Why people can't figure out saving a Word file as HTML is just as easy as saving as RTF or DOC is beyond me. I'm tired of people posting Word and PDF files on the Internet. I want to look at the document not open another application, and it interrupts my work flow. Instead of dealing with one application, I'm dealing with two applications, and one ( Read more... )

I want one these: RedayNAS Pro Pioneer, Thecus N7700

I could just build my own, but it would trend towards huge overkill.

I have one more week in this semester, and after that it's three weeks of catching up on things I haven't had time to do. Like clean up my side of the garage, hang out with people aside from my wife [I love her, but I don't see many people aside from her during a semester], and rebuild the OS on my laptop [:)].

I think I'm going to go with Arch ( Read more... )

This quote comes from the comments in an Autoblog.com post. The article is about how Virginia is experimenting with painting zig-zag lines before crosswalks to warn motorists of the upcoming pedestrian thoroughfare. It's a good idea, and they are proven to work in Australia and the UK. In the quote below, user pimento explains why they work in ( Read more... )

It lives ( Read more... )

I found Academic Earth via TechCrunch the other day, and I'm pretty impressed so far. The website achieves lectures from various universities on various topics; it's the library version of Youtube or Vimeo. I started working through the Harvard Computer Science series as a tester since I already have a base of knowledge in that area, and watching ( Read more... )

What is hell?

Hell is having to call the HP service desk twice in one day.

I'm still on the current cruise, but as soon as I can, I'm jump to another ship.

It's amazing how much less fun college gets when you're pushing to get graduated.

It's a Fuck You! Friday.

I could have used one today. Between the fucking bridge calls and continuous bullshit, it's time to say, "Fuck You! Sit and rotate."