Called the library yesterday before going back to see if I'd be able to get the books if I bought a new card and they okayed it. On the way back to my place, i ran into my sister who gave me a ride there and we cruised around town for a while. I updated her and morty on a few things, bsed for a bit, and went home ( Read more... )

Yesterday at about noon, I went out for a walk, and on a whim found myself at the library. Figured it would be a nice place to stay for a couple hours - quiet, secluded, might even find something to read (imagine that!). I found several things I was looking for - a couple books on the history of crypto (including Kahn's The Codebreakers and a ( Read more... )

First, a correction from yesterday's post : Another team at the contest finished four problems, but we beat them on time. Links to the contest rules and problems as well as the resultsWell, no tournament yesterday. FIVE people showed up for sealed deck. FIVE! This was generally our most popular event, and now we get just five people showing. A ( Read more... )

Got a ride home from work saturday morning, which got me home later than if I had walked, but oh well, it was cold out. Hung out online and talked to Xiaobin in my channel on WorldIRC for a while about the programming contest. Because it was so early in the morning, I decided not to risk going to bed or anything, I really didn't want to miss the ( Read more... )

Looks like it's been a month or so since I updated, so here we go again ( Read more... )

Random thought - the last entry I typed in was titled "Fear and Loathing in Marquette", and Hunter S. Thompson killed himself on sunday.

Depressing, no matter how you look at it, ironic to a point.

RAK's latest statement about the Angband Open-source MovementThis is, of course, good news - the source code is now a HUGE step closer to being GPL. ( Read more... )

Shit. I've been slacking again.

WorkStill a pain in the ass, cleaning up after day shift and all. Just so much bullshit now though that may be changing. It seems that people from the Iron Mountain store dislike my manager as much as I do, and they have the power to can her ass. They've said that if enough people can report on the things she's ( Read more... )

The Dark Room

This is one heck of a puzzler... I've got two of the seven rooms solved thus far, though i haven't spent that much time on it yet.

Well, it finally happened. A longtime friend of mine messaged me last night before I crashed out. He said "Hey, I've got a question for you". Turns out, he wants me to be the best man at his renewal ceremony. It was only a matter of time, really, his wife had told me last november that I would be standing up at the renewal, but it's not really ( Read more... )

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