quiet city

2001-02-28

louis, 23:29: #

i've implemented blogvoices into conundrums to enable comments and what not - that way i can improve my writing, and my thoughts might be able to spawn some great discussions. enjoy.

louis, 21:51: #

whilst archiving some old photos, i ran across a photo of a red shack in Bragança

louis, 21:09: #

cnn.com is running an article that essentially says 'microsoft is a sore loser.' i'm sure that's news to someone.

louis, 12:47: #

so i was listening to a recording of dmb's show at FleetCenter this winter [ which Ken and i were at ], and remebered this outro to #41. funny how it all makes sense when you see the lyrics to "Everyday" on Everyday. the fact that they made musical sense of it as an outro to #41 is all the much cooler.

pick me up, love, from the bottom. everyday.
lift me up, love. everyday.
up from the bottom. everyday.
carry me home, love. everyday.
lift me to the top, love. everyday.
love me up, love. everyday.
get me filthy, love. everyday.
jump in the mud, love. everyday.
get your hands filthy. everyday.
push up the fear. everyday.
push down the hate. everyday.
lift me up, love. everyday.
up from the bottom, love. everyday.
lift me right. everyday.
up and down, love. everyday.
up from the bottom. everyday.
down to the top, love. everyday.
north, south, east, west. everyday.
up and down just a little. everyday.
everyday.
please, please. everyday.
everyday.
ease up love. everyday.
everyday.
everyday.
everyday.
everyday.
Dave Matthews
FleetCenter
2000.12.09

louis, 12:09: #

hunkbutta.com has some great photos, including this one of a girl on a street corner in the Shibuya area of Tokyo. Tokyo is definitely not a quiet city.

louis, 11:45: #

errata - on the links i posted several days ago, i fcuked up a couple links. you can find fredshead at fredshead.org. i think his photography is awesome - here's a couple examples:

louis, 00:46: #

it appears that i'm quoted in the tufts daily for my opinions about organic food. life as a nutrition expert is so rough. yawn.

louis, 00:27: #

i hope that [ Everyday ] manages to get past people's cynicism about change, about how earnest it is, in some ways.
Dave Matthews
Charlie Rose Show

2001-02-27

louis, 21:57: #

two three new photos up.

ken, 21:57: #

so far i am really enjoying everyday. from the beautiful booklet layout and photography, to the new adaptations of old dmb songs (#36 into everyday and little thing into dreams of our fathers), it's definitely different. and that's what matters to me. i don't want to say more about it for another week or so, i need to absorb and analyze.
(note: on the drive back from boston today, i finally deciphered the confusing time in fool to think... it's a straight four in the verse, actually, but phrased in 3-3-2. the chorus is in five (or 3-2), if my memory serves me correctly. someone correct me if i'm wrong..)

Smarples, 21:06: #

Hooray for happy, skippy, beautiful, musical, and other joyous feelings! *purr* Have fun!

Cindy, 20:31: #

When I was near the library rushing to another event tonite (as usual), I suddenly looked up and realized how beautiful the Boston skyline looked. Isn't that weird, that concrete buildings and yellow lights could be so beautiful? Who would've ever thought, a thousand years ago, that we would have places such as these, common, ordinary places like these, and that they could capture so much life and energy in just one small area? The capability of humans is truly amazing.

louis, 19:59: #

as you know by now, i'm very curious about what everyone has to say about Everyday.

Jilly, 19:59: #

March is hell!! There is so much going on it is crazy! But there is lots of good music to be played too so that is ok. I am leaving for Penn. on thursday to take the zachster to the All-Eastern Festival...should be a blast! See ya later!!!

emily, 17:09: #

Today I've been in a really happy, skippy mood...for no reason at all. Maybe it's because I'm going to see Die Zauberflute at the Met in a week. Maybe it's because my friend just went out and bought me Everyday. Maybe it's because I didn't need to wear a heavy jacket today since it was so warm. Maybe it's because I had fun in my classes today and found fun german music [check out the group, "Die Prinzen," if you ever get a chance ;) ] Or maybe it's because I may be playing in the orchestra for an opera company this summer [yay!]. Hope you are having a great day too :)

Cindy, 14:28: #

Speaking of being broken, when I tried to wake Louis up for breakfast the other day, he bit my finger in his sleep. Needless to say, I'm a bit discouraged from waking him up in the future.

louis, 11:33: #

apparently, the parking scene in brooklyn is a lot worse than the scene at Tufts. either way, i'll take my bike any day. yay for no emissions. yay.

louis, 11:13: #

links, links, links
[ site ] [ comments ]
%20 [ v4 coming soon ] Ken's amusing commentary presented by his impressive sense of design
fcuker.com Aryn's inciteful thoughts
magnetictape Chris et al often have hilarious conversations
/usr/bin/girl Zannah knows what blogging is all about
breast chronicles i guess i'm a closet reader of Charlotte's informational posts
fredshead amazing photography
tufts nutrition
famine center
center on hunger, poverty, and nutrition policy
international food and nutrition center
center on nutrition communication 		sites that Ken, Chris and I run
day by day Cindy's site - links, diary, poetry and more
noah grey whoa.

louis, 10:40: #

homework: maybe, it doesn't really matter any more. that's what i tell myself every day. but, for some reason unbeknownst to me, i still do it all at the last minute.

louis, 10:39: #

last night, i decided to call it a night when i accidentally drooled on my trackpad. sometimes i wonder if in fact i will ever grow up. i damn well hope not. drooling is so much fun.

louis, 09:54: #

this morning, before commencing my usual errant routine, i slept through my alarm twice. i think that i'm broken.

2001-02-26

louis, 21:04: #

i miss teaching younger saxophone players. i think that i'll be teaching again next year, as part of my studies at nec. it'll make a great fifth job. [ current - studies, work, acadweb and consulting gigs ]

i've posted a drawing Cindy made. i love cows. they are so cool.

i never realized how much spare time i have until i started quietcity.org.

Jilly, 20:20: #

Well...I realized today that I am really going to miss this class of seniors!!! They were my first sixth grade band, and so many of them are such fine musicians. As I taught nine...yes nine, lessons in a row, I realized three of them were great seniors and I would really miss them. Then there is Alexis, basketball, and of course smarples....I may even cry when they graduate. It was just nice to realize that they had all become accomplished clarinet players. Sometimes teaching is neato....:-)

louis, 02:19: #

Adobe's got a bunch of tutorials online. one of the ones for Photoshop, entitled "liquify gallery," has some pretty cool effects. maybe i'll use some of those concepts in v3.

louis, 01:31: #

you can watch live karaoke from Mardi Gras? i knew the Internet was invented for something. [ link via Christophe ]

2001-02-25

louis, 21:53: #

friday afternoon, when i got to Oxfam Café, i discovered that my new camera was broken. its optical viewfinder was stuck at about 3.7x zoom and the camera could not focus properly. needless to say, i was dissatisfied. i discussed what happened with aryn, who had somewhat similar problems with his Coolpix 950. so, defying my obligatory procrastination, i made my way to Nikon's tech support page and sent them a note asking what i should do about it.

i wandered about the campus with Cindy for a while, and about three hours later, i received word from Nikon that i should talk to the kind folks @amazon.com, due to the short period between the camera malfunctioning and its purchase. i had just withdrawn from a fight of sorts with amazon.com regarding the fact that i almost didn't get my camera on time for my New York trip. however, within twelve hours of e-mailing them, Melissa B. let me know that amazon.com is sending me a new camera via UPS Next Day Air. to this, i said 'word,' and zipped off a quick thank you note. i guess that's why i paid the extra ten or twenty bucks - for unparalleled customer service. amazon.com is perhaps the biggest reason why i shop online.

louis, 20:56: #

Weblogs aren't about making money; they're about revolutionizing communication.
Who's Blogging Now?

