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Hey everyone!  I've been busy this summer working on web projectsLet me give you an update!
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Hey everyone! [[11th Grade]] is about 1/8th over. I haven't posted any of my non-typed work online.  It looks like I won't have the time for that this yearMay be I'll get someone else to do it, or do it eventually.
  
[[GridView]], my app for [[Facebook]] I wrote on the last day of [[10th Grade]] in about 5 hours now has over '''26 THOUSAND''' users with a current growth rate of about '''1,5000 new users every day''''!!!!!  GridView lets you add all your friends profile pics to you Facebook profile for you and your profile visitors to see.  I was totally blown away by the popularity.  We've had some stability issues over the last week, and it was overwhelming my old server, so I had to move ThePlaz.com to a new server from [http://mediatemple.net (mt)mediatemple].  I haven't yet been able to re-enable [http://www.danga.com/memcached/ Memcached] a magic program which vastly improves the speed of [http://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki], the software that runs ThePlaz.com and [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]So my apologizes if the site seems slow while I sort this out.
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[[GridView]], my app for [[Facebook]] I wrote on the last day of [[10th Grade]] in about 5 hours now has over '''250,000 THOUSAND''' users with a current growth rate of about '''5,000 new users every day''''!!!!!  GridView lets you add all your friends profile pics to you Facebook profile for you and your profile visitors to see.  I was totally blown away by the popularity.  We're also rolling out GridView Mosaic, which creates a photo mosaic of your profile picture, with your friend's profile photos making up the tiles.  I am rolling this out to users as fast as I can; I'm having some scalability issues now.
  
Also, speaking of ThePlaz.com, [[Chemistry]] and [[IAG 3H]] work is now onlineThat brings to an end [[10th Grade]] uploadingLooking ahead to next year, I got my [[11th Grade]] scheduleIt's going to have to be changed to include my [[Dynamic Website Building Instruction and Practical Experience Group Study]] which will take place 2nd Quarter, 1st Block next school year. I'm so excited for that!
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[[Tecker 911]] just had a booth at [[Haverford Township Day]].  We were selling DVDs of the first 25 episodes, and raising local awareness for the show.  We also hosted a live technology question and answer session.  7 people asked their tech questions to usYou can catch Episode 30, some time in the the futureMeanwhile, you can catch photos of our booth and Haverford Township Day 2007 on [http://www.flickr.com/photos/theplaz/sets/72157602288254634/ Flickr].
  
[[Tecker 911]] is slowly releasing episodes.  16 are out already with like equal that number in the canI'll try to speed up the release schedule.  Meanwhile, enjoy [http://911.tecker.net/?p=67 Episode 16: RSS], [http://911.tecker.net/?p=66  Episode 15: Destroying Stuff!], and [http://911.tecker.net/?p=53  Episode 14: Ubuntu].
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20 episodes of [[Tecker 911]] are out.  Check out the [http://911.tecker.net Tecker 911] website.
  
My family is getting a new computer! It's a [http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_can_series.do?storeName=computer_store&category=desktops&a1=Usage&v1=High+performance&series_name=m8100y_series HP Pavilion Media Center m8100y] with 4GB RAM, a [http://www.intel.com/products/processor/core2quad/index.htm Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600] processor, and a 22" monitorWe got it all for less then $USD 1,400 (+tax) after getting $480 in discounts!  This should speed up Tecker 911 production by giving me a star system to edit on.
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My [[Dynamic Website Building Instruction and Practical Experience Group Study]] starts in about a month. I've planned out the first 25 days so far, the part where I teach PHP and MySQL. I'm excited. Potential participants, remember to file your paperwork!  [[SeniorQuoter]] is being used by our school this year, and is already reducing the work load on the yearbook departmentPlus, I recived word that at least one other school is using SeniorQuoter to ease the collection of their senior quotes.
  
[[Teckcasts]][http://teckcasts.net] is a new [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=259844745 podcast channel on  iTunes] which combines the best of [[w3life]][http://w3life.com], [[Tecker 911]][http://911.tecker.net] and our friends at [[sjTechZone]][http://sjtechzone.com].  Subscribe if you like to hear about TechnologyYou can find me on Teckcasts on Tecker 911 and also [[Leetspeek]][http://w3life.com/?q=blog/4] where I am a regular guest offering my kinda-weekly rants about the technology industry.
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My new computer is really sweet!  It's a [http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_can_series.do?storeName=computer_store&category=desktops&a1=Usage&v1=High+performance&series_name=m8100y_series HP Pavilion Media Center m8100y] with 4GB RAM, a [http://www.intel.com/products/processor/core2quad/index.htm Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600] processor, and a 22" monitorWe got it all for less then $USD 1,400 (+tax) after getting $480 in discounts!  It really runs fastThe only time I maxed out the processor is when encoding h.264 video for iPods.  Otherwise, the hard drive is the bottle neck for the computer.
  
