I need a book to read while (not) driving across country. Something light, but not too light. I tend to like fantasy and thought provoking SF. If it's out in paperback, that would be nice ( Read more... )

Last week, I got rid of a ton of stuff. I still have too much crap. I hate packing.

Or, more specifically, ask LJ Googlers.

Is there any way to search for all the unread messages in gmail? I have one unread message, which is more that 2500 messages back, (I've paged through at least 25 pages of 100 messages), and I just want to find out what it is. And I can't seem to filter on "Unread", which seems idiotic.

Someone at Google contacted me about a possibility of a job reviewing metadata. In Cambridge.

Now I have to write a cogent response. Stomach doing flips.

I'll be 40 when I am writing the final term paper for a class I'm about to start. I really thought I'd be done with school by the time I was 40, for some reason.

I'm taking a UCLA class on Data Curation. Which means, once a week, I'll have to drive to the other side of LA, through LA traffic, for a 9am class. People are telling me I should ( Read more... )

I've been here three days, and I'm not nihilistic anymore. That's good.

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From Economist's view.
Saying sorry really does cost nothing, EurekAlert: Economists have finally proved what most of us have suspected for a long time - when it comes to apologizing, talk is cheap ( Read more... )

I did the same thing to Best Buy that is driving bookstores out of business. I went there, looked at the merchandise, played with it, and bought it on Amazon for $60 less. From inside the store, in fact. (iPhones are nice that way ( Read more... )

Before I moved to California, I had maybe 2 cups of coffee my entire life.

Now, I'm addicted. Sort of. I only have coffee two or three times a week, so it probably doesn't count as an addiction. And I still don't really like it. But caffeine is so much more necessary.