” I are scientists” – writing on the front of a shirt.
I felt like making another post before leaving for Paris tomorrow. I feel like today deserves its own post. Nothing particular happened, but it was sunny, I had my ipod playing “Lovely Day” from the Snakes on the Plane soundtrack while I was walking to my tutorial, people were sitting in pubs celebrating finishing their last exams, tourist buses were driving by, and I just felt really happy to be here. What contributed to my good mood was that, amidst not sleeping a whole lot towards to the end of last week, somehow I managed to produce my best tutorial work of the term here. It’s all a matter of luck here, a few of my guesses were right on the spot this week. One bad thing about having one on one tutorial, besides not being able to fall asleep in lecture, is that I don’t have anyone to consult while doing the problem set. I do my best with the resources I have, and that’s the end of it. It worked out well last week, but the trouble is that I won’t ever replicate this impression. If you think about it, you never want to do too good of a job. Everything that follows will be like The Killer’s second album.
After the tutorial, I took pictures of the summer 8s, the annual crew race between all the colleges. I think I need to consume more Pimms before I can get into the crew stuff. The boats race trying to bump each other. The women are beastly. Is there more to it?
I just read a news article on how Dell, desperate to bump up its revenue, is going to start selling their computers in retail. Its profits are projected to shrink by 24%. The world is changing, the early business models that were so successful in the world of computers and the internet are no longer working. Just look at AOL, which lost 1 million subscribers in the first quarter alone. AOL introduced the idea of e-mail and internet to millions of users is now struggling to find new business models. Online advertising is booming and they are failing to transition to a new market. I feel bad for these companies, they were pioneers of new technology now struggling to survive in the face of vigorous competition. What else is new though, buy low, sell high, and cut your losses while you can.