Over the summer I visited [http://cornell.edu Cornell University] in Ithaca, along with Niagara Falls in CanadaPictures are on [http://www.flickr.com/photos/theplaz/collections/72157600954260605/ flickr] and can be seen in the 'Random Pictures' sidebar on ThePlaz.comAll of my pictures (over 8,000) along with most content on ThePlaz.com, is freely reusable under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5] license.
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[[Dictionary Robot]], my tool to help you look up a bunch of words at once is stalledGridView took off, school started, and I am working on a secret project for someone who is paying cash for me to code for themBecause I need cash, I have to work on that at this time, at the expense of working on some of my other stuff.
  
[[Dictionary Robot]], my tool to help you look up a bunch of words at once is roughly complete. I still need to smooth out output and add extra features. Look for it to open in a few weeks.  It has been a great lesson in 'hacking' (more like adopting - a mash-up) a program to do what you want.
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So, I'm looking forward to another great year, not only on ThePlaz.com, but on the entire family of ThePlaz.com web services.  Thanks for visiting!
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Welcome to ThePlaz.com

the site for all things Michael Plasmeier (ThePlaz)

This site is a wiki. That means that anybody (including YOU) can edit and change the information found here. (Editing help)

My site contains mostly my homework and projects as well as various stuff from my life. (Site Mission Statement)

Leave Plaz a (public) message File icon.gif or send me a (private) e-mail.Mail icon.gif

Nuvola apps edu mathematics.png IAG 4H (Math)

Nuvola apps edu science.png Chemistry (Science)

Nuvola apps package network.png World Cultures (History)

Nuvola apps korganizer.png AP Macro Economics (Economics)

Nuvola apps file-manager.png English 10 (English)

Nuvola apps kig.png IAG 3H (Math)

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Nuvola apps kverbos.png Western Civ (History)

Projects

Outlines

Maps and Creative
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Essays and Reports

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Nuvola apps kcalc.png IAG 2H and IAG 1H (Math)

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Latin 3

Projects
Notes
Journals

Double Entry Journals have 2 components: What I Learned (a summery), and Personal Response (a reflection)

Latin 2

Projects
  1. Roman Travel Project
  2. Sejanus
  3. Echo and Narcissus Myth
  4. The Journey of the Hero
Journals

Latin 1

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Michael Plasmeier
"ThePlaz"
Yahoo APM: Membership and Geo Platforms

My name is Michael Plasmeier, but almost everyone calls me Plaz. I am a Associate Product Manager at Yahoo - working on the Membership and Geo-related platforms teams. I graduated from MIT in 2013 in Computer Science and Management. I am halfway between the tech and the business world, doing both web development and product development. My interest in doing both started while I was working on GridView, an app I built after 10th Grade that reached 1.3 million users on Facebook.

Internships

Last IAP, I was a Software Development Extern doing testing in Ruby on the back end at CardSpring. Last summer, I was Product Manager at Disney Parks and Resorts Online where I worked on a project for Disney Cruise Line. Last January, I worked in management/strategy consulting at Altman Vilandrie & Company. The previous summer, I was a web developer at NextJump, an online affiliate advertising firm in New York. Prior to that, I was an extern in the Office of the Chief Scientist at State Street. My freshman summer I worked at Deutsche Bahn, the German national railroad, where I designed the smartphone version Touch&Travel, an app that lets you pay for the train with your phone.

MIT

At MIT I was heavily involved in classes, usually taking 7 classes a term, while being involved in student government. (I wrote about how I do it in Working out a System.) senior was dedicated to wrapping up requirements. Junior year at MIT I focused on EECS classes, as well as being elected president of Baker House. My second year at MIT focused on management classes. I was also involved in the vendor selection and implementation of the new dining plan. Freshman year, I took core classes and served on the Athena and Printing Committee. (I wrote about just hanging on freshmen year in Learning to Learn.)

Websites

I built a lot of web projects in high school. My most popular project, was GridView [1], an app for Facebook which lets you add the profile pics of all of you're friends to your Facebook profile. GridView had over 1.3 million users and made me some money.

