If you use im and check away messages, listen up. BuddyGopher is a program that one of my WFU friends invented which consolidates your friend's away messages and checks them all at once. Add him (BuddyGopher) to your IM list and check his away message(or profile), and he'll show you what to do to add friends' names. They're still working out the bugs since its new, but you can say you were one of the first. Free and legit, don't worry.

11-03-03

Not slickdeals, but not bad

11-03-03

Happy Halloween

10-31-03

Big news from amazon. You can search the text of over 33 million pages from their books. wow. Also--win a Segway

10-27-03

Megabrands

10-21-03

Walking dots (click "Lines" at the bottom) (rotate with the arrows)

10-15-03

History of the Q-tip and other random facts

Type in your full (home) phone number without dashes to see exactly where you eat and sleep. scary cool.

-thanks Blake

10-08-03

Trouble losing your kids? What'll they think of next?

10-02-03

Unexpected environmental factors may influence sales. Just ask QVC.

09-29-03

A couple of word doc praise songs online. Of course there's the mac daddy list that I put together
right here.

09-25-03

Ikea lamp.

Sheet metal.

09-15-03

Pics of Wake way back when. And the streaming video of the groundbreaking cerimony.

09-10-03

Froogle. Google is amazing. Try a search to see why. Swedish google? bork bork bork.

09-09-03

I have just posted my 5th site. alphakappapsi.com. Practice makes....better.

09-06-03

Fun toys I have recently purchased:
Toshiba e335
Quiet Cork (my appt. walls are paper thin)
Speaker Chair: (got it for $20--slickdeals.net)--for games, music,
or movies.

08-31-03

How to for games etc. I especially like the how to beat carnival
games.

08-16-03

Well, dad is doing well recovering from his surgery to remove a blockage in his intestine. I found out I'll be next in the hospital getting a turbinoplasty coupled with a septoplasty (for deviated septum) --a little road work on the inside of my nose.

Also--what will happen before, during, and after.

08-13-03

Be proud of your hatchback 88 Civic. With a little cash and some labor, it could look like this.

08-06-03

Fun at the Mann house. Brian as Chin Mann.

08-05-03

Hmmm. Should I start saving? Eye don't know. (thanks derek)

08-02-03

Just got back from camp. Check out the pictures. (watch for pastor Gilbert on the slip and slide)

07-29-03

It's true. I share a birthday with David Hasselhoff. Today, he's 51, and I'm 22. Here's a piece of his finest work. Happy birthday dave.

07-17-03

Kill some more time--visit Kevin Bray's website. I especially like his real deal mullet.

07-15-03

Learn the meaning at your fingertips.

07-07-03

Now that i'm a test away from the fun part of summer, i'm ready for the first celebration--the Fourth of July. To get pumped, check out this Fourth of July Celebrations Database.

06-30-03

It's actually a hobby of mine to try and get telemarketers to hang up on me instead of me on them, but I guess this a better option all together. (Straight from the Pres himself--it's legit)

06-29-03

Still wheelin' and dealin'. Smartbargains.com

06-24-03

If you feel you didn't get the education you deserved from public school, this link will bring you to speed.

06-22-03

Bargain hunter site. Sometimes have a cool Deal of the Day. 06-19-03

Search by a phone number.

06-15-03

FUN. stay a while

06-12-03

Who needs a TV anyways?

06-08-03

See computer intelligence in action. You think of the TV sit-com star or dictator, and this will read your mind. Have at it.

05-28-03

Guitar chord generator

05-17-03

Well, now you know what he is doing (below), see what he won't be. See Brian Play.

04-28-03

My brother's (Brian's) big news and new site!!

I posted some pics on the STS site. These are from the STS meeting in front of Wait Chapel after the Jars and Caedmon's
concert

04-19-03

The new and improved middlemann.com!! (My brother, Scott's
site)

04-12-03

The geek version of Slick Deals.net

What do you mean they're not safe? This one even has 4 wheels! (thankx joe)

03-27-03

AS ONE this wednesday March 26th!!!!!! I've been working like a mad man to get this thing together. If you live anywhere close to Winston, please come.

