Ok - here's another personal plate idea:

EPIFANI

yes? no?

Personal plate idea: DOTCOMR

Whatcha think!!?!??!

E-mail me and lemme know.

In an effort to better all of your minds - I'm sharing this coupon to Borders with you.

Yesterday's post sounded pretty intense. I'm over it.

Batter up!!

Sometimes life throws you a curveball. It presents a pitch that you think can be a home run and as it approaches the plate, excitement flushes away the memory of all of the past pitches. The anticipation of what may happen, what could happen, and how great it would be to get a pitch that is PERFECT fills your world. The heart quickens and the mind races as the efforts of coordinating schedules and dinners go into full swing. Thoughts become actions and the batter moves in anticipation of what could happen.

Under normal circumstances, the end result is great however, we all know the nature of the curveball. At the last second it will veer off course and suddenly life will begin to punish the people who hope for the perfect pitch and the harsh truth that brings sadness, heartache, and tears is quickly revealed. All the planning, phone calls and text messages were worthless. The bat has swung past the ball and the batter's heart has dropped to the floor because he focused more on the pitch than the safety net for his own heart. A terrible mistake.

The anticipation is justified though, one shouldn't feel like they should have known better... a pitch that seems perfect doesn't come often but they do come and one shouldn't shy away from hoping.

But it's hard to hope and like I did four years ago, I will let go of my life and let it sink into the ocean of work and activities to make myself a better person.

2 things.

1) Coupon for extra discounts on open box items at Best Buy

2) Found on Craigslist and forwarded to me from a female friend:

30 THINGS GUYS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GIRLS:

1. Whatever you do, don't just show up at their house...they run around in their underwear just like we do.

2. DON'T CHEAT ON THEM. It may seem foolproof, but girls tell each other everything about everything. Trust me, they WILL find out and you will be mud.

3. Beware of every single male relative and all guy friends. Any of them would kick your ass at the drop of a hat, and a lot of them wouldn't even wait for the damn hat.

4. Never miss an opportunity to tell them they're beautiful.

5. Don't refuse to kiss in front of your friends. If they laugh at you, it's because they're jealous.

6. If they slap you hard, you deserved it.

7. Don't be afraid to touch them if you want to. If they're going out with you in the first place, it's because they like being in your arms.

8. If you don't sleep with them, do not tell your friends that you did.

8.5 If you DO sleep with them, don't tell your friends that you did.

9. You can be dirty minded in private, really...most of them are not offended by it...

10. Not all of them eat like birds, a lot of them can eat like whales.

11. Most of them don't mind paying half of everything, but they do discuss these things with their friends. Realize that if you make your girlfriend pay half all the time, everyone will know about it and your friends will know you're a pussy..

11.5 Do you honestly need all your money that much? Be a man, pay all the time!

12. Every girl should eventually get three things from her boyfriend- a stuffed animal, one of his sweatshirts, and a really pretty ring. Even if it's not a serious relationship.

13. Make sure she gets home safely as often as you can. If you're dropping her off, walk her to the door. If you aren't dropping her off, call to be sure she's home safely.

14. If a guy is bothering her, it is your right to beat the shit out of him.

15. If you're talking to a female friend of yours, pull your girlfriend closer.

16. Never, ever slap her, even if it's just in a joking way. Even if she swats you first, and says, "Oh, you're so dumb" or something, never make any gestures back.

17. Go to a chick flick once in a while. She doesn't care whether you enjoy it or not, it just matters that you went.

18. You're dead meat if you can't get along with their pets, parents, and best friends. Be prince charming to their friends, Mr. Polite to their parents, and make sure to be nice to their animals.

19. Don't flirt with their moms...that's just freaky.

20. Don't be freaked out by PMS. It's not gross, and it really does make them feel like shit, so be understanding.

21. If you don't like the way they drive, you do it.

22. If you're officially dating, and you're introducing her to your friends, you'd better damn well introduce her as your girlfriend.

23. Don't stress where you go for every date. They really only want to be with you.

24. If they complain that something hurts, rub it for them without being asked.

25. Girls are fragile. Even if you're play fighting/wrestling, be very gentle.

26. Memorize their god damn birthdays. You forget her birthday and you're basically screwed for life.

27. Don't marinade the cologne, but smell good.

28. Don't give her something stupid for her birthday or Christmas or Valentine's day. It doesn't have to be expensive, but it has to be meaningful. Jewelry is always nice.

