https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=137.165.212.247&feedformat=atomWillipedia - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T15:30:57ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.32.1https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Skills&diff=4826Skills2005-11-10T03:17:18Z<p>137.165.212.247: </p>
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<div>'''Don't be shy.''' Can you do something that other people find useful, entertaining, or impressive? Don't hide it under a bushel! Instead, post here. Put your proficiency in parentheses. Add new categories and skills as appropriate.<br />
<br />
This page was getting pretty big and hard to navigate/read/edit, so it's broken into categories. Consider this the "Miscellaneous Skills" section.<br />
<br />
See also: <br />
<br />
[[Students with Language Skills]]<br />
<br />
[[Students with Automotive Skills]]<br />
<br />
[[Students with Body Skills]]<br />
<br />
[[Students with Computer Skills]]<br />
<br />
<br />
==Animal Sounds==<br />
<br />
===Caveman Talk===<br />
<br />
[[Chris St.Cyr]]<br />
<br />
===Dog Bark===<br />
[[Danny Fischler '06]] barks at cars, beeping alarms, and squirrels with nice legs.<br />
<br />
===Cat Meow===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08amh_2 Alexa Herlach] and she does it often.<br />
<br />
[[Julianne Shelby '06]] is probably just actually a cat<br />
<br />
===Cow Moo===<br />
<br />
===Bear Growl===<br />
<br />
Despite failing to get the dancing, trained circus bear part of "Gorky" in her high school's production of "The Cave Dwellers," Katie Montgomery was lauded for her ability to sound sort of like a bear.<br />
<br />
===Burping===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sjp Samantha Peterson] can burp the alphabet. Backwards.<br />
<br />
==Circus Arts & other amazing feats==<br />
<br />
===I can ride a unicycle!===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09aka Alex Ambros] (the 1 in 2000 girl)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09ebb Elissa Brown] (in the same entry as Alex - what's the probability of ''that''?)<br />
<br />
Abby McBride can too!<br />
<br />
Bryan Dragon can but doesn't want anybody to know about it.<br />
<br />
===I can slackline===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09ebb Elissa Brown] (shakily)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09aka Alex Ambros]<br />
<br />
Dave Kleinschmidt (if I'm lucky)<br />
<br />
Evan Bick<br />
<br />
Sean McKenzie (anywhere and everywhere)<br />
<br />
===I can juggle (balls, clubs, knives, flaming torches, etc.)===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09aka Alex Ambros] (working on passing clubs)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09ebb Elissa Brown](see above. We'll get it eventually)<br />
<br />
Ben Brooks (I can do everything listed in the title except "etc." Whatever that is...)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08jcr Jason Ren] (I can do everything listed AND Etc. I know what it is)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06rss_2 Robin Stewart] (He's the master)<br />
<br />
[[Jacob Eisler]] '04 says his one of his two major accomplishments in high school was learning to juggle.<br />
<br />
==Communication==<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07mcp Margaret Pigman] can read and write braille, and has a braille typewriter! And, and, and! Margaret takes class notes in Braille.<br />
<br />
[[Diana Davis '07]] can write holding a pencil with her toes.<br />
<br />
[[Jonathan Landsman|Jonathan Landsman '05]] is the fastest two-finger typist there is, and can do so blindly.<br />
<br />
==Impressions==<br />
[[Joseph Gangestad '06]] can do an uncanny Gollum (Andy Serkis)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07daw Dan Wollin] can too.<br />
<br />
Joe Shoer '06 can do Stitch fairly okay.<br />
<br />
==Luck==<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lds Lisetta Shah]<br />
can find 4-leaf clovers pretty much just by looking down at the ground for a couple seconds, and sometimes without even that much effort.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09aka Alex Ambros]<br />
see above, plus those trippy five and six leaf ones</div>137.165.212.247https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Fayerweather_Hall&diff=4215Fayerweather Hall2005-11-05T21:18:03Z<p>137.165.212.247: </p>
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<div>== Fayerweather ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Located on the South-West end of the [[Odd quad]]. This building is a freshman housing dormitory. It has 3 entries. Fay 1 being the biggest, because it includes the 3 rooms in the basement as well. Fay's common rooms are notoriously small (smaller than most singles in Fay), but Fay does have huge doubles, such as the corner rooms. People in Fay usually love themselves and consider themselves the greatest gifts to humanity. More often than not this statement is true.<br />
