(This classic Dave Barry column was originally published on Nov 26, 1995 ( Read more... )

So how is it, exactly, that EVERY ONE of my friends aside from Barun is coming back to school a week early? I feel so...useless ( Read more... )

I COULD say that I'm not being challenged enough, or that I'm not getting enough exposure to the field of engineering. I COULD say that sitting in a cubicle, alone, reading Wikipedia entries about subjects such as Doom and The Matrix is a complete waste of my resources as an intern. But then again, when I think such things, I am always reminded of ( Read more... )

I might actually rent that movie again, since I own the other (Armageddon) and have seen it millions of times, but I've only ever see Deep Impact twice. And of course, once I rent it I can burn it and see it as many times as I like. I stumbled across its Wikipedia entry along a string of space-related articles I've been reading for the better part ( Read more... )

Really, it's quite annoying. Someone made popcorn in the break room which is a mere 10 feet from my cubicle, and that stuff is potent. *ACK*...too much salt in the air ( Read more... )

The reason I didn't update last week is partially because I've had actual WORK to do lately around the office, partially because I discovered Wikipedia, and partially because I've slumped into a rather amazing stint of laziness ( Read more... )

Thankfully, I haven't spent the last 2 days sitting on the internet and looking at video game encyclopedia entries. On Wednesday the hardware for my Trinidad job came in, and every single little piece that I drew in AUTOCAD was now sitting in a box in front of me. So for the next day and a half, I sat in the conference room and labeled each part, ( Read more... )

...I'll have something remotely constructive to do. But, alas, I never actually finished those cursed manuals, and I have no desire to start them up again. Rather, after this update, I'll probably go back to my Myst book for a while. Anything to stop from staring at this screen ( Read more... )

Well, somehow my journal crashed and I lost the entire entry I'd been working on for an hour. I don't like Internet Explorer ( Read more... )

Quite amazing it is, how little work I've actually done here this past week. For one, I finalized a project drawing that was shipped off to Air Products $ Chemicals, Inc. for a job in Trinidad...I finished that 2 days ago. Did you know that we charge these companies upwards of $5000 for doing these drawings? I was amazed ( Read more... )