Monthly Archive for August, 2007

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Looking for a Camera

Published on August 15, 2007 in College Admissions and Ricky. 1 Comment Tags: .

When WordPress publishes this page, I’ll be up at RPI, dealing with my crappy camera for this videoblog. I’m tired of dealing with it. I’ve been thinking about buying a digital camera recently, one that does decent digital video and still photos. I’m at a consumer or prosumer level, not professional, and have a few hundred dollars to spend.

I know I have plenty of digital photography mavens out there. Suggestions? I’d appreciate options, expandability, and excellent image stabilization to compensate for my inability to remain still for any length of time. I don’t think I’m at the level of shooting RAW yet, unless the cost has come down.

Slight Change of Plans at RPI

Published on August 14, 2007 in College Admissions. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Due to my own doubts bolstered by some feedback (an email with a useful link) from Christopher Penn of the Financial Aid Podcast and a comment from Kim, I won’t be taking video of my tour tomorrow. The audio is horrible, I can’t hold a camera steady, and I have little battery power in video mode on this camera. In lieu of this, I’m going to take a bunch of pictures, write notes, and craft a video together using them. On a technical note, this seems right up iMovie ’08′s alley. I have another visit to RPI planned on September 8, a day reserved for Rensselaer Medalists.

I’m Visiting RPI

Published on August 14, 2007 in College Admissions. 6 Comments Tags: , .

I’ll be heading up to Troy, New York tomorrow (Wednesday) to visit Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for the first time. Right now, my main school focuses are RPI, Lafayette, Tufts, and UCONN. I’m hesitant about RPI because of its price tag, alleged lack of aid, and status as a ‘tech school’, to spite my scholarship there. What makes those hesitations difficult to accept is that people tell me all that time that it’s an excellent school. I still haven’t concluded on the open discussion of tech school against general school, however, I’m slightly favoring the latter right now. I need to add some schools to the mix; four simply isn’t enough. Lafayette and Tufts deserve visits, as do my summer homework assignments.

I’m always looking for suggestions and thoughts. Anything I should look out for specifically for while touring RPI?

UCONN Tour

Published on August 14, 2007 in College Admissions and Video Releases. 4 Comments Tags: , .

The first college video on my college admissions blog is here. UCONN Tour, on YouTube.

Huge thanks to Exposay member Kyle who gave me, my family, and Mike the tour of the University of Connecticut. Excuse the janky audio, I seriously need a new camera.

Stone Church

Published on August 13, 2007 in Dover. 1 Comment Tags: , .

I’ve lived in Dover for a while now, many years. Yesterday, I took a trip to the ‘Stone Church’ in Dover for the first time, and it’s surprising it took me so long. I can hardly believe that there’s something that beautiful in our own town. Outstanding.

Photos on Facebook, publicly viewable.

Take a look at the last photo of that album and tell me if you can see what’s wrong with the sign.

Take me Out

Published on August 10, 2007 in Stories. 1 Comment Tags: .

I went to a Renegades game last night and had a great time. I ate some overly expensive food, hardly cared, and even caught a ball! Fine, it bounced off of a woman and then I caught it. I still caught it though, right?

That’s my question for today, does it count? It’s nothing profound and I’m not asking for help. I just want to know, can I boast that I caught a baseball at a game after it bounced off of another person? I’m interested in the feedback I get from this one.