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Philip - Unfortunately, due to incessant spam, I've had to close the chatbox. No new messages can be posted.
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Philip - I hope you're watching Heroes!
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Jessica - Hello. Just checking in on your "blog" I'm bored and waiting for prime time tv to start.
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Philip - Damn, he beat me to the punch. My Grandpa's Aces video only has a few thousand views, and YouTube doesn't even pay me!
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James - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/15/technology/15video.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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Philip - I'm trying to make mittens, actually. They are really hard to make the right size...
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um - how are the chrocheted pants and shirts going?
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Philip - You are just changing the subject to hide the fact that you have NO IDEA how to solve my riddle.
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Casey - Nice Hat Grandma
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Philip - Tell James that he doesn't have to go around telling OLD riddles. I've got more ;-)
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Philip - You have 50 coins that add up to $1. Oops, you drop one on the ground. What's the probability that you dropped a penny?
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Arun - Philip, how you doing bud. I think there's something you should know, James has taken to re-telling your riddles throughout the office w/o your credit
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Philip - Something about how the oatmeal raisin cookies are in the mail and I should expect them in a few days?
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Maggie - now that the boycott has ended I can't think of anything to say . . .
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Maggie - hum . . ..
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James - Stop posting under my name Philip. We don't bow to you.
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Philip - Update --->
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Philip - Julian Beever is awesome, but no, I wasn't trying to do that. If you go to the tutorial you'll see what I was trying to do.
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Philip - I vaguely kept in contact with Josh. We emailed each other once or twice, but that's it. I think he's looking to get into journalism.
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Vinochug - I bow to Philip.
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someone - I bow to Philip.
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James - I bow to Philip.
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Philip - If I'm going to be a dictator, I might as well act like one. BOW TO ME!
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Vinochug - Yo Phil, I think this is something like what you were going for originally with the cat? http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm
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someone - You run this message board like a really boring dictator. How about some new updates to make life int he cublicle more interesting!?!
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James - You run this message board like a dictator. Stop editing my responses. 1 min 50 sec...IMPRESSIVE! Have you kept in contact with Josh?
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Philip - But it was fun while it lasted, and everyone should learn to do it at some point in their life!
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Philip - Oh, and I'm bored of the Rubik's cube now lol, so I prolly won't get any better than my 1:50 personal best.
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Philip - Also, I bet Chinovinochug will appreciate Catshop, so pass it along =)
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Philip - Hopefully, I'll give you an update on my life in around a month or so. Send me an email so I have your email address.
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Philip - Hey, James! Remember when I promised to solve it in under 5 minutes by the time you got back? Psh. I'm under 2 minutes now.
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James - Philip, hey man...whats going on? Hope all is well, please update us fans of your site an update on your life. How fast can u complete the cube now?
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a person - You know what woule be cool? Kiwi art! cause everything is better when it's bright green and fuzzzy.
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me - And! with dialogue so stunted that it made the new Star Wars sound good!
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me - Longer+ stupider than Pie, with too much Rachel Weisz. The two themes were: isn't my wife beatufiul and aren't I really profound? uff!
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Philip - Although, I am a huge fan of depressing movies lol!
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Philip - Hmm, heavier than Requiem and Pi, but not as depressing. That's the review on IMDB. I might have to think about seeing it.
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me - If you really like video game music (and I know you do) go see the 'Fountain'. It's boring, pretencious, but the music is a lot like Fantasy 4 music.
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um - Why don't you ever delete anything posted with the name "um?" Not that I'm complaining. -DM
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Casey - go see blood diamond... it's amazing!
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Philip - All right, people, hold your horses! The site has been updated! Everyone start going wild with Christmas music, k?
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um - I KNOW RIGHT.
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Casey - Update your site
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Philip - The score, I believe, is +32 in my favor.
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Casey - Phil has never once lost to me at Jippii
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Casey - I'm bored
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Casey - Nope, I RULE!!!!
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Philip - It's supposed to be a long string. It's a BLOG for crying out loud. Oohhh. Casey just got OUT-ARGUED. Oh baby!
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Casey - reorganize your site... it's just one long string
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Casey - I'm offended by th ematerial on this website
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Arianna - Don't believe Phil's lies. I am the Connect 4 Master!
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um - brocoum.com isn't working...
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Philip - Arianna 1, Philip 4 (Connect 4 Score)
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Casey - Happy Birthday #1!
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JonStewart - Hey Phil, nice site you've got here. I hear you enjoy my show; keep watching, your support is keeping us afloat.
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Casey - Boring...
