Non-/Tech. Terminology
As technology becomes more prevalent in our society, I look forward to seeing more technical jargon. That is, technical jargon used correctly but in non-technical situations. Admittedly, we do already have quite a bit and I don’t mean Hollywood’s usuage.
Here are some words and my suggested usage!
While thrashing between watching a mystery movie and baking cookies I missed the main reveal and burnt my cookies.
Sorry I forgot your name, I suffered a stack overflow during Freshman orientation.
I page faulted the directions to the house and had to Google Map it on my mobile phone.
I pwned the jar today by opening it using the hot water trick.
Although chocolate chip cookies have a high latency; they also have a high throughput!
When hosting a party, I tend to wash my table cloth first since it has the highest lead time.
Review: Taken
On Sunday evening I saw Taken with Liam Neeson. I really liked it.
Human Trafficking
Human trafficking provides the back-drop for this movie. It doesn’t make light of it. Trafficking is a serious problem worldwide. http://www.humantrafficking.org/ is an excellent resource for looking at the state of human trafficking worldwide.
To the people who don’t want it to be spoiled, warning: there be spoilers here!
Father’s Protection
I guess was surprised me the most about this movie was its singular focus. This movie wasn’t about the evilness of human trafficking, but more about a father saving his daughter from a faceless evil. There is no one nemesis for him to face. I was even surprised by the number of nationalities that were brought into the film as Brian’s (Liam Neeson) obstacles. We have Albanians, French, American, and Arabs that all involved but they are only there as supporting characters for Brian. Even when he saves a girl and cleans her up from drugs, even she is a means to an end, to gain more information about his daughter. He doesn’t even call an ambulance for the other girls he unintentionally rescued.
Another interesting note was how they went out of there way to prove that Brian was in no way responsible for her abduction. Brian enemies were not to blame and even his ex-wife’s new husband’s business partners were not involved. In the end, it was his absence (and the experience that he gained) that ended up saving her, where his presence would have fallen short.
25 Random Things
25 (of Dubious Randomness) Things About Me
Many people posted this on Facebook and I enjoyed reading what other people put, so here is my list.
- I’ve taught a class how to march and the class was not marching band.
- I had two favorite teddy bears growing up, Creamie and Brownie. You’ll never guess what color they were.
- While attending SPU, I visited the Fremont Sunday Market and almost purchased a pretty blown glass vase. It had a funny spout off of the side (which I assumed was for holding incense). Oops, turns out it wasn’t a vase.
- In High School I was a part of the debate, drama, and engineering clubs.
- I got a silver medal in state chess (for the JV chess team) in high school! I also won womens’ intramural chess at SPU (which involved winning one game). Why SPU splits up the chess divisions by gender, I do not know.
- The first “real” video game I played was Myst (which I played with my sister!)
- My first chapter book was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
- I attempted to read The Simerillian in fifth grade but gave up because I didn’t know what “sunder” and “asunder” meant (btw, they are used A TON at the beginning of that tome)
- My College Software Engineering project was a web based PVR called WebVo. Since then, I’ve become incredibly critical of PVR software.
- My college Senior Design project was a remote controlled guitar amp. Utilizing a PSoC, wireless Linx chips (which are evil), digital potentiometers (which are more evil), and teamwork we pulled it off. We are still friends (which is the real accomplishment!)
- I’m positively terrible at gift-wrapping, skating (roller or ice), bowling, and anything requiring physical coordination or activity. (I’m a bit better at Wii Sports!)
- My favorite books through time (and the ones I would recommend to any guy who wanted to understand women) are A Little Princess, Anne of Green Gables, and Pride and Prejudice.
- I was in AWANA Clubs for 11 years!
- The movies that engender my sense of humor are the original Pink Panther movies with Peter Sellers.
- I’ve been Swing, Salsa, and Square dancing.
- My favorite food is chocolate cheesecake.
- I’m compelled everytime I see a pop can to remove and save the pop tab.
- I used to have a rabbit named Christopher. He had curly fur!
- Growing up, I had friends that have an apple orchard. Pallet fort improving, irrigation run off damming, Snapple code inventing, and Barbie abduction were some of the many adventures that were had!
- The first vehicle I learned to drive was a Kubota tractor.
- I’ve seen only three theatrical performances; The Nutcracker (x2 by two different troupes), Carmen and Phantom of the Opera. I hope to see more.
- For Star Wars III, I camped out in Downtown Seattle and spent the night. I was with friend sand slept in the back of a friend’s pickup truck. I felt guilty when homeless people walked by.
- I know a little bit of Czech from a two week mission trip to the Czech Republic in High School. Ahoy!
- I *heart* Jeeps!
- I’m currently watching Heroes, Lost, The Office, and Battlestar Galactica.
All in all I have been thouroughly blessed. These 25 random things, are really things which I should thank my family, firends, school and others for a fabulous life. I can’t wait to see what 25 things God brings next!
