The best computer I've ever had has died in its prime. A 3.6ghz P4 with a gig of ram I bought between 3 and 4 years ago. It was the first computer I bought myself with my own hard-earned money and it operated more smoothly than any other system I've ever seen. It filled me with delight every time I used it. It moved with me from home to home to ( Read more... )

Happy seklday!

Decided to charge my cell phone in the computer lab yesterday morning. Went to lunch and remembered I'd left it there. Ran back. Still there. Next stop, an appointment with a sports medicine specialist for a follow up on my snapping hip syndrome. Yay. I have flat feet. My left foot is ESPECIALLY flat; therefore, my hip snaps. Got some ( Read more... )

I'm having a lot of difficulty believing the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers' argument that corporate-sponsored streaming video is too new to know how to distribute its profits. How hard is it to multiply whatever you end up with by .002? Writers work hard to bring us the shows we love. Let them have their share.


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Yay I wrote a ray caster.

This afternoon, whilst walking the aforepictured dog, the following encounters took place within a span of five minutes:

Stranger 1: How old is your dog ( Read more... )

I keep hearing in the news that large numbers of voters are favoring Hillary over Obama out of concerns regarding his level of experience. I'm beginning to think these voters are all journalists, mainly because I haven't met anyone who's actually expressed this concern ( Read more... )

Robert Jordan passed away today.

Can anyone recommend a good glue for reattaching the cover of a paperback?

A month and a half of vacation followed by a 6 - 9 pm class = my head is solid pain.