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Written by Reid
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Friday, 28 November 2008 16:12 |
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when in the editor, you need to select the "insert/edit link" icon (looks like a chain link). when you do this, you then need to identify the url and you can select the target, which in this case would be a new blank window... see the image that is included...in this case you would have already inserted your link url, and you would now need to identify the target as a new/blank window. 
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Last Updated ( Friday, 28 November 2008 16:16 )
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Written by Erik
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Friday, 28 November 2008 08:16 |
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The MegaPenny Project, seen here http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/default.asp has, as you should click on it and see, displayed an account on trying to comprehend the quantity of large numbers in terms of how big the stacks of pennies look. 1 billion pennies would look approximately like the size of 5 school buses, except that instead of being school buses, they're rectangular prisms of school bus-magnitude. Typically when one thinks of 1 billion, it is hard to really even grasp what that number means, let alone visual what kind of objects these amounts of pennies would fill. Quite frankly, it's damn near impossible to wrap your wits around 1 billion of anything (and don't worry, the website goes well into the [fill in favorite prefix]-rillions). It reminds me of the analogy for the size of a proton relative to an entire atom. I'm sure you've all heard that if an atom (say, hydrogen) were enlarged to the size of Kinnick Stadium (i.e., the space in which its electron could move would be, [statistically] approximately presumed as the volume of said Hawkeye greatness), then the actual proton-part that makes up the nucleus (which, for hydrogen, is constituted by one proton) would still be the size of a grain of sand. A boiled down, hover over the surface-wouldn't cite this in a collegiate paper-crash course in particle anatomy can be seen here: http://www.historyforkids.org/scienceforkids/chemistry/atoms/proton.htm . This, mental-grip wise, still means about nothing to me. Grasping the magnitudinal difference of a grain of sand and a stadium (probably in the billions, size ratio wise) is a bit silly, and I'm not sure any kind of penny-stacking school bus correlation would begin to represent the smallest of nature in any natural form. Did I post this on the wrong blog?
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Last Updated ( Friday, 28 November 2008 16:09 )
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Written by Erik
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Monday, 24 November 2008 23:03 |
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My initial attempts at logging in and attempting to begin blogging with Orientigued began quite a while ago, actually, though now I've be re-issued status as an Administrator, and the child in me feels very important now. Qualified. My recent frustrations with attempting to login can be viewed on the blog for my radio show. That aside, though, I must extend a profound thanks to the Orientigued community, no matter how few people read this, for giving me the opportunity to post my even more worthless items on a site that doesn't have to do with a radio show. I think that blogs are equally great and horrible. Lately, I've been tortuously sucked in and miserably regretting it. The benefits lie in the vast access people now have to other people's thoughts deemed worthy of digitization, as well as nice outlets for showing writing and creativity, and connection, keeping up with news, networking, the list goes on. A big nasty minus of the blogosphere (if I have to pick one) is the abusive anonymity. On so many sites random "replies" can be viewed that are usually of the most negative gossipy brood imaginable. This is since most of these published response walls require little identifying information for folks to post their own replies (which can be a good thing), though it leaves an outlet for both commercial and offensive graffiti. New software requires you to "type in the words you see" before you post something (or buy something), to prevent bots - or, essentially, computers from taking over the web with [even more] pointless info-garb. This digital screen to make sure the voice on the other end of the line is human doesn't prevent people from taking spineless stabs at blogs they probably shouldn't even be reading in the first place. Yeah, blogs are good because they are open to everyone, but just because you disagree with a statement doesn't mean you need to post repulsive responses. It's like spray painting a building from 200 yards with a potato gun, kind of fun, and damned hard to get caught unless you leave your pants and wallet next to the potato gun and manage to accidentally call the cops on yourself too. The bottom line of the situation is that there are some incomprehensibly dumb people out there who are willing and able to do some really dumb stuff sometimes. I guess this is kind of like the rest of the world then.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 25 November 2008 00:01 )
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Written by Reid
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Monday, 24 November 2008 00:53 |
So I am now working.... I work for a media planning/buying agency in Chicago and am simply happy to have something to do during the day. Being able to pay rent and having health care is also a plus. After five weeks of work, I cannot help but feel that I want to know everything there is to know about advertising, let alone media buying (I activate the media plans/strategies). I really wish I could just plug my brain into some sort of machine that would teach me all of the basics. Hopefully the machine would not be able to provide the intuition and valuable insights that I hope to possess, because I think those are traits I may bear which differentiate me from the competition. I would just like to know the basics sooner than later (I suppose it would provide me with the illusion of job security amid a troubled economy).
Despite the exhaustion that I feel from work, life is good. My roommates are good people. We had a raging dance party at our place last weekend...it was a great time. One of the most fun aspects of recently moving to Chicago has been a)meeting new people, b)meeting new girls (I'm relatively fresh out of a 2 yr long relationship), and c)I feel free.
It should be mentioned that no one reads this (I don't market this page at all and the only people who know this page exists are the notables Erik Nylen and Kyle Woods).
I post to express myself for whatever reason. As a bit of terrible foreshadowing...my next post may focus on the frustrations I feel regarding my aspirations and dreams of starting a company (I honestly think I have a good idea).
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Written by Reid
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Thursday, 11 September 2008 22:24 |
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Apparently I wrote this awhile back.....I have foregone edits and am letting the entry stand as is........ I am sure you know the feeling when you haven't worked out (or participated in physical activity) in a long time. The exhaustion is insurmountable. You cannot overcome the aches and pains that I feel now, and will feel tomorrow and will no doubt feel the next day... But it feels good. I participated in one of the best games of ultimate frisbee of my life tonight. We played to 21 but had to win by two. My team achieved victory after dusk had set in and we had scored 25 points. It was great. It has been a very long time since my last entry.... and there may be another extended gap between this post and my next, but thanks to my good friend Erik Lee Nylen I have decided to write an update regarding my life and some recent adventures. There will be stories I shouldn't share here.....but what the fuck...I don't think anyone other than my close friends read this shit. Two weeks ago today, I boarded an Amtrak train in Osceola, IA bound for Chicago. After a relaxing 8.5 hours (mind you I was supposed to board at 8:30 a.m. but boarded at 10 a.m. and didn't arrive until 6:30 p.m.) I stepped foot in Union Station located at S. Canal St. and W. Adams St., just west of the Sears Tower. After lugging my duffle bag, hanging clothes, and various loose items to a cabbie, I managed to make my way to my buddy's place near Addison and Lake Shore. It was here that I staked out for the next week. Two days after my arrival I managed to
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Last Updated ( Monday, 24 November 2008 01:03 )
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