Jilly, 19:48: #

Here it is....."any key".....thanks to a reliable source :-)

louis, 03:30: #

conundrums [ v1 ] is up.
first conundrum: perfervid abeyance.

2001-02-24

ken, 21:10: #

press any key to continue? where's the any key? [ homer simpson ]

Smarples, 21:07: #

I stepped on ice today and I was reminded of chocolate bunnies. Cindy's "oh my" article was very weird. Where do you hear about things like that? A sociology class or sumptin'? Get back in the kitchen and make me some pie... or I'll s-s-slap you in the face. Have fun!

Jilly, 20:43: #

Ok,..here is a real test for an old person like me...."my cult favorite"...woah, it worked somewhat

Cindy, 19:50: #

Oh my

louis, 19:39: #

wanton - what a great word.

louis, 18:47: #

if you know someone who may become confused looking for the infamous "any key," be sure to point them to the any key support page. [ link via alt.sense ]

louis, 17:06: #

the best is when you get a dorm like mine, where we have an elevator, we just can't use it. logical.

Jilly, 17:02: #

Emily.....how much money do you pay to go to Princeton?...they need a new elevator:-)....JK

louis, 16:50: #

macromedia is running a design a site for usability contest, with a grand prize of a powerbook g4. i'm glad that macromedia is openly confronting the usability and accessibility issues inherent in the flash medium by providing designers and developers incentives to create usable and accessible sites. it's wicked cool.

louis, 12:23: #

yesterday, when i was up until about five fifteen in the morning enjoying the evening snow and orange sky, i built a bit of a website. it will be a bit more personal and introspective than my posts here, and this will continue to be a discussion board / repository of nifty links, etc. i'll post the url soon.

louis, 12:19: #

besides, if you take the stairs, you can be buff and stuff, like all those chaps who take the (T) every morning to work.

emily, 02:16: #

Tonight our UFO showed Almost Famous and so many people bought tickets that my friends and I had to sit in the movie theater's aisle. But the movie was lots of fun...you should go see it. The best part of tonight happened when we got back to the dorm after the film. For some reason we decided to take the elevator instead of the stairs. Anyway, when we got on the elevator, Leigh Ann and I pressed all of the floor buttons. We stopped at the 2nd floor so my friends Leigh Ann and Homer could get off, but Kristin, Lindsey, and I stayed on (seeing as how we live on the 3rd floor). The doors shut, but then the elevator didn't move. So we stood there for about 30 seconds kind of like "ummm...yeah..so this is going to start moving any second now....riight" It didn't. We ended up having to call public safety, and it took them about 20 minutes to get us out. The funny part was how they kept asking if we were alright and telling us that they were going to get us out because that's exactly how you picture one of those emergency type teams. I think the moral of this story is definitely take the stairs from now....um, yeah. good night

2001-02-23

Smarples, 23:33: #

That quote from Christophe, about snow falling like boulders, reminds me of something my friend Emily said: "Sometimes I feel like snowflakes should be bullets and things would be much, much easier." I went to Interlochen with Emily this past summer. (yes, I'm sorry, another Interlochen reference) She was a creative writing major. As I read in her open diary (opendiary.com), things are not going well with her. When I visited her yesterday, she was as happy as pie. It was a lie. Or maybe, she was briefly happy for the ten or so hours that I spent there. I don't believe it. I wish I could do something to make her feel better, but alas, I have nothing. I'm glad I got to visit her, though. That must've helped...somehow.
There is too much truth in the idea that vacation is almost over. Boo. I've been getting more and more sick as the days pass, but maybe I'll feel better soon. My brother is in town this weekend, but he cannot come to our house. He is debating at BC this weekend for his U of Rochester team. Hooray! Go him!

I talked to a friend today who I haven't really talked to in a year. We always seem to be saying that whenever we hang up the phone: "Wow, we haven't talked in like a year. I'm so glad you called." Although it is always an exaggeration, it is usually true. In fact, when using the word "like," it is ALWAYS true. Anyway, most of you know this friend of mine: Rebecca. Yeah, so she goes to the same school as me. And we have classes together. And she barely lives five minutes away. And yet, we hardly talk. Busy, busy, busy...?

That is about it for my self-centered entry. Sorry about that. Sometimes I forget about this place... perhaps I don't hear it with all this noise. So I leave long me-entries. Sorry. Have fun.

Jilly, 22:37: #

I was just in the most beautiful place all week. I skiied backcountry everyday...all around MT. Washington. Why do vacations have to end? It is so sad!!!

louis, 12:10: #

it was the beginning of the worst dream i ever had: reminds me of ecto cooler. apparently, ecto cooler isn't around any more, but an alcoholic replacement is available. the internet is so useful.

louis, 05:03: #

to prove that there is, in fact, an orange sky this evening morning, i took a photo. it is the sky. it is freaky.

louis, 04:52: #

it is quite difficult to fall asleep when it is snowing and the sky is orange.

louis, 02:38: #

yet again, i changed the photos section, this time to accomodate the growing number of photos. enjoy.

louis, 02:04: #

i have made a habit of reading /usr/bin/girl daily. Zannah, the woman who runs the show, has quite a number of intelligent thoughts as well as a good sense of design.

louis, 02:01: #

look closer. midnight. a woman walking a dog. snow. the city absorbs all sound. silence reigns.

louis, 01:59: #

"in a quiet city, snowflakes fall like boulders"
Christophe

2001-02-22

louis, 17:56: #

i want to abuse some of the features of css 2, so i think that i'm going to make a personal site off of this. i'll then spin the photos section into that. if you're interested in helping me out by providing feedback and / or testing it out in appropriate browsers, please contact me.

louis, 17:48: #

how academia intrigues me
a discussion of slacking and why i do it so much

i pay attention in class, and i go to class, if you discount the last two days, wherein i have taken a bit of a holiday. anyhoo, christophe and i do any school work we have within the half hour preceding the class where the homework is due. i don't study for tests. it was a bad habit... i finally kicked it by going cold turkey. don't plan to do it again. so, my question is, how can i do well in classes while doing no work for them? am i coasting on my own geekiness? am i somehow prodigious? i really don't think that i am - i'm efficient at slacking, but i think that's all i'm really good at doing.

