Good work, Kyle.
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That’s one of the few explanations I was able to come up with when I realized today that more and more youtube videos are no longer available to people outside of the US. I can’t even look up my favorite Jay Z music video anymore??? That’s when I say no to internet blocking.
Ultra Surf bypass ftw. Download it now.
Ok, so the iPhone even has an application to read MRIs. Now I’m sold.
My NYC time is sort of dwindling down now. I have till the 31st of this month to finish up with my research project at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, and to take in the full NY experience which so far seems to be booze, a few old buildings and not a whole lot more. There is an entire cultural conglomerate that exists here, rich in theater, music, and art but I guess I’m just not big on things like Broadway shows, sight-seeing or museums (at least not art museums). I’ve spent some time at the local small-time lounges, coffee shops and clubs which feature live music, but I haven’t really been impressed. One place specifically, Tea Lounge on Union st and 6th Ave, always has great music playing over their own sound system. Bands which I’ve only recently heard of, like Ratatat, were amongst the selection there almost everyday of the week. Shockingly, the quality of the live bands is nowhere near to comparison.
Even worse, it’s extremely loud and in my opinion most local bands confuse ‘obscure’ with ’successful.’ After every 20-30 minute set, a band member or an employee walk around with a tip jar– they don’t just pass around the room either, they make sure to ask each and every person there whether they’ll be tipping the band that they just had the “pleasure of hearing.” It’s not like on the subway where you can just keep your head down or look the other way. I really just wanted to put my own headphones on and listen to my own stuff while the band was playing. I don’t appreciate the cheap glances I get for not tipping but honestly, the music was not good. Here’s one tip though: Practice more. Continue reading ‘NYC music scene is as bad as the weather’
Seems like it to me. You invest and then later, when you’re old, you start getting paid from new members of society, ie new investors.
That’s my blurb for now. I have to go to work in the morning so more on this later, too.
Finally, just one more year of med school before I’m out of that place for good. It’s been a cool four years, but I’m ready to get my degree and head home, especially now that they’ve raised the tuition costs again (totally unjustified btw).
Anyway, the rest of 08 was pretty cool- most of that coolness is actually expected to happen later tonight since it’s new years’ eve and I’m spending it in new york city. I’ve only been here once before and it was just for a day or two, but now that I’ve lived here a little over a month I think I’m getting the gist of where all the good stuff goes down. I also have a few friends out here now who are more in the know than myself and hopefully with a little luck tonight, we ought to have a pretty fun time.
The weather out here is terrible- it’s been snowing all day and probably will be all night. The weather was much nicer when I first got out here in november. Here’s a picture I took from the Empire State Building with a mediocre digital camera. I really need to upgrade that to an SLR- suggestions welcome.
Working at NY Eye and Ear Infirmary has also been awesome. More on nyc to come later.
Not really sure how else to put it, even though that doesn’t make sense. Freezing temperatures in nyc are making it hard to get around and do much. Clinical research is pretty cool, when the patients show up, the rest of the time I basically study or mess around online.
I don’t know why the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary feels the need to block websites though. It’s definitely not about to make me work any harder. Some of the sites they block also raise the question as to which genius would feel the need to block sites like wordpress.org or my own personal blog. When I first tried to get to my blog I came across a big purple block sign courtesy of Network Composer. I’ve been blocked before (nothing a little GPass couldn’t fix), but one thing I hadn’t seen before was the justification below:
Blocked website: http://rizwanalvi.com
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After being such a huge CNC and RA fan, I didn’t expect RA3 to disappoint. It was so well done before, and now, it looks like it’s a mix between warcraft and a 12 year old’s laser light show fantasy. The graphics are terrible, not to mention the game is such a resource hog. Honestly, it just looks like one big cartoon drawn by a 12 box set of crayons. Seriously, Electronic Arts has ruined one of the best games franchises out there. Way to go guys.
I realize this has been known for quite some time now, but by blogging about it, I want to show my appreciation to whoever came up with this neat trick to get around ISP blocks and Pandora’s own block to anyone outside of the US.
For those of you who don’t know, Pandora is a cool radio site where you control the music you want to hear. If you haven’t checked it out already, get over there now- you’ll be happy you did.
Anyway, Pandora doesn’t allow use of their service to anyone outside of the US. Fortunately, neat little programs like Hotspot shield allow you to connect to an American VPN that give you an American IP and also prevent your ISP from monitoring your browser traffic, for the most part. This is also a sweet program that gets around anything else your ISP might be blocking. If your ISP is pretty strict on keeping their blocks active, they’ll eventually block the IP of the VPN that you’re connecting to.
Never fear. The Global Internet Freedom Consortium provides four or five more programs which are basically identical to Hotspot shield (without the annoying banner ad) and allow you do the exact same thing.
Now all you non-US users, go out their and stick it to the man.
Today I had the steak tacos from Chipotle and to be frank, they were terrible. The steak was incredibly chewy and completely resistant to all 200lbs of brute force from my molars. Even after about 2 minutes, I had to swallow the steak “cubes” almost whole. Definitely not the way steak should be.
Then again it only cost five bucks- you get what you pay for.
I remain a die-hard fan of their barbacoa, chips/guac combo, and their hidden menu items.
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