Earlier this afternoon, my other website called Mabuhay Net reached the three-million-hit mark. Woo hoo!

Earlier this evening, I was able to meet Judson Laipply, the man behind the YouTube-famous “Evolution of Dance” video. He came to WPI to perform a slightly-extended version of his routine after about an hour of both hilarious and inspiring comedy. I snapped this picture with him after the performance.

It doesn’t seem like it’s been a long time since I posted about Mabuhay Net recording its millionth hit, but I’ve already reached another milestone.

This morning, at another eye-straining hour of morning, the view count hit 2,000,000. Thanks to everyone who has visited the site to make this achievement possible, and if you haven’t been to the website before, you should definitely check it out.

In the midst of a video contest for the most views, I wasn’t expecting to post another video for a while, let alone one that would become so popular.

I think any fan of Lost who has been watching the show from the very beginning recognized a callback to an iconic scene from 2004 when watching the opening to Season 6. During the premiere, I actually mentioned to Ed that I was excited to play that scene and the original scene side-by-side. I was struck by how well they were able to remake the original version, which I must have seen dozens of times. I wanted to make a better judgment of how similar the two versions were, and since I was making it anyway, I thought, “Why not share this with everyone else?”

Well, that video has been posted on several popular sites, including Dark UFO’s Lost Blogspot and Wired.com. But most importantly, and I still can’t believe this, I have been recognized by Damon Lindelof, CO-CREATOR OF LOST! Here is his tweet:

Person who made this? You complete me.

I have completed a creator of a hit television show. Finally

And what a weekend it was.

This past Friday afternoon, I left WPI a little early (missing a Physics class) to be in Portland in time for Taylor Mali’s arrival in Maine.

For those of you who don’t know who Taylor Mali is, I suggest that you look up a few of his videos to see how amazing his slam poetry is.

That night, we had dinner at the Local 188, along with Ed, her mom, the MFA President, and his wife. Perhaps the highlight of the night was when I found out that Taylor is as much of a Mac guy as I am; we spent some time sharing iPhone apps and anticipating upcoming MacBook Pros.

The next day was a long one, with a cold, two-and-a-half-hour bus ride to and from the University of Maine at Orono, for the Maine Speech & Debate State Championships. Edward Little did very well, with a couple state champions and 3rd place speech sweepstakes. But before awards were given out, the audience was treated to a special performance by Taylor Mali.

Without a doubt, the plethora of speech and debate geeks were blown away by his presentation.

Also that day, I was able to have him sign two of his books for me: What Learning Leaves and The Last Time As We Are.

It’s been a while since I’ve shaken hands with a famous person. You might recall my last such experience when I shook hands with Steve Jobs, exactly 2 years ago…almost to the hour.

This time around, I got to meet and shake hands with Bill Clinton when he came to WPI to campaign for Martha Coakley, who is running for the U.S. Senate. I got in line for the 4:30 pm event at around 4:00, just after my physics class, and the line was already quite long.

News crews had been setting up earlier in the day, and the police and security had been around campus for quite some time to prepare for the former president’s arrival.

When I finally got inside, there was already a crowd of people filling the standing room in anticipation.

Even though the event was scheduled to start at 4:30, Bill Clinton arrived late and we weren’t able to start until after 5:00. At this point, several people I don’t know spoke about Martha.

Then, finally, after waiting for a very long wait, Bill Clinton was introduced and we finally got to see the former president speak.

He is a great speaker, and he worked the supportive crowd very well. I really like this shot of someone taking video with, of course, an iPhone.

Then Martha Coakley began speaking, and though many people left as Bill’s speech was over, most stayed if only to be polite.

The crowd began to thin when it was all over, but that stopped as quickly as it started when Bill started making his way through the audience to shake hands, sign books, and kiss babies.

Like when I met Steve Jobs, I edged closer…

…and closer…

…and even closer until I was finally within arms reach and able to throw my hand out there for a shake.

Mission accomplished.

A couple somewhat-mediocre pictures from the first snowfall at WPI. For some, this is their first time seeing snow (but not for me, of course).

Three years ago today, my computer left China. That’s 90 in computer-years.

Well, maybe not. I’ve had a great experience with my iPhone 3GS on their network while here in Worcester. In fact, I get a full 5 bars of 3G coverage here in my dorm room.

However, I can’t quite say the same about my experience while home in Maine. From my room, I’ll be lucky to get 2 bars…of EDGE. The painfully slow download speeds elicit memories of dial-up. So you can imagine how excited I was to hear that my city was getting a 3G upgrade in the near future. This would solve that problem, right?

Wrong.

I recently took a look at their 3G coverage map. Here is what I saw…

Very clearly, you can see that their new 3G coverage makes a perfect radius around my house. Thank you, AT&T. Thank you so very much.

At around 3:24 AM on Sunday, October 4, 2009, this website finally had it’s 1,000,000th hit! Special thanks to Rocio and Gera, who helped out the cause by reloading the page!

Here’s the screenshot of my visitor tracker, right as it passed the mark…