Trivia people: I meant this Game of Life, not this Game of Life. (Neither was a helpful thing to be thinking of at the time, but at least the one I thought of had something to do with math ( Read more... )

So, The University of Oregon has decided to "serve me better" by outsourcing my student loan to Educational Computer Systems, Inc. This is, as always in these cases, couched as a move to serve me better. I dispute this strongly ( Read more... )

...because I'm pretty sure the easiest way to solve my current problem is to learn Python ( Read more... )

So, I threw another load of miscellaneous Things I Own into the van tonight. In the process, I found several things that I didn't realize I owned but are kind of useful, such as a leatherman tool. I also FINALLY managed to find the missing 2 DVD sleeve for one of my box sets and was able to pack it intact, increasing the odds of my being able to ( Read more... )

I've been offline for a week or so in Moving Hell. I just got my computer set back up today.

Done:

• Caught up on LJ friends page
  
• Caught up on two other blogs
  
• Caught up on webmaster, tutoring, and job-hunt email accounts
  
• Caught up on Ubuntu updates (which is SO MUCH FASTER with broadband internet - it is a whole new kind of thing to be doing now)
  

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Currently, I plan to post all entries at both LJ and DW. I've also imported my back-entries over to DW to create a "just in case" archive (I also periodically go through and save things to my hard drive). I have the same username both places ( Read more... )

So, LiveJournal has found another way to disappoint me. This isn't really surprising anymore, and I've pretty much stopped posting outraged entries every time they manage to do so, but I've decided that this one is actually a good time to talk about norms, content ownership, and such ( Read more... )

I have three events from August that deserve posts, as well as lingering guilt over never posting a trip summary from my California trip back in March, my Idaho trip in April, or my Birthday Adventures in May. (I probably also should feel guilty about not posting anything from June or July, but I don't currently remember doing much in those months ( Read more... )

As I was waking up this morning, I thought "man, it feels like this dream was written by the internet". I'm not quite sure what that means, but I don't think it was a compliment.

So, I'm back from Consonance and the rest of my Bay Area trip. I'm bogging down trying to write a proper con report (I think I'll have to listen to my recordings a few times through before writing about any of the concerts because it's all a blur to me right now), but I had a great time overall. I got to see and hear several performers that I'd ( Read more... )