What a weekend.

Between My graduation and Michelle's graduation our family is two degrees smarter. Well, I guess Michelle's graduation isn't really a degree, it's a diploma.

But I had a good time this weekend seeing all the family and some of the friends. We waited to leave Garden until we ate dinner with Andy last night, which meant that we got back around 4 this morning. :P

Ok I'll get some pics up when I get a chance. Until then check out this place for some free music.

One step smarter

Today was a long day. I want to go to bed. But I had a good time, and I am officially one degree smarter than what I was when I woke up this morning.

(Sam, Alan, and I, part of the Stat rolling crew.)

Rock on!

Wii

I have been grading finals almost non-stop all day since 7am (with normal meal breaks-etc...) Now I am finally done with that. Well, while I was slaving away some other people down in California have been having fun down at E3.
The biggest news out of E3 is how Nintendo has regained alot of the ground they have lost with the fans. For example, here is the line to play with the new Nintendo gaming console Wii:

If you want to check out the system go here.
It really looks like it'll bring Nintendo to the front of gaming once again.

I bring Finals week cheer!

...you look like you needed it. ^_^

The fall of slashdot

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E3 so far

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Norm!

When I have work to do in the morning I tend to end up at Radina's, Manhattan's bestest coffee shop. Recently I have noticed that there is a fair amount of regulars that seem to always be there. It is quite funny to watch their interactions, because it almost seems like an episode of Cheers. Today was a great episode.

Apparently today was one of the regular's husband's birthday, so he was going to meet up her at the shop. Word got around that it was his birthday, and so another guy got everyone in the room to be ready to sing happy birthday when he showed up. (Imagine this as a Cheers episode; it really happened like it was on the show.) When the guy opened the door to the coffee shop the whole store starts singing happy birthday. He didn't change the expression on his face and walked back out of the shop, and grabbed a newspaper to read until the song was over. Then he came back in the shop, and everyone (as if rehearsed) waited until he walks all the way to the line to order his drinks and sings him happy birthday again. (Which he stuck around for this time.)

A Chain Reaction Game

A Chain Reaction Game v.3 (game)

Here is some finals week mindless fun. The point of the game is to blow up as many things as possible using a chain reaction like principle. There really in no strategy to this game, which is a good thing for finals week. So far my high score is 424.

If you should be doing things for school then check this game out.

The homestretch.

Finals week, that's all that left.

Last weekend Pickle came down on a business trip to KC. So on Friday and Saturday Nicole, Jenette and I went to Lawrence to visit Newgen and on Saturday Pickle and Jeff. The first thing we did on Saturday is go to Local Burger; "the next generation of burger joints". I got an elk burger, it was good, it had a clean good food taste.

After lunch we went to go play disc golf. It was cloudy and soggy, but it was still fun.


After disc golf we ate at 75th street brewery, which is another pretty good place in Lawrence.


Yesterday I spend the day at home, replenishing my power meter so that I can use my special moves to finish off finals week.

#2 Down

I just got done giving my second presentation of the week. This one was about my experiences with statistical consulting, specifically working on a paper about assessing the health of marriages.
I think that the presentation went well, and there were only a few light questions afterwards. (Which means I either explained things well, or I put everyone to sleep.) So now I have just a rather difficult final to do and make corrections to my master's report and this semester will be over.

Rock, rock on!

Master's Report Defense *Updated!*

Today is the big day.
(Eeep!)

Update: Although there are a couple of things I need to change with the report, overall I passed .

Zombie Infection Simulation

Zombie Infection Simulation

Everyone knows that the threat of a zombie attack is an important matter of national security. That is why the Zombie Infection Simulation is a valuable piece of research. The simulation takes random population of people (purple dots) and one zombie (green dot) and lets them mingle. When the people see the zombie they panic, and run, while the zombie goes after them. If the zombie catches a person there is a chance that they too will become a zombie. The simulation continues until there are only people or zombies left.

This simulation has showed me a couple of things:
1. Don't get stuck in a dead in with a zombie.
2. Find a remote area to hide in where it is hard for a zombie to find you.
3. In the end everyone will become a zombie, there is no way around it.

Be prepared for a zombie attack! Run the zombie simulation now so that you learn how to maximize your time alive!

Katamari rocks

I helped Maria moved out of her apartment the other day, and in the shuffle I offered to house her PS2 at my place, for free of course. (Needles to say she was very happy to find a place that would store her Play Station without charge. ^_^) So, now during my brakes in my day I have been playing Katamari Damacy. And let me tell you; if you have never played this game you are missing out, big time. It is one seemingly drug induced video game extravaganza where you roll things up into a ball. If you don't believe me that the game was made by people who were on drugs check out the opening:



Does that not rock?

Digital Dog-In-A-Shell

It just figures: The one day when I get a class cancelled I leave my jacket in a previous class, so I have to wait until the canceled class would have normally been done before I can get it and actually go home.

Anyways, as promised here is a present for Moral Turpitude for finding the best time to give a Dog-In-A-Shell as a present (A Bark Mitzvah):


It's a Digital Dog-In-A-Shell! Presented by 'Model Rules of Professional Responsibility' and 'Con Law Supplement'.
But it seems that Moral Turpitude isn't impressed.

Audio Dream Blog

Jenette has been posting her dreams on NettyBear using audio blogger. (As far as I can tell it is the only audio dream blog on the internet.) Her descriptions are very detailed and the dreams are a unique combination of crazy and bizarre that only dreams could make. They are quite entertaining, and since they are audio posts you can listen to them while you play on the internet. I highly recommend checking them out.