So my desktop HD just pooped the bed. It's gotta be the main drive, because otherwise I'd be booting. So on the plus side, most of my files should be intact. On the negative side, I don't think I have an extra HD laying about that's reliable to throw in and replace it ( Read more... )

27 systems mapped, 10 more stars charted, something like another hundred to go.

And I still haven't actually run a game in this setting face-to-face.

...read this.
http://www.thenoonerblog.com/2009/01/29/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/

You'll 'lol, I promise.

So, for various reasons I'm not going to get into right now, I need a 3-D starmap. I have (or can get) the astronomical data that lists the spectral type of stars and their XYZ coordinates. What I need to do is quasi-randomly select about 150 stars from that list within about a hundred light years of Earth, skewed heavily towards F, G, and K ( Read more... )

So, a day after he admits he screwed up with Daschle (a move Bush didn't make in eight years in office, by the by), he whips his 'Yes We Can' political dick and slaps Steny Hoyer across the face, and in the process, spreads Democratic love all over the four swing Republicans in the Senate. Oh, and tells the Republicans to man up and deal, because ( Read more... )

...my first day as a full teaching sub and we've got five inches of snow either on the ground or rapidly approaching. The commute in is going to suck. *headdesk*

I think this Onion article perfectly sums up the late 90s.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29512

Here's hoping the good times come again.

Lappy's back from HP, and not only did they replace what was broken without cost, my data's intact!

Woohoo!

First two books done, 98 to go ( Read more... )

Cablevision shit out on about half our channels THE MINUTE Galactica was supposed to come on. Repeat showing at midnight, it BETTER FUCKING WORK.