Today, I got a new job. I am the newest employee at a company called Afni. I am excited, starting a new chapter (or in this case, a new “blog” post) of my life. Mainly, I am going to focus on sales and provide some technical support, in an ever expanding business. I still will be going to school this fall, with the goal of getting my Business Administration degree.  Just thought I should let everybody know what’s going on in my exciting life.

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It’s that time of the week again; getting psyched about the weekend.  Well, here is a clip for parents that have just a little trouble getting your baby to stop crying.  Maybe of all the times that you have been RickRolled by your co-workers; you can now use this to your own advantage.  In case you don’t know what being “RickRolled” is, I have placed a link for you to see for yourself.  It’s NOT a trick, I promise!  Anyway, enjoy!

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I bumped into this little clip today.  Although I think any DIY (Do-it-yourself) project is great, I just think this is just a little creepy!

Also another clip that @snez pointed me to, thanks for sharing!  If only Friday’s at the office is truly like this!  Enjoy!

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Today is Download Day.  Download Day is characterized as the day that FireFox 3.0 Final is available for download.  FireFox 3 is the much awaited alternative to Microsoft Internet Explorer and part of the infamous “browser” wars.  I downloaded my copy earlier today and I am impressed!  It is fast, efficient and most of all, FREE!  Download Day is an attempt to set a Guinness World record for the most downloads in a 24 hour period.  I suppose attempt is not a description I should use, because there is currently no previous download record that has been set.

If your tired of how slow Internet Explorer is and want a clean, fast Internet browser, I encourage anybody to check out this browser out, just to try.  You might be pleasantly surprised!  You can download it here.  If you are getting a slow download, be patient, it is definitely worth it!

P.S. - I hope I can set a new Guinness World record for using the word “download” in a single blog post…  9 times!

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To celebrate the end of the college semester, here is a fairly large clip (about 40 minutes length) of an interesting perspective of college… the RPG perspective. If you remember the game “Final Fantasy VII”, this interface may look familiar… Anyway, enjoy!

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We are in a new age of information. E-mail is the aging medium, instant messaging is sort of the norm. Twitter has become the new form of communication for the early adopters. Some may think that twitter is just “a bunch of Silicon Valley people talking to each other”, but as of recent events of the earthquake in China, that is not entirely the case. Thanks to tech blogger and technology socialite Robert Scoble, people heard about the quake before major news vendors reported on it. Another example was back in April when a student from the University of California-Berkeley got arrested in Egypt and twittered, “Arrested”, in which set off events for his release.

Mark my words, in the next few years, Twitter will be the next Facebook. It just astounds me of how technology evolves, how information is disseminated and how people form a sort of “external” community.

To end this post, I would like to say that my thoughts and prayers go to the families in China and to the people involved in the relief effort.

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One of today’s clips will first feature the classic “Life” cereal commercial that I grew up with…

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Here is a commercial for the original Nintendo Entertainment System… [P.S. who ever bought the little robot (R.O.B. - Robotic Operating Buddy) that was only made to be used to play like two games?]

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Here is one from the many “Time to Make the Donuts” commercials from Dunkin’ Donuts that features Tattoo from “Fantasy Island”. (Who doesn’t remember “Fantasy Island”, and the famous lines, “The plane! The plane!”).

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The last clip is from Alka Seltzer that is hilarious…

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May 1st, rent is due (for most of us) and today is also RSS Awareness Day. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. This is a way that information is “fed” into a presentable way that could be custom tailored by you, the user. Information can consists of news, blog entries and other frequently updated content. One way to explain this is when you watch CNN on television, you have up to date news, stock prices, sports scores and other tidbits of information. Now think of this for the Internet. You can subscribe to blogs that you read, podcasts that you listen to and news reports; all tailored to your own whims. Another example is on Facebook. When you first login, you come to the “notification page”, this page has recent activities of your friends on Facebook. This is an example of a feed.

Perhaps you have seen the little orange button on websites with the white arches, the one on the right side of my blog column? This is the RSS symbol, which you can click on to subscribe (and this is not a plug to subscribe to my blog, REALLY. But you can, if you want). But first, you need a program called an RSS reader, feed reader, or sometimes called an RSS aggregator. I use Newsfox, which is an add-on to my web brower, Firefox, but there are many other programs you can use, too. Then it’s as easy as subscribing through the RSS reader and whenever information is updated, it will appear in your reader. Easy as 1-2-3.

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Credit to Drea W. for the picture…

Last night was the 2nd incarnation of “Blast to the Past”. It was great to see everybody dress up and have fun. Special thanks to Angel for coordinating and her roommates (Drea, Erin, Felise and Amanda) for hosting this event.

The day started with thinking of what to wear. I initially picked Indiana Jones, sort of a blast to the past figure. Then as the day progressed, I changed to an 80s stock broker. Tim and I both went to the local Goodwill store and shopped. Overall, my outfit was less than 10 dollars… so I was happy. Then an unforseen event; my stock broker pants at home did not fit me anymore, so I resorted to some other pants, which did not have the buttons that supported my suspenders… so I had to tie the ends to my pants. I got a few laughs (thanks to Ryan for bringing my self-esteem down, I could always count on you). Needless to say, I had to improvise and decided the stock broker look was out. I decided on random 40s news reporter (couldn’t have guess with the digital camera around my neck, thus the improvised “Press Pass” stapled to my shirt).

As for the pictures, I took about 60. I was a little disappointed to find that about half of them were pretty much not useable. I posted the good ones on Facebook…

Overall, the party was awesome and I had a very good time.

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Last week it was about cats. I was going to use an animal that rhymed with last weeks subject, but opt-ed out. I am trying to get hits here and I don’t think you can win any popularity contests with rats (no offense to rat lovers out there). I thought it would be fair to feature man’s best friend instead. Thanks Steve for finding this clip. Enjoy!

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