Note to self:

There are appropriate times and places to try to figure out the big things (e.g. what to do with my life, how to get over my anxiety, whether or not there is something physically wrong causing the anxiety). At all other times, don't follow those thoughts. At least when you're having a rough time, they're counterproductive. When ( Read more... )

My grades FINALLY showed up on MyPCC, and it's official: I just finished my 72 credits at PCC with a 4.0. I'm kind of proud. They were all pretty easy As (I'm guessing I won't be able to keep up a perfect 4.0 at PSU), but you have to consider that I started my college career 12 years ago with a 0.0. It's in that context that I feel proud of how ( Read more... )

Stats final felt easier than expected. I feel pretty good about it. It's hard to say, because unlike with calc, it's usually pretty hard to know if your answer is correct. But I think I've got a pretty solid chance of getting the A.

Now, to bike the 10.5 miles home and study calc for a few hours...

I just realized that there's an official Adobe Reader app for Android, and it does a rather good job at rendering PDFs, at that. How'd I miss this? (Oh, because it only came out a week ago, when we were all distracted by the other amazing goodness from I/O.)

After 1090 days of uptime, the virtual private server running Gentoo at 208.75.86.194 is no more. I'm a little bit sad.

The good news is that everything is up and running on Google App Engine (except for my music page, which is mostly on Amazon S3), and after dealing with a few hiccups, everything seems to be running smoothly for just pennies per

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StressI'm doing my best to take care of myself. Sometimes I just get stressed out anyway. I've been feeling like I'm juggling a bit too much lately, but such is life. Computers, in particular, have a tendency to put me in ( Read more... )

App Engine kind of rocks if you use the Python version. The JVM version, which is what you're stuck with if you want to use Ruby, isn't even good enough to suck. It isn't even "beta" or "testing". It's a complete joke. It takes 13-20 seconds to warm up, and it cools down after a few minutes of not being used. That renders it completely useless ( Read more... )

Jogged 10 miles this evening. I'm pretty sure this was the first time I've done that since high school.

I slept poorly and not nearly enough last night. That left me zombified today, which means I tend to have high social anxiety and have difficulty thinking or expressing myself clearly. I often feel like I am being somewhat caustic when trying to converse in groups when in this state. I really, really don't mean to be. I had an unfulfilling ( Read more... )

Edit: Sorry, forgot to come back and edit this. No longer for sale. I sold it for $250. Less than I wanted, but it was quick and painless, which I think was worth it.

For Sale: Motorola DROID for Verizon Network - $300Brand new, unopened. Gift from Google, but I'm on contract with T-Mobile for another year and a half. Comes with one month of ( Read more... )