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March 08, 2007
I Got a New Digital Camera!
Two weeks ago, I purchased a refurbished Nikon D50 from the infamous (and impressive) B&H Photo and Video.
I look forward to learning a lot more about photography, and hopefully taking some decent photos along the way.
Keep your eyes on my Flickr!
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March 07, 2007
Facebook and Grey's Anatomy
Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz shows what happens to Facebook traffic when Grey's Anatomy comes on. You can even see the commercial breaks.
Reminds me of some similar graphs I saw Google speak at a NYU Recruiting event.
· Another Thursday Night at Facebook... [Facebook blog]
Posted in on March 07, 2007, 12:15 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink
March 05, 2007
Academia is Consuming My Soul
Assuming everything goes according to plan, this May (!!!) I'll be graduating from NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study.
The idea behind Gallatin is simple -- instead of declaring a major and taking certain classes in a certain order, we choose a topic of study and take classes we want. The requirements are minimal when compared to other schools -- a math or a science -- but the other schools extract their revenge when we have our colloquium in the final semester of our senior year.
What is this mysterious colloquium you ask? Gallatin's helpful little website defines it thusly:
The colloquium is an intellectual conversation among four people—the student, the student’s adviser, and two other members of the faculty—about a selection of books representing several academic disciplines and historical periods.
Sounds like a blast! Alas, the Gallatin Colloquium is the final hurdle we have to clear before the graduation at the end of the tunnel.
Basically, we have a list of books -- of which there must be a certain number from certain time periods -- and the panel gets to ask us any question they want related to our topic and those books.
While I'm comfortable discussing my topic -- in a sentence, how new media is bringing back the voice of the little guy (clichés abound!) -- relating it to Plato and Homer is a bit scarier.
And so I will be having this marvelous discussion on Monday, March 19 -- the first day back from Spring Break.
So, if you're having trouble getting a hold of me, that's probably why. Find me on the 20th!
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