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By: Anne M. RasoSure, cupcakes might be all the rage at the chicest New York parties of the moment, and in case you haven't noticed, the bakeries servicing all the finest fetes-featuring cupcakes make them waaaaaaaaaay too sweet (and that includes YOU Magnolia and Crumbs)! Give me some artisan, handcrafted petit fours any day. As a matter of fact, they […]
It was supposed to be a total white out this weekend for my birthday, but instead it started just before midnight on Sunday. It still made for a pretty Sunday morning to wake up to, put on my bean boots and head out to take some pictures. At the end of the day as the sun [...]
I recently made the wonderful 14 hour drive from NYC to ATL (driving the girlfriend to her internship with the C.D.C.). If you haven’t already done it, I’d urge you to. And if you already have, well… hell, do it again! This was a fun road trip. I was kinda lazy and out of it so i didn’t take as many photos as I would have liked to, but I did take a few (sample on left). Unfortunatly flickr is being an e-jackass and has limited my photos to 200 viewable ones (and I’m too cheap to pay $30 a year to have unlimited space). Don’t worry though, I’ll delete some stuff here and there and let you know when I post the pics… all 7 of them lol. Anyway, I believe I’m going to make this drive again sometime within the next three months so I’ll be sure to take a whole lot more pictures then.
The point of this post is just to emphasize the brevity of life, and to encourage you to take advantage of the little time you have on this green (really, multi-coloured, but…) earth, to do the things you like to do. For me it’s driving, taking photos, meeting people, dancing, cooking, frying plantains, eating waffles… the list is pretty long, but I try to do as much of each as I can. This is not to say that you shouldn’t spend your time making the world a better place in whatever way you deem fit; the two do not have to be mutually exclusive.
Remember, you only have one life to live. The following song helps me get my ass out of bed and onto the couch, (and in front of my video games!) whenever I feel unproductive; maybe it can do the same for you:
Another wet spring is here, and along with it comes a flurry of events hosted by the non-profit world, to support (mostly) noble causes. This year I’m attending an event hosted by YAI’s Brighter Futures Soceity (of which I am a member).
Last year we had an amazing event themed Le Grande Spectacle. Below are some pictures from that fabulous night of schmoozing and boozing :
This year’s event is titled Royale. Don’t be fooled by it’s seemingly simple name. Royale promises to be one of the best, if not the best BFS event event to date. You can buy your tickets online at http://www.yai.org/bfs if you’re interested. I hope to see you there.
Friday has finally come after a VERY LOOONG week. We had an event this morning which took me out of the house at 7am. What? I hate leaving the house at 7am! Anyway, it was humid and 65 degrees outside and I was slightly miserable.
Our event went well. It was held at the Comix comedy club on 14th St. and 9th Ave. We had people ROFL-ing and LTFAO . Then it was over and we, the organizers, headed over to NOOCH for lunch (I don’t particularly like the Nooch web site hence the NYmag.com link). I hadn’t been to NOOCH before– it was suggested by one in our group.
I really loved the Thai fried rice. And the chicken soup wasn’t too shabby either. I spent sometime in bathroom and found it strangely…. entertaining. So entertaining infact, that I had to take pictures of it (yes, I just happened to have my camera on me to take pictures of the restroom!). The most entertaining piece of the restroom was the mirror I dubbed the “Gay mirror-mirror on the wall”. I won’t go into detail about it– you’ll understand when I post photos in a couple of hours.
All in all, I had a positive experience at NOOCH. I’d go there again. You should too.
On my way back from a wonderful dinner at Ox restaurant, Jersey City (seriously, you can’t do much better than their 4 cheese mac and cheese!) I walked by this barber shop with a completely devil-may-care arrangement of decorations in the window– It was actually quite unimpressive.
Then I saw this:
I got quite a kick out of this. Thought you might too .
I recently joined the Zog Sports family of athletes. Yes, I’m still studying for the GMAT’s and it’s hard! But I just couldn’t pass up an opportunity to try something new and fun , so after being asked repeatedly throughout the winter to join a Zog football(soccer) team (thanks Sarah), I finally did.
Our first game was yesterday– indoor style out door soccer– and we lost 6-5. Oh and I learnt something about myself: I kinda suck at football. Oh, something else I learnt was that I am badly out of shape, despite my sexy lean look. Anyway, If yesterday’s game was anything to go by, I’m pretty sure that those two problems will be fixed by the end of the season. By the first 10 minutes if the first half, our opponents were up 4 goals to nil, and we spent the rest of the match trying to catch up. I think we did a pretty splendid job getting to 5, and allowing them just two extra goals…
If you haven’t played indoor football a.k.a small poles before, you might be tempted to think it’s a pushover– very wrong! By the end of the first half, I was ready to go have a beer. There was lots of running involved and the game kinda never really stopped because there are no out of bounds lines.
If you haven’t tried out Zog ,Sports, I urge you to. It’s a pretty sweet group of people you get to hang out with– and then you get to drink afterwards! Check out www.zogsports.com or www.zogsportsnj.com to see what they still have open. You’ll probably have a choice between football (soccer), dodge ball, kickball, touch football and basketball. Go on check it out!
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If any other media outlet reported on this, I probably wouldn’t waste my time chewing them out. But when CNN publishes a story about someone calling another person “sweetie” (read it here), and attempts to pass it as “serious” news, I begin to wonder what the hell is going on?! With all the catastrophes going on around the world, with all the wars, natural disasters, falling cranes in NYC, police abuse of power, racism, and the ever worsening economic situation of this country, CNN finds the time to go after Barack Obama for calling someone sweety!