03-25-03

No matter your belief, the fact is that we're at war. Don't forget those who are willing to die for this country's freedom in the midst of your theology.

03-21-03

Watch a computer person say whatever you type in (at bottom). Make sure you have a fast connection--and even if you do, be patient.

03-06-03

My brother Brian on the IMBD.

03-03-03

A friend, Gabriel Schulze (yes I spelled it right), just started posting some news stories about Iraq and other things. One of those things I should care about.

03-02-03

e-post-it notes. What a great idea.

02-25-03

As you may know, I lead about 15 praise songs a week on average (not including the ones I teach in lessons). In doing this I have to make or find (which I hate doing)
a bunch of charts. So, here is the praise leader's dream (just under 90 song charts in a word doc.) that I use that took me way too long to put together.

02-25-03

Another Stephen (maybe "Steven") Mann who is creating wearable computers. Brace yourself. (thanks to even another Stephen Mann from Austrailia who e-mailed me about this).

02-17-03

Granted--i'm still fixing the little things--here's the new site that I've been working on for hours on end. (need IE to view)

02-12-03

HowStuffWorks.com got a make-over I'm still getting used to. In other news, I'm working on a new website for Wake that I will unveil sometime in the near future!

02-03-03

Derek is engaged! Congrats. (see the ring).

02-03-02

Missed all the superbowl ads? Well, here ya go. The Terry Tate (Reebok) one is top of my list.

Josh has a domain name! http://www.thecreasons.com

This is amazing. A liquid kid (from Chris Barr's page) Wait for the kid in orange at the end!

01-21-03

My cruise photos are up!! Here ya go.

01-20-03

Here, you can see where the sun is shining right now on different parts of the world. Try clicking on the globe.

01-19-03

My brother beat me to it. He took more pictures anyways, so here ya go.

01-14-02

Just got back from a 7 day cruise and am back at good ole Wake. I'll try to post some pictures in the near future.

01-14-03

Finally a place where you can type it in, instead of searching those huge charts. Happy 2003 by the way.

01-02-03

Monoverbum poetry.

12-30-02

A bunch of tips about a bunch of things. A good time killer for the hollidays.

12-24-02

If you have any sort of imagination, this site will provide you with hours of entertainment.

12-18-02

With the meteor shower coming up, i thought this was appropriate. Find out what you can see in the sky each night.

12-11-02

Everyone knows google can't be beat. If you want to always have it at your fingertips, click here. While you're there--you can try these searches that have led people from all around the world to this site:

Stephen Mann's Website
guitar lessons Winston salem
guitar lessons nc
simple guitar lessons
parasailing in Interlaken
wienerschnitzel pictures
guitar implements
Schoenbrunn pictures
Winston Salem, NC pictures (around 4th page)
guitar winston-salem
playing guitar for beginners pictures (3rd page)

12/08/02

Well, I won the respect of a few peers today by winning "chubby bunny" by fitting 17 marshmellows all in my mouth and saying "chubby bunny" 3 times.

In other news, I plan on learning basic Italian over Christmas break. So, if this inspires you to learn a new language as well, go here.

12/06/02

Hey, could you write me what time it is?

12-02-02

The preliminary stages of Brianmannmusic.com have been set. Also, check out my new STS logo.

11/26/02

Just one of those things. Also blogged on Derek's site, but if you want to impress me this Christmas...go here.

11/19/02

My dad and my digital camera are in Japan this week. Check out the photos here. (Bottom left) Also on this page are picture of Elevate Contemporary Worship Service)

11/06/02

The pencil that works like a pen. Very cool.

10/28/02

Think halloween is evil? Even know what halloween is?
My favorite October read.

10/25/02

My family had dinner tonight with the cousin we had never known. Click Here for the pics and the story.

10-21-02

Sorry guys--i haven't had access to update all week. Anywho--1 Very cool Site. 1.
(Thanks Joe)

10/14/02

All the stuff you never needed to know. here.

10/07/02

Big announcement for STS tonight--(Chris Rice)

10/02/02

Posted some pics on the sts site.

09/26/02

Just to kill time, I was messing around in Photoshop and found a pretty cool feature with some odd results. Check out the pics.