this all comes to my mind as i just got back my first midterm. i didn't study for it at all. i told you... i kicked that habit. those who concern themselves with grades would claim that i did well on the exam. i claim that i didn't do well enough. perhaps i think too much in binary modes - the notion of partial credit only feeds my habit of bullshitting assignments left and right, and never bothering to tackle a subject in true depth. those that i tackle in depth - xhtml, css, crypto, php, etc. - i work on until i attain some level of mastery. but it's always all or nothing - either i get interested in a subject and learn all about it, or just do what minimal work necessary to bullshit my way through topics i care little about. to me, it's 1 [ true ] and 0 [ false ].

i don't care about french. this much is clear to me. i'm just fascinated that the one skill in which i've improved most notably during my tenure at Tufts is the art of bullshit, and i don't want that to crossover into how i lead my life. that's why i'm afraid that people consider academics a form of art. if the 'liberal' in liberal arts is referring to a standard of excellence, that would make things more clear to me, but i just can't imagine it being that way. these are the trials and tribulations of an everyday louis.

louis, 14:21: #

did i mention that i have concert tonight?

louis, 14:11: #

thanks to the implementation of opera for mac, i now have 24 browsers on this machine. i suppose that's enough to keep me busy for a little while.

louis, 14:09: #

speaking of photos, aryn put foto.fcuker.com back together. word

louis, 13:52: #

it's february vacation for a bunch of schools around here, so the campus is infested with little ones.

to celebrate, i've added another photo to the collection.

louis, 13:32: #

overheard at MoMA:
guy: [ looking at Matisse's Dance (first version) ]
"Matisse."
girl:
"is he famous?"

ken, 11:29: #

can you believe those telemarketers? today they called me at 9:00, right as i was trying to sleep through class. bastards.

louis, 08:09: #

the new iMac is, uh, interestingly designed.

louis, 01:43: #

posted a picture i took this morning of the view up the stairs from my locker in jordan hall.

louis, 00:57: #

i just took the geek quiz. i got a score of 160, putting me in the 95.52 percentile. that makes me "an above average geek - [ i ] have a cool side but it's fading quick." i guess i should change my lifestyle. did i mention that my new laptop is on its way? :-)

ken, 00:00: #

the youth of our great nation voice their opinions about compassionate conservativism and our new president in this washingtonpost.com article, conducted in a britney spears chat room.

2001-02-21

Cindy, 21:31: #

Freaky

louis, 12:23: #

my day thus far:
  1. wake up [ 7:00 ]
  2. read e-mail [ 7:15 ]
  3. eat breakfast with cindy [ 8:00 ]
  4. sleep on futon [ 8:45 ]
  5. read e-mail [ 12:15 ]
today is a dream come true.

louis, 08:47: #

which *nsync member is my soulmate?

2001-02-20

louis, 20:42: #

today i learned that there is a discussion site devoted to why corporate america sucks. i suppose that's a good enough thing to discuss.

louis, 17:29: #

sunset in the city. [ view from my room ]

louis, 13:31: #

planning a trip is a lot of fun but also a pain in the ass.

louis, 12:45: #

i got a note from the selective service system this morning that states that I did in fact register for the draft, as the law mandates. that's very nice of them to let me know - i'd forgotten, seeing i registered on 1999.08.25.

louis, 11:38: #

christian has an insightful conversation about boston driving.

louis, 11:30: #

rightonmac has some interesting commentary on windows xp.

ken, 10:05: #

louis has something that weird al yankovic wants. [link via kottke]

louis, 00:09: #

emily, ladies and gentlemen.

2001-02-19

louis, 23:26: #

there's nothing wrong with having green hair. or green hat, for that matter.

Cindy, 23:18: #

Sarah, I'm sure you'll get in. Good luck! Oberlin is a good school for music and pot. I mean, music. If I were there right now, I would have green hair... I hope this post doesn't change your mind about going...

louis, 18:14: #

when cindy and i were @ the museum of modern art, we checked out this exhibit called workspheres. it featured stuff like the g4 cube and the picturebook. for a geek like myself, it was a dream-come-true of sorts.

louis, 15:38: #

for those of you who need practice reading text that's gone through rot13 translation, you can read quiet city: dhvrg pvgl, as it were.

louis, 15:22: #

made more changes. page should load more quickly now. yay.

Smarples, 15:07: #

I hope everyone who is expecting a not fun week is heartily disappointed. Three cheers for fun and happiness! Riiight... anyway, I just had my interview with an Oberlin alumnus. Maybe I'll get in despite my horrible audition and lackluster school report... maybe...

louis, 14:56: #

as you can see, this is v2. enjoy. v1 is available for archival purposes.

louis, 14:47: #

even more photos.

Jon, 11:32: #

Here beginneth the week from hell. Two problem sets, one lab, and one exam. My first of the semester. I really like exams. I also really like sarcasm.

louis, 11:07: #

i've added a couple photos from new york to the photo gallery. more to come soon.

Cindy, 09:00: #

I decided this morning that I need a king-size bed in my room. It makes perfect sense to me. I guess my roommate will just have to move out.

2001-02-18

emily, 22:34: #

Yuck...this weekend I got really sick for the first time in about 2 years. The best part was when I lost my voice (I still haven't found it...grrr). So now I am supposed to find my over to health services sometime tomorrow in the midst of all my work and classes. It's not very fair!

2001-02-17

louis, 22:22: #

photos!

ken, 19:02: #

note to self: although only washing dishes once a week may sound like a good idea, it's actually not. (ewwww)

2001-02-16

Jilly, 18:21: #

My thought of the day Well....just when you think things are smooth and normal something blows you away...and then you say to yourself..hey, we are all human..and such is life.

louis, 02:23: #

i scrapped the redesign i was working on. look for a new site later. ken and i will work up some crazy cool design soon.

louis, 02:13: #

mozilla 0.8 is out. it's much faster than netscape 6. if you're a netscape user, please upgrade to this version. help clean up the internet.

louis, 02:09: #

some nights, i'm in the perfect mood to go to bed, until something peculiar happens. tonight was one of those nights. except, tonight, during this im dialog, the person i was conversing with left whilst i was constructing my next coherent thought. that was probably two hours ago. yeah, so i can't sleep. i hate having feelings.

louis, 01:46: #

more lyrics. more appropriate.

<lyrics band="dave matthews band" song="rhyme & reason">
my mind in knots. my stomach reels in concern for what i might do, or what i've done: it's got me living in fear.... i've had enough
</lyrics>

louis, 01:11: #

<ken> i feel your pain </ken>

louis, 01:10: #

<lyrics band="dave matthews band" song="bartender">
bartender you see, the wine that's drinking me came from the vine that strung Judas from the devil's tree's roots deep, deep in the ground. i'm on bended knee... bartender please. i'm on bended knee... father please! when i was small i didn't dream about it; now i can't get it from my mind. i'm on bended knee: bartender please. bartender please.
</lyrics>

ken, 00:46: #

i was sending an email just now, using netscrape communicator. for whatever reason, it crashed and burned. out pops mister "netscape quality feedback agent".

describe what you were doing when communicator failed:
i was sending an email, nothing else. !!hey you!! will you please add LDAP support to the next release of ns communicator 6 so i can stop using 4.7? i really don't like it for several reasons, but no one seems to make software that can deal with imap mail servers (which i also dislike). also, fix that thing where you can't really do filters with imap mail please. that would be great. have a nice day.
um, i bet that made sense to like 2 people reading this.

