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| − | + | Boy has it been a long time since I last updated this. There is so much to cover that I avoid starting to blog, which only leads to more stuff to cover.... | |
| − | I | + | After much thought, I have decided to attend [http://mit.edu MIT] as an undergraduate. See [[Why MIT]] for my reasoning. |
| − | + | My second choice was to attend Drexel in their Information Science program, were I received a full tuition scholarship. Penn State had a nice program which was very similar. In addition, I was accepted at their honors college. However, University Park was a bit too remote for me. Temple also gave me full tuition and honors program, but I am not a fan of Northeast Philadelphia and the program did not stand out. I had originally wanted to go to Northeastern, also in Boston, but it would have cost me twice as much as any other option. | |
| − | + | I am really looking forward to moving to Cambridge this fall and being among the top 1,000 or so seniors interested in using technology to improve people's lives. I have no clue what to major in (which is interesting because I have always thought I knew exactly what I wanted to do). At MIT, you don't have to pick your major until later, and a major is not too big of a deal. Finally, MIT made me a financial offer tied for first with two other schools. | |
| − | + | I am excited for the opportunity MIT provides. I am planning on being part of the [http://admissions.media.mit.edu/admissions/program-overview/freshman-year-program Media Lab's Freshman Year Program]. The Media Lab is widely recognized as a leading innovator in new technology and user interface design. I am also interested in Political Science and a few | |
| + | other things. We will see. For housing I am going for Baker, Simmons, and German House in that order. | ||
| − | + | [[SocialView]] released 2 new products since I last wrote. [[ForumsPlace]] is an attempt to build a new community site and [[4Change]] is a petitions app for Facebook. I think 4Change is promising because it uses the social power of Facebook to spread. | |
| − | I | + | I did get a GPS receiver for the holidays and I took it on a few trips with me. It is a bit of a pain to run and merge the photos with location data, but it is worth it! I am planning on doing a Tecker 911 episode (#85) on it. You can see that in a few months.... |
| + | I posted a lot of photos to Flickr recently, since I traveled a lot. I went to Boston twice. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/theplaz/collections/72157614234238197/ Once to visit Northeastern], and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/theplaz/sets/72157617143567509/ a month later to visit MIT for CPW]. Over spring break my family went to the [http://www.flickr.com/photos/theplaz/collections/72157616715347111/ Caribbean on the Caribbean Princess]. I also went to [http://www.flickr.com/photos/theplaz/sets/72157617358484275/ the Met], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/theplaz/sets/72157617358484275/ the Philadelphia Opera], and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/theplaz/sets/72157618201812723/ National Train Day at 30th Street Station]. On most of these trips I took my geotagger. More than half of my 23,000 photos are geotagged; you can see my [http://www.flickr.com/photos/theplaz/map Flickr map]. I don't like the way the new Flickr mapping system work since it does not make it easy to discover locations.... | ||
| − | + | [[Tecker 911]] hit a slowdown because Premiere Pro CS4 did not work very well. I have posted up to episode 74 at [http://911.tecker.net 911.tecker.net]. Today we filmed up to episode 86. Hopefully things will get going again and we can get up to 100 episodes before college starts. Our goal is to finish with 100 episodes. | |
| − | :''[http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePlazPersonalUpdates Subscribe via RSS feed], | + | Recently, I created a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhgXJLcrYCw Hell's Kitchen spoof] and I posted a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9f5Exewu5Q short film I made when I was 10]. I just got a new [http://www.amazon.com/Canon-HF100-Definition-Camcorder-Stabilized/dp/B00114162K Canon Vixia HF100]. It produces really nice looking HD video provided you have enough light. My friend got a [http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-D90-Digital-18-105mm-3-5-5-6G/dp/B001ENOZY4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=photo&qid=1242790588&sr=1-1 Nikon D90] which is capable, once you figure it out, of taking some really good photographs, [[:Image:Michael_Plasmeier_Spring_2009_Narrow.JPG|like this one]]. |
| − | [http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=786542 Subscribe via email], [[Old Updates|See past updates]]'' | + | |
| + | You may notice that ThePlaz.com homepage has been redesigned. Check out the new "[http://friendfeed.com/theplaz FriendFeed]" section which pulls together my activity on the web from 13 different places including Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Status Updates, Delicious, and many others. This will replace many sidebar widgets and hopefully speed up the site by reducing the amount of JavaScript code. I also moved the site to a new host which is a lot more expensive but does support Memcached. | ||
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| + | Remember, I am tagging interesting sites with [http://delicious.com/theplaz Delicious]. I joined [http://theweeklyspin.com The Weekly Spin] where my friends and I talk about the most interesting technology stories each week. [http://theweeklyspin.com/feed Subscribe to the weekly audio] | ||
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| + | Material from the 1st semester of [[12th Grade]] is now online. I found a way to export OneNote notebooks to the web which preserves its appearance. Unfortunately, it only works in Internet Explorer and Opera. However, it is now very easy to upload stuff; it used to take me hours to do a class. | ||
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| + | Hopefully I will post more often in the future. -[[User:ThePlaz|ThePlaz]] 23:41, 19 May 2009 (EDT) | ||
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5/19/2008 ThePlaz.com Roundup
Boy has it been a long time since I last updated this. There is so much to cover that I avoid starting to blog, which only leads to more stuff to cover....