I hosted and produced the video podcast Tecker 911 [2] along with some of my friends. Tecker 911 was a series of 100 5-15 minute shows each which covers a technology topic in a way which is relevant for ordinary people, with a focus towards students and our community. Tecker 911 was also shown on our local public access channel Channel 11.

I started SeniorQuoter, [3] an open-source web application for senior quotes collections for high school yearbooks. In 11th Grade, I lead a Dynamic Website Building Instruction and Practical Experience Group Study at my high school. I helped 4 other students learn PHP and MySQL and then I project managed version 2 of SeniorQuoter, the administration interface.

Tecker and Conflicter were question and answer services I built in 10th Grade. They never really caught on, but they were the perfect way to learn PHP. Dictionary Robot is something I tarted last year, but abandoned later. In 10th Grade, I was a member of Team 484 and in 11th Grade I was their webmaster.

In 8th and 9th Grades I wrote bunch of programs for the TI-83+.

Tech

My first two years at MIT, I was a regular on The Weekly Spin, a weekly take on tech stories and tech policy.

On my Tech page I have had a few pages about Devices I own and other small things that I have built. For example, I also made some improvements for MediaWiki, the software that runs ThePlaz.com and Wikipedia. I made a new skin for MediaWiki and a few MediaWiki extensions


Other Accounts

I also tag a lot of stories on Delicious. I also have over 70,000 photos on Flickr. I Tweet kinda regularly. I also post things to YouTube. And of course I have a Facebook. It all comes together on my FriendFeed.

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ThePlaz in often mentioned or interviewed in the news

MIT
MIT Dining
MITx/EdX
Baker Piano Drop
Tecker 911
GridView
ThePlaz.com Praise
  • Sam's Praise about my site
  • Baron Harkonnen's Thanks
  • Thanks for uploading Flickr photos
  • Uses Many ThePlaz.com Wiki features
  • A Drexel professor told me on the first day of class that I take very good notes and I would graduate suma cum laude from Harvard due to the quality of my notes at Gov School
  • Hi I saw your page about that download for the ferris wheel unit for IMP4, I didn't download it but even the info you had on the page helped me out. I have no idea what I'm doing and just started this year- i really get stuck on my homework EVERY night. Right now im working on HW 2 "As the ferris wheel turns" and i have no idea what I'm doing. But i just wanted to say thanks cause I'm gonna download that once I'm farther into the unit!--A Facebook user (J. S.)
  • Just wanted to let you know: I stole your headline method of note taking from your website and it is completely saving my life in American Studies. -Rebecca C.
  • Hey, you do have one of the best designed websites I have seen lately. Good job. A little flashy, but still functional. --Email comment 8/18/2010
Videos

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Trips/Vacations
Universities
MIT
Haverford High School
Places/Events/Daytrips

(need to update)

Tech/Unboxing/Products
Pictures on the Wikimedia Commons

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I am a lot into technology. Here are links to some of my web sites as well as modifications and how-to articles about other software.

My Websites
Devices
MediaWiki Tweaks
Essays/Thoughts
Other

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  • You must register (for a free account) to edit pages.
  • My site contains mostly my homework and projects as well as various stuff from my life. I am continually adding stuff. If you don't see what you need, ask me a question, or add it yourself. Just hit "Edit" at the top of the page.
  • Check out the user pages! All site members get their own page too! So don't be afraid to change and add to your page. You can do anything you like! Your user page is at [[User:{{USERNAME}}]].
  • New server (should be far faster and fix speed issues!!!) and URL scheme (should be shorter and easier to remember) Old links should still work and redirect you to the new site! --ThePlaz 23:58, 17 January 2009 (EST)

  • Please note our General disclaimer
  • Thank you to Michael Gdovin who came up with the domain name.
  • Uploading now enabled for the following file types: 'png', 'gif', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'ogg', 'zip', 'doc', 'xls', 'ppt', 'pps', 'pdf', 'mp3', 'wav', 'wma', 'wma', 'txt' Please upload responsibly, any inappropriate uploads will be tracked and deleted.
  • ImageMagick now installed for better thumbnails --ThePlaz 17:48, 5 May 2007 (EDT)

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For up-to-date info see Special:Statistics

There are 6,499 total pages in the database, including 1,578 pages in the main namespace and 5,000 files uploaded. These counts do not include OneNote notebooks on minisites or SkyDrive, and count multi-page files (PDF and Word) as one page.

There have been a total of 5,163,449 page views, and 16,470 page edits since ThePlaz.com was setup. That comes to 2.53 average edits per page, and 313.51 views per edit.