Last night I had the first glimmerings of a joyous idea: That someone other than myself could run the potential third arc of Book of Ashes. Sal seemed interested (though he was into the port) is being that someone. I think he would make an excellent GM for it. On my drive home, I dreamed up a complex and tragic character with potential for hours
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Hardware geeks, please confirm: Someone told me the average laptop is the eqivalent of a 250W heater insofar as it outputs that much heat when running in regular mode (as opposed to energy saver modes like sleep and suspend). Is this true?
Now I see why people get research assistants. I would pay someone $20 an hour under the table to come and collect and organize my data for me. Anyone want a good-paying part-time job? There's about 5-10 hours of buckle-down work to do, and compared to the big picture of my paper, it's relatively so inconsequential that I find myself blowing it
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