Thoughts & Ideas

ROAD TRIP

22 October, 2007 (16:16) | Thoughts & Ideas

COLIN AND I WENT OUT TO CLEVELAND THIS WEEKEND TO HANG OUT WITH RACHEL AND SEE A CONCERT ON SUNDAY.  OVER THE WEEKEND WE HAD A FEW COOL IDEAS.

ONE WOULD BE FOR A CAR COMMERCIAL.  INSPIRED BY THE RUMBLE STRIPS YOU GO OVER TO SLOW DOWN BEFORE TOLL PLAZAS, IT WOULD BE COOL TO PLAY A SONG USING THE TONES MADE.  FURTHERING THE IDEA, THE CONCEPT OF A MUSIC BOX CYLINDER CAN BE APPLIED, ONLY LINEAR, WHERE YOU TAKE A LARGE ROAD STRIP, MAKE SOME NOTCHES IN IT AT CALCULATED DISTANCES AND HAVE A FEW CARS DRIVE AT THE SAME SPEED OVER THEM, REPRODUCING A POPULAR SONG, SUCH AS SMOKE ON THE WATER.

THE OTHER IDEA WAS A THEMED MEN’S BATHROOM, WHERE URINALS WERE OBJECTS THAT MEN WOULD NORMALLY PEE ON, SUCH AS A TREE, BRICK WALL, AND SNOW.  FOR THE SNOW ONE, ALL YOU WOULD NEED WOULD BE A SNOWCONE MACHINE SERVING ICE SHAVINGS ON A CONVEYOR BELT OR JUST DUMPING NEW SLUSH DOWN AS THE REST MELTS.  THAT ONE SOUNDS THE MOST FUN TO ME.

BTW, IT’S INTERNATIONAL CAPSLOCK DAY.

Site Update

Subscriptions options through RSS feed!

18 October, 2007 (15:07) | Site Update

RSS functionality has been in the site for quite some time, but I’ve never really promoted it.  With the future of websites moving towards cross-site promotion, news aggregators, feed readers, and just customized displays, I’ve updated my RSS feed and will work further to make it more easily accessible for those who use RSS readers.  Here are a few links:

 

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Ramblings

open mic night at Pitt

16 October, 2007 (21:15) | Ramblings

Lesson for the day:

When your younger sister says there’s an open mic night at Pitt, verify that yourself. She may not know the difference between an open mic night and an open mic for black homecoming weekend where black people can use the stage to talk about issues they see on campus.

Pittsburgh

Google is taking pictures of my truck.

9 October, 2007 (10:54) | Pittsburgh

As of today, Pittsburgh is one of 14 cities to be featured in Google street view.  They missed my street, but went down a perpendicular street where you can see my truck parked on the right.   License plate security risk?  It’s a pretty neat function, being able to visualize where you want to go in a foreign city.  Really puts into perspective the depth of "Google Earth" beinga digital copy of the entire planet.  Maybe in a few years we’ll be able to create a 3D virtual world.

Site Update

new songs and videos

29 September, 2007 (19:44) | Site Update

New songs up on the myspace and new videos on the youtube. I want to get 1 more song on the myspace page soon, so check back. leave comments and ratings on the youtube vid!

http://myspace.com/joshuadavidhall

http://youtube.com/sixf00t4

Personal Update

Check in – at least 1 hour before departure

27 September, 2007 (13:31) | Personal Update

I’ve been busy, alright!!?  let’s break it down….

Work – the office 2003 project is rolling well.  I don’t think i’ve messed up yet, so i think people are impressed or at least liking my work so far.  I’m also helping out on an unrelated project just for this weekend, flying to philly to help out with support.  Should be awesome exposure and fun since they only expect a few hours of work from us.  There’s also talk of another project to move 5,000 people between all the different offices, so seems like i could be busy for a while, GOOD!

School – B’s so far in the first 2 classes of the semester.  I should be able to at least maintain that for the rest of the 3 weeks.  Then 2 more classes for the second half of the semester, and then FIN!  Bout effing time.  I’m tired of people assuming i’m going for my masters.

Music – Still playing open mics when i have some free time.  I’ve been trying to post new songs to the myspace page, but i just want to get 1 finished before i announce them.  3 new ones have been up for a week, and people are listening, so i’m totally feeling pressure to finish that 1 song!  put some new videos on youtube as well.  Jordan Otto is back in town, and we talk every so often, and I’d really like to get together with him and a few others and jam around.  we’ll see if that ever materializes.

Love – Rachel and I are talking pretty much everyday in one form or another, and i think it’s great.  We went to cedar point 2 weeks ago, but the new roller coaster, the maverick, was closed!  totally dissapointed.  Rachel is coming home this weekend, and i just found out about the flight to philly, and she is totally understanding.  She’s awesome when it comes to compassion.  Sometimes too much though, i’ve told her I wanted her to make really crazy expectations of me that I can’t meet, challenge me basically, and then get really mad at me if i can’t meet them.  she said that was a terrible thing to say…which may very well be true, but i’ve said worse.  🙂

Home – Deirdre’s moved in, Alex is moved in, and the dish washer is running constantly!  those two use a lot of dishes.  Also tore up the front yard this past weekend.  I’ll try to get some photos up here soon.

Play  – Wow, booked a flight to vegas from november 14th – 17th and florida from dec 18th-20th.  Originally, J’aime was going to vegas with dan for a dental conference and i was going to hang out with her, but now that she has the baby, she isn’t going, so it’s just me and dan, and just me when he’s in his conference.  Not sure about why i’m doing that, especially over my birthday, but whatever.  I’m getting too old to care.  25?!?!  WTF.  Florida will be using the time share that Mrs. Marsh (step-grandmother) let me use down in bonita springs.  Rachel and I are going to go down.  Those are the only big vacations planned, but i’d like to go DC at least once more this year, definitely go out to see rachel a couple times, and whever else the road takes me.