It was a long, hard day today despite the fact that I don't have homework. Math looks a LOT like it will kill me this semester, and it looks like there is more work than ever before . . . when isn't that the case? Getting around campus is a big pain in the ass, especially with slippery stairs to hill and half-cleared paths around campus and ( Read more... )

it pisses me off that I'm told I can adjust the temperature in the house, and when I turn it to 70 it gets turned back down to 64

I recently spent all my CPU time within the past few days to compare DivX6 and AVC/H.264 video encodes. The results? Below. The DivX propaganda I read a few days ago claimed better and faster encoding than H.264 baseline. However, that hasn't proved to be the case on my ppc. I took my DVD of the matrix, imaged it, and created a DivX file and H ( Read more... )

While not perfect, grades were decent. One thing I am satisfied about is a good final exam for seminar, which unfortunately? wasn't weighted very heavily. Honestly, without chemistry in my life, things are a whole lot better. In addition, I especially liked my chinese grade with over a 99% quiz average that contributed to 20% of my final grade ( Read more... )

OK-- I can WALK! it's absolutely WONDERFUL, and I'm out to conquer more ( Read more... )

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Ok, it's official: I am now done with the SOCOM series. With the latest installment, gameplay really changed and took a big hit to the point I would rather go do something else *gasp ( Read more... )

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So I got Toast 7 by Roxio the other day for my powerbook, and I'm trying it out. No, I haven't tried burning dual layer discs yet (oh- did I mention "santa" brought a lightscribe dual layer burner for the entire family to use? =P ), and being the person that I am I first began compressing a DVD to see how it goes (I got Advertising Rules, and it ( Read more... )

I just saw what looked like a modern drug ad by a big company, but there wasn't even a drug name mentioned. The only advertisement was: "If you have diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, it could affect your love life". WFT? It's verified- Levitra is pulling a sneaky one. Just remember, like the ad says, high blood pressure doesn't ( Read more... )