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Anon - You got a good voice but not a great voice... Not bad though
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Arianna - I am the master of Reversi
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Philip - Oh, and for all you other visitors, the Barbara who just posted below me is THE Barbara from the gallery.
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Philip - A site is only as awesome as the people who visit it ;-)
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Barbara - See, it is true. I was here. This is awesome!
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Casey - Hey phil! Check out this sweet site: http://kr.image.yahoo.com/GALLERY/read.html?img_filename=44505eb360b6
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Philip - If Casey isn't original within three seconds, he DOES NOT RULE.
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Casey - If phil doesnt respond by 8/24 then he admits that CASEY RULES
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Philip - This is a test to see how often Casey checks my website. CASEY DOESN'T RULE. If Casey does not refute this by 8/24/06 then it must be true.
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Casey - \n \n \n \n \n \n \n
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Casey - I sent him this video -->
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Philip - Not anymore, so HA.
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Arianna - I'm in the Caribbean, so HA.
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Philip - Oh, and thank you Dilanyan. I think you are the first non real life friend of mine to post on my site!
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Philip - Then why did I just CRUSH you?
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Casey - I am officially better than Phil at starcraft.
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Jessica - Compared to my current ability to design a website, I think its pretty good!
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Farhi - The most important thing to understand is that it's a RIGHT-handed coordinate system.
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Philip - Lol, is that you, Ross?
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Farhi - Cocaine's a helluva drug.
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Farhi - Dude, this website sucks. I don't know what the hell Jessica is talking about.
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Farhi - And the TTTTension in the string...
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Philip - Yeah, I programmed everything in PHP. I made it my summer goal to learn a web programming language.
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Jessica - This is a very developed website. I like the archiving of your photos with the descriptions, very cute. Also nice to see who is who.
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Nate - I love the Chatbox feature. Did you progam it yourself?
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Dilanyan - Nice site Philip
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Casey - philipbrocoum: STOLE YOUR THUNDER
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Philip - Okay, folks! The pictures page is online.
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Casey - Booooring
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Casey - make me level 2 and i'll think about it
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Philip - And then video conference me hehe.
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Philip - Casey, get a webcam, point it at your TV, and put on Scrubs. NOW.
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Arianna - Well it's about time he found out about Scrubs! It's a great show!
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Casey - I sent him back. I also introduced him to Scrubs, which he is now addicted to.
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Arianna - Casey, have you taken Philip hostage? I demand that you send him back to New York now!
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Arianna - Lemme guess- Starcraft? :)
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Casey - Phil and I are going to do something COOL today!
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Arianna - I made chocolate chip cookies the other day. That's all I eat. Now who's jealous?
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Arianna - What!?!?! No Fair!!! I am beyond jealous right now!
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Casey - We played 3 player starcraft for 12 hours today...you know you are jealous
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Arianna - Kinda Sick so I'm stuck inside this weekend. I hope you boys are staying out of trouble!
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Casey - Hi Arianna whats up
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Casey - I suggest you make me level 2, because while my futon is soft, sleeping outside is sweaty and nasty and you'll get mugged..muauahahhahaha
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Arianna - The tree on the bottom of your screen :) Haven't seen the balls in a while.
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Philip - Who's got what tree?
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Arianna - Now we've got a tree!
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Arianna - Bye bye balls! Hello birdie.
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Arianna - It's lookin' great Phil!
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Philip - The music section is up! Only one more section to go before my site is live!
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Arianna - And I have no air conditioner! Screw Living!
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Philip - It's 93 flipping degrees outside. Screw running.
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Maggie - And in Chicago a new law makes cabbies "dress better". hehe
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Maggie - Speaking of dumb encouragement ideas: there was a proposal in Australia to make drivers with a lerner's permit wear helmets while driving.
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Philip - And he wasn't too great at offering encouragement either! (Haven't made my math website yet, but I'm "looking forward" to it.)
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Maggie - hey, rember when you were doing back handsprings and the athletic instructor came in to see why you were hurting yourself so badly on purpose. hahahah
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Maggie - You made math video AND a math website, and you still claim that doing back-handsprings was the most painful thing you've ever donw? hum . . .
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Philip - Because both you and Ari are lvl3 members. Sorry, you've been demoted :->
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Casey - Why are you my blue color??
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Casey - Pizzo is from brooklyn, not Italy. :-P
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Arianna - puny pizzo pimps pizza in pisa
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Arianna - Thank you for making that clear Casey. So the point is, if you ever meet a little guy named Pizzo, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
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Casey - translation: Pizzo is a creepy guy
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Casey - haha Awesome he was quite a guy. Not that i'm not going to say that I was never not scared of any city ever
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Arianna - I HEAR Pizzo is doing well. I now take a different route!
