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Conversational Betrayal
I am sure everybody has had a similar experience at one point or another: you reveal something marginally embarrassing but common about yourself, and those around you react as if they’ve never encountered such a horrible thing before, and good heavens why are you so strange? One of the best examples of this is peeing…
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Farewell to an Old Friend
At long last, the good ol’ 1984 Toyota Tercel has been retired from the Castello household. It’s been through quite a lot over the years, from getting me through my driving test to hauling massive quantities of stuff to and from residences on the UMBC campus. The past year has been pretty difficult for it:…
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Barrier to Entry
A while back (2006, to be exact) Coke started My Coke Rewards, a semi-digital version of those frequent customer reward programs. It’s supposed to be very simple: you buy Coke brand drinks and enter the code under the cap online. Apparently now you can even text the codes in on your cell phone (how delightfully…
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Ready to Launch?
I am so close to switching over to my new site design. I’m being a bit of a perfectionist over a few details but I’m extremely excited about how it’s going to look. Over the next few days mistypedURL is going to be a much better place—perhaps almost as awesome as omgwtfbbq1.
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Auditorium
I was looking back through my Google Reader starred items and I rediscovered what has to be the greatest flash game since Grid 16. It’s called Auditorium, and it’s a puzzle game that blends the logic of puzzle solving with multi-part musical harmony and smooth visuals. I only made partway through the second act before…
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Frozen Out
I went down to my car this morning at 7:45 to find an icy surprise—both my driver’s side and passenger’s side doors were completely frozen shut. After awkwardly tugging on them for a while, I decided to crack open my hatchback, crawl through the car to the driver’s seat, and kick out the door from…
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Left Behind
There’s definitely something to be said for leaving the house in the morning in a controlled and organized manner, rather than the inefficient whirlwind of chaos and failure I perpetuate in those wee AM hours. Case in point: I left my iPod plugged in to my computer instead of transferring it to my backpack. This,…
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Going Live…
I have been tinkering around with this site for a while now, and I think it’s finally gotten to the point where I can start using it. There’s still a lot of work to be done, but I’m ready to let people take a look at it and see what they think. I’ve imported all…
Matter, Energy, and Life of Michaela A. Castello.