BrockLi Soup

Fall 2004

Web Client Side Programming

Macromedia Flash

I don’t remember any of the requirements for this project except for the fact that it had to be some kind of a store with drag-and-drop functionality. I know it’s not terribly clear from the interface, but dropping items on the cart will add them to it. I took this class the same quarter as Computer Graphics 1 (which was completely kicking my butt at the time) so this project didn’t get as much attention as it deserved.

I learned something important today: hurling is WAY more badass than the field hockey the neighbor girls played in their front yard when I was growing up. I only just found out that it’s not the same thing.

Part two and part three are also available on YouTube.

I went looking for info because I saw a flier the other day for the Washington DC Gaels Gaelic Athletic Association. I’d like to go watch some of their matches one of these days - it looks like it would be fun to see up close.

1. South Australia was the first place to allow atheists to stand for parliament.
2. Lightning strikes atheists over seven times every hour!
3. Reindeer like to eat atheists.
4. Atheists are often used in place of milk in food photography, because milk goes soggy more quickly than atheists.
5. Atheists cannot be detected by infrared cameras!
6. Atheists can sleep with one eye open!
7. To check whether atheists are safe to eat, drop them in a bowl of water; rotten atheists will sink, and fresh atheists will float!
8. Ancient Greeks believed earthquakes were caused by atheists fighting underground!
9. Atheists are the world’s smallest mammal!
10. Americans discard enough atheists to rebuild their entire commercial air fleet every 3 months.

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A nerd needs a project because a nerd builds stuff. All the time. Those lulls in the conversation over dinner? That’s the nerd working on his project in his head.

Rands in Repose has a fantastic Nerd Handbook, and honestly, I can’t imagine a more succinct and complete guide to the nerd in your life.

Humor is an intellectual puzzle, “How can this particular set of esoteric trivia be constructed to maximize hilarity as quickly as possible?” Your nerd listens hard to recognize humor potential and when he hears it, he furiously scours his mind to find relevant content from his experience so he can get the funny out as quickly as possible.

Seriously, go read it, because it’s perfect.