Well, it took a while, but one birthday present finally arrived: my PSP from dear Jenna!  Quick review of the system: it’s pretty slick, overall.  I can’t get it on my home wireless network (it doesn’t support the WIFI security policy I use …).  The analog … nub is kinda weird, but works OK enough.  The UMD load times are kinda crap (maybe I should ( Read more... )

On first look, this made me go wow.  On looking at all the pics, it was less of a wow, but still.  Very cool.

I guess that thing called winter really is coming.  Thought it was some freakish urban legend.

Oh, and distractions! It doesn’t cover everything, but hits all the current hot buttons.

So, today is Monday.  Mondays have so far this quarter presented me with one kick to the groin or another.  And today didn’t “disappoint.”

I actually got up with my early alarm (the one for my 8am schedule).  I felt pretty rested, but rather blah.  I didn’t get much done in the morning, but managed to get a bit of my belated homework done.  But, ( Read more... )

I mean, they’re either fast or slow and annoying.  Lately, it’s been slow and annoying.  Whatever.
( But at least they delivered. )

Last week, I got hammered.  I worked about 10 hours extra.  Which doesn’t sound like a lot, but actually is when things aren’t planned for it.  By adding extra hours onto a few days, what was once a half-load becomes a full-load.  Or close to it.  It’s like the difference between 7 and 8 hours of work; it’s less work but the hour amount is close ( Read more... )

How not to go shopping, a primer.

1. Do not grab a cart if you only need two items.  If you do, you suddenly have a place to put everything else you pass by.
2. Do not start down the “Oh yeah, I need that too” list.  This is a fast way to get a full cart.
3. Do not get close to the “I’ve been meaning to get this for months” list.  Usually, these are the ( Read more... )

OK, something is broken with my phone.  It will kill its battery in about eight hours by just sitting there.  Timed it out today.  So, basically, I need to have it on the charger constantly.  It’s likely to die on me while I’m out of the house.  But, well, it does work.  And I think it can accept and make phone calls.  I’m trolling ebay for a new ( Read more... )

Well, seems the backlight is working in odd spurts.  It wants to work right, then goes to torch mode.  There’s no UI controls for it, so I assume there’s something, somewhere, on the board that needs tweaking.  I’ve yet to make a call on it yet, so I dunno if the mic works.  It also totally died on battery power middle of last night (I took it off ( Read more... )

So, yeah.  My phone.  It works.  Well, there’s the downside that the screen is washed out, but that’s the backlight not lining up right.  I’ll need to tear it down again to try fixing that.  But, yeah, phone works, got my voice messages, and all.  I dunno if the mic works, but I don’t much care right now.  Will call someone sometime to find out.