<br />
Fay's inferiority to neighbor [[East College]] will manifest itself at the famed Fay-East snowball fight in the winter.<br />
<br />
The inhabitants of Fay's basement are invariably superior to the other residents.<br />
<br />
Home of [[Fayerweather 3]].</div>137.165.212.247https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Skills&diff=3709Skills2005-11-01T01:34:21Z<p>137.165.212.247: </p>
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<div>'''Don't be shy.''' Can you do something that other people find useful, entertaining, or impressive? Don't hide it under a bushel! Instead, post here. Put your proficiency in parentheses. Add new categories and skills as appropriate.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Automotive Skills==<br />
<br />
===Can't Drive Stick Shift===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lc Lucy Cox-Chapman]<br />
<br />
<br />
===Drive Stick Shift===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (maniacally)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dpr Daniel Rooney] (erratically)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06bwd Brendan Dougherty] (smooth as shit out of a duck's ass)<br />
<br />
Joe Shoer '06 (that's what she said)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07kfm Katie Montgomery] (could drive anything from a '82 Toyota Tercel to a forklift, or so she believes)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jmc Jessica Chung] (She learned in a week.)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sjp Samantha Peterson] (automatics are for women)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jyl Janey Waney Lee] (She doesn't even need to say anything.)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06ljw Leah Joy Weintraub] (In her other life, she actually is a race car driver.)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09jrc Jay Cox-Chapman](See section 1.1)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hmh Helena Harnik] (I have two driving licenses, one for each side of the road. Yeah that's right- I can use either hand to shift. That makes me 2x more stick-savvy than everyone else)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rb Ronit Bhattacharyya] (Only ever driven stick-shift, now I just wish I could drive on the right side of the road)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08amr_2 Anne Royston '08] (can shift from both driver's and passenger's seat; working on backseat)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07mse Matthew Earle '07] (Double-clutch downshifts saves wear on synchros, but may have caused the expensive timing chain misalignment he just had fixed)<br />
<br />
===Drive Really Fast In Reverse===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dsf Danny Fischler] once pulled a k-turn, maxing at around 20mph, across the width of a freeway entrance. With [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06rmb Becky frickin' Burditt] in the back seat. Ca-raaaaaazy.<br />
<br />
===Sweet Jumps===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] likes to go as fast as he can when he sees speed bumps and likes to think he gets an inch or two of air in his 2-ton SUV every time.<br />
<br />
===Change a Tire===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez '06] has changed more than his fair share of tires and learned that salt+rust will effectively glue a wheel onto the axle. Solution? Wedge the flat edge of your hubcap-removal tool into the jammed area and whack the crap out of it with a hammer. Eventually, if you're lucky, that wheel will pop right off.<br />
<br />
===Jumpstart a Car===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez '06] has also had his fair share of car jumpstarts and knows not to connect the black plug to red and red plug to black. If you do, you will blow the battery fuse in your fusebox and burn out some expensive component in your car. Through his learning processes, he found just how costly it is to replace the stock amp that powers your stereo.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06ljw Leah Joy Weintraub] (but only if you ask nicely)<br />
<br />
===Hotwire a Car===<br />
<br />
===Get a Williams Van License -If I Wanted To-===<br />
<br />
==Oral Skills==<br />
<br />
===I can blow free-floating saliva bubbles===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06bwd Brendan Dougherty]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (I can catch it, too)<br />
<br />
===I can curl my tongue into a W===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09les Leah Shoer]<br />
<br />
===I can touch my tongue to my nose===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06bwd Brendan Dougherty]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lc Lucy Cox-Chapman]<br />
<br />
===I can tie a piece of string in a knot in my mouth===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] thinks this is child's play. The real challenge is getting a cherry stem into a knot in your mouth.<br />
