So, I've been gone from the Mobile scene for quite a while.  At the prodding of an old friend of mine, I will share my experience in hosting a LAN party.  I'd one day like to do these again in Mobile or elsewhere.

You will need the following:

A network switch (to create your network on which to game)

A router if you are hosting a large lan party or ( Read more... )

I would like to announce the death of my late and well-traveled silver fountain pen.  Nicole gave this pen to me after the loss of my original pen at work on Valentines Day 2007.  The culprit has been identified as a gigantic newly-purchased white refrigerator that now resides (due to great effort and several power tools) in my parents’ relatively ( Read more... )

So today at our weekly department tea (i.e. refreshments after our guest speaker), a few professors and students begin to have a discussion about the food we had at our ummm...disposal.  One professor in particular is from the Ukraine, who has been a vegetarian for 25 years.  The usual questions about vegeterianism abound:  what do you eat?  is it ( Read more... )

It appears that Obama is now the POTUS-Elect.  All in all, I'm pretty happy about it all.  This campaign season was waaaaay too long and drawn out.  However, I can rejoice in that the era of GWB is finally over.  The Dems expanded their majority in the Senate, but failed to achieve a filibuster-proof majority.  Perhaps this is for the best.  ( Read more... )

As many of you who haven't been living under a rock for the past year are aware, tomorrow is the presidential election. It appears that I have been left with a decision either to not vote, or to travel 300 miles overnight to do so ( Read more... )

A long series of events has lead me to undertake a weekend/trip to my hometown: Mobile, AL. To make a long story short, several other trips to Mobile have been put off and I was driving around with an expired tag on my car due to an error with the mail and the yearly sticker that goes on the license plate ( Read more... )

Did anyone bother to watch the debates this past week? I sure did, and to be honest, it didn't disappoint. It was interesting, covered a variety of subject, and was moderated so as to actually facilitate an exchange instead of just parroted talking points. It was a success...in pissing me off ( Read more... )

Culinary experiments: Sourdough starter(for later), corn muffins, fruit-filled oatmeal bars (fruit=apple/cranberry), and fluffy oatmeal cookies ( Read more... )

So, these next two weeks will be quite busy. I have my first midterm test in Linear Algebra on Friday. So far, I'm not doing so hot on the homework so it appears that I may have my work cut out for me. Luckily Complex Analysis is not for about three weeks, so I won't have to deal with that for a while. I have a tentative meeting on Monday to ( Read more... )

Republican president, with an election looming in the background. Rising religious/evangelical influence in politics. Massive deficits, rising gas prices, scandal involving executive privilege. International turmoil. Corporate corruption demolishing main street. What differentiates us from twenty years ago? Has anything changed?

2008

1988

The ( Read more... )