02/21/02

"Did you know that parliament is an anagram of partial men? Or, Clint Eastwood an anagram of Old West Action?" Find your own anagrams at this site. What a good idea.

09/19/02

I've now made the User Photo section a little more secure and user friendly.

09/16/02

Well, I just updated the STS site with info on the leadership team.

09/15/02

 

One day a student from at Chapel Hill (Dave Ruele) and a friend (Cory Cavin) realized the world they were in at college and were inspired to write a song. Eric Chetwood introduced me to it, and I fell in love. This is a recording from a camp 2 summers ago with Eric (lead singer), Jordan Rowan (guitar and high harmony), Chris Bitsas (harmony), Scott (my brother--congas and some some singin) and me (guitar andsecond harmony). Of course, I'm talking about the Lust Song! (Thanks, Josh, for the tweaking).

Click to play it, or right click and pick "Save target as..." to download it.

09/12/02

Today we remember those who were attacked one year ago and pray for God's strength and comfort. Calvary is holding a special rememberance service at 6:30.

9/11/02

This site has all sorts of info on Copyright--something I'm starting to get interested in.
09/10/02

Well, we had the first practice for Elevate tonight. I get my own on-stage mixer along with a corldless guitar hook-up and a mic that fits over my ear and is no thicker that a paper clip stretched out. Just think Garth.

Did you know you are potentially sending info about you and your computer to every site you visit? Click here to see what kind of info and how it all works.

My new fad in music. It's just plain chill streaming internet radio. Flavas of light techno with jazzy grooves. Make sure to click on "Chill Out Radio" at the bottom.

08/31/02

Express yourself with a mouse. Then submit your work of art for the world to see. Kind of a random site, but hey, I do what I can.

08/30/02

Click here to find out how your car did in crash testing. Luckily for me, the Civic did pretty well.

08/29/02

Well, since last time, I've gotton a new computer and posted a new website. Now I should be back on track with updates. So, now may I unveil to you the brand new STS website. The images that pop up when you put your mouse over the different links is a magical touch that took me way too long to figure out. Hope you enjoy it.

08-28-02

The link of the day is for all of those who own an indoor grill (especailly the famous boxer model). This link gives you estimates of cooking times for different meats and vegtables. Of course if you are a college student this link isn't for you since you shouldn't even have one of these blasted fire starters in your dorm room to begin with! Enjoy (but not if you are a college student).

 

I Need Your Help!!! WFU is holding a contest for who has the best study abroad pictures. I've created a contest page with some of my better Euope pictures. On this page is a poll where you can pick your favorite. Please vote so I know what to submit.

In other news, I am working hard on updating the pictures from the trip I just took and am working on another site (for an on-campus organization) that I will debut shortly.

08/19/02

I have updated the condenced the format of my site to accomodate smaller screen computers. I have also added new graphics to each of the pages. There will not be any updates this week since I will be in California! I'm off to celebrate the fact that I'll never have to take another accounting class (along with visiting my brother). Your
homework for the week is to submit pictures that are on your computer. It took a while to set this up, so humor me User photos. Also, if you haven't already, check out the pole and the tell a friend below.

08/09/02

Since "www.wfu.edu/~mannsr0" is so hard to remember, I've done a little work to get a new url. So, here it is: "committed.to/guitar" There is no ".com" or anything. just remember that I am "committed to guitar!" Add a dot after committed and a "/" after "to." That's it. Try it out: "committed.to/guitar" You'll probably get a pop-up ad when you use this url, but it's much easier to remember that I'm "committed to guitar" when trying to find my site. I hope after all this, you have it ingrained in your mind that I'm "committed to guitar."

I've also just added a section where you can post your photos and view them from here, a mini-poll, and a tell-a-friend feature. Have fun.

08/06/02

Since I just had my Eiffel Tower picture framed last week, I created a page with the whole story of its creation. It includes pictures as well. Check it out.