2001-02-15

Smarples, 23:23: #

Can I really go visit with you? That'd be awesome! Frani and Peter might go, too! Yahoo! And about sex, etc. I'm glad that my neighbor lives in the house next door as opposed to the room next door. G-d bless living at home (for now)...

emily, 22:11: #

Hmmm, I was just talking to someone online and there was a good quote of the day [or something like that]: Don't work too late if you can help it. Let's plan on getting together in our dreams tonight.

emily, 22:09: #

YAY! Who are you going to go visit? If Zach goes to IAC this summer you can come with and visit too :)

Cindy, 22:06: #

The couple next door is at it again. I swear, how many times a day can you have sex? Actually, they've been pretty quiet for the last week or so. My roommate says: "I hate it when they bang on the walls." Ew.

Smarples, 20:34: #

I'm missing Interlochen very much right now. I'm kind of sad about not going back this summer. It's cool, though, because I'm going to visit a friend from camp next week! Yahoo! That's my thought of the day.

Jilly, 20:32: #

Tommorrow is the last day before vacation! One whole week of nothing but relaxing and listening to music:-) Ahhh...

Jilly, 20:23: #

now you know who I am!

louis, 20:20: #

sarah has joined quietcity. yay.

louis, 20:14: #

<admin>
i've changed blogger's set up to only post the last three day's discussion, so as to speed up load times. as always, old posts are available in the quietcity archive.
</admin>

Jilly, 20:10: #

Yes I am here...thank you....lou:-)

Jilly, 20:03: #

Hello....here I am

louis, 20:03: #

jill has joined us here at quiet city. yay.

louis, 19:54: #

american pie is, uh, interesting. it's crazy the stuff they show computers doing. i should set up a webcam in here that simultaneously streams 15-30fps video to 50+ computers. i'll hook it up to my extra g4-733 mp that's running gigabit ethernet direct to i2 t1. damn... i think i lost that system. if anyone finds it lying around his or her room, please return it. thanks.

emily, 19:23: #

So this afternoon I found out that half of the work that is due tomorrow is really due on monday. This made me think "why are you working so hard?" Instead of studying my german for our test, I watched American Pie. mmm hmm. It was rather disturbing. Have I mentioned yet that I am great at procrastinating?

Cindy, 14:23: #

This time tomorrow, I will be much happier.

louis, 13:27: #

starbucks is giving out free coffee at the campus center today. i can't stand the stuff, so i grabbed about five and gave it to people i saw on the way to get my pay stub. viva fair trade.

Jon, 13:16: #

I hate statistical mechanics. and statistical mechanics hates me.

louis, 12:43: #

the next time i get mad, remind me not to shove a cell phone up someone's ass. ew. [ link from: /usr/bin/girl/ ]

louis, 11:32: #

<advertisement type="concert" style="blatant">

Jordan Winds
William Drury, music director

Music director William Drury conducts a program that includes the world premiere of NEC faculty member Daniel Pinkham's Shards: Six Fragments for wind ensemble.

February 22, 2001. NEC's Jordan Hall, 8pm. Free.
</advertisement>

louis, 01:36: #

i don't remember that night. giving credit where credit is due, i attribute that to:

Jon, 00:53: #

that's actually is a pretty good artist's rendition of what happened, louis. how did they know??

emily, 00:47: #

When something unexpected happens, it can make a day either really good or really bad. Today was one of those really good days...

louis, 00:09: #

this picture on exploding dog reminds me of a night this summer. ken might remember breaking into the bathroom to remove a passed out louis.

2001-02-14

Cindy, 20:53: #

Happy V-day

Cindy, 20:50: #

I love plants. They are yummy.

louis, 19:48: #

could it be that vegans are insensitive to plants? trees have feelings, too!

louis, 19:39: #

"it's better than ... being married."
Bill Drury, director of nec's Jordan Winds

quite often when i'm playing with a great wind ensemble, i get chills throughout my body. huge brass chords often cause this in me. the music of Vincent Persichetti does this to me, too. it's an amazing feeling. i agree with Bill - it's better than sex. thinking about all of the funny things people do on valentine's day, my mind wandered...

<preach>
it's time to examine what's happening in my life. what inspires me to change the world? to see things differently? to be the round peg in the square hole, if you will. too often i take the time to show my appreciation only to the people i love, because i take for granted all of the things i love to do. it's food for my soul. it's what drives me, deep down inside. think about it: chances are that you'll never get in a fight with music. you'll never break up with your hobby of underwater basketweaving, comparitive drinking, or whatever it is that floats your boat. if you do, you'll get pissed off at or disappointed in yourself. in the long run, you need to live with you. take a moment this 'holiday' to give yourself a rose, some chocolates, or a card.
</preach>

louis, 18:29: #

here's my issue with valentine's day. if someone needs to set aside one day to get his/her sweetie, fcuker, or love gifts and let them know that s/he cares for the other, aren't there issues that need to be worked out? should not each of us live every day as his or her last? should not each of us let his or her sweetie, fcuker, or love get gifts and communicate that s/he loves and cares every day? the fact that we have such a holiday as valentine's day draws my mind to William Wordsworth's poem "The World Is Too Much With Us." perhaps i become disappointed in the [ stereotypical ] human too easily.

louis, 15:58: #

riothero is expanding my vocabulary:
felicitous
  1. Admirably suited: a felicitous comparison
  2. Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style: a felicitous writer
  3. Marked by happiness or good fortune: a felicitous life

louis, 10:51: #

in a very sad moment, i think that i'm going to re-work v2 of quietcity in xhtml 1.0 transitional, so that 11% of people visiting this site [ those who use Netscape 4.x ] will have a enjoyable user experience.

louis, 10:34: #

fight for your right to web standards!

Cindy, 08:01: #

So as not to be a party pooper, Happy Valentine's Day. I love you all.

louis, 07:38: #

perfect muse has some amusing thoughts on hallmark day.

2001-02-13

louis, 23:23: #

barbara is wicked cool. did i mention that barbara is wicked cool?

louis, 23:14: #

it's just about hallmark day. go hug someone.

louis, 22:25: #

[ checking things out with my tongue ]

emily, 21:11: #

sure...and it's even sanctioned by a bona fide Princeton University senior lecturer I wonder if he was suggesting something students should do more often...

louis, 21:08: #

does that mean that if i want to know what you feel like, i can check you out with my tongue?

louis, 21:05: #

today, the kind folks @ millward brown, inc. sent me a check for five hundred dollars for participating in an ibm marketing focus group. specifically on the agenda was the new websphere project and its marketing. it's cool to see that a lot of the things that i [ and i assume many others ] suggested were implemented. anyhoo, i've already given all the money away to my brother, duxbury music and the dnc. thank you. drive through.

emily, 21:03: #

Today I had a lecture at 8:30 in the morning [something that should not be allowed] anyway, I was sitting there when suddenly the teacher says: if you really want to know what something feels like, check it out with your tongue. Do you think this got the class's attention?

louis, 17:29: #

does windows xp remind anyone else of mac os x?