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Casey - By the way Arianna, how is that crazy guy who gave us the strange hand motion?
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Arianna - Well I actually saw Keanu Reeves the other day. He looked like a pretty normal guy (with facial hair).
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Philip - And what are you doing browsing my site before it's fully ready!? Well, you can be a beta tester =P
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Philip - Ha ha =) The silhouette at the bottom randomly changes. If you have any good silhouette pictures send them to me.
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maggie - oh no! now the duck has turned into an ugly spider!
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maggie - Glad to see that a nice line of ducks is one of the first thing you aded to your new site!
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Philip - You just saw Keanu Reeves and amazingly he carries the rotoscoping effect with him in real life. Chat us up about it here in the chat box!
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| iTunes Randomness |
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A little math article I wrote in my free time about randomness, specifically focusing on iTunes and random playlists. Many people seem to have the wrong impression of probability, so maybe this will help them out. Not to mention I think it's pretty interesting as well. |
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| March 9th, 2007 |
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| Everyone...Except |
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A humorous and biting satire about equal rights. My political statement for the year. |
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| February 23rd, 2007 |
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| Aquaria |
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Ok, this looks to be the most promising game to crop up in a long time. It hails back to the days of simplicity. 2D graphics (BEAUTIFUL 2D graphics I might add), enchanting music, simple gameplay, deep storyline. It's not out yet, but keep your eyes peeled. |
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| January 30th, 2007 |
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| Crochet |
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Thanks to Arianna giving me a little push, I've taken up crochet. This hat is my first project. Came out pretty well if I do say so myself. Oh, and I have now way surpassed Arianna's crochet skills; "When I left her I was but a learner, now I am the master." Quick, what movie is that from? |
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| January 24th, 2007 |
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| Catshop |
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I Photoshopped a cool photo of my Aunt Ruth's cat, Truffles. I did such an amazing job, however, that I didn't quite achieve the effect I was going for. I was trying to make it look like the cat was coming out of the photo, kind of like how that girl comes out of the TV in the Ring, but the perspective came out so perfect that it looks like the cat is just sitting on top of the photo! I bet people will think I just pasted the cat on top of the photo. You can see the original photo I used here and go here for a tutorial on how to do this "out of bounds" effect with your own photos. At the end of the day, I really do like what I came up with. Besides, Truffles is awesome =) |
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| January 7th, 2007 |
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| Watermelon Art |
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Oh, wow. This guy is crazy. I don't know how artists do it, but it was a bit of genius there thinking of sculpting watermelons. The natural color gradation in the watermelon makes it all the better. |
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| January 7th, 2007 |
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| Simpsons On Math |
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I'm not generally a big fan of the Simpsons (Futurama is way better), but an excellent episode aired last Friday about math in school and girls in math. It's episode 17x19, Girls Just Want To Have Sums. Watch it. It'll make you smarter. |
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| January 5th, 2007 |
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| Heroes |
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BEST NEW SHOW EVER. |
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| December 27th, 2006 |
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| 2006 Video |
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Since I was in New York and the rest of my family was in Las Vegas, we had a "Video Conference Christmas" over iChat. It worked rather well. However, unless you are a Brocoum, you probably have no interest in watching two hours of the Brocoum Family. It's rather boring, haha. |
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| December 25th, 2006 |
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| Merry Christmas! |
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And here is a nice little app for all you Mac people out there. |
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| December 24th, 2006 |
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| Rubik's Cube |
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I've learned how to do the Rubik's cube using Matt's method. His method is very simple and requires almost no memorization. The Rubik's cube is really fun, so you should all go get one from Toys 'R Us for some holiday entertainment. Oh, and here you can watch the 2006 Rubik's Cube World Champion. He's insane. He does it in 12 seconds, and then does another cube blindfolded with one hand. |
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| December 9th, 2006 |
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| Christmas Hymn |
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It's that time of year; time to brush up on your Christmas songs! This is a nice little hymn on the piano written by Jon Schmidt. He's a new age pianist and he's actually really good, so you should go check out his website. |
