I was afraid that I would be making a eulogical entry about the very first computer that I bought with my own money, Beastie (nee Jenny), because it had a stroke earlier today, but instead, I thought I'd share a cool tip I picked up from my dad for fixing noisy fans.

McGyver list of ingredients:
- Screwdriver
- Toothpick
- Olive oil

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(all hail the CompanyMy best preparation for the corporate world has definitely come from Office Space. Well, at least I smiled to myself both mornings thinking about the gridlock traffic scene. It's weird to have benefits and a 401k and to commute to...work. I've only spent two days at the office but I just can't keep myself from reflecting on the ( Read more... )

Come join us for UC Davis' very first installment of the Last Lecture Series starring none other than English department extraordinaire and KDVS host Dr. Andy Jones. The Last Lecture Series is an opportunity for a UC Davis All-Star professor to give a lecture as if it were their last. Free food!

Wednesday, February 15
126 Wellman, 7-8 PM, FREE

done.

Make sure you vote today!

It's monday, and already this week has been pretty crazy:

This week is Pride Week (see page 2-4 for complete schedule) I tabled on the quad for GASC (I'm a commissioner)

Went to a NOW meeting -

• Bunch of events going on (see below)
• No on 73 - ideas - chalking/flyering Wendesday morning

Went to the ACLU meeting

• Young group - 1st & 2nd years
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Argumentum ad Slashdotum ("appeal to nerdiness") directs attention to some scientifically sound explanation of phenomena based on an incomplete model, thus overstepping its relevancy in a real world scenario (as seen in this discussion on homemade AC). A special case of Argumentum ad Verecundiam ("appeal to authority").

Yesterday was Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day - in a rampant defiance of out-of-control capitalism I had six! (...and it was the only thing I ate all day...)

something about "natural selection" echoes somewhere in my brain, but it's too fuzzy because I O.D.-ed on ice cream.

Me: "There goes Berkeley's finest..."
My girl: "The bum or the cop?"

Shout out to Minh, whom I just saw shuffling down Channing.