29. If you think the relationship isn't going to last, don't wait to find out. It will only hurt you more if you draw it out.

30. After you've been dating for a while, realize that they really have started to trust you. When you have a girlfriend who truly trusts you, you have a lot more responsibility, privilege and control than you would think. Be careful with it, most guys would kill for that kind of power, and it can be lost in a nanosecond.

(If you have read this and you are a girl, then some of these things are actually really true...am I right?! And if you read this and you are a guy, then these are like the mother fuckin best tips you could ever get!)

Awesome.

Just Awesome!

Long live the young college capitalists!



TerraCycle - run by a 23 year old CEO who dropped out of Princeton.

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This weekend was nice. I still have yet to do the laundry, recaulk the tub, save the world, finish my projector... but I did spend some time with friends and family.

In other news:
Laptop Thief: 1
Professor: 0

Redfaced professor made up scary story

Laptop thief called his bluff

By Nick Farrell: Monday 25 April 2005, 05:58

A HARVARD biology professor who attempted to scare the student who nicked his laptop into giving himself up may have exaggerated his story a tad.
Last week we told how University of Berkeley professor, Jasper Rine tried to put the fear of god into the student who nicked his laptop by claiming it had all sorts of top secret government data on it. He warned that almost every James Bond in the world was hunting that laptop. He also said he knew who the thief was.

Since we ran that story, it has been picked up by ABC News in the States and debated on bog sites across the world.

Most techies consider that anyone could see that the Rine was telling porkies. One of the ways that Rine claimed he identified the tea leaf was by installing the same version of Windows on another computer. If the professor had attempted to use the same key to activate a copy of Windows, the activation servers would have denied him access.

Some of the technobabble that the professor spouted to out the thief was impressive, but has not been found to work well yet.

He claimed that there were passive trackers embedded in the bezel of laptop screens beside the wireless transmitters. Technology like this does sort of exist, but is rare and not used by anyone outside the Department of Energy.

He also claimed that the wireless card in the laptop triggered some location data. This is possible, but pretty unlikely.

In fact a University spokesman told ABC that Rine had indeed made the whole thing up to scare the student into handing over the laptop. The story has for some reason now been pulled from the ABC site, but can be found here. There might be a bit of a clue as to the way Rine operates in an article here, in which he says: "Although I have unlimited respect for facts, and delight in their discovery and appreciation, I have come to the obvious yet almost blasphemous view that, with respect to teaching, the facts just aren't that important."

Despite all the exaggeration, and threats, the thief has ignored Rine and has kept his laptop. Still it was worth a crack.

So apparently Border's bookstore is now selling Star Wars lightsabres. Tim and I found them quite amusing.

So I was reading the 'best of' on Craigslist. and I found a post about a woman who went to have an abortion and how she used to be pro-life but once she got pregnant she was pro-choice.

Interesting.

Here's the article - whatcha think?

By the way- I'm pro-choice.

Yaaaaaaaay!

I just fixed the blog so it looks good in Firefox. I was just hanging out and i figured it out.

sweet.

And they say smart students go to Berkeley.

Here is the last few minutes of a lecture in a biology class at Berkeley. The professoer is explaining the terrifying consequences that will soon befall the student who stole his laptop.

Lecture

So I might be going to Hong Kong soon. My dad forwarded a photo of me to his childhood buddy in HK and his buddy said I look like a Chinese mobster.

I dunno about that but it sounds like fun!



I won't be the first mobster with the name Clifford Wong though, check out this guy.

Tonight I won my first big game of poker.

Woooooooo! I only won $30 but it was still a win.

OK - gotta go to sleep. Church in 6 hours. OOF!

Also, if you like country music - check out this web site for a country singer who's fighting the good fight and trying to make it in the business.


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I love my phone.

When I saw the Treo600 I knew it would have to be mine. It combined a planner, a phone, and a camera into one unit.

But as my friend Marc Chung says: Anything is possible with software.

And ya know what? That's just about right.

One of the things I absolutely love about the Treo is that it's Palm based. This means that you can load up any software you want so your Treo can have various functions.