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| December 3rd, 2006 |
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| American Pie |
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I tried my hand at the intro to Don McLean's legendary song, American Pie. Unfortunately, it's a little bit outside of my vocal range, so I'm not sure if I'll bother learning the rest of the song. But it's fun to play =) Also, click here to watch the real Don McLean perform the song. He has a great voice. |
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| November 11th, 2006 |
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| iPod Linux |
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Wow, Linux on an iPod. It's cool, you say to yourself, but why should I care? Because Linux plays videos, even if you don't have a new iPod Video! I took my 2gb iPod Nano, installed Linux on it, and now I can watch South Park on my way to work =) |
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| October 22nd, 2006 |
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| Snow |
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Betcha didn't think a snowflake looked like this! This is a photo taken with an electron microscope, so it's zoomed in pretty far! |
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| October 22nd, 2006 |
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| David's Quote |
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Ok, I think this is the best quote I've heard in a long while: "Life's an endless cycle of 'shit to deal with' vs. 'money earned.'" Amazing. And it was said by the very same David Black that's in the gallery here on my website! |
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| October 17th, 2006 |
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| Elephant's Dream |
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This is most impressive. It's a 3D, animated movie made entirely with free, open source software. Watch it this instant! Then go download Blender and make your own movie. |
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| October 14th, 2006 |
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| Goodness, It's ALL Fake |
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Wow, this is a video of how they make models look so good. I'll give you a hint: IT'S ALL FAKE. Makes you wonder what fashion models were like before Photoshop. |
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| October 14th, 2006 |
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| Caliendo Does Bush |
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Caliendo, the comedian, makes fun of Bush. He does really good impressions. I actually like his Clinton line better than his Bush lines. |
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| October 12th, 2006 |
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| Woman Drawn Inside Out |
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Here is a nice Flash animation of a woman being drawn from the inside out. It's pretty cool to watch and the artist obviously has skill. |
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| October 11th, 2006 |
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| No Student Zone |
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This site has nothing, I repeat, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, to do with Mr. Brocoum's classes at Shuang Wen. If you are a student or parent, you probably meant to go to www.brocoum.com, a site that no longer exists because of parental complaints. Again, if you came here thinking this site has something to do with Shuang Wen or Mr. Brocoum's classes, please leave now and find some other site on which to spend your time. I apologize if there was any confusion.
If you are still on this page (and hence not a student or parent or whomever) and want to know more, go to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Although I'm no lawyer, I'll point out some things I find interesting.
"Students who are merely criticizing or insulting schoolteachers and administrators, even with vulgar language, likely will not amount to the 'material disruption' required by the Supreme Court." I never said anything bad about anyone, my students did, and students can say whatever they want.
"No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider." If I'm not the one who wrote it, it's not my problem.
"If you work for any level of government (also called a 'public employer'), your employer's right to fire you is also limited by the First Amendment's protection of your right to free speech." Yay for the constitution.
"New York has also enacted statutes that prohibit employers from terminating employees for engaging in lawful activities outside of work." My personal life is my personal life.
"The First Amendment protects your right to communicate legal adult content to the public." It's a tiny, fuzzy picture of Angelina Jolie that GOOGLE PUTS UP if you search for the phrase, 'mouse droppings.' Oh, and I put that up before I was even employed by the NYCDOE.
I should mention that I never told my students about this site. Some of them went and stalked me on Google.
Anyways, www.brocoum.com was just a simple website, and it's gone now, so that's that. My intention was simply to have a place to post homework assignments and a place for students to talk if they felt so inclined. But, again, the site is gone now, so no biggie. |
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| October 3rd, 2006 |
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| Ass Caked In Soy |
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For the record, Casey Adkisson's name anagrams to "Ass caked in soy." |
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| October 3rd, 2006 |
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| Fan Mail |
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Ok, I received some fan mail yesterday, so I'm putting it up on my site! It's from Maria Luckyanova at MIT. Here's what she says:
"Your website is so cool. You should get a fanmail section. I want to write to it. Love, Maria."
She also wrote, slightly over 60 seconds later:
"You should also get a suggestion box section so that in the future I can suggest things via suggestion box. Love, Maria."
