Figured I would jump on the bandwagon myself, though I also do not have a purse:

• Pants Pockets/Belt:
  
  • wallet containing money and cards
    
  • Pilot V-Ball gel roller pen
    
  • GraphGear 0.7mm mechanical pencil
    
  • Zebra 0.5mm mechanical pencil
    
  • mechanical eraser
    
  • a pop tab
    
  • MTU ID on retractable belt clip
    
  • Gordon 9-LED flashlight
    
  • 3"x5" top spiral notebook
    
  • black Sharpie ( Read more... )

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Got my pictures this year posted on my site, enjoy!

--
Andrew G. Meyer
"Memento Mori Ergo Carpe Diem"

There has been a large, widespread attack on SSH servers and Windows services across campus the last 12 days, which has claimed at least five known computers. LUG has been maintaining somewhere between 10 000 and 300 000 banned IP addresses under fail2ban's default 10-minute timeout over the last few days ( Read more... )

So, according to various sources, we are supposed to be getting 18-25 inches of powder by 1900 this evening, with peak snowfall rates of 5 inches and hour at times. My enterprise is talking about canceling our meeting this evening because the kids are coming in from all over Houghton County, some from as far as Baraga.

In other news, frondeur ( Read more... )

I have to stay up tonight, because my sleep schedule has been wicked off (I lie awake in bed for hours, usually until 0200 or so, only to naturally awaken at 0600 or so...), and I have found that an all-nighter is sufficient to reset my circadian rhythm such that regular sleep works again. Besides, a single night's missed sleep is not only ( Read more... )

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So...found this interesting little program called Optar the other day. It is designed to print data--at a rate of 200kB per page--to paper in a manner easily recovered into the computer. I played with it a bit this evening, and here are the results:
( Oh, goody! Nerd stuff! )

Blame tokyo_18 for this one...:

1. First thing you wash in the shower? My hair.
2. What color is your favorite hoodie? I do not wear hoodies, but most of my polarfleece shirts are dark grey.
3. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again? Have not kissed anyone in a long, long time, and never in the way that the question intends.
4. Do you plan outfits? Nope.
5. How are ( Read more... )