Comments for Matt Hampel | matth.org http://matth.org I'm Matt Hampel, a student in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:16:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 Comment on The bulk room by Murph http://matth.org/2008/05/26/the-bulk-room/#comment-447 Murph Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:06:03 +0000 http://matth.org/2008/05/26/the-bulk-room/#comment-447 We registered our post-ICC group house as a "co-op" with the Student Buyers' Association, the org. that does bulk buying for the co-ops, frats, and sororities. You can get deliveries (to your door) weekly, if you want, from the Blooming Prairie catalog (essentially the PFC inventory) for something like 5% over catalog, minus whatever bulk discount SBA gets beyond the catalog price, plus a gas surcharge. (Weekly deliveries are a little much for small houses, based on the gas surcharge.) SBA also gets you a GFS membership, and various other bulk discounts around town we didn't take advantage of, with centralized billing. We registered our post-ICC group house as a “co-op” with the Student Buyers’ Association, the org. that does bulk buying for the co-ops, frats, and sororities. You can get deliveries (to your door) weekly, if you want, from the Blooming Prairie catalog (essentially the PFC inventory) for something like 5% over catalog, minus whatever bulk discount SBA gets beyond the catalog price, plus a gas surcharge. (Weekly deliveries are a little much for small houses, based on the gas surcharge.) SBA also gets you a GFS membership, and various other bulk discounts around town we didn’t take advantage of, with centralized billing.

]]> Comment on Two short ctools questions by Matt Hampel http://matth.org/2008/07/02/two-short-ctools-questions/#comment-446 Matt Hampel Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:11:28 +0000 http://matth.org/2008/07/02/two-short-ctools-questions/#comment-446 To that I reply with two sources for parsers: http://java-source.net/open-source/pdf-libraries and http://jakarta.apache.org/poi To that I reply with two sources for parsers:
http://java-source.net/open-source/pdf-libraries and http://jakarta.apache.org/poi

]]> Comment on Two short ctools questions by Kyle Mulka http://matth.org/2008/07/02/two-short-ctools-questions/#comment-445 Kyle Mulka Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:11:13 +0000 http://matth.org/2008/07/02/two-short-ctools-questions/#comment-445 I can probably guess at the answer to the second question.... its because the CTools team doesn't want to have to write a parser for every document format that gets uploaded to CTools. If it was just text it would be OK, but with .doc and .pdf thrown in there, things get hairy. Maybe they could use a Google Search Appliance. I can probably guess at the answer to the second question…. its because the CTools team doesn’t want to have to write a parser for every document format that gets uploaded to CTools. If it was just text it would be OK, but with .doc and .pdf thrown in there, things get hairy. Maybe they could use a Google Search Appliance.

]]> Comment on n reasons why upperclassmen do not return to University of Michgan Housing by Edward Vielmetti http://matth.org/2007/12/21/n-reasons-why-upperclassmen-do-not-return-to-university-housing/#comment-444 Edward Vielmetti Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:43:00 +0000 http://matth.org/2007/12/21/n-reasons-why-upperclassmen-do-not-return-to-university-housing/#comment-444 Sounds like you lived in the East Quad-o-lodge - sorry that it's that way now. Sounds like you lived in the East Quad-o-lodge - sorry that it’s that way now.

]]> Comment on Snooze Watch: Craig’s List by Amy http://matth.org/2008/06/20/snooze-watch-craigs-list/#comment-443 Amy Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:00:20 +0000 http://matth.org/2008/06/20/snooze-watch-craigs-list/#comment-443 !. If you asked me why I was sitting in the UgLi on a Sunday night Googling my friends, I couldn't have told you. But I found this: http://matthampel.org/ You look good with thinning hair. @. I am enjoying Snooze Watch immensely, and have converted my coworkers to the "See what's actually news on the front page!" game. It is a fun, and depressing, game. #. Emma says we should distribute the nostalgia issue of Litost at the Book Co-op Sock Hop. I say this is an excellent idea. $. Am way behind on Who, so don't spoil me. !. If you asked me why I was sitting in the UgLi on a Sunday night Googling my friends, I couldn’t have told you. But I found this: http://matthampel.org/ You look good with thinning hair.