Here's my reply: Maria, your name is an anagram for "A caravan milk you." |
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| October 2nd, 2006 |
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| The Client |
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I'm learning why John Grisham is a best-selling author. I never wanted to read his books because I always imagined the law would bore the hell out of me. But the book is great! John Grisham has talent, that's for sure, and his books are best-sellers for a reason. Get it, buy it, read it. Now. |
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| October 2nd, 2006 |
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| Whack Your Boss |
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Play the best game ever: Whack Your Boss! You get to pulverize your boss into a bloody heap. It's quite therapeutic. |
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| October 2nd, 2006 |
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| Casey Adkisson |
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My good friend Casey Adkisson has put up a website. It's really cool. You should all go take a look. Casey's Website. |
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| September 17th, 2006 |
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| 16 Sandwiches |
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Haha, I used up two loaves of bread making 16 sandwiches to get me through next week! |
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| September 11th, 2006 |
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| Firetruck MIT Hack |
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Haha, someone from the orange tours put a fire truck on top of the MIT dome in honor of 9/11. Admit it, we MIT folk are good engineers. |
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| August 31st, 2006 |
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| Amazing Sand Drawings |
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Wow, this guy draws on an overhead projector using his hands and a lot of sand. What's more, he choreographed it very nicely to the background music. It's quite entertaining to watch and the drawings come out really good. |
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| August 22nd, 2006 |
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| Penn & Teller |
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Penn & Teller, the comedic magicians from Las Vegas (Teller never talks), have a show on Showtime called "Bullshit!" And best of all...it's free on Google Video! Watch it NOW. The show is amazing. They debunk all the dumb things that people for some reason believe. It is jaw-droppingly funny. Just do yourself a favor, watch it. You'll be smarter for it, and you'll have a good time. |
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| August 22nd, 2006 |
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| Chilli Pepper Prison Break |
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Haha, two people broke out of prison using chilli peppers. What do you know. |
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| August 20th, 2006 |
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| Crosswalk Buttons DON'T WORK |
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Way deep down you always knew this to be true, but now here's the proof. Crosswalk buttons are fake! |
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| August 20th, 2006 |
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| Synchronized Goldfish |
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This is incredible: some Japanese guy taught his goldfish to swim in formation! |
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| August 19th, 2006 |
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| Religion = Bad |
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Finally, a study showing that religion is bad for you. Basically, they did some statistics and the more people believe in God the more violent crime and unwanted pregnancy arises. Of course, the US is up there with the worst of them. But Japan isn't. Go Japan! |
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| August 19th, 2006 |
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| $1 Million |
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Ok, this is amazing. Not only does he win, but he wins in STYLE. |
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| August 18th, 2006 |
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| Mouse Droppings = Nude Girl |
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Here's a new one: do an image search in Google for "mouse droppings" and a nude girl pops up. |
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| August 18th, 2006 |
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| Family Guy Still Has It! |
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Oh man, this is the best Wheel of Fortune Family Guy clip of all time! Family Guy is still the best show around! |
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| August 14th, 2006 |
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| Moon Landing Videos...? |
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AHAHAHAHAAHHA. Those stupid idiots LOST THE MOONLADING TAPES. I mean, seems like you would stick those tapes in Fort Knox or something... |
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| August 13th, 2006 |
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| Black Holes |
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Ever wonder what a black hole is, or how it works, but hated reading all those technical things? Well, this site is probably about as plain English as it gets without losing too much in the translation. Very interesting stuff. |
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| August 13th, 2006 |
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| OLGA Shut Down (Again) |
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Oh no, I might be able to LEARN A SONG ON THE GUITAR.
ITS THE END OF THE WORLD! |
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| August 5th, 2006 |
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| Tetris World Championships |
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OMG THIS IS AMAZING. If only Ray Perlner could see this... |
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| August 5th, 2006 |
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| New Videos |
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I've put up some new videos in the video section; Zanarkand, Gymnastics, and Butterfly. |
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| August 5th, 2006 |
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| World's Largest Web Page |
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This page is awesome. It has more stars on it than stars in the universe. It's like looking at the entire cosmos on your computer screen. Also helps you realize how insignificant we are. |
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| August 2nd, 2006 |
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| Wtf is This? |
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They call these "boxed apartments" lol. An apt description I think. They are somewhere in Canada. I want to live there. I don't know if you know this, but I LOVE Canada. |
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| July 28th, 2006 |
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| Diving Mistake |
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This is the funniest thing ever; this kid slips on the diving board and...well, watch the video. |
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| July 28th, 2006 |
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| Website Up! |
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The shadow becomes clearer as our hero emerges into the sunlight. Years of hard work and php programming come to fruition. My site...is...up! |
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| July 28th, 2006 |
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| Into The Future |
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These photos are so awesome: they are real photos but they look like something out of a sci-fi movie or Doom game. |
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| July 25th, 2006 |
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| Strange Statues |
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I've never been a statue fan, but these statues are amazing! It's nice to see that some statue-builders have a sense of humor. |
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| July 20th, 2006 |
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| Today's What-the-fuck Moment |
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Guess how much money Lion's Gate Films spent on Saw III? $1 million dollars. Guess how much money they spent ADVERTISING Saw III? $18 million dollars. What-the-fuck? They could have made 18 more movies for that much money! But I guess the advertising worked; Saw II grossed $250 million dollars worldwide. (I got this from Fortune Magazine) |
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| July 18th, 2006 |
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| Off To MIT |
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I'm off to MIT to visit some old college pals. I'll finish my website when I get back =) |
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