Here's what I've loaded onto mine:

moBlog - it lets me update this blog via my phone.
BibleR+ - THE WHOLE BIBLE FITS ON MY PHONE!
AIM - aol instant messenger - cliffibearhug
CFB Timer - so we know when to raise the blinds in poker.
DopeWars - a game.
CityTime - tells me the time in cities all over the globe.
AcidImage - lets me do a slideshow of the images on my phone.
EzFTP - lets me upload images to the server for my blog.
MMPlayer - allows video watching on your palm.
pTunes - I haven't used it yet but it lets you play MP3s on the phone. I doubt I'll use it much since Citibank is sending me my free iPod Mini in a couple of weeks.
SoundRec - lets me tape my meetings if I need to record them.
Zap!2016 - an asteroids game which comes in handy if you have a squirmy kid next to you in church.
FlightStatus - lets me tap into real time flight schedules so I know when a flight is early or late. Just give it a flight number and it'll return the info in 20 seconds. Sweet!
Klondike - solitaire!!
Adobe Reader - just in case I have to peruse a pdf.
MovieRec - I can now record VIDEO AND SOUND on my camera! Err- my phone!

So what started as a phone/planner/camera has turned into a multimedia tool that captures video, lets me update my blog, and allows me to check my work e-mail from anywhere.

This phone rocks!

Oh - here's another photo taken with the Treo...

Yay- the phone is here! Call away!

I'd be a better dancer if I went to MIT for school. Check out what these MIT students did!




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Very cool.

If you've tried to call me for the past few days- you've probably heard "Hey there rockstars, you've reached Clifford..." way too many times. The cell phone is broken and I'll be on the horn tomorrow with ATT to get a new one shipped out under warranty. Despite the cell phone woes, I had a suprisingly fun weekend.

Friday: I went out to a club for the first time this year with a couple of friends and was surprised at how many more friends I ran into. Although it was a fun night, I don't know if I'll be going to too many clubs this year. Although it's fun, I just don't see myself going out there too much.

Saturday: For those of you who have been keeping up with my collection of bottled water in my garage, I keep receiving these coupons for $10 off if I spend $20. Well, with cases of water being $5 for a 24 pack, I went to the store again to grab more!! Hey- I know this sounds dumb but we DO live in a desert. So I picked up another 4 cases (cost per unit= 10.1 cents!). Later in the day a bunch of friends went out to Anthem to play poker at Andrew and Amy's house. It was a bunch of fun and we didn't get done until the wee hours of the morning. In fact, we had so much fun, I somehow found myself doing toe touches to entertain the ladies. Ahh, that brings back my H.S. mascot days. After poker, Susan and I went to a restaurant that serves food until 2:30am called Fate. Yeah, it's in downtown Phoenix but worth the drive when nothing else is open at that time.

Sunday: There were a few things planned that I didn't get to do... But here is what I DID do... I golfed! Yaaaaaaaaay. It was my second time this year playing with the sticks and I didn't do that bad. Intentionally splashing through puddles of stagnant water with the golf cart interrupted with the occasional hitting of the golfball wore me down though. I fell asleep at 4pm and woke up to Tim and Susan knocking on the door at 11pm. I'm sure Brian wasn't too happy since it was so late. So anyway- there were things that were planned but unfortunately they didn't happen...

Recaulk my tub - yep- haven't done it yet.
Meet up with my friends Abdul and Casey - missed it since my phone was dead.
Attend the fraternity meeting - slept through it since I was tired from golfing.
Finish laundry - nope.

I'll put that stuff on my to-do list for this week. Along with taking care of my friend Angie's domain names. :) I haven't forgotten about ya!

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Thanks Jen!

So I just left a post on an ex's blog ... she's going to kill me.

My house is filled with projects. This normally wouldn't be a bad thing however they're all going on at the same time...

1) I need light bulbs to go in my trunk lid coffee table... I wired up some LEDs last night and it just wasn't the same.

2) Working on my projector... I learned last night that lumenlab.com may have shipped me a bad ballast. I told them about it and hopefully they'll send another one.

3) My horticulture project in my backyard is yielding more weeds. I need it to rain so all the soil will be soft and the weeds will just lift out of the ground. Blah- I might just water the yard myself. I live in a desert and it's dumb to wait for rain.

I need to make more Cliffords to help me out!

Things I've done since midnight...

Hung out with the parents. Biked 11 miles while I read the latest Wired magazine. Worked. Went for a nice drive. And now I'm going to cook up some pasta.

I still need to read my Blink book!!