@. I am enjoying Snooze Watch immensely, and have converted my coworkers to the “See what’s actually news on the front page!” game. It is a fun, and depressing, game.

#. Emma says we should distribute the nostalgia issue of Litost at the Book Co-op Sock Hop. I say this is an excellent idea.

$. Am way behind on Who, so don’t spoil me.

]]> Comment on Snooze Watch: Craig’s List by BenJ http://matth.org/2008/06/20/snooze-watch-craigs-list/#comment-441 BenJ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:17:35 +0000 http://matth.org/2008/06/20/snooze-watch-craigs-list/#comment-441 Perhaps you should email the author of the story, asking him to call you back so you can give some feedback? :-) Perhaps you should email the author of the story, asking him to call you back so you can give some feedback? :-)

]]> Comment on Links: hyperlocal, sci-fi & predictions, whack-a-mole by William M. Hartnett http://matth.org/2008/06/10/links-hyperlocal-sci-fi-predictions-whack-a-mole/#comment-438 William M. Hartnett Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:22:19 +0000 http://matth.org/2008/06/10/links-hyperlocal-sci-fi-predictions-whack-a-mole/#comment-438 More like a <em>neighborhood</em> directory in early beta, and not edited by anyone at the moment, with no plans for such in the future. Just two programmers and a GIS specialist, though we do get paid several moneys. I think we're as automated as EveryBlock, just with many fewer data streams, for now. (Not to mention built with the same stuff: Python, GeoDjango, PostGIS. Main difference is our geographic foundation is 100 percent custom, built in-house.) Our home sales update every weeknight while we sleep, and our entire half million-record parcel geodatabase updates itself every Friday night, for example. More like a neighborhood directory in early beta, and not edited by anyone at the moment, with no plans for such in the future. Just two programmers and a GIS specialist, though we do get paid several moneys. I think we’re as automated as EveryBlock, just with many fewer data streams, for now. (Not to mention built with the same stuff: Python, GeoDjango, PostGIS. Main difference is our geographic foundation is 100 percent custom, built in-house.) Our home sales update every weeknight while we sleep, and our entire half million-record parcel geodatabase updates itself every Friday night, for example.

]]> Comment on Snooze watch: copy & paste from a corporate website by Matt Hampel http://matth.org/2008/06/10/snooze-watch-copy-paste-from-a-corporate-website/#comment-432 Matt Hampel Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:47:43 +0000 http://matth.org/2008/06/10/snooze-watch-copy-paste-from-a-corporate-website/#comment-432 Can you explain what you mean by that? Can you explain what you mean by that?

]]> Comment on Snooze watch: copy & paste from a corporate website by Steve http://matth.org/2008/06/10/snooze-watch-copy-paste-from-a-corporate-website/#comment-431 Steve Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:44:07 +0000 http://matth.org/2008/06/10/snooze-watch-copy-paste-from-a-corporate-website/#comment-431 Good to see a non-hippy point of view come out of Ann Arbor Good to see a non-hippy point of view come out of Ann Arbor

]]> Comment on n reasons why upperclassmen do not return to University of Michgan Housing by Joseph j7uy5 http://matth.org/2007/12/21/n-reasons-why-upperclassmen-do-not-return-to-university-housing/#comment-425 Joseph j7uy5 Wed, 28 May 2008 07:46:00 +0000 http://matth.org/2007/12/21/n-reasons-why-upperclassmen-do-not-return-to-university-housing/#comment-425 You should try to find out what kind of profit the UM makes on their housing operation. I suspect it is rather large. You should try to find out what kind of profit the UM makes on their housing operation. I suspect it is rather large.

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