Friday, July 27, 2007
Long Bike Ride
Well, Wednesday was a rather adventurous day. Just check out my approximate bike route for a sense of how adventurous.
Coney Island was pretty sweet. Google provided the food and the rides, and I chilled on the beach some too. I have no complaints about working for Google, except that I only have a few weeks left.
Not much more to say. Today. One of my library books got recalled by HCL. That was nice of them. Now I have to mail it back. Arg.
Coney Island was pretty sweet. Google provided the food and the rides, and I chilled on the beach some too. I have no complaints about working for Google, except that I only have a few weeks left.
Not much more to say. Today. One of my library books got recalled by HCL. That was nice of them. Now I have to mail it back. Arg.
Labels: bike, coney island, google, harvard
Saturday, July 7, 2007
I Got Indexed!
Sweet! I have been indexed. Check out the results for "brad seiler", and you will see that I have now reclaimed my place as the top result! And no, I didn't do anything on the inside to change anything.
I was at the Yankees game today. Which went 13 innings before the Yankees lost :(. This is shaping up to be a bad year for the Yanks. Meh.
While I was pondering the game while I was there, I wondered what about sports makes it so that you can build a massive stadium and have all these people turn out and really care about what is going on.
If you tried to put on a play in Yankee Stadium, no one would come (or maybe they would for the novelty, but you couldn't fill the seats 6 days a week for months at a time.) A play has a lot to do with facial expression so I guess it makes sense that you wouldn't want to see a play from the Tier level, but even if you used it as a Megachurch, I doubt that you could fill the seats 6 days a week with different people every day. Perhaps it has something to do with the element of chance involved. It does seem to have always been in human nature to want to see events with uncertain outcome, going back to things like the gladiatorial games or the chariot races. It just seems odd that so much time and money and energy is invested in playing games of skill where the outcome has no value.
Part of it may be that sports like baseball are something that we can all relate too. This may explain why few people watch sports like fencing, where it is hard to grasp the sport without years of practice and training. Everyone as a kid learned to play baseball, and it doesn't require much thought to enjoy a game, so people without intellectual backgrounds are more likely to enjoy a sporting event than a play or even a musical, where you still have to appreciate the art involved. Unlike religion, sports don't require that you follow certain teaches to come and partake, only that you like to watch the game. It takes people away from their desk jobs and florescent lights. Perhaps that is what makes it so appealing as a weekend activity, particularly in the summer.
I hope that you have enjoyed my rambling, particularly if you are still reading by this point. I am still trying to figure out what if anything I should be writing about, so thank you for sticking with me as I try to find my muse.
I was at the Yankees game today. Which went 13 innings before the Yankees lost :(. This is shaping up to be a bad year for the Yanks. Meh.
While I was pondering the game while I was there, I wondered what about sports makes it so that you can build a massive stadium and have all these people turn out and really care about what is going on.
If you tried to put on a play in Yankee Stadium, no one would come (or maybe they would for the novelty, but you couldn't fill the seats 6 days a week for months at a time.) A play has a lot to do with facial expression so I guess it makes sense that you wouldn't want to see a play from the Tier level, but even if you used it as a Megachurch, I doubt that you could fill the seats 6 days a week with different people every day. Perhaps it has something to do with the element of chance involved. It does seem to have always been in human nature to want to see events with uncertain outcome, going back to things like the gladiatorial games or the chariot races. It just seems odd that so much time and money and energy is invested in playing games of skill where the outcome has no value.
Part of it may be that sports like baseball are something that we can all relate too. This may explain why few people watch sports like fencing, where it is hard to grasp the sport without years of practice and training. Everyone as a kid learned to play baseball, and it doesn't require much thought to enjoy a game, so people without intellectual backgrounds are more likely to enjoy a sporting event than a play or even a musical, where you still have to appreciate the art involved. Unlike religion, sports don't require that you follow certain teaches to come and partake, only that you like to watch the game. It takes people away from their desk jobs and florescent lights. Perhaps that is what makes it so appealing as a weekend activity, particularly in the summer.
I hope that you have enjoyed my rambling, particularly if you are still reading by this point. I am still trying to figure out what if anything I should be writing about, so thank you for sticking with me as I try to find my muse.
Labels: google, human nature, sports, yankees
Less Than Stellar Launch
It happens to the best of us.
Despite being in Google's employ (at least for the time being) my website isn't being indexed. Take a look at my search results if you don't believe me. I guess I am just not an interesting part of the web.
Well, I think that I shall start with a more traditional blog post, talking about me and the things that I do. For the sake of the innocent, I plan to refer to people by their first initial. If you know who I am talking about, then you will be able to figure it out. Otherwise, you should be able to follow along. If I have a naming conflict, I will figure something out on the fly. Yay for flying.
Teaposy !!!
Anyway, I had an excellent time at E's birthday celebration on the 4th. There was much tea (including a teaposy!), merriment, and I finally got to see D for the first time in a while! She seemed a little tired from getting back to life in NYC, but none the worse for her journeys. I also think that having now interacted with E's boy friend G for the second time, I can say with more certainty that he is a wonderful person and that he is good for E. (This is not to say that I didn't think this before, but I now I actually have my own evidence on which to base this opinion.) E also wins the amateur dessert chef award for her cake and soda bread (should that be one word?)For the first time ever I was criticized for not ending a sentence with a preposition. Seriously. My boss told me that it just made the document more confusing, and he was probably right, although clearly he understood what was going on, and even he will admit that the usage is correct. I am not a stickler for this, but when I am writing a formal document and the opportunity presents itself to keep things crisp, I try to make the effort with the stricter elements of style.
Despite being in Google's employ (at least for the time being) my website isn't being indexed. Take a look at my search results if you don't believe me. I guess I am just not an interesting part of the web.
Well, I think that I shall start with a more traditional blog post, talking about me and the things that I do. For the sake of the innocent, I plan to refer to people by their first initial. If you know who I am talking about, then you will be able to figure it out. Otherwise, you should be able to follow along. If I have a naming conflict, I will figure something out on the fly. Yay for flying.
Teaposy !!!
Anyway, I am going to try to catch the old-timers game tomorrow, to which (tehe) my dad has tickets. I'll make some sort of report on it if I feel that it merits a comment.