08/05/02

Radio? Who's needs a radio? Put a glide in your stride, a dip in your hip, and swing it on over to the mothership connection. This site offers a cornucopia of digital radio stations to "tune in" to. Whether you like classical hits, 80s duds, European techno (ah, the memories), or top 40 hits, you'll find something to make you groove. Middlemann.com is here! This is my brother Scott's new website url. If you haven't put two and two together, Scott is the middle brother between Brian and myself. Hopefully you can figure out why the last part of it is "mann."

08/02/02

As you can see, I added a new feature to my site. It enables you to chat directly with me. If it says "Online," then you can click it, and you and I can chat. It's like IM without the screen names. If it says, "Offline," click it to leave a message. Especailly if you are a first time visitor, or have any questions about me or my site, try it out! That's what it's there for.
Happy August.

08/01/02

Why is this so hard??? I have been up for just under 4 hours and have heard this simple grammar construction misused in a radio commercial, a CD (Dave Matthews isn't as smart as you thought) a TV show, and a music video (Counting Crows needs to polish up as well).

It's called subjunctive. For the hundreds of people that visit this site, I want to clear this up. If it is something that you should have done, a wish for the way things should be, or if it is something that you would do in the future, then use the subjunctive case. In other words, use this case in a hypothetical situation. If you use "If", or "I wish that," don't say, "was," say, "WERE."

Examples:
WRONG: "If I was in a car wreck, I'd be hurt."
RIGHT: "If I were in a car wreck…"
WRONG: If it was you, you'd be hurt too.
RIGHT: "If it were you…"
WRONG: "I wish I was Stephen Mann." (I'd let it slide though)
RIGHT: "I wish I were..."

This isn't that hard of a concept. If = were (in most instances). Keep you ears open for a day to see how many times it is misused. Some of the smartest people I know, along with some of the better speakers I know can't get this straight. The misuse of pronouns and the misuse of "good" and "well" bother me just as much, but I'll save those rants for another time.

07/30/02

When you get e-mail with the title, "someone likes you," you start to wonder. First thought-virus. Second- I'm going to get constant spam e-mails about discounted lava lamps. After a little clicking, I don't think either is the case. The way the "system" works, is that you go to someonelikesyou.com (This is NOT the link of the day) and make an account with e-mail addresses of people you "like." They get an e-mail notifying them that somebody wants a piece of the pie (the e-mail I received today). They (I in this case) then make their own wish list. If you type in the e-mail address of the person who originally e-mailed you, then it notifies you of the
match, you meet your mate, and you live happily ever after. So, here are my thoughts: Best-case scenario: Jennifer Love Hewitt somehow found my site and fell in love. She'll soon get the guts to call, we'll hit it off, and we'll live off of the royalty checks from Scream. Worst-case scenario: A forty plus-year old trucker with thick back
hair has a crush and forged all of the info. I'm guessing somewhere in the middle. But, if you're really out there, I at least know that you "are 18-22 years old, you like walks in the park, you would love to sail in the Caribbean for a get-away date, you like a good joke every now and then, and you'd take a trip around the world if you won the lottery." Umm. I'll keep my eyes open.

07-29-02

Link of the Day: Add some fire to your attire. click here.

07/27/02

Link of the day: a very impressive website with facts and videos of
world records.

07/24/02

Have you been hearing any rumors about a new service at Calvary? Well, it's on its way. It will start on September 8th. See what it's all about.

Link of the day: Want to know where your money is going? Literally? This site follows the serial number of any bill you enter. If someone else enters the number later, you'll get an e-mail. As of this update, they had 1,322,608 users who have entered 20,301,152 bills, totaling $119,603,243 worth of U.S. currency.

07/23/02

Now, for the links of the day. Click here if you "gotta go" but are concerned with where. If you want to keep up to date with corn in Iowa, visit the live feed corn cam. Corn not your thing? Then visit the soybean cam or the dairy cam. It's amazing what's out there.

07/22/02

 

Here are some links to help you keep track of all the money everyone is losing. Market Browser is a free download that will keep track of 4 stocks at a time. You can type in any company to see how much it has lost (chances are it has), and you can save different portfolios. If you don't know the ticker symbol of the company, or you'd rather not download anything, go here.

07/21/02

While on my updating high, I added a discussion forum. Todays thought- provoking question deals with the stock market. Any answers are welcome. Enjoy.

07/21/02