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(07/27/13 6:41am)
We entered Saturday with renewed spirits. We’d dried off and so had the world; nothing but blue skies and slightly less health-endangering heats awaited us. The plan was to get to Pitchfork at around 1 p.m. and catch White Lung and Pissed Jeans for a notably punk afternoon, but underestimating both Chicago traffic and the lunch rush threw us off and we arrived too late to do either. Instead we headed over towards the blue stage, our consistently shady bastion, to see Julia Holter.
(07/09/13 6:03am)
Small acts show strong stage presence
(04/29/13 1:43am)
Whether we are in the fourth year of our relationship or have yet to start one, romantic outings with our partner are a great way to become closer and learn about each other. There are several components of a successful date, including dressing to impress, mealtime etiquette and venue:
(04/10/13 6:09am)
Members of the public will be given an opportunity to preview the future of Madison’s art and cuisine scene Thursday at a free event called PetchaKucha.
(03/21/13 2:46am)
As far as the Internet goes, I’d say I’m a more-than-average user. On my iPhone, you can catch me checking all of my social media, uploading pictures, downloading music and iMessaging. On my computer, you can catch me doing all of these things simultaneously, while also doing them on my phone. Social media has launched, landed and taken over our society, and I have to say that I’m a big fan.
While I understand being “plugged in” all the time is obnoxious and scary for some, I also know thousands of great connections have been made online. From experience, I can say online friendships are worth a try. If I told my mother 10 years ago that I had met my best friend on a blogging website, she would have warned me that “she” was actually a 64-year-old “he” who wanted to tempt me with free candy and take me away. She also probably would have asked me why I was blogging at eight years old, but that’s another topic for another day.
Thankfully, meeting people online has not only become more convenient, but it’s also a lot less taboo than it was a decade ago. Before we could be connected in a thousand different ways to a person, we had no idea who was really on the other end of the Wi-Fi (or the hardwire, depending how far back you really want to take this one). Now I consider it a daily event to talk to people I’ve met on the Internet, some of whom I’ve never actually met in person.
I know for some people this whole concept is still really shocking, but as the saying goes, everything gets better after the first time. At some point, you get used to the concept and just accept that sometimes the people who understand you best aren’t always your next-door neighbors. There’s always a site that solidifies this fact for people and if you haven’t found it yet, chances are you’re a sociable person who enjoys spending time with others instead of in bed at 3 a.m. on a Friday night.
For me, and I’m sure for at least a handful of others, it was Tumblr. To anyone who lives under a rock, Tumblr is a blogging website that takes over your life (Note: the sarcasm isn’t as heavy as it may seem). Much like in our everyday lives, there are two kinds of users—passive and active.
Passive bloggers tend to use Tumblr as another way to procrastinate; they reblog pictures of pretty sunsets or maybe a nice poem and a cup of tea every other week when they’re avoiding that economics homework deadline. This is a serious over exaggeration, but my focus isn’t on these people. Then there are people like me, the active bloggers. Tumblr is a community where I have met my closest group of friends, some of whom live where I do, and some of whom live across the world.
The first time I made a friend on the Internet, I was terrified. I didn’t want to tell anybody because I didn’t want them to assume I was talking to the previously mentioned 64-year-old man with the Snickers. I didn’t have the courage to tell them I knew it wasn’t this unnamed predator because I had spent seven hours on Skype, video chatting with a complete stranger.
That friendship turned out to be one of the greatest I’ve ever had and I still speak to that friend very often. From there, I took charge and made bonds. I messaged people who seemed interesting and had the same ideas I did. I’ve met people across the country and the world because of Tumblr, and I’ve been lucky enough to meet some of them in person too. I speak to my Internet friends on a daily basis, probably more than I speak to my mom.
The concept of meeting on the Internet is so different from meeting in person. On the Internet, you can be anybody you want. Hiding behind a screen, even with Skype, is a strange experience, but one that can be so worthwhile. People meet online every single day, and it’s so easy to become one of them. I think it’s so much easier to talk to people over the Internet because you can express yourself however you want. And no, that’s not me giving permission to anybody to be somebody they aren’t (this isn’t Catfish, kids).