Cindy, 17:04: #

Go to any card, gift, or flower site today and know why I now hate Valentine's Day.

Cindy, 13:00: #

The hippie inside me prevails... If you're interested in the stuff I do (i.e. animal rights, the environment, etc.), check out Network for Change. I'm thinking of starting a page here, maybe under Coalition's name. Opinions welcome.

louis, 12:14: #

two years ago, dave matthews and tim reynolds played a set at the Township Auditorium in Columbia, South Carolina. no, i was not there. it is, however, the first entire dave and tim concert that i ever heard. basic rundown: i have yet to find a .shn copy of the show. [ i only have a 128k mp3 recording ] if you have it or know somone who does, please e-mail me.

louis, 11:26: #

up to 10.8 terabytes of data could be stored in an area the size of a credit card, with no conventionally moving parts. all for about fifty bucks. i'll take five, thank you.

louis, 11:22: #

ça vaaaaaa?

louis, 07:22: #

microsoft copying apple? is this supposed to be news?

louis, 02:52: #

finally finished amazon.com: get big fast, and wrote a review that's featured on amazon. it's perhaps the worst book i've ever read. anyhoo, check out my review entitled "history + business tactics != success" if you're interested.

louis, 02:05: #

v2 is in the bug-squashing phase. yay.

ken, 01:58: #

it's tuesday!! so i bought myself a present.

louis, 01:12: #

late at night, when everyone else is asleep, i know that coffee will be there for me.

2001-02-12

louis, 20:51: #

an "exceptional titanium fashion accessory" [ pc magazine ]

louis, 20:25: #

ah, monday - we all know that means an update to explodingdog. yay.

louis, 20:11: #

whoa [ from fredshead ]

louis, 19:09: #

so funny. [ caution - it's a meg - not the bandwidthedly challenged. ] bandwidthedly - is that a word?

from: /usr/bin/girl/

louis, 18:44: #

uwebd rules!

From: Skip Knox <*****@email.boisestate.edu>
Subject: [uwebd] Re: web tv woes
We seem to have taken a hope, an ideal - content can be delivered everywhere to everyone - and have turned it into a dogma: content must be deliverable everywhere. It's a bit like saying we should be able to translate every phrase from every language into every other language with no change or loss in meaning. It cannot be done. Perhaps some of the difficulties we are encountering stems from differences in media and purpose that are irreconcilable.
I think this is a cop-out. I've looked at a lot of web sites and after careful research have concluded that 90%+ of them have made little or no efforts towards accessibility.
No, that's a cop-out. :-)

I agree few have made any effort at all towards accessibility, but that wasn't my point. I was trying to move beyond accessibility to the larger question of multiple platforms, one message. The clear implication from the W3C is that if you just design to the spec, then your pages will work everywhere. The issue here is with the verb. A page can work in technical terms, yet fail in communication terms. If someone doesn't care about whether their page has communicated a message, then fine, but many people do care. Marketing and PR types especially care, and they are the ones that tend to drive the breaking of standards (plus geeks who just like to invent stuff).

Jon, 18:36: #

Did you know that the speed of sound in metal is about 5100 m/s? Did you also know that that's how fast you can get a migraine from rubbing a metal rod with a cloth soaked in isopropanol? I didn't know before today. I do now. Ouchie.

Cindy, 16:07: #

Some online wisdom

Cindy, 12:39: #

At 18:00 yesterday, I was still in my third-to-last meeting of the day. Maybe that's why I'm still sick.

louis, 11:41: #

last night i went to bed at 18:00. i woke up this morning at 7:00. according to Christophe, i rolled over a lot, but didn't say anything crazy, interesting, or even at all. why must i be so boring in my dormant hours?

Cindy, 11:36: #

Yesterday I was sick. Today I am sick. It still sucks. Why did Louis get better and I didn't?

louis, 09:30: #

speaking of cnn, cnndn is still fighting with cnnfn.

louis, 09:26: #

cnn.com's picture of the day is soooooo cute.

louis, 07:49: #

quietcity.org v2 should be up and running by friday. however, i'd like some feedback before i implement it. if you're interested, let me know, and i'll send you the url.

louis, 07:08: #

yesterday i was sick. it sucked. this morning i am not as sick. it does not suck as much.

louis, 06:58: #

yay! i just got an e-mail from Ellen, the hip group advisor, who found the original 1998 hip group photo for me. i'm on the right in the third row with a neon green hat. Will's middle and center, holding the sock soccer ball.

2001-02-11

emily, 23:15: #

this is a very amusing game...I bet you won't win this one

ken, 23:15: #

i don't know much about "horse ball," but i would have some reservations about wearing one of these to play it.

Jon, 18:08: #

The most bizarre thing happened to me today. last week, my mother signed onto AIM, so i said "hi mom." she reponded back in french. i thought it weird, but i had to run, so i didn't think too much of it. today, she signs on again, so i say hi. again, i get an answer in french. i asked "who is this? how did you get this screen name?" she said "i'm sorry, i don't understand." at this point i abandoned all thought that this was my mother. it turns out that the owner of the screename is a 17 year old girl from orleans, france. she likes to "danse" and likes "horse ball." she only speaks a little english, but speaks spanish and french. she goes to miami in the summer, and likes disney world. she's never heard of dave mathews band. Mom, where did you go?? what the hell is happening? on a different note, i made a new friend. and all i have to do is use a english to french translator to talk to her. besides the continent and language difference, i think we have a chance. i sense real chemistry here.

louis, 10:24: #

when navigating through my old bookmarks more, i went to the uua website, and decided to see if "my church" has a webpage yet. indeed, it does: first parish church, the church i grew up in.

it's funny. i'm an athiest. i decided this fall that, if there is a god, it does not have a place in my life. but i didn't and don't go to chuch to get in touch with god or any of that - i went to church for the community. for the better part of ten years, i attended weekly. the last four years i was in a youth group called the HIP group - humans interested in people. the group has its own page off of the main church page. whilst playing around on that site, i ran into a collection of photos from the group trip to GA ( General Assembly, not Georgia). after all of the pictures of GA, there's a broken link to a picture of the group in 1998, at our going away party for group member Will.

i remember Will. he'd get very excited whenever we played a game called "sock soccer," wherein you have a really slippery wood floor and a ball made of duct tape. everyone takes his or her shoes off and slides all over the place trying to get this ball into the opponent's goal. it got very funny at points, especially with the likes of me playing. [ i have very little coordination, you see. ] we had a party for Will in 1998 because his father had just received a job offer in Phoenix, and he was moving out there with his family. we were all very close to him, as he'd been in the group for several years, and was always there, smiling and chuckling. i miss will

this summer. on july twentieth, my friend Dawn from HIP called. i missed the call - she called my house in Duxbury, and i was living with Ken in Somerville at the time - but my mom took a message for me. as i learned, Will was manic depressive. he had disappeared two weeks earlier - his parents last saw him when he was taking a walk or something. by the time Dawn called, the police in Phoenix had conducted a large scale search, and found his body. i miss his smile. i miss his chuckle. i miss the way he used to take sock soccer so seriously. i miss will.

louis, 10:00: #

other old bookmarks: enjoy

louis, 09:34: #

peeking over my old bookmarks, i discovered sarah's old website. great photos.

emily, 01:42: #

I just got back from nyc...it was lots of fun! yay! we went and saw phantom of the opera at the majestic theater...on the way over, we watched X-Men The Movie [might make a good oh-look-how-late-it-is-and-how-much-have-i-had-to-drink movie]. mmhmm. and now i think i'll go to bed. g'night :)

2001-02-10

louis, 23:42: #

in a week, cindy and i will be in new york. :-D

louis, 23:39: #

is there a word 'blogaholic?'

