Yeah, so I found this one:
The fact that I have to sanitize it so it fits XHTML standards proves it.
I don’t know why I’m posting this.
Monthly Archive for April, 2005
Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” was release today. Apple, wanting everyone to get it on time (and not a day too soon), shipped it so everyone who pre-ordered it would get it today. One of those people was me. So I got it this morning, Fedex decided that they shouldn’t ring the bell since they got my signature on file (which basically means I almost stepped on it when I was going out the door). Will post when I find something to post about on it.
Continue reading ‘Upgrade Whore’
Marla and Will are telling me to update, so here it is.
This post started off with the rant below. I didn’t find it too great, so I was going to discard it. Instead I included it below, since it’s a large chunck. Maybe someone at work will find it amusing. The real [even worse] content is the next paragraph:
It’s another Monday, with means doing a bad job at trying to complete my lab three hours before it’s due. Did that and this week’s lab, which took us a while to get started since we had no idea which piece of equipment was broken this week. The oscilloscope for some reason or another, could not find a stable signal (and now we can’t get a frequency reading). Getting sick of my lab partners not wanting to do the lab, I took the initiative and hooked the function generator to the frequency counter that was in the modular thing we use (it’s a Tektronic three-part modular thing, with a function generator, frequency counter and dual power supplies). I don’t think anyone else would have done this nor would know what a frequency counter is. So we busted through the lab and then I went to started kludging together my program for PM2 that was due last semester. The instructor insists that we do it in Visual C++, which is why I am relucatant to complete the program (I having bad memories of Visual C++ and all), but the instructor has given me an ultimatum to complete the program asap or get a C (more likely an F or that is what he is saying). I really don’t like this man (you generally know this if you read the other half-dozen or so rant on this class). I got quickly tired of this since I had to figure out how to disable precompiled headers that Visual C++ defaults to (and I don’t know how to use). Continuing the day, I went to see the house I plan to live in next semester (this is with some other people, of course). It’s nice for a house in New Brunswick, certainly better than I was expecting. So, that brings us up to now and I think I will sleep soon.
Continue reading ‘“Ever get the feeling your Enigma Card is trying to tell you something?”’
The Richfiles: TI-Calculator Turbo Page
(link via the MAKE blog)
Ok, so I had to post this considering I’m a bit of a calculator dork. Yeah, I own TI’s 82, 83 and 89 (which someone else currently has *stares at Lakshmi*), and HP’s 48GX, 49g and 49g+.
I ought to feel great right now, but I don’t. Oh yeah, I have an ass load of work to do.
I feel like doing something, like maybe next weekend. Anyone up for anything?
Well, anyway, as many probably know, there is a certain under achiever quality in me. I’d need about a dozen hands and feet to count the number of people who have said that I’m “a bright young man” but just need to work harder. I think the first time I remember someone saying that was in the sixth grade. It’s really amzing the number of people that see you doing so poorly but still have confidence in you since they see the “potental”.
I really have no idea why I’m like this. Well, maybe I do. Maybe I got bored with life. Maybe I really don’t like the world. Maybe I really don’t like the people in the world. Maybe I really don’t see the reason to actually do anything. If you have read any of my previous posts (like from the beginning of the archive), you can probably tell that there is a fairly large cloud of depression that sits over my head. I really don’t like to talk about it, mainly because I haven’t really found anyone to talk to about it. It really sucks because it affects everything else in my life. You can probably find out when this started since my grades in school dropped dramatically, which brings me to current times. The fear of dismissal is looming nearby. I really don’t want to get kicked out. Not really knowing what you’re doing with your life adds a pinch of uncertainty to the fear. I mean if you graduate from college, it’s gives you a tad bit more leverage to decide what you want your life to be, getting kicked out leaves fewer choices. I can always just work to get back in, but I’m not really sure if I would want to if I do. I’ve always wanted to learn just for the sake of learning new things. So far I’ve seen that this is a thing of the past. You “learn” things in order to get a high paying job now a days; no one really cares for any other reason. You get this high paying job so you can afford your huge house, new cars, abundance of new clothes and the such. All I really want is a crappy apartment to put my junk in and a job that I like so I can live comfortably but not in excess.
I don’t know. (End disorganized rant)
So there is this post that is sitting in my drafts bin. It’s been sitting there for a week or so now. It’s not done, but maybe I’ll post it sometime today. It’ll probably be marked protected since I’m a wimp. Ask for the password if you want.
So I have friends who say they don’t really know much about me even though they should know my whole life. If anyone has anything to say or ask, post a comment, I’ll try to answer most things.
Alternate title: Will Mon, use the source!
I want a camel. That just needed to be said.
Another eight hours will be on the timecard today. Some “emergency coverage” was needed and I had nothing to do with my life, so here I am. Val owes me like three or four favors now, which doesn’t really matter because I never take advantage of them anyway. It’s really funny how I think I’ve clock enough hours at work while I’m not on shift to equal the amount of time I am. Now only if that time was diverted towards studying, then I would think we were in business then. Hmm, I think I should pull one of those favors so I don’t have to come in on Saturday, and then I could catch up on sleep and studying. Nah, Saturday is the day I come in four hours early, so we can get take out and have my name unintentionally mentioned in the EOS even though I’m not on shift. So the Saturday, 2nd Shift EOS (End of Shift) Report (also known as a TPS Report) usually has something like this added at the end: Continue reading ‘How to Operate a Camel’
So I was having font problems and instead of trying to fix the real problem, I decided to sweep it under the rug and do a clean OS upgrade on ginger (a Sun Ultra 10, if you didn’t know; it’s my home box). It’s time to venture into the ugly-ass land of CDE/Motif and install Solaris 10 (please, no flames). The installer is certainly better requiring only one reboot instead of the half-a-dozen or so (rivaling M$ Windows) and the login screen looks like a Motif programmer who wants to get with the times (it reminds me of kdm substituting Qt with Motif) instead of the no-nonsense one pre-Solaris 10. The rest of the system will get a closer inspection tomorrow, including this Java Desktop System (which is really Gnome in disguise).
It’s a Saturday night, which means the machine room will smell like sushi and tempura, and the halls of Hill Center will echo of the sounds of Bhangra. Oh, just forget it.
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