After much thought, I have decided to attend MIT as an undergraduate. See Why MIT for my reasoning.
My second choice was to attend Drexel in their Information Science program, were I received a full tuition scholarship. Penn State had a nice program which was very similar. In addition, I was accepted at their honors college. However, University Park was a bit too remote for me. Temple also gave me full tuition and honors program, but I am not a fan of Northeast Philadelphia and the program did not stand out. I had originally wanted to go to Northeastern, also in Boston, but it would have cost me twice as much as any other option.
I am really looking forward to moving to Cambridge this fall and being among the top 1,000 or so seniors interested in using technology to improve people's lives. I have no clue what to major in (which is interesting because I have always thought I knew exactly what I wanted to do). At MIT, you don't have to pick your major until later, and a major is not too big of a deal. Finally, MIT made me a financial offer tied for first with two other schools.
I am excited for the opportunity MIT provides. I am planning on being part of the Media Lab's Freshman Year Program. The Media Lab is widely recognized as a leading innovator in new technology and user interface design. I am also interested in Political Science and a few other things. We will see. For housing I am going for Baker, Simmons, and German House in that order.
SocialView released 2 new products since I last wrote. ForumsPlace is an attempt to build a new community site and 4Change is a petitions app for Facebook. I think 4Change is promising because it uses the social power of Facebook to spread.
I did get a GPS receiver for the holidays and I took it on a few trips with me. It is a bit of a pain to run and merge the photos with location data, but it is worth it! I am planning on doing a Tecker 911 episode (#85) on it. You can see that in a few months....
I posted a lot of photos to Flickr recently, since I traveled a lot. I went to Boston twice. Once to visit Northeastern, and a month later to visit MIT for CPW. Over spring break my family went to the Caribbean on the Caribbean Princess. I also went to the Met, the Philadelphia Opera, and National Train Day at 30th Street Station. On most of these trips I took my geotagger. More than half of my 23,000 photos are geotagged; you can see my Flickr map. I don't like the way the new Flickr mapping system work since it does not make it easy to discover locations....
Tecker 911 hit a slowdown because Premiere Pro CS4 did not work very well. I have posted up to episode 74 at 911.tecker.net. Today we filmed up to episode 86. Hopefully things will get going again and we can get up to 100 episodes before college starts. Our goal is to finish with 100 episodes.
Recently, I created a Hell's Kitchen spoof and I posted a short film I made when I was 10. I just got a new Canon Vixia HF100. It produces really nice looking HD video provided you have enough light. My friend got a Nikon D90 which is capable, once you figure it out, of taking some really good photographs, like this one.
You may notice that ThePlaz.com homepage has been redesigned. Check out the new "FriendFeed" section which pulls together my activity on the web from 13 different places including Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Status Updates, Delicious, and many others. This will replace many sidebar widgets and hopefully speed up the site by reducing the amount of JavaScript code. I also moved the site to a new host which is a lot more expensive but does support Memcached.
Remember, I am tagging interesting sites with Delicious. I joined The Weekly Spin where my friends and I talk about the most interesting technology stories each week. Subscribe to the weekly audio
Material from the 1st semester of 12th Grade is now online. I found a way to export OneNote notebooks to the web which preserves its appearance. Unfortunately, it only works in Internet Explorer and Opera. However, it is now very easy to upload stuff; it used to take me hours to do a class.
Hopefully I will post more often in the future. -ThePlaz 23:41, 19 May 2009 (EDT)
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