My sister just showed me this GT article that mentions me at the very end, talking about how all of us in the same family went to Tech.

As I was driving home tonight from a shitty night of bowling, I noticed extremely bright lights nearly blinding me as I approached the house. Jeff arrived home minutes after I did, and Brian came over, so we walked towards the lights to see what was going on. There was this big crane with huge lights on it, illuminating nearby buildings. We talk ( Read more... )

Banned Album Cover Art

( Gas usage for my trip home, please ignore )

Christmas was pretty relaxing overall. I was planning on leaving Baltimore on the morning of the 23rd, but due to poor planning, laziness, etc., I didn't get on the road until 15:30. My roommate (lohebohi) was driving down to South Carolina with his girlfriend, and they got on the road a little ahead of me, so they were able to give me the scoop on ( Read more... )

I am having problems plotting some data. I need a freely-redistributable plotting program, and gnuplot isn't cutting it (for discussion, see this thread on comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot). Anybody have any recommendations, or can see how to do what I want in gnuplot?

As much as I love playing the PS2, their music department needs to get its head out of its ass. There has been a bunch of hubbub about new Sony CDs with Digital Rights Management (DRM) installing shit on computers ( Read more... )

Since the weather has been so nice up here (70° F in November!), I did my brakes for the first time this weekend. I bought new pads and rotors from the store for about $100. Took them home, let them sit for a few weeks, then finally this past weekend I got around to it. My roommate told me what to do, and he did not lay a single hand on any tool ( Read more... )

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1925.html

The Twelve Fundamental Networking Truths

1. It Has To Work.


2. No matter how hard you push and no matter what the priority, you can't increase the speed of light.


1. (corollary). No matter how hard you try, you can't make a baby in much less than 9 ( Read more... )

I finally found a reference to the theory (posited by Boston Mark) that Tom Cruise looks like a mutant. He only has one front tooth. Or 3, depending on how you want to count them. Maybe I should have gone as him for Halloween.

Here's a picture exhibiting the mutant:
( MUTANT )