June 2010
1 post
relativistically cool… http://ping.fm/9eIZj
May 2010
1 post
electron boy rocks *sniff*
January 2010
1 post
ugh, forced to create a pie chart… i need a shower
December 2009
2 posts
best warning i’ve seen on a toy package so far… “do not eat marshmallows after shooting”
contemplating the best way to fuzz the web front end on my tivo
November 2009
1 post
I hate it when people misuse apostrophes… srsly, they’re not that difficult to use properly… http://apostrophe.me/
October 2009
2 posts
what the?! if i told you there was an adult kickball league, would you believe me? http://ping.fm/UTgCd
i get that ppl want to slow down in fog, but for the love of pete, MOVE TO THE RIGHT - some of us have no fear of death
August 2009
3 posts
oh, and what is up with the ubuntu apt install of ffx 3.5? shiretoko this, shiretoko that… i want FIREFOX, kthxbye
switched to firefox-3.5 and half my extensions are incompat… incl my theme… not amused & am very annoyed
coin-op’ed laundry while on travel is friggin inconvenient
July 2009
13 posts
raisins are evil… and bread pudding hides raisons within… ergo, bread pudding is semi-evil
going through Age of Mythology withdrawal. or maybe i just miss home :-(
weights… followed by elliptical… followed by swimming laps. tomorrow is going to be… painful
dnssec is confusing me… why all this complication for just signing a zone record?
cut the bottom of my big toe pushing off the wall in pool. hopefully newskin will waterproof so i can still swim again today
one sign you’re working out too much: you measure musical tempo by rpms of an elliptical
rough day, accomplished nothing. exhausted from simple act of dragging myself out of bed in am, and it was all downhill from there.
overdid it at the gym tonight. oy vey
watching packets on a hotel network is fun
Maryland is growing on me, despite the humidity.
things are very quiet (and unusually productive) at work today - i think everyone must be over at the parade/fireworks in DC
just tried to fast forward hotel tv and only managed to turn the volume up… i miss my tivo :-(
i’m vexed by the california franchise tax board. very very vexed… verily
June 2009
19 posts
pack first then sleep, or sleep first then pack? too tired to decide
ucd grad student email list is a total fail - i do not care if somebody stole the tape dispenser off of the front desk in the cs dept! ssly
sadly, i need more than a few of these for past actions… http://ping.fm/ayCNn
virtualbox and vmware can no longer be run concurrently… boo! guess i can’t use the hypervisor opts avail via the cpu anymore
decided that my feet are not breaking in my new shoes, in as much as my new shoes are breaking in my feet
leg cramp! leg cramp! ow ow ow ow ow ow
gotta stop working past midnight, eyes closing themselves…
just back from the pool. md humidity much more tolerable when swimming. go figure.
this much humidity is evil… i’d forgotten summers in nova/md… ugh!
tunneling with nstx… but painfully slow
i can’t remember the last time i was up this early before work. i must be getting sick or something.
help! i have MGMT’s “Kids” stuck in my head… “control yourself; take only what you neeeeeed from it”
eating cherios with sliced bananas… mmm
note to self: do not go out drinking all night before getting on a transatlantic flight. ssly.
trying to adjust to EST before flying… failing miserably - too much to do in prep.
sad to leave, but time to fly
excellent food here: http://ping.fm/WkH0z (and chosen dish wuz actually spicy enough for my taste, which is rare)
currently in a country where guinness is cheap and avail on tap everywhere. there is a downside however… it’s called “morning”
thai green curry at budokan… i could live here
May 2009
17 posts
just baked fresh oatmeal chocolate chip cookies for a little midnight snack… yum!
upgrading VirtualBox to 2.2.4
Creative Zen not recognized in XP or Ubuntu... →
totally stoked about my upcoming work trip to the uk… and also a little nervous about not being prepared enough
sharpening rusty old R skillz
discovered, much to my frustration, that the gnome network manager for vpnc in ubuntu is completely fubarred
researching gsm, just got an unlock code for my cell yesterday. advice on prepaid options in uk greatly desired and appreciated