<br />
===I can tie a cherry stem into a knot in my mouth===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] <br />
<br />
===I can remove one/all of my teeth===<br />
<br />
===I can eat iced cream without using my tongue/lips===<br />
<br />
==Manual Skills==<br />
<br />
===I can snap my fingers by flipping my wrist===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (right hand only)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rb Ronit Bhattacharyya] (both hands)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09jrd Jonathan Dahlberg] - amzingly well<br />
<br />
===I can pull my fingers back to touch the back of my hand===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jgc John Chatlos] can.<br />
<br />
==Other body skills==<br />
<br />
===I can dislocate my...===<br />
<br />
===I can dislocate your...===<br />
<br />
==Computer Languages==<br />
<br />
===Perl===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06cks Kai Steverson] (competent)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (wizardly)<br />
<br />
===Java===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dpr Daniel Rooney] (disgusting)<br />
<br />
===Mathematica===<br />
<br />
[[Daniel Klein '06|Daniel Klein]] (is too a real language)<br />
<br />
[[Joe Shoer '06]] (it's my thesis, and I can do more with it than the math nerds can)<br />
<br />
[[Laura Effinger-Dean '06]] (I make pretty pictures for my thesis!)<br />
<br />
===Ruby===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (the scripting language of choice)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rb Ronit Bhattacharyya] (the only language I can grok)<br />
<br />
===PHP===<br />
<br />
==Feats of Strength==<br />
<br />
===I can benchpress my own weight in bad Christina Ricci movies===<br />
<br />
==Circus Arts & other amazing feats==<br />
<br />
===I can ride a unicycle!===<br />
Alex Ambros (the 1 in 2000 girl)<br />
<br />
Elissa Brown (in the same entry as Alex - what's the probability of ''that''?)<br />
<br />
Abby McBride can too!<br />
<br />
Bryan Dragon can but doesn't want anybody to know about it.<br />
<br />
===I can slackline===<br />
Elissa Brown (shakily)<br />
<br />
Alex Ambros<br />
<br />
===I can juggle (balls, clubs, knives, flaming torches, etc)===<br />
Alex Ambros (working on passing clubs)<br />
<br />
Elissa Brown (see above. We'll get it eventually)<br />
<br />
===I can swallow... (list object below)===<br />
<br />
It's only a matter of time until [[Daniel Klein '06]] makes a joke about [[Your Mom]] here.<br />
<br />
==Foreign Languages==<br />
<br />
==Other Ways of Writing English==<br />
<br />
===Braille===<br />
<br />
Auyon Mukharji knows braille. :.:.:.:: : :: : .. ::. He just said "Auyon's mom is a fox".<br />
<br />
Margaret Pigman<br />
<br />
==Foreign Object Tricks==<br />
<br />
==High Velocity Carbon Training==<br />
<br />
==Luck==<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lds Lisetta Shah]<br />
can find 4-leaf clovers pretty much just by looking down at the ground for a couple seconds, and sometimes without even that much effort.</div>137.165.212.247https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Skills&diff=3609Skills2005-10-31T03:11:20Z<p>137.165.212.247: /* I can swallow... (list object below) */</p>
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<div>'''Don't be shy.''' Can you do something that other people find useful, entertaining, or impressive? Don't hide it under a bushel! Instead, post here. Put your proficiency in parentheses. Add new categories and skills as appropriate.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Automotive Skills==<br />
<br />
===Drive Stick Shift===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (maniacally)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dpr Daniel Rooney] (erratically)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06bwd Brendan Dougherty] (smooth as shit out of a duck's ass)<br />
<br />
Joe Shoer '06 (that's what she said)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07kfm Katie Montgomery] (could drive anything from a '82 Toyota Tercel to a forklift, or so she believes)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jmc Jessica Chung] (I learned in a week.)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sjp Samantha Peterson] (automatics are for women)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jyl Janey Waney Lee] (She doesn't even need to say anything.)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06ljw Leah Joy Weintraub] (In her other life, she actually is a race car driver.)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lc Lucy Cox-Chapman] (Knows the subtle sounds of the transmission better than you do)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09jrc Jay Cox-Chapman](Can drive stick far better than his sister)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hmh Helena Harnik] (I have two driving licenses, one for each side of the road. Yeah that's right- I can use either hand to shift. That makes me 2x more stick-savvy than everyone else)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rb Ronit Bhattacharyya] (Only ever driven stick-shift, now I just wish I could drive on the right side of the road)<br />