Jon, 22:14: #

well, i've just been asked to go to a dave matthews cover band concert. sounds intriguing. if i can't have the real thing, then i'll settle for what i can get. we're having a party here at DU, but they get old sometimes. i need to get off the island.

Jon, 21:58: #

hi all. i think i've figured this blogger thing out. i'm actually not that bad with computers. My boss at home thinks I'm a computer genius, but that could be because I know how to right click and he's used to computers that come with a big drum that you crank. and is from 1968.

louis, 17:39: #

so i'm listening to Claude Delangle play Berio's Sequenza IXb on The Solitary Saxophone. it's amazingly well played. i saw him play the piece last year at NEC, and it kicked lots and lots and lots of ass. i needn't say more about it, really. just that it was amazing. [ oops ]

i have a copy on minitape, which sounds like it was recorded from my armpit or something. however, i know a couple people who have it on minidisc. i'll see if i can track it down, shn or mp3 it, and maybe send it around to those who are interested. [ note: "shn" and "mp3" aren't verbs... yet. ] if you're interested, contact me.

louis, 16:26: #

c'mon - who wouldn't go for curves like these? my baby's sexy. damn sexy.

Cindy, 16:18: #

Louis (at breakfast): "She puts out gigaflops, baby"

louis, 15:16: #

jon from rochester is now part of quiet city.

louis, 14:30: #

emily, ladies and gentleman, is evil. ;-)

emily, 14:29: #

so the people here at Princeton tend to say some really really bright things...um yeah, if you don't believe me then check out the quotepage [courtesy of amy trangsrud :p ] for TFB

louis, 13:58: #

dmb is going on tour. i'll be seeing them @ pac bell park and dodger stadium, if all works out well. i may even plan a quick business trip to boston to catch them @ foxboro and have a meeting or two.

louis, 12:40: #

if sex is what keeps me up late at night, then my laptop is my whore. i bring my whore with me everywhere. does that mean we should take our relationship to a higher level?

louis, 12:38: #

i've posted a photo of me on my tufts site.

louis, 10:51: #

although it hasn't been updated for over a year, i just found .boy., and am very impressed.

louis, 03:44: #

sleep may have won tonight's battle, but my computer will prevail in its war against sleep. if not now, wait 'til the new one comes in.

louis, 03:13: #

just found out that netscape 4.** destroys all formatting on the pix pages. oh well. i guess i'll have to put together a solution some other time.

louis, 02:41: #

my pillow regards me beseechingly whilst blogger, work, and play envelop me. i succumb to the seductive power of the internet. my pillow stares imploringly. to one or the other i will soon submit, but i may not have both. oh, how i loathe the bifurcated decisions which i face every day.

louis, 02:18: #

amazon.com, that which supplies all of my material fancies, has just received an order for a nikon coolpix 990, some toys to go with it, and a couple cds. why is it that when i spend money, i do so somewhat irrationally?

louis, 01:04: #

lauren and sarah came up to visit me today. we had dinner at bombay cafe. then we went down newbury street to allston beat and condom world, among other places. it was fun to see friends that i hadn't seen for quite a while. really fun.

2001-02-09

louis, 23:03: #

"Being a Mac user is like being a Navy SEAL: a small, elite group of people with access to the most sophisticated technology in the world, who everyone calls on to get the really tough jobs done quickly and efficiently."

-Mari Hersh-Tudor (uwebd mailing list)

Cindy, 20:26: #

Spending all day in my pajamas is a wonderful thing.

ken, 11:40: #

i am slowly getting tired of long distance salesmen. not that they call all the time. not that they have the grammar and speaking skills of a fourth grader. but no one seems to be able to beat the rate i get from sprint. a typical call:

me: hello?
salesdude:hi, i'm calling about your long distance plan yadda yadda yadda (at this point i usually put the phone down for a bit and let them talk) yadda yadda , what do you currently pay for long distance?
me: i get seven cents a minute, anywhere/time, no monthy fee.
salesdude: no monthly fee?
me: ah, ya dude.
salesdude: um, we currently cannot offer a better deal than that.
me: (hangs up)
really, this has happened 6 or 7 times since i got my plan. including just now, when i had to explain to the salesman how simple economics works.
me: (after normal introduction) you see, no monthly fee is preferrable to large monthly fee.
him: but if you pay seven cents per minute on the weekend now, you can use our plan for five cents a minute on the weekend. that's a savings of [he actually paused here] two cents per call.
me: &lt;sigh&gt; i think you mean two cents per minute. anyway, when you charge me extra money every month, i don't save anything. think about it.
him: (after serious mental deliberation on his part) uh, okay. thanks for talking to us.
me: (hangs up)
morons. anyone have any better ideas for long distance service?

louis, 08:05: #

the w3 has made a list of why browsers suck and how to fix them. now only if netscape would implement ldap into netscape 6, maybe i could sleep at night. [ does that mean i'm a geek? ]

louis, 07:52: #

this morning, for the fourth time this year, i slept through a fire alarm. hey, at least i checked for the smell of smoke before i fell back asleep.

louis, 01:04: #

i decided that i would go to bed around 21:00. yet here i am at 01:04 the next morning. oops.

louis, 00:50: #

i've put up some pictures from my trip to southern africa. i haven't added the obligatory meaty text yet to describe the photos' background, etc., but that's on the way. enjoy.

