Cool Stuff

So I guess today I would like to talk about Cuil (pronounced, "cool"), a new web search engine launched earlier this week. Many people are calling it the Google-killer, but as of yet, I'm barely impressed. Yes, of course they are a brand spanking new organization and Google has years ahead of them, so Cuil is going to have to get their shit together and really start cranking out some new and innovative features. But apparenently working there is >= working at Google as this Slashdot article implies. How I wish that my job would involve me sitting around like Hedonism-bot, being fed grapes by scantily-clad network technicians, but we can't all live in the fantasy world and I wonder how long it'll be before Cuil realizes this too. I'm open to what other people have to say but I'm pretty confident that if they want to play in the big boy leagues with Google, then not only are they going to need some really shiny new features but also add the ability to search their own site. (ouch)

For the last few days I've been house sitting for my mom, well this morning I got up late because my phone died and my alarm didn't go off, so I got to be awoken by my dog licking my face. And it should be known that for whatever reason, every single clock in the house has a different time and none of them seemed to be right. So as I'm rushing to pack up and get ready for work, I frantically get my car keys and go outside only to discover that the dome light is on. Well sure enough my car is dead, but being stubborn like I am, I just keep turning the key, trying to get the alternator to turn over, and sure enough with the right amount of patience and key clicking it started. So I pull out of the driveway and begin my journey back to my house so I can finish getting ready for work, but of course this can't be made easy so the world decides to stick a HUGE tractor thing in front of me with a top speed slower than the shuttle crawler, I get to follow that for 30 minutes. Well getting to my house and hot swapping the phone batteries only to realize that I don't have to be at work for another 35 minutes. Awesome morning. And isn't it hilarious the way that everything was so planned to make it that way? I think it was.

Well it's almost the end of the day so I guess I'll go ahead and post this. I didn't get to do much searching around on the Internet because I had a lot of stuff to do at work today. I guess this morning should have been some indication of the rest of my day. Oh yeah, and I don't work on Fridays so I probably won't be posting either. So see you guys Monday.

Mattrach - New Canon Rock (Most impressive thing you'll see today)

Introduction and all the finagiling

Well, first things first I suppose. My name is Brandon Wise and I'm a 19 year old student currently living in Las Cruces, NM. I've been contemplating a blog for several years now (I actually had one for a while on MySpace but I have since deleted the account) and now can not seem to avoid having one. I have the incessant need (for some reason) to share things with the Internet world about the goings on of my life and things that please/upset me, I don't know why I just do.

I don't really know which direction this blog'll (someone should use that word for a blog focused search engine, or a parody of the board game of similar name) take, it'll probably just end up being a place that I can post all the crazy shit that I find on the Internet and a place to rant and rave about government/work/school.

Also it should be said that I'm a self-proclaimed super nerd (that being a nerd in a group of nerds), because of this it is almost impossible for me to secure any employment other than that of a technical decree. I work in the Information and Communications Technology department at my university as a PC tech. And just because my job title says "PC" does not imply that I work exclusively with PC's, no no no, in fact it's much more than that. I get fun phone calls all day long about "Yeah, so my printer isn't printing, come fix it". The following usually occurs.

• Me: "Well sir, I would like to ask you a few diagnostic questions before I go out there and maybe you can avoid the charge for this ticket"
• Them: (says nothing)
• Me: "Ok, well first off, i'd just like to make sure the printer is properly plugged in and that you are in fact trying to print to the right printer. Can you verify that all the cables are plugged in?"
• Them: "Yeah. I'm not an idiot."
• (Phone call continues and something is apparently "genuinly" wrong with it so I saddle up and make my way out to the office)
• Me: "Sir, I think i've found your problem. . . . this is a scanner"

Yeah, and that's pretty much my job. My time not spent doing this will more than likely be spent making posts on here.

So now that all the introductory crap is out of the way, I can talk about the thing that made me decide to get off my ass and start this blog today in the first place. Robocop. Yeah, that's right, the lean, mean, metal ass-kicking machine is back! And this time he's even shinier. Darren Aronofsky is slated to be the guy in charge of this whole new project, and if this is anywhere as good as his previous films it's sure to get my Seel-of-Aprooval. Darren is the mastermind behind the movies π, Requiem for a Dream and The Fountain. All of which are amazing works, not just because of the entertainment value but because they make you step back from reality for a moment and go, "wow, I'm alive and this is all happening " and in today's modern society people need a catalyst to help them to look at their lives from a different point of view, and if more people were to do so, we'd be a lot less likely to be causing as many problems that we do now.

I'm sure in my posts on here (hopefully they all won't be as long as this) will mention several times how I think music, movies, art in general can be a focal point for human communication in a media where translation is something not concrete, but open to interpretation, thus becoming a truly personal relationship between author and audience.

Uh. . . I'm tired for today. Plus it's almost time to go home. YAY!

Oh wait, BONUS. - "Other future projects that Aronofsky has been linked to include the Biblical story of Noah's Ark, in which the title character would be portrayed as an alcoholic" - Wikipedia

I need a catch-line to end my blogs with, you know, like news anchors do, but more catchy. Maybe I'll end it with a good song to leave you with.
BucketHead - Nottingham Lace