Having just finished the final episode, I'd like to take this opportunity to say that at this moment, Babylon 5 is the greatest thing I've ever seen or expect to see. Anyone even remotely interested in sci-fi who hasn't seen it, I cannot urge you strongly enough to do so. I'd be more than happy to provide the entire show (37.5 GB, 110 episodes) to ( Read more... )

Looks like it's time for this semester's post. I have a schedule. See?

MATH 521 - Intro to Undergraduate Analysis
MATH 551 - Elementary Topology
PHYSICS 308 - Intermediate Lab (E&M/Optics material)
PHYSICS 325 - Wave Motion and Optics
SLAVIC LANGUAGES 204 - Fourth Semester Russian
SCANDINAVIAN STUDIES 520 - Second Semester Icelandic ( Read more... )

Now that classes have started, it seems I've finally settled on a schedule. Since I never post, and will probably need to reference it myself, it's not cut.

MATH 341 - Linear Algebra (math major version)
PHYSICS 322 - Electromagnetic Fields / Intro to Electrodynamics
SLAVIC LANGUAGES 203 - Third Semester Russian
SCANDINAVIAN STUDIES 520 - Modern ( Read more... )

As of Wednesday, July 21, 2004, my "new" computer, Skeptopotamus, is up and running. It's loud as all hell, and I don't trust that it's really stable yet, but after eleven months of bullshit, I'll take what I can get. It came down to replacing my Tyan Tiger MPX motherboard with an Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe and buying a different stick of RAM for it ( Read more... )

This is one of the best days of my life. Why, of course I'm having a Death Party.

Burn in your hell, Ronnie. Fucking burn.

While I spent all yesterday morning moving out of Madison, the primary event of the day was Vital Remains with abhorred and elfbabe. Ohman.

( Extreme geeking out... )

An historic event took place on April 27, 2004. Several hours after receiving an email at 10:46 AM with the subject line "I NEED THE INVOIL PAPER WHERE YOU BUY," using the phone (phone!), and having already sent the forms (yes, including the "invoil") three separate times, I finally got an RMA number from that 'Anthony' faker at Tyan. Only took you ( Read more... )

Even though I've already talked at length about Kill Bill: Vol. 2, I feel the need to mark something this huge with an entry.

Speaking of the complete film, I think Kill Bill is one of the greatest movies I've ever seen. As I said in a comment, "It's because of the second volume that the first is able to so recklessly throw away certain ( Read more... )

Seven months later, I'm finally going to be able to send back my motherboad, as soon as Spring Break starts. It's nearly inconceivable that anything else is still a problem, but that doesn't mean I expect things to work once it all gets put together again.

I got a low B on the Mechanics exam. Non-non-heinous. Stupid stuff like forgetting I was ( Read more... )

Ah, smell that? That votin' spirit's in the air, and now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of me, in helping the residents here in coming to a consensus regarding a strikingly important controversy that's developed over the past few minutes. We all know harps - and I ain't talkin' no cheap-o "I think I just may like to play the harp ( Read more... )