2001-02-08

louis, 23:38: #

ken provides insight into the world of web design:

i've decided making people who don't understand computers write webpages using a third-party generator is analgous to having your friend remove your appendix using a cd-rom about the human anatomy. it probably can be done. but much more knowledge is necessary in order to do it painlessly. would you really have an employee write up expense reports if they didn't understand how to do spreadsheets?

louis, 23:26: #

live nude girls unite!, a documentary about strippers trying to form a union. says hillary, "it's very good and you should definitely see it if it comes to your area."

live nude girls... i think i'll put them it on my list of people things to do.

louis, 22:02: #

tomorrow is jennie's birthday. don't forget to send her a note or an ever-popular ynot greeting card.

louis, 21:30: #

quote's from tonight's economics class: he then went on to make quite a number of intelligent comments about the economics of farming and why we mock them. interesting guy.

louis, 18:13: #

satire is great. [ thank you riothero ]

ken, 17:54: #

i took a slightly different test.

i knew it
i knew it
i knew it
less suave        |        more suave

Wow — you're quite the Casanova! We can tell you're a real woman-magnet and are never without an admirer or three. When combined with your significant charm, your attentive, sensitive demeanor makes you irresistible. Someone definitely made sure that you know how to treat a woman — ladies always feel special and appreciated when you're with them. You've got a knack for expressing yourself and showing your interest without looking too eager, too. That's a difficult balancing act, and you deserve a pat on the back for perfecting it.



how true. <yawn>

louis, 17:11: #

woke up this morning at seven and worked until breakfast at nine. then i went to the library to work more. as my computer was starting up, i decided that i'd be all corporate and check my schedule whilst i waited. i realized that i had wind ensemble across the city in forty-five minutes. i called up Brian, my fellow Tufts/NEC saxophonist to see if he was driving. during the twenty minutes before we left, I worked more. when we got to NEC, i managed e-mail for work until rehearsal started. so i asked myself, "am i a work-a-holic?" and i got this answer:

apparently i work too much

Slow down, take a deep breath, and RELAX! Has eating become a burden? Do you feel guilty when you have to take a bathroom break? Has it been so long since you've had a night off that you've forgotten what your friends look like? You need to shift out of high gear long enough to realize that you're running on empty! It's commendable that your job is so important to you. And your endurance and ambition are certainly admirable. But, where's the balance? Have you lost sight of your own needs because you're so focused on those of your company? In order to maximize productivity, you must have some balance in your life. Take some time out each day for YOU. It's healthy and necessary. If you are overworked, not only will your social and personal life suffer, but the quality of your work will suffer too. So, before you lose sight of what's important, take a step back and reassess your priorities. A successful career alone does not amount to a fulfilling life.

Learn more about workaholism.

maybe i should get a fourth job.

emily, 15:13: #

Don't worry about it...I took it over to the computer people this morning and (in their own words) they "did a full strip search" of my computer. I think it's all fixed now :) Hope you had a good birthday

ken, 14:49: #

most recent purchase: innervisions, stevie wonder. incredible.

louis, 14:17: #

i work too much

Cindy, 10:36: #

I would just like to formally apologize to Emily for (accidentally) giving her the virus... I was so excited about the card you sent me that I forgot! I'm so sorry... If you have any problems please let me know! I'm such an idiot...

louis, 08:43: #

san jose update: while louis is off at interviews, tours, etc., for the 'business' portion of the trip to the bay area, cindy will be up to no good whatsoever. however, they currently have no idea what to do around there. suggestions are welcome.

louis, 08:41: #

netscape released version 6.01 today. it's sad to see that they've perhaps fallen into the same trap that they were in previously, which is to say that they release about ten mini-releases fixing the bugs in the crappy original version that they released. i have twenty-three browsers on my powerbook with which i test all the sites i make - seventeen of these are netscape products. dammit netscape, why must you make developers' jobs such hell?

2001-02-07

louis, 23:14: #

sadly, the intellectual inside me knows that i live my musical life aspiring to be that which does not exist - classical saxophone. you examine the irony. the boot of the underlying issue is this: if it wasn't for saxophones and that "jazz" thing, you wouldn't have Stravinsky's Rite of Spring or Schoënberg's Chamber Symphony # 2. ponder that.

louis, 23:02: #

i'm going to San Jose, and Cindy is coming with me. dah.

emily, 22:50: #

So...does this mean oboe is better? " However, [saxophone] has never become an integral part of the standard symphony orchestra...It has remained for jazz to exploit it. And this has been done in a way to make angels weep (with laughter). Originally an instrument having a richly pathetic and lyrical tone quality, it has been made to perform all sorts of ridiculous stunts, amounting to an indecent exposure, of all its worst qualities. It is as if a grave and dignified person were forced to play the part of a clown at the circus." Henry F. Gilbert "The Jazz Problem"

louis, 21:38: #

after watching an episode of dawson's and temptation island. damn, tv these days sure fcuking sucks.

louis, 21:34: #

christophe is one of the most decent people i know. for her birthday, he got cindy vegan cookies. he sang to her. he's taking meghan and beth out to see joe lovano at regatta bar. three cheers for christophe, dammit. bravo.

emily, 17:03: #

Hmmm...I think I've figured out how this works..hopefully. We've finally started 2nd semester and now teachers seem to think that they need to assign lots and lots o' work, like reading a "real German text" every week. The best part about that is the one-on-one tutorial session with Herr Rankin...riiiight. Herzlichen Gluckwunsch zum Geburtstag Cindy!

Cindy, 14:25: #

The countdown to New York can begin... btw, where's Emily? I want to thank her for the rum balls (yet again... they were so good!)

louis, 11:44: #

ladies and gentlemen, ken's and my powerbook g4s have been ordered. happy birthday to us.

louis, 10:33: #

concert alert

Jordan Winds
Williams Drury, music director

Music director William Drury conducts a program that includes the world premiere of NEC faculty member Daniel Pinkham's Shards: Six Fragments for Wind Ensemble.

February 22, 2001
NEC's Jordan Hall, 8pm. Free.

i'll be playing in the Rogers piece. it's wicked cool!

louis, 10:19: #

if you use netscape, get netscape 6. it's just better.

louis, 10:06: #

just got out of a meeting with the kind folks at idpas. looks like i'll be doing some contract work with them, and acadweb might get a gig with them for a couple grand. that'd be cool, but even cooler is one of the payment bonuses - we can use an ice house that belongs to one of the project workers that's five minutes away from waterville valley. i think i'll learn how to snowboard. to this louis says 'word.'

louis, 10:02: #

happy birthday cindy

Cindy, 07:28: #

(guess what day it is...)

louis, 01:39: #

i just realized that the site looks kinda crappy in netscape 4.76 mac. oh well. it's too bad netscape sucks.

louis, 00:39: #

<silly>
[ already drank too much on a tuesday... is that bad? ] i don't know whether it's winter or my own sheer laziness that prevents me from using my bicycle, but i think that i need to use it more. that way i can be buff and stuff to impress the ladies. ok, i admit, i have visions of grandeur.
</silly>

louis, 00:25: #

"i like your mom,
and it's no fad.
i want to marry her
and be your dad.
i like your mom.
i like your mom."

-nofx

louis, 00:20: #

it's february seventh on the east coast... wish happy birtthday to cindy!

2001-02-06

ken, 22:11: #

does it have something to do with the snow? cause that's what clinches the decision for me.

louis, 16:53: #

my bike is extremely underused. it sits in the basement, beckoning me to use it like my laptop does on my desk. why must my laptop win? is it because i am addicted to the internet [ blogger included, of course ], or is it just that i'm a geek?

louis, 14:00: #

no, you see, cindy, unlike you, i like to recycle. [ j/k ] of course i'm bringing a camera. it makes it more fun.... [ sorry... there will be no pornographic photos published on the web, i mean, uh, taken on the trip. O:-) ] besides, new york has some cool things to take photos of.