<br />
===Drive Really Fast In Reverse===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dsf Danny Fischler] once pulled a k-turn, maxing at around 20mph, across the width of a freeway entrance. With [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06rmb Becky frickin' Burditt] in the back seat. Ca-raaaaaazy.<br />
<br />
===Sweet Jumps===<br />
<br />
===Change a Tire===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez '06] has changed more than his fair share of tires and learned that salt+rust will effectively glue a wheel onto the axle. Solution? Wedge the flat edge of your hubcap-removal tool into the jammed area and whack the crap out of it with a hammer. Eventually, if you're lucky, that wheel will pop right off.<br />
<br />
===Jumpstart a Car===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez '06] has also had his fair share of car jumpstarts and knows not to connect the black plug to red and red plug to black. If you do, you will blow the battery fuse in your fusebox and burn out some expensive component in your car. Through his learning processes, he found just how costly it is to replace the stock amp that powers your stereo.<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06ljw Leah Joy Weintraub] (but only if you ask nicely)<br />
<br />
===Hotwire a Car===<br />
<br />
===Get a Williams Van License -If I Wanted To-===<br />
<br />
==Oral Skills==<br />
<br />
===I can blow free-floating saliva bubbles===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06bwd Brendan Dougherty]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (I can catch it, too)<br />
<br />
===I can curl my tongue into a W===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09les Leah Shoer]<br />
<br />
===I can touch my tongue to my nose===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06bwd Brendan Dougherty]<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lc Lucy Cox-Chapman]<br />
<br />
===I can tie a piece of string in a knot in my mouth===<br />
<br />
===I can remove one/all of my teeth===<br />
<br />
===I can eat iced cream without using my tongue/lips===<br />
<br />
==Manual Skills==<br />
<br />
===I can snap my fingers by flipping my wrist===<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (right hand only)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rb Ronit Bhattacharyya] (both hands)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09jrd Jonathan Dahlberg] - amzingly well<br />
<br />
===I can pull my fingers back to touch the back of my hand===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jgc John Chatlos] can.<br />
<br />
==Other body skills==<br />
<br />
===I can dislocate my...===<br />
<br />
===I can dislocate your...===<br />
<br />
==Computer Languages==<br />
<br />
===Perl===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06cks Kai Steverson] (competent)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (wizardly)<br />
<br />
===Java===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dpr Daniel Rooney] (disgusting)<br />
<br />
===Mathematica===<br />
<br />
[[Daniel Klein '06|Daniel Klein]] (is too a real language)<br />
<br />
[[Joe Shoer '06]] (it's my thesis, and I can do more with it than the math nerds can)<br />
<br />
[[Laura Effinger-Dean '06]] (I make pretty pictures for my thesis!)<br />
<br />
===Ruby===<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (the scripting language of choice)<br />
<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rb Ronit Bhattacharyya] (the only language I can grok)<br />
<br />
===PHP===<br />
<br />
==Feats of Strength==<br />
<br />
===I can benchpress my own weight in bad Christina Ricci movies===<br />
<br />
==Object Tricks==<br />
<br />
===I can ride a unicycle!===<br />
Alex Ambros (the 1 in 2000 girl)<br />
<br />
Elissa Brown (in the same entry as Alex - what's the probability of ''that''?)<br />
<br />
===I can swallow... (list object below)===<br />
<br />
==Foreign Languages==<br />
<br />
==Other Ways of Writing English==<br />
<br />
===Braille===<br />
<br />
Auyon Mukharji knows braille. :.:.:.:: : :: : .. ::. I just said "Your mom's a fox".<br />
<br />
==Foreign Object Tricks==<br />
<br />
==High Velocity Carbon Training==<br />
<br />
==Luck==<br />
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lds Lisetta Shah]<br />
can find 4-leaf clovers pretty much just by looking down at the ground for a couple seconds, and sometimes without even that much effort.</div>137.165.212.247https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=East&diff=2755East2005-10-21T05:57:00Z<p>137.165.212.247: </p>
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<div>Uh, only the coolest dorm ever.</div>137.165.212.247