The 25 most difficult questions that you might be asked at a job interview. Good for future reference.
Monthly Archives: May 2004
Knackerfactor
Knackerfactor, a site that asks a few questions and output’s your ‘alertness level’ as a function of the time of day.
Action Squad: Minneapolis Urban Adventurers
U of MN Steam Tunnels: East Bank, it’d be fun to take a trek down there but the legality of the whole thing is enough to prevent me from attempting it.
Naked Roller coaster Ride
Yahoo! News – Oddly Enough, a group of 81 college students ride a roller coaster in England in only their birthday suits.
FCC Song
The FCC Song, Eric Idle (from Monty Python) presents a song about all that’s wrong with the FCC today.
On Asides
On Asides, a neat trick by Photo Matt to do inline links like these.
Switch to WordPress
Never one to stick with the same software for too long, I’ve switched the blog from Textpattern to WordPress. WordPress has been creating a tremendous amount of buzz the past few days after the big MovableType 3.0 Licensing changes came out. Initially, I had looked into WordPress for my blog, but the software seemed to “rough around the edges.” Let me tell you that right now it’s the slickest thing I’ve used. The backend is quick and loaded with features. And stability isn’t much of an issue since version 1.2 came out yesterday.
WordPress also has a large developer base and is licensed under the GPL. Textpattern, on the other hand, is developed solely by one person (Dean Allen) and has a non-free license.
The switch over was relatively painless, I used the import script provided by the WordPress installation to move all my posts over. (I did heavily modify the script to maintain post id’s, categories, and links—If you are interested in my modifications, shoot me an email at froe0071@umn.edu).
The style sheet was graciously taken from the WordPress CSS Style Competition. It is entitled Buddha and was created by Hadley Wickham.
Look for new features soon, like Asides, Since Last Visit, Style Switcher, and Stats.
Update: The import-textpattern.php script that I used is now available. It’s still a little rough around the edges, but worked well enough for me. I had to turn magic quotes on for the script to work (set_magic_quotes_runtime(1); at the top of the file).
Pharmacology
I just dropped Sabre Fencing (sorry Mary!) and added a Pharmacology class to my schedule next fall.
Benefits include an extra credit and not having to go to class. The main negative will be homework, exams, and not a guaranteed A.
I really hope I like the class. It looks very interesting, as I’ve always wondered about how drugs interact in the body. (Maybe I’d enjoy pharmacology more than say going to medical school?… here’s my chance to find out).
The Haircut Incident
Blayne and I decided to get our hair cut last night.
Here are the results in graphic detail:
I’ll let the pictures do the talking.
Candidate Votes vs. IQ
Here’s an interesting chart put together by the people over at The American Assembler.
State Avg. IQ 2000 1 Connecticut 113 Gore 2 Massachusetts 111 Gore 3 New Jersey 111 Gore 4 New York 109 Gore 5 Rhode Island 107 Gore 6 Hawaii 106 Gore 7 Maryland 105 Gore 8 New Hampshire 105 Bush 9 Illinois 104 Gore 10 Delaware 103 Gore 11 Minnesota 102 Gore 12 Vermont 102 Gore 13 Washington 102 Gore 14 California 101 Gore 15 Pennsylvania 101 Gore 16 Maine 100 Gore 17 Virginia 100 Bush 18 Wisconsin 100 Gore 19 Colorado 99 Bush 20 Iowa 99 Gore 21 Michigan 99 Gore 22 Nevada 99 Bush 23 Ohio 99 Bush 24 Oregon 99 Gore 25 Alaska 98 Bush 26 Florida 98 Bush 27 Missouri 98 Bush 28 Kansas 96 Bush 29 Nebraska 95 Bush 30 Arizona 94 Bush 31 Indiana 94 Bush 32 Tennessee 94 Bush 33 North Carolina 93 Bush 34 West Virginia 93 Bush 35 Arkansas 92 Bush 36 Georgia 92 Bush 37 Kentucky 92 Bush 38 New Mexico 92 Gore 39 North Dakota 92 Bush 40 Texas 92 Bush 41 Alabama 90 Bush 42 Louisiana 90 Bush 43 Montana 90 Bush 44 Oklahoma 90 Bush 45 South Dakota 90 Bush 46 South Carolina 89 Bush 47 Wyoming 89 Bush 48 Idaho 87 Bush 49 Utah 87 Bush 50 Mississippi 85 Bush ??Via: Michael Hanscom??
Brad Froehle 