An old friend came to visit, down from Chicago. She and her fiancee are trying to convince me to move up there. Maybe I will.

I like Tennessee. I think it's beautiful, and I think the people are friendly. I just...feel kinda restless. It's hard for me to find people I can identify with, collaborate with, talk with. Everyone's friendly, sure, and ( Read more... )

I'm going to learn how to use Maya if it friggin kills me ( Read more... )

As I said in my last post, I'm an unapologetic Pixar fanboy, so to me it's kind of weird and surprising when people don't know who they are. For those who don't, Pixar is the animation company who, completely internally, writes, produces, casts, and animates their own movies. (Hell, most of the time they even write the software that makes it work ( Read more... )

Went and saw WALL*E, and can confirm it as my favorite Pixar movie to date. This is saying a lot, because I'm the biggest Pixar fanboy there is. They have never released a bad movie. Ever. This is not an opinion. Sure, there are some I've liked less than others, but even their worst movie (Cars) was better than 90% of the movies released that year ( Read more... )

Tim Russert from NBC news just died of a heart attack! I can't believe it. He was one of the few journalists I respected anymore (really, really, really respected.) It's a major blow to American political journalism, and the loss of what seemed to me a genuinely nice guy.

Lame, lame, lame.

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Name:
Charlie

Height on your driver's license:
6'1''

What is your geekiest interest?
Wow, let me narrow it down. Star Trek, I guess.

What's the funniest thing you misunderstood as a kid?
Once, I heard someone say, "When my son rides in a plane, his ears pop so bad he just dies." I was terrified.

What's a song you could listen to over and over again?
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What does it mean to love ones country? Does it mean you love the people? The landscape? The government? Does it mean you support the President, whomever that is? Or does it mean none of these things (or all of them?)

I got in an argument the other day with an acquaintance of mine, on the topic of draft dodging. Now, since there hasn't been a draft ( Read more... )

Anyone out there in Live Journal Land use Linix/ Ubuntu? I've always wanted to try it out but I'm scared I'm not gonna be able to use it since I don't have a doctorate in computer science.

Specifically, am I gonna be able to run all my apps?