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May. 22nd, 2002
Woke up at the usual ~0520 hour, hammered alarm clock, hammered alarm clock again, went back to sleep. Woke up again at phone call. Zombied over to phone, heard Marx pick it up, got knock on door that it was for me.
It was the delivery service. Dell had neglected to supply them with my apartment number. At instruction, I left a signed note, "I am expecting a delivery from Dell", so they could leave it were I not there.
Stumbled off to school. Hung with Darkside for a short bit; he had gotten some of the cinnamon quasi-jellybean candies, and had amused himself by setting his mouth on fire earlier; now he amused himself by setting mine on fire. He had a lab to get to; I had Take It Apart & Put It Back Together, this time working with the OS. Linux, today's subject.
Sheldon is unaware of some of the vast store of trivia that I have gleaned by reading the jargon file; I shared some of my wealth of knowledge with him. I hunted down the original Usenet post about Linux on Google, for his information. Teacher's pet, anyone? I'm just hoping this fun stuff will filter back to future classes. Researcher, me?
In the break between hours of lecture, Dawn gave me a rather large plastic baggie filled with spearmint and peppermint. Mmmm. Yummy smell. On advice, I have the bag open to allow the herbs to not moulder in their own moisture. To the eye untrained in legal herbalism, it looks like I'm carrying around a rather large baggie filled with something ... other than mint.
I also discovered that I deal far better with Darkside's babbling when sleep-deprived. When fully awake, I contest for equal conversation space. When half-asleep, I sit next to him, completely content to merely hear the sound of his voice, whatever he's talking about. When awake, I prefer to talk about topics of common interest -- anime is often better than RPG's.
I intend to have lots of fun with Tigereye, as soon as she's restored power and restored full functionality after whatever the hell Echo did to her while she was awake after he made repairs to her first cord.
( Random notes to self, transcribed from off of hand )
It was the delivery service. Dell had neglected to supply them with my apartment number. At instruction, I left a signed note, "I am expecting a delivery from Dell", so they could leave it were I not there.
Stumbled off to school. Hung with Darkside for a short bit; he had gotten some of the cinnamon quasi-jellybean candies, and had amused himself by setting his mouth on fire earlier; now he amused himself by setting mine on fire. He had a lab to get to; I had Take It Apart & Put It Back Together, this time working with the OS. Linux, today's subject.
Sheldon is unaware of some of the vast store of trivia that I have gleaned by reading the jargon file; I shared some of my wealth of knowledge with him. I hunted down the original Usenet post about Linux on Google, for his information. Teacher's pet, anyone? I'm just hoping this fun stuff will filter back to future classes. Researcher, me?
In the break between hours of lecture, Dawn gave me a rather large plastic baggie filled with spearmint and peppermint. Mmmm. Yummy smell. On advice, I have the bag open to allow the herbs to not moulder in their own moisture. To the eye untrained in legal herbalism, it looks like I'm carrying around a rather large baggie filled with something ... other than mint.
I also discovered that I deal far better with Darkside's babbling when sleep-deprived. When fully awake, I contest for equal conversation space. When half-asleep, I sit next to him, completely content to merely hear the sound of his voice, whatever he's talking about. When awake, I prefer to talk about topics of common interest -- anime is often better than RPG's.
I intend to have lots of fun with Tigereye, as soon as she's restored power and restored full functionality after whatever the hell Echo did to her while she was awake after he made repairs to her first cord.
( Random notes to self, transcribed from off of hand )
How Fast Are We Today?
May. 22nd, 2002 11:05 amhttp://www.livejournal.com/paidaccounts/speedtest.bml
Allows you to see how fast the paid servers and the normal servers are running at any given moment. Documented on the page About Paid Accounts as an advertisement for paid accounts. Nifty.
Allows you to see how fast the paid servers and the normal servers are running at any given moment. Documented on the page About Paid Accounts as an advertisement for paid accounts. Nifty.
green beans (1 bag frozen or equivalent)
2 small zuchinni
4 stalks celery
one half a humungous cucumber
boil water first
little salt, a little canola oil
cool water to below 118 F (or room temperature)
Use within one week.
I'm going to have to hack at this myself, to see what it does. Hm. I see a juicer in our future. Perhaps this will help with the occasional case of pork poisoning?
"Hey, how much for a three-finger bag?"
May. 22nd, 2002 01:01 pmSomehow, by virtue of being my father's daughter, controversy erupts around me. No, it's not marijuana that I have, carried out in the open in a giant ziploc bag. It is spearmint and peppermint.