Now, I understand that some may find that a little derogatory, and I can accept that– though I don’t think it is. Many people who commented on that article said they had the same habit– and seriously, who hasn’t slipped up and called someone they shouldn’t have honey, hon, babe, sweetie, darling etc. before? My point is, It might not be right, but it happens UNINTENTIONALLY! AND he apologized!
And WHAT in the world is wrong with the people who use this as a basis on whether or not to vote for him?! I thought we had thinking people in this country. If you don’t want to vote for him, base it on his policies damnit, and not on the fact that he called some lady sweetie!
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If the pilot of this plane is really that dumb, he SHOULDN’T be flying the plane in the first place! This whole thing might have been a set-up by the passenger and his “friend” who works for jetblue (or not), but that’s not the point. The point is that the pilot should have had more sense, and controlled his flight attendant, and asked them to remain seated in the jump seat– after all, they had already agreed to let the passenger have the other seat– instead of bullying him into the toilet. At the very least, he could have offered him the jump seat as opposed to the toilet!
Besides how dumb the pilot is, I feel bad for jetblue for having such poor staff training. Please leave your comments.
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I love my high school…It’s LARGELY responsible for the person I am today and I will forever be greatful to everyone involved in making that experience happen. AND because I love my school so much, I just had to write this blog post to help it do better. I look forward to some interesting comments.
I just read a little blog post by a guy who was hired by my high school to teach Linux. You can go here to read it if you’re interested. Anyway, this post kinda got under my skin a little bit and got me thinking: why would they do that? Why would they find a guy from Germany and give him money (a lot, i’m sure), pay for shipping/ freight and housing, to come teach Linux? The only logical conclusion was that he would be providing an invaluable service that merited all the expenses. However, after reading the blog to the end (and still being in touch with my high school), I realize this Linux program bore no fruit! My brother just graduated and doesn’t know the first thing about Linux. Another brother is still there, and hasn’t mentioned Linux to me (I’ll ask him about it).
I am a HUGE fan of innovation and creativity– how couldn’t I be after being a business major at Whittier College and studying under Dr. Jeff Decker ? But I’m can not, with any logic, business or otherwise, support innovation wich isn’t backed by research. And it seems that this is exactly what happened in this case. According to the posting, there was no interest– absolutly NONE– in the Linux initiative, thus leading this guy to resign. Which only means, the executives who hired this guy didn’t do their homework before making that decision– or they made a decision because it sounded “cool”, not because it would actually do something for the students.
See, the thing that gets to me is that they wasted money on this guy (who by the way I think is an amazing person for resigning– he could have stayed on an kept taking the money) without first assessing what exactly they needed Linux for or if there would be some interest in it. At the very least, they could have made Linux a required part of the Computer Science course in SOS if they were going to spend all this money on this Linux guy. If his primary purpose there was to implement a system (as opposed to teach), then they should have instituted mandatory hours during the week, when all staff and students went to learn Linux.
Anyway, my whole rant aside, I know that the people who run SOS HGIC are some of the smartest I ever met (yes, I really believe that), so they must have has some good reason to hire this guy. I’d really like to read some comments from people who have any idea what this thing was all about.
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Issue 2 – The Java e-mail application isn’t working
The my last blog about my TMO Wing phone, I ranted about how I went on a holy grail quest to find a way to make the e-mail application that comes with the phone to work. And I found the answer and brought it to you! Today, I’m going to rant a little about another e-mail related problem with my TMO wing.
Most if not all of you have heard about GMAIL going mobile with a Java based app for your wm6 phone (other requirements apply– see here). If not, just google it and it should come up–and here’s a link that downloads the app directly to your phone, gmail.com/app. Just enter it into your phone browser. The problem with this mobile app though is that it doesn’t work…well, not for me anyway, and a couple hundred (if not thousand) other people as I’ve discovered. See, just like I did with the problem before, i’ve been to internet heaven and hell, trying to find a solution to this problem, but this problem is a little different– it seems this app worked for some people right out of the box, whilst others just can’t seem to get it to work.
The classic symptom of this app not working are is an certificate error massage when you try to download your messages with the app:
“Sorry, Gmail for mobile will not work on your phone. Your phone doesn’t have the appropriate certificate to communicate with the server. Try accessing Gmail for mobile in your mobile browser at http://mail.google.com”
THE SOLUTION: Now, in some forums, i’ve found that downloading a verisign class 3 public certificate directly to your phone solved the problem for people, so here’s the link if you want to try that: https://www.verisign.com/cgi-bin/support/rootcert/getrootcert.cer
yes, I know it’s a long link, but it’s work the finger exercise if it gets the app to work for you. If this doesn’t work… Well, I have no idea how to fix your problem though i’m still looking and will bring you an update as soon as I find one. In the meantime, Please leave a comment if you have some ideas on how this problem can be fixed. Thank you!
I recently made the wonderful 14 hour drive from NYC to ATL (driving the girlfriend to her internship with the C.D.C.). If you haven’t already done it, I’d urge you to. And if you already have, well… hell, do it again! This was a fun road trip. I was kinda lazy and out of it so i didn’t take as many photos as I would have liked to, but I did take a few (sample on left). Unfortunatly flickr is being an e-jackass and has limited my photos to 200 viewable ones (and I’m too cheap to pay $30 a year to have unlimited space). Don’t worry though, I’ll delete some stuff here and there and let you know when I post the pics… all 7 of them lol. Anyway, I believe I’m going to make this drive again sometime within the next three months so I’ll be sure to take a whole lot more pictures then.
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