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May. 31st, 2010
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May. 31st, 2010 10:37 pm1. Apparently Canada is on fire? (Dear Canadians on my flist: I am sorry to hear that, and hope your country stops burning soon.) And what with the winds, all of Boston is covered by this smoky haze. Being downwind of a forest fire is a new experience for me, and I can't say I'm enjoying it. My eyes itch.
2. I picked up my rented gown for graduation this weekend, and it is seriously wrinkled. Any one got any good ideas for how I might get it to be a tad nicer looking? (Data points: I do not own an iron but might be able to borrow one if I really had to; I think it's a poly blend but there's no label with fiber content or care instructions.)
3. I have been watching Vampire Diaries in between packing, or in some cases while packing, and I'm really enjoying it so far (I'm on episode 19). No one lies for no reason! People mostly aren't stupid! Girls talk to each other! Girls don't sabotage each other over guys! Guys with unrequited crushes on girls don't get all Nice Guy about it!
4. A couple of skating resources that I have found useful lately in my attempt to learn about the technical side of things, and thought that other people might like too:
a. Skating Music, which list what skaters were skating to from 1997 to 2007. A couple of spot checks suggests to me that it is fairly complete and accurate, if dated (but many current skaters have well-maintained wikipedia pages if you're looking for newer data).
b. this set of videos, which walks you through IJS scoring for the various elements, using Johnny's programs as examples. Each video is about twice as long as it needs to be, which is frustrating, as are the times they say "Don't worry about that, though - it's too complicated!" which is the single fastest way to piss me off, but if you are willing to sit through some stuff or make good use of your fast forward, there's some good stuff here.
c. this post at _skating has a set of videos of Michael Weiss explaining the difference between the jumps. It's a little repetitive at times (count how many times he explains about CCW and CW jumpers), but it's incredibly useful if you're trying to learn to tell jumps apart. There's also some interesting clarifying discussion in comments, and a flowchart that I find incredibly non-intuitive but other people might not.
2. I picked up my rented gown for graduation this weekend, and it is seriously wrinkled. Any one got any good ideas for how I might get it to be a tad nicer looking? (Data points: I do not own an iron but might be able to borrow one if I really had to; I think it's a poly blend but there's no label with fiber content or care instructions.)
3. I have been watching Vampire Diaries in between packing, or in some cases while packing, and I'm really enjoying it so far (I'm on episode 19). No one lies for no reason! People mostly aren't stupid! Girls talk to each other! Girls don't sabotage each other over guys! Guys with unrequited crushes on girls don't get all Nice Guy about it!
4. A couple of skating resources that I have found useful lately in my attempt to learn about the technical side of things, and thought that other people might like too:
a. Skating Music, which list what skaters were skating to from 1997 to 2007. A couple of spot checks suggests to me that it is fairly complete and accurate, if dated (but many current skaters have well-maintained wikipedia pages if you're looking for newer data).
b. this set of videos, which walks you through IJS scoring for the various elements, using Johnny's programs as examples. Each video is about twice as long as it needs to be, which is frustrating, as are the times they say "Don't worry about that, though - it's too complicated!" which is the single fastest way to piss me off, but if you are willing to sit through some stuff or make good use of your fast forward, there's some good stuff here.
c. this post at _skating has a set of videos of Michael Weiss explaining the difference between the jumps. It's a little repetitive at times (count how many times he explains about CCW and CW jumpers), but it's incredibly useful if you're trying to learn to tell jumps apart. There's also some interesting clarifying discussion in comments, and a flowchart that I find incredibly non-intuitive but other people might not.