New Blog for Ramen Noodles, Rent, and Resumes
Wed 23 Apr 2008 – 13.51
Hey, remember when I talked with Kristen Fischer about her book, Ramen Noodles, Rent, and Resumes: An after-college guide to life? Well, now the book has a blog, where you can keep track of the latest news and reactions, and get in touch with Kristen and the others working behind the scenes. Check it out!
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30+ Useful Sites You Probably Didn’t Know About
Fri 14 Mar 2008 – 16.05
I reckon that title is pretty self-explanatory.
via Dumb Little Man
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Wed 05 Mar 2008 – 10.21
We’re seeing signs of Spring here in New York. This time of year always encourages me to get out and re-invigorate myself towards some practice or other. I’ve been focusing on networking this Winter, but Spring seems like the time to be more social. My March resolution, as it were, is to get out more and have more fun. Is that such a bad thing?
What are you doing this Spring to change your life?
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Youngsters Not Happy About Oldsters Going Online
Thu 31 Jan 2008 – 11.43
I’ve been saying for years that Baby Boomers ruined the Internet. Or at least adults in general. Not us geeky kids. First, they felt the need to monetize everything leading to the boom in advertising online. Next, they, in their gullible ways, allowed Spam and Fishing scams to flourish, and now they have the dubious honour of being trend-killers. Once your dad tries to friend you on MySpace, you know it’s time to go someplace new.
The sentiment is shared, it seems. News.com.au tells us about how late teens and twentysomethings are finding it annoying when their parents, grandparents, and adults in general are encrouching on their [virtual] turf.
“As parents, we have to figure out where to draw the line between encouraging and allowing our teens to have autonomy, to experience their separate culture, and when we need to monitor their use of media,” says Montgomery, a professor of communication at American University.
It’s an interesting topic, and something that perhaps needs to be looked at family-by-family. I know that my father and I have sort of bonded over my teaching him bits of Photoshop here and there. He hasn’t yet discovered Flickr, etc., but that might help a bit to open his mind. He does, however, know where to find all the great conspiracy theories from ultra-left websites. Eeek.
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Men Hate to Admit to Casual Gaming
Mon 21 Jan 2008 – 17.01
Casual Gaming? No, that’s not a euphemism for butt-sex, it’s playing those “little” video games that take up just a bit of time here and there. Tetris, Bejeweled, etc. are common examples.
Traditional says that these games are mainly for ladies, and men prefer to tackle “real” games like Hal or Tomb Raider. But as it happens, men play ‘em too, but hate to admit to it. The news comes from GamePolitics.com.
What’s your stance on casual gaming? Personally, I admit to being a Tetris junkie just as bad as anyone else — male or female. There was a time when I would play Solitaire for speed, throwing in a quick game here and there, but these days there are thousands upon thousand of Flash games on the web to choose from. Here are a few of my favs:
Desktop Tower Defense
Solitaire
Pillage the Village
Chaos Theory
Bloons
posted by Scott in life.
Mon 07 Jan 2008 – 13.09
Do twentysomethings make resolutions? Most likely yes, but perhaps not with the same fervor as ‘adults’. It seems we are content to just exist, and we have a strange blindness when it comes to self-examination. While we may examine our waistlines, like everyone else, we seldom resolve to change our life to any large degree.
I include myself in the above blanket statement. As is the case with people I have spoken to recently, I resolve to achieve small, attainable goals rather than lofty shifts. And with twentyhood specifically (ie, the website and podcast) I have a few to numerate. So here’s to you, readers and listeners, helping me keep my resolutions.
Here are my plans to twentyhood for the year 2008:
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Sat 05 Jan 2008 – 12.37
Need further evidence that college bafoonery has escaped it’s brick-and-ivy cage? The World Series of Beer Pong is currently underway in Las Vegas. Perhaps the most shocking revelation is that this is in fact the third WSBP, so the event is gaining traction.
Check out the official site for BPONG.com, who organise the event, and a coverage article from openpresswire.com
I think the most cheeky part of this whole … affair is the logo itself. It seems baseball is no longer the national pastime.
posted by Scott in life.
S.T.O.P.: Advice for Living Well
Mon 15 Oct 2007 – 9.39
Apparently I’ve stumbled onto some sort of self-motivational website called Today Is That Day. Without freaking myself out too much by reading the entire archives, I am sharing a post that turned up on Digg, and generally seems valid.
S.T.O.P. is a quick-and-dirty philosophy for Enjoying Your Life. It stands for Stop, Take Action, Organise, and Participate. Want more details? Check out the post for yourself.
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The Vanishing American Vacation
Wed 19 Sep 2007 – 11.52
Now that Summer is over, I can adequately reflect on the fact that I truly need a vacation. I didn’t get to go away this summer, save for that weekend in Toronto (which was mostly spend on the bus), and apparently I’m not the only.
Compared to people in other developed countries, Americans don’t ask for more vacation time, don’t take all the vacation time their employers give them and continue to work while they are on vacation.
Says Don Monkerud of AlterNet. Check out the article for more of the bad news.
So are you, the young professional, falling into this same trap that has already claimed out parents? I surely hope not. As for me, well, I plan on taking the entire month of December off.
posted by Scott in careers, life.
Wed 12 Sep 2007 – 8.11
Aside from playing Tennis, that is.
From DIY Life, which by the way is a really cool blog, comes 17 usefull around-the-house uses for tennis balls. As you might expect, they all center on the rubbery nature of the balls, which are unique in sports. I’d go so far as to say that it is the most common use of rubber that most people can think of — except perhaps shoe soles, and of course tires. But you wouldn’t use either of those for fixing things in the home. Here’s a novel example:
8. Secret storage - Looking for a place to stash that million dollar microchip while you’re at the gym? Slit a tennis ball and stick it inside! Works for anything that’s valuable (or not) and small enough to stick inside a tennis ball via a tiny slit.
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