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− | I recently installed [http://www.danga.com/memcached/ Memcached] on ThePlaz.com wiki. I'm seeing a massive speed increase in page generation times. The homepage use to take 50 seconds to load, other pages generated in about 10 seconds. This was unacceptable. Now with Memcached I see about 4 seconds the first time a page is generated and then about a second for subsequent page loads. This big increase is because Memcached stores common database (MySQL) queries on the server and can retrieve them much faster then the database. Hopefully this will make ThePlaz.com more usable.
| + | Just got back from [http://montymadness.org Monty Madness] with our [[Team 484|robotics club]]. We came in 8th in the seeding rounds and wnet up againts alience #1 in the semifinals. The first time we beat them 140 to 23, the highest score at the competition. But #1's defense was too much for us, and they eliminated us. |
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− | I purchased a [http://flickr.com/photos/theplaz Flickr] pro account a month ago and have uploaded over 3,000 photos so far from my back collection. All are freely reusable under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5] license. I have also added a script which displays 3 random photos from my collection each time a page on ThePlaz.com loads. | + | I also got to ride a [http://segway.com Segway] with founder's Dean Kamen's brother or cousin (sorry, I forget) (he looked just like Dean). It feels really weird. You only need to shift your balance, not lean, to move. It was hard to get the hang of, because you want to pull back to stop, but you only need to shift your balance (or just even think "stop") |
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− | More [[Tecker 911]] episodes should be out soon. Meanwhile enjoy [http://911.tecker.net/?p=49 Episode 10: LAN Party] and [http://911.tecker.net/?p=51 Episode 11: Windows Vista].
| + | I now have about 5,000 of my photos on [http://flickr.com/photos/theplaz Flickr]. All are freely reusable under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5] license. I have also added a script which displays 3 random photos from my collection each time a page on ThePlaz.com loads. For some reason, it is only showing the ones from the cruse I took. I must find out why it is only showing these. |
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− | [[Tecker]] [http://tecker.net] now has email alerts. Sign up at the social question and answer service for technology. A brand new addition to Tecker is coming soon (it even has it's own domain!) | + | I took the [[w]:Advanced Placement Program|AP]] [[Macro Econ]] exam. Two of the the three open ended question were about things I wasn't too sure about. All of the practice questions I had seen seemed to be more based on stuff I was more sure of. I confused the discount and federal funds rate, and international economics always make my head spin. On both practice tests I took I got 50 out of 60 on the multiple choice section. Hopefully I got the same. 60 questions always make you tired and cranky, but I answered them as best as I could. I think I got either a 4 or a 5. Hopefully I got a 5, but I don't know how this test breaks down in regards to scoring. |
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− | Version 1.3 of [[SeniorQuoter]] [http://seniorquoter.org/?q=node/13] is now out. We added character limits and terms and conditions. Check it out, it's open-source GPL software from ThePlaz.
| + | Happy May |
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− | Happy spring!
| + | ''[http://theplaz.com/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:ThePlaz&action=edit§ion=new Leave Plaz a (public) message] [[Image:File_icon.gif]] or [[User:ThePlaz:E-mail me|send me a (private) e-mail.]][[Image:Mail_icon.gif]]''--[[User:ThePlaz|ThePlaz]] 20:24, 20 May 2007 (EDT) |
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− | ''[http://theplaz.com/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:ThePlaz&action=edit§ion=new Leave Plaz a (public) message] [[Image:File_icon.gif]] or [[User:ThePlaz:E-mail me|send me a (private) e-mail.]][[Image:Mail_icon.gif]]''--[[User:ThePlaz|ThePlaz]] 19:33, 7 May 2007 (EDT) | + | |
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Michael Plasmeier
"ThePlaz"
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.
A Collection of Tools I created to help students.
Templates
Skills
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
Places/Events/Daytrips
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Tech/Unboxing/Products
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Articles
Free Apps
Free Programs
Libraries:
Minor/Useless Programs:
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
- 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)
- 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.
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