This Friday, June 4th, there were reports of funnel clouds in Monroe. Yes, funnel clouds in Washington. Here are some pictures of such:
These images were provided by viewers of KIRO-TV.
This is a complete twist of the weather we had been seeing earlier this year. We’re in for a cold summer.
It’s nothing new, but I see it happening right now. Spammers are searching for “leave a comment” on Google, and using those results to feed into spam bots that go and do the work. Google, please stop letting spammers search for “leave a comment”. Just block that string from being searched, as it won’t ever affect an actual user. Nobody would just be searching for “leave a comment” and not have malicious intentions.
Software doesn’t have insight like this, and that’s why programmers must remain in the business. To help the software learn.
Guess what Seattlites, we’ve got temperatures in the SEVENTIES! Great time to go outside and cook a barbeque. As for me, I wish I could be outside. In fact, I’m going for a bike ride after finishing this post.
Look at this beautiful picture:
…and this video feed (refresh the page):
Well there we go. Nothing else to say about the sunny weather other than it’s rarity in Seattle. Have fun!
So after a good weekend of playing Halo Reach Multiplayer Beta, I’ve been getting fairly good at the Armor Lock armor ability.
Chances if you’re reading this, you’ve played with me on the Reach MP beta. As always known, my gamertag is onekopaka, as shown on the Gamer Cards page. If you want to be a friend of me, don’t be annoying.
I’ll see you out in Matchmaking.
Today, at my school, and thousands of other schools around the nation, students participated in a Day of Silence. It is a silent protest to bring to light “anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in their schools.”However, silence is an ineffective tool against discrimination. Continue reading
The people who write the HSPE tried to use newtons to measure weight. Newtons are used to measure force. People just need to stop thinking they’re so great at writing tests.
Altana, a misspelling of the city Atlanta, where the FIRST world championship is held, is a running gag in our club. Originally, Fred, our current Vice President wrote on our website in 2008 “Were going to Altana!”
This year, at the Seattle Regional, we were the 2nd seeded team. Yes, 2nd out of 64 teams. We also had the most Coopertition ™ Points, and therefore got the Coopertition ™ Award. We also won the Industrial Design Award, sponsored by General Motors.
Unfortunately, we were knocked out in the semi-finals again by the eventual winners of the event, Team XBOT, Hotwire, and SOTA Bots, so congratulations! We also did not win the Chairman’s Award, however Skunkworks did, so congratulations to them. So we again don’t get to go to “Altana.”
In related news, Kevin Ross and Deb Mumm-Hill announced that the state government DOUBLED the FRC grant money, so that more FRC teams can be started. This lead to the announcement of a possible second regional in the Seattle area, which we hope will be timed so that our team can attend it as well as the current Seattle regional and the Portland regional.