Cindy, 13:02: #

Wait... I didn't know you were bringing a camera to New York...

louis, 11:56: #

everyone get ready to wish cindy a happy birthday [ it's tomorrow! ]

louis, 11:53: #

hungry for design... wow. [ high bandwidth site ]

louis, 08:25: #

i had a meeting this morning. unfortunately [ for me ] the guy i was meeting with stood me up. don't tufts faculty and staff know the importance of punctuality and following through? i am very disappointed.

louis, 07:16: #

the snow has left, and is not coming back for a while. this makes me very sad - i'd hoped to get out of a class @ nec or something. oh well. i guess i'll just have to slide my way across the city. ten bucks says i fall on my ass at a really public place.

dammit. today's one of those days where I wish I had a digital camera. dammit. ok, well, at least i'll have one before cindy and i go to new york.

louis, 07:10: #

for everyone's amusement purposes, i've invited christophe to join the group here @quietcity.org; he has much to share about what i say when i sleep and what not.

louis, 07:03: #

so i get an e-mail from christophe this morning about what i said last night while i was sleeping. quote of choice for today: "why don't you cover yourself with oil?" that beats my previous best, "put down the razor." oh, i never cease to amuse myself. i'll see if i can set christophe up with a tape recorder or something and get some audio on the site.

2001-02-05

louis, 20:30: #

the canon powershot s100 or the nikon coolpix 990... which should i get?

Cindy, 19:08: #

So a few days ago one of my good friends, Jeff Wu, sent me an email with a friendly-looking attachment on it. So I'm like, oh my good friend Jeff Wu sent me an attachment. I'll open it up. Well, of course it turns out to be a virus, and now everytime I send an email I inadvertantly send porn along with it (if you want to see for yourself, email me). Hopefully I'll have this fixed before my dad asks me to send him a picture of my grandma and I send him, well, you can imagine what might happen here.

ken, 18:05: #

winter! hi, i'm ken. you may remember me from such websites as "%20" and "melei.com" (neither of which work right now). okay! here's news from ken: there is like at least 125 snow outside (that's in snow units). school got cancelled at 2:30, which was not so great because it did not occur until after the most boring lecture in the world (i could link to the lecture notes but i don't think you will want to read them unless you want to do what i did which is sleep). also: louis, you should get this camera.

hmmm... i don't think i'm going to school tomorrow.

louis, 13:38: #

i think i'll make quietcity.org a bit more graphics-intensive than this. however, i want to get a digital camera before i do, so i can use my own photos, etc. i'm shopping around, so any suggestions on what kind of camera to get are welcome.

louis, 09:23: #

yesterday, my dad called me at 09:00:

dad: hey lou. the internet is broken. [ describes what is happening.... ]
louis: how long has your computer been doing this?
dad: since friday.
louis: ok. i'll look into it. i'll call you back when i find something out.

so i go to idt's website, and notice this: "*IMPORTANT INTERNET DIAL-UP BULLETIN*" idt cancelled the accounts of all of their dial-up users [ seemingly ] without telling them. i was a bit displeased to read this, so i called my dad again:

louis: it seems idt cancelled all dial-up service. did you get a letter from them telling you this?
dad: not that i know of. i would have called you if i did.
louis: wow... i'm amazed at how much idt sucks. i'm going to go write a "fcuk you, strong letter to follow" note to the folks at idt and get you a new isp. ok?
dad: that'd be great. thanks lou.

so, without even blinking i go to earthlink's site and sign my dad up for an account. it takes about ten minutes. then i send my little note to idt. [ i haven't heard back from them yet. ] then i call up my dad again and guide him through the hoops of setting up his computer with the new settings. as it turns out, although earthlink was more than happy to take his credit card information earlier, they have yet to activate his account. [ i'm troubleshooting that right now, by email with the kind folks at earthlink's support center, who actually respond to e-mail. ]

this all, of course, happened after i spent more than eight hours this weekend crushing a bug in netscape that occurred on the tufts nutrition and center on hunger, poverty and nutrition policy sites, wherein the entire left menu would be over-written by the background. the code was and is html 4.01 compliant, and used no stylesheets. thus, it took us about eight months to crush the bug. eight months.

the internet is broken.

Cindy, 08:12: #

Hi! Just wanted to say that I got in, and everything works fine (except for my computer... virus go away!). Does this make me an official geek now?

2001-02-04

louis, 23:35: #

emily's going to be posting to this blog now. cindy might, too. again, if you'd like to join our geek crew, contact me.

louis, 12:45: #

quietcity.org, a domain which i just registered and to which this site is moving, will be a discussion site of sorts, powered by blogger. for comparable sites [ in concept ], check out magnetictape and aryn.org. If you're interested in posting, please contact me.

louis, 12:00: #

quietcity.org: coming soon

2001-02-03

louis, 02:56: #

after about six months' confusion and energy trying to debug a problem on nutrition.tufts.edu that occurs in Netscape 4.x PC, I've finally pinpointed the problem and can undertake a remedy to fix it. i just don't know how, exactly, i'm going to do so. nonetheless, i am happy to not spend any more hours troubleshooting the fcuking bug.

in other work news, i met with my boss today to discuss my role at Tufts Nutrition, and what responsibilites my job entails. although we didn't completely cover all of the items that we wanted to for this meeting, i did convince my boss to buy me a Powebook G4 and to purchase a new computer for Kenji, as well. i'm beginning to think that i work too much. someone please smack some sense into me.

2001-02-02

louis, 21:28: #

iron chef, the movie, is coming!

louis, 12:57: #

the debacle that unfolded about me failing solfege last semester is finally coming to a close. after a brief meeting with the chair of the undergraduate theory department at nec, i discovered, contrary to what everyone else here has told me, that i can in fact employ a tutor to guide me through the solfege curriculum again, and then take the placement test next semester in place of my final. i might even be able to take solfege iii next year [ if i can place into it ]. all this is very interesting to you, i imagine.

in other news, emily [ from princeton ] came up to tufts for an evening of spirit[s] and amusement last night. she came equipped with vegan rum balls. these, of course, are alcoholic - sapidly so. perhaps i shouldn't have eaten about two dozen of them, washing them down with beer and rum. at least, this is what i determined this morning.

2001-02-01

louis, 20:02: #

chris, head cheese for graphics at Tufts Nutrition, never ceases to impress and astonish me with his creative brilliance. Check out his new site, magnetictape.org; try to restrain your drool.

louis, 19:58: #

i have the impression that i'm ridiculously busy being incredibly unproductive. for example, i am a classical saxophone performace major at nec. hence, i should practice well and often. recently, when i've gone to nec to practice, either i've avoided practicing or been so incredibly inefficient that i stop. perhaps i should start forcing myself to get up at 6:45 like last semester, going each morning to the conservatory. why do i have to sleep, anyway?

louis, 09:58: #

my new shirts [ hither, thither and yon ] came in this morning. so did a w4 from tufts for acadweb - it's scary to think that i made so much money this year. scary.

did i mention that i'm going to new york with cindy in two weeks? word.

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