it isn't as good as Rome, Lost, and even Carnival for this tangent discussions sake. Regardless, this last season will undoubtedly be very entertaining.
[side note: I just wrote a very funny paragraph but erased it, it is so hard to write anything when everyone to no one could be in the audience.]
From your filtered view of the inside, out, good night.
I opted to take the train for my holiday trip. The reasoning behind this decision has yet to be announced, until this exact moment. Oh, how excited you must be! Yes, it was certainly as I previously told people, due to me just not really wanting to drive anywhere, but I must confess I had a secret motive. For the past three days I have been really stuck on how to write the code for my Tag Cloud. Much like almost everything in the world , there seems to be several good paths to to acheive my goal, but finding the best wasn't very obvious. I have previously written the code for a Tag Cloud that ranked every tag into 1 of 3 categories based on it's use. That code was semi-solid, but I needed to rewrite everything from the ground up. I just wasn't getting the exact information I needed on the plethora of internet resources to comfortably write the tag functions I was looking for. Thus my decision for the train. Armed with some in depth PHP books and my laptop, I was able to bang out exactly what I was looking for. The code will certainly need to be tweaked once I upload it to the server later this week, but I am confident it's approach is the appropriate one for the Cloud.
Sopranos will be starting is a few minutes, I am excited to watch it. I would be lying if I said I was as excited as if any episode of Rome or Lost was on. Worthy to note, I have not watched the first few seasons, which is likely why I don't have the Soprano craze everyone has. Or maybe it is just because it isn't as good as Rome, Lost, and even Carnival for this tangent discussions sake. Regardless, this last season will undoubtedly be very entertaining.
[side note: I just wrote a very funny paragraph but erased it, it is so hard to write anything when everyone to no one could be in the audience.]
From your filtered view of the inside, out, good night.