Everybody should make an online friend at some point, if only to tell somebody yes, you have a friend in Australia and yes, she likes cats. It can be scary, but you never know who you could befriend that could change your life in a positive way. If you’re lucky, maybe you’ll meet a person who turns your world right-side up. Maybe you’ll marry them. How can you know if you never try?
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(02/25/13 4:22am)
I’m making some serious changes and they are going to begin with the bookmarks bar on my computer. Facebook, the most distracting, useless, yet seemingly addictive bookmark on my bookmarks bar needs to go.
(02/15/13 3:34am)
President Obama’s State of the Union Address Tuesday night stressed a need for progressive change proactive commitment to improving our nation, and there was perhaps no better example of this than the tasteful yet enticing wire-framed glasses sported by Vice President Joe Biden during the event.
(02/04/13 12:16am)
Looking through my WiscMail this week, I noticed something, or rather someone, was missing from my inbox. Whereas last fall the president, vice president and other prominent politicians had flooded my inbox—often sending messages that had personal subject lines addressing me as “friend”—this semester, I had to search just to find one email. A little hurt that the president seemed to be avoiding me, I thought I’d send him a message to check in.
(01/31/13 2:52am)
I don’t know about all of you, but I’m pretty glad to be back in Madison. Time off is great and all; it lets you hang loose a bit, catch up on sleep. But being at home can be super boring.
(01/29/13 5:28am)
The Daily Cardinal recently spoke with Yonder Mountain String Band’s guitarist and vocalist, Adam Aijala, amid the band’s 2013 winter tour.
(12/06/12 3:56am)
With giant marketing campaigns bombarding consumers with complete nonsense keywords such as “triple hopped” and “finest country barley,” it’s not a surprise that the majority of Americans out there actually believe that the watered down macrobrews they are drinking constitute good beer.
(11/28/12 4:01am)
Rob Chafin, drummer of The Werks, chatted with The Daily Cardinal while preparing for the band’s Midwest tour and big New Year’s Eve run.
(11/20/12 6:12am)
After months of salivating over HD footage of their favorite Nintendo characters, millions of fanboys lined up early Sunday to get their hands on the Wii U. As the first release in the next generation of consoles, (Microsoft and Sony will likely follow suit next fall) Nintendo has a year head start to solidify its software lineup and convince consumers that the Wii U is the must have hardware of the new console lifecycle.
(10/31/12 6:03am)
Right before Conspirator’s tour kickoff in Madison, bassist Marc “Brownie” Brownstein took a few minutes to chat with The Daily Cardinal between games of “Madden” with his son as they watched Hurricane Sandy blow through their neighborhood.
(10/30/12 7:30am)
Over the next two weeks, Julia Boms has to take two midterms and the Graduate Record Examination. But what distracts the University of Wisconsin-Madison Senior from studying is not the average internet browsing or chatting, but Hurricane Sandy, a tropical storm headed toward her family at home on Long Island, New York.
(10/30/12 5:35am)
The Wisconsin women’s hockey team (1-3-2-2 WCHA, 5-3-2 overall) is coming off a sweep against New Hampshire and looking ahead to hosting Minnesota State (2-2-2-1, 4-4-2) this weekend at the LaBahn Arena.
(10/26/12 3:04am)
As Big Gigantic is moving from West to East between September and New Year’s Eve on their Uprising Tour, drummer Jeremy Salken took time to chat with The Daily Cardinal as he sat in Des Moines, Iowa, pondering whether or not to get Sushi from a landlocked city.
(10/24/12 8:29pm)
Most students could not imagine working on a school project for more than 10 hours straight. However, approximately 60 University of Wisconsin-Madison students, ranging from freshmen to masters, competed in a Facebook-sponsored hackathon Friday and Saturday of last week.
(10/24/12 6:58am)
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Search and Screen Committee held an online chat Tuesday to receive feedback from another portion of the campus community.
(10/22/12 5:38am)
Approximately 15 community members went to Union South Friday to give input on the upcoming University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor search, continuing a trend of low attendance at the search committee’s public forums.