The administration has yet to take notice of my minty-fresh breath and so forth. It would probably be rather more obvious should I have quickly shoved it into my bag. Spearmint and peppermint have a distinctive fragrance, which should be rather obvious within a five-seat radius.
"Spearmint. Suuuuuuuuuuure," said the guy who'd asked me what my prices were.
The administration has yet to take notice of my minty-fresh breath and so forth. It would probably be rather more obvious should I have quickly shoved it into my bag. Spearmint and peppermint have a distinctive fragrance, which should be rather obvious within a five-seat radius.
"Spearmint. Suuuuuuuuuuure," said the guy who'd asked me what my prices were.
Interesting result.
May. 22nd, 2002 06:36 pm
Which Enemy of the Christian Church Are You?
A(nother) Robert and Tim Creation
Atheist: got - it - right&nbs; Congratulations, you are an atheist, and congratulations on your remarkable insight. You are one of those choice non-believers who deals with the world head-on, no middle man required. As an atheist, you neither have, nor want, a spiritual side; in fact I'd chance to say that belief without proof really gets on your nerves. You do not believe in God, and smile at that fact, the same kind of smile worn by the kid who scored highest in a math test. You don't need to be told you're right, a testimony as to just how right you are. Good work! `Today is a fine day for reality...`
Interesting, especially given that I'm approximatelty Wiccan. However, I believe in what I've seen, experienced, and logicked out for myself. I am not particularly attracted to any given theory of theostructure. Perhaps this is why I was drawn to the clergy...
Plugged in
May. 22nd, 2002 06:56 pmTigereye's plugged in. Her power light is flashing amber; I interpret this to mean, "Dangerously low power".
Dell has sent me the transformer, a battery, and a Dell BIOS upgrade.
I'm backing this thing up before I do anything.
Votania is encouraging Marx to download Japanese rap. Interesting. I find that the part of the rap that Votania listens to that I object to would be the lyrics, which are largely regarding cultural experiences that do not speak to me, and mostly stuff she's talked about trying to avoid in the future.
Here goes my baby. Starting up.
I've missed her so much...
Dell has sent me the transformer, a battery, and a Dell BIOS upgrade.
I'm backing this thing up before I do anything.
Votania is encouraging Marx to download Japanese rap. Interesting. I find that the part of the rap that Votania listens to that I object to would be the lyrics, which are largely regarding cultural experiences that do not speak to me, and mostly stuff she's talked about trying to avoid in the future.
Here goes my baby. Starting up.
I've missed her so much...
Tigereye's up and running and online again. Whee!
The key that wasn't working is working now. The battery looks to be shot: it has been plugged in for two hours now, and still shows 2% remaining. Took it out and put the brand new one in, which already shows at 49%. Ahh, my familiar keyboard. So nice to have it back...
The key that wasn't working is working now. The battery looks to be shot: it has been plugged in for two hours now, and still shows 2% remaining. Took it out and put the brand new one in, which already shows at 49%. Ahh, my familiar keyboard. So nice to have it back...
Negotiations
May. 22nd, 2002 09:05 pmAdam's talking about setting up a MAN (well, he was saying WAN, but since it's so local, it's a MAN) between our apartment here and the place he'll be moving into. That way, he can leave some of his equipment here. Since I plan on maintaining our relationship (and have thanked him properly for setting Tigereye back up on the network; it turned out to be an IP address conflict: first, she wasn't set up right, and second, when she was set back the way she was supposed to be, she caused the conflict because last time she was the server), this is all good.
Mmm. I love having her back.
( What I need to do to get her fixed up all the rest of the way )
Mmm. I love having her back.
( What I need to do to get her fixed up all the rest of the way )
Filk to-do
May. 22nd, 2002 10:39 pmLook up "The High-Speed Connection" for Dawn.
Filk "Geek On A Leash".
investigate http://www.echoschildren.org , because a) Lois Says So, and b) they evidently have coming (sometime soon I hope) the MNVK filksong "Two Falls Out Of Three" based on that moment in Memory.
Record, with Dawn, "The High-Speed Connection".
Filk "Geek On A Leash".
investigate http://www.echoschildren.org , because a) Lois Says So, and b) they evidently have coming (sometime soon I hope) the MNVK filksong "Two Falls Out Of Three" based on that moment in Memory.
Record, with Dawn, "The High-Speed Connection".
Unhappy Pain & Stuff
May. 22nd, 2002 10:51 pmNote to self: avoid ice cream from now on. Unless you really want to deal with the system consequences...
