I only got 77.8% on this one, and that was right in the middle of the curve. Some of them i tried too hard on!
Are you tone deaf?
After listening to them again at the end, i could probalby do better if i took it again.
John's Random Review
A totally random collection of stuff. Though now that facebook exists, its mostly guns and video games…
Another test Pete will get 100% on.
High School Quiz!
I just took this quiz thing online, it was pretty funny! I’m surprised i did so well!
You paid attention during 91% of high school!
85-100% You must be an autodidact, because American high schools don’t get scores that high! Good show, old chap!
But then again, i was pretty nerdy! Was???
The Disney Princesses.
So last year i went as a bobblehead of myself for halloween. See this post from last year for details on that 🙂
This year, our carpool planned a group costume that was a huge secret. We came as the disney princesses!
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Aren’t we pretty? 😀 You should have seen the doubletakes we got while driving to work in in costume. Last year i won a $50 gift card to Best Buy for best costume, this year the 5 of us won $100 to the brand new Whole Foods opening up nearby work next week. Jackpot!
update: added a couple more pics after the jump
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Ball Squad makes the Seattle Times!
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Our “work” kickball team, the “Ball Squad”, made the Seattle Times “lifestyle” section today! In the print edition of the paper, this picture is on the front page of the section, huge and in color! A second picture of Jay pitching (b&w, though) is on page 2. On the web version of the article, both pics are in color. For all the info, see the article at the Seattle Times website |
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Updating my office!
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Since the FIOS guy was going to have to, in all likelihood, drill a hole in the wall to install our super high speed innerweb, we were going to have to move everything in my office. Since we were going to have to move everything in my office, we decided to paint my office, too. Once the office was mostly empty, we saw how horrible the carpet was, so we looked into redoing the floor with new carpet, or maybe some laminate floors. We settled on some blue colors to match the world map on the back wall, and some “hemse” laminate “click” flooring from IKEA. |
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Verizon FIOS
Today was my install date for Verizon’s FIOS – the new super high speed fiber optic broadband. Well, it was supposed to be 9/12/2006. Then it was supposed to be 9/14/2006. Then it was supposed to be today, then it was supposed to be 9/21/2006. Imagine my suprise when i got to work today and had voicemail from the verizon installer at my house…
Once i got home, a challenge in and of itself, the installer came and had everything set up in a few hours. According to speakeasy’s speed test, this is what i get:
YOWZA! For more details, follow the link!
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The Wedding!
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Laura and I were married on August 19th, 2006, in a beautiful ceremony at the Paine Art Center and Gardens in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The bride was gorgeous, the weather perfect for an outdoor wedding, and the day could not have gone smoother. The pics are all up in this Flickr photo set. Have a look see! |
MY Dead Rising Review
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Awesome. The best game i’ve played since Lego Star Wars last year. Best story since HL2. We’ll see if Lego Star Wars 2 can top Dead Rising! Follow the jump to read more specifics, including some things i’ve found that weren’t mentioned in any of the walkthroughs. (nothing that exciting… :)) |
Usability Week 06
This week I had the opportunity to go to Neilson Norman Group’s (NN/g) Usability Week 2006 conference in San Francisco, and attend a 3 day usability training seminar by Bruce “Tog”Tognazzini, of “Ask Tog “ fame. The Tog seminar was titled “Interaction Design: Three-day Immersion“, and it was fantastic. I’ve been reading Tog’s “AskTog” website for a long time, so I was pretty sure it was going to be good, and I was not let down. More after the jump!
Office 2007 Beta?
I’m trying out the “Blogging” feature from Word 2007 Beta 2. Setting it up with wordpress seems to have been trivial so far, but what happens when I actually try to post is another thing entirely. So far, I have to say that 2k7 looks gorgeous. The default Word background has a very Apple look to it with the blue curvy line thing going on.
I can’t seem to find the “more” tag though. And I have the smart quotes turned off, but it seems to insert them anyway. That’s what beta software is for, though!
