Bloodpressure 120/80, pulse 72…
Well folks, I just checked the health of sneaker.org and believe it or not, it still seems to be live and kicking!
A big thank you to those of you who are still coming here to check out the site and an even bigger thank you to those who have bitched and moaned and kicked me in the butt to actually update the information on the site and start posting again. I might just start doing that RSN (really soon now!).
As things stand right now, a lot has happened — I’ve finished biding time — somehow Stanford let me in to its Ph.D. program, managed to merge my previous company with another firm out of Boston and get myself disengaged from being commited to my company full time, relocated to gorgeous and sunny Palo Alto, California and started at Stanford.
And oddly enough being in this environment has not only given me enough to think about but also enough to talk about — but given that there are lots of smart people around me I enjoy having discussions more than posting things, that may be one of the reasons I haven’t been posting here as often. I definitely do like it better when someone is willing to argue with me and question me — after all that is what stimulates critical thought đŸ™‚ But I will start posting things on here in the hopes that it will stimulate more interaction both online and off (latter is turning out to be preferrable in my attempt to not get sucked into geekdom…)
Oh, newsflash! The pictures section has a ton of new stuff!!
New in Thought — caught in the act!*
Nothing new in here yet, but coming up soon… Frijdas Laws of Emotion — dissecting falling in love; Intellectual Masturbation — a chronic ailment of graduate programs; Motivation.
New in Rants and Raves*
Nothing new in here either, but coming soon… Gelato; Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine and more.
New in Eavesdropped!* on Sunday, November 3, 2002
“I’d lean my head against the window, but you are warmer.” – One very drunk female friend to another male friend of mine while I’m driving them back home from a night out in the city (San Francisco).
“A picture is worth a thousand words, that means that video is 30,000 words per second.” – Marc Davis in his talk about Computational Media as part of my HCI Seminar class
“If our minds were so simple that we could understand it, then we would be too simple to understand it.” – As quoted by Sendry in my Psych class on Emotion, making the point that Psychology is a recursive subject — we are using our brain to try and understand how our brain works.
The more I study, the more I realize how little I know and the worse I feel. – sneaker, on the eve of Comps, 2002
Women are like cats – they know they’ll get stuck in the tree, yet they’ll climb it anyways. – The wise words from Q.
There are no contradictions. When you come across a contradiction go back to your premises. – Francisco d’Anconia in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged
Every great idea, took birth in one great mind. – Not sure what the exact quote is, but I remember it from somewhere.
In the temple of his spirit, each man is alone. – The Unconquered (Equality 7-2521) in Ayn Rand’s Anthem
And that night, we knew that to hold the body of women in our arms is neither ugly nor shameful – but the one ecstacy granted to the race of Men. – The Unconquered (Equality 7-2521) in Ayn Rand’s Anthem
What are you really seeking?
Freedom – to want nothing, to expect nothing, to depend on nothing.
– Ayn Rand’s Fountainhead (the movie)
