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Entries from November 2006

Television Channel Confusion.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 · No Comments

I’m sure this is my third post on this topic. But everytime I see it happening, i have to say something.

Television started with the main networks. CBS, ABC, NBC and so on. Then cable companies said hey, lets charge people for extra channels. Thats how specialized networks such as CNN, MTV and The Weather Channel were born.

But then those networks said, “Hey, people are watching. Lets get some shitty shows on our network that don’t nessicarily pertain to our target audiance”. That’s when Cartoon Network started showing Pee Wee’s Playhouse, Sci-fi started showing ECW Wrestling, and G4 started showing Star Trek and Fastlane.

What the hell? Forgive me if I am wrong, but ECW is not nessicarily Science Fiction (you can argue about it being fake all you want, but it hardly has anything to do with science). Fastlane doesn’t have anything to do with Video Games, Or technology last time I checked. It wasn’t even that good of a show. All this crap does is make the “Specialized” Networks more watered down, and make me less inclined to watch.

This is part of the reason that i have stopped watching TV all together. Pretty much I will only watch Adult Swim, Family Guy on Sundays, and South Park if I remember it. So I am sure that there is alot more of this crap showing up on “Specialized” Networks these days. Leave some in the comments that disgust you.

See my older posts on the subject:
http://korun.blogspot.com/2006/02/television-shows-on-wrong-channel.html
http://www.xanga.com/Korun/337803070/item.html

Categories: Television

Myspace e-mails working again.

Friday, November 17, 2006 · 22 Comments

The solution came to me earlier this week. I simply changed my login email from gmail, to MSU, and back to gmail. very simple, took 2 mins.

But to test it, since I am not a whore, I waited to see if they came. And sure enough, today I got one.

So for those random visitors who commented on the entry before about myspace, this is my answer. Change your email, and then change it back.

Categories: Web

Keeping my Major

Friday, November 17, 2006 · No Comments

So I’ve came to the conclusion that I will be keeping my CS major. Dr. Deremer pretty much sold me on it.

Despite the difficulty of the major and future employment, I think I would be happier with types of jobs I could get the CS degree, as apposed to the IT degree.

Categories: Montclair State University · Personal

The Unofficial voice of MSU

Monday, November 13, 2006 · No Comments

So I finally gave this phantom podcast a home to one day reside. the address is http://msupodcast.wordpress.com/.

It’s still a work in progress, but now that there is a site for it, that means we are only that much closer to recording an episode.

Also, i am quite proud of the custom header. Not that it was that difficult with the Custom header wizard built into wordpress. But it looks very professional.

Categories: Montclair State University · Podcast

Thoughts of changing my major

Wednesday, November 8, 2006 · No Comments

So I have been having some serious thoughts about changing my major. Right now I am a CS major, but the further I get into it (Especially this Software Enginering class) , the more I think to myself “this doesnt feel like something I want to do for the rest of my life”.

However, the more and more I work at IT, the more it feels like something I enjoy doing. Which is why i am having some serious thoughts of changing to an IT major, and a CS minor.

So far I have made 5 semesters twords my CS major. I can put that into a CS minor so that its not totally wasted, and if / when I declare an IT major, I will already have 2 core classes down.

I have yet to talk to my advisor about this, but I am already convinced that it’s what I want to do. Once i can actallytake classes twords my major that I enjoy, I could actually step up my course load.

What I will most likely do, is register on Friday with CMPT 285 which would finish the CS minor, and CSIT 110 which would start the IT major.  So whan / if I make the switch, I will be all set.

Categories: Montclair State University · Personal