Question

I'm looking for a new name for my site. Anyone got any ideas?

New Site!

Greetings, the new site has been finished. Here's the link:

http://web.mac.com/republicandonkey

And here's another link:

http://www.freewebs.com/therepublicandonkey

Music: Upside Down, Jack Johnson

Free Cookie Monster!

Hey everyone! Melina and I just started a new campaign: Free Cookie Monster! I just uploaded the site tonight, you all should go check it out. Click here to see it.

Music: My Girl, The Temptations

It's Official!

The new site is up! Click here to see it, or on the sidebar. After endless hours trying to finish it, it's done! I'm quite happy with how it turned out.

The first 5 people to contact me at the new site will receive free Gmail accounts.

Music: Ocean Man, Ween

After a Couple Weeks...

Boy, not much has happened in a while. Most of my time has been filled with Christmas shopping and homework.

I just entered a contest that woxy.com is having. You submit 15 songs, your "ultimate playlist." The winner receives some DJ software and their playlist is aired on Monday, December 5th at 3:00pm.

My playlist:

Crooked Teeth - Death Cab for Cutie
The Engine Driver - The Decemberists
Eleanor Puts Your Boots On - Franz Ferdinand
Nature Anthem - Grandaddy
You Owe Me an IOU - Hot Hot Heat
Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll - The Killers
The Bucket - Kings of Leon
Louis XIV - Louis XIV
Do It Again - Nada Surf
Twin Cinema - The New Pornographers
Such Great Heights - The Postal Service
Caring is Creepy - The Shins
I Turn My Camera On - Spoon
Walking to Do - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Factory - The Vines

A note on the World AIDS Day link; please click. It will cost you no money at all. Just simply 'light a candle' and Bristol Myers-Squibb will donate $1 towards HIV/AIDS research. So far, they have donated over $86,000.

Off to do some good ol' bowing tomorrow.

'til next time...

Music: Do It Again, Nada Surf

Objects in Mirror are Closer Than They Appear

Hey everyone! I think I'm getting sick. I've had headaches, lots of coughing and sneezing, runny nose, the whole bit.

The Monday trip to the zoo was a lot of fun. Mary and I got to take pictures off by ourselves. I was hungry and I ended up eating all of my lunch before we got there. Mary and I headed over to the 'Rhino Cafe' for lunch. We took a video camera with us, and got some awesome footage of the animals. I think we're actually going to make a movie out of what we got.

Today, I installed Linux on my iPod. This is a really cool thing for your iPod. It installs on all older models of the iPod, with the exception of the mini. It will also install on the nano. This Linux enables video playback on older models of the iPod. It also allows picture viewing and more games. I'm now hopelessly addicted to iPod Pong. I have an old 3G iPod with a 15GB hard drive, and, of course, back then they were grayscale screens. The result images on the iPod are very pixely and scratchy. Despite it not looking very good, it's still very cool. You should check it out, it's down in the suggested surfing.

Our school is currently in search of a new digital slr camera, and we've narrowed it down to the Olympus EVOLT E-500 and the Canon Digital Rebel XT. If anyone has any comments on either of the two, I would be happy to hear.

The site is almost finished. As of today, the first edition of the photo page is complete! I'm still going to be making some last touch-ups and the site will be up in mid-December. Look for it on Monday, December 12.

'til next time...

Music: God Killed the Queen, Louis XIV

Busy, Busy

This week has been busy, busy! On Monday, we got our groups and nations for Model UN. My group is me, Alex Kane, and Mickey Meyers. We're representing the communist nation of Vietnam.

Also on Monday, I stayed after school with Mary and Corey. Our original plan was to film, but neither Drew nor Melina could stay, so we just ended up hanging out. I got the DVD for the Digital Media videos finished, too.

Tuesday we all went down to Cincinnati for a trip to the Holocaust Museum at the Hebrew Union College. It was, of course, election day but we decided it would be cool to go. We met uptown at around 11, and headed to Cincy around 12. After arriving there, we started our tour. We saw some really interesting interviews with survivors of the holocaust. It was very cool.

Nothing much happened on Wednesday, but our movies were showcased at the parents' meeting, and I heard that they were enjoyed by the few who showed up.

Thursday was fun. We went to Philip's gym and had another boring PhysEd class. Melina won the Adobe photo contest and she's getting a new camera. The school also gets three new cameras. Cloud Club was also on Thursday. We went to the The Full Monty. That has to be one of the best plays I've seen. Very funny.

Yesterday was a little boring. We stayed after school, again hoping to film, but Melina only stayed until 4 so we couldn't get much done.

On Monday Mary and I are off to the zoo, with the third and fourth graders, to do some photography for school. We're also teaching a P.E. class which should be fun.

I'm still aiming for mid-December to be the time when I put the site back up. Cross your fingers!

Music: 16 Military Wives, The Decemberists