"Peace of mind is singing along way off key to a CD and drumming on the table with ballpoint pens in the computer lab late at night, and knowing that there's no one around to watch you make an idiot of yourself ( Read more... )

Grrr. We were told that there would be electrical maintenance work done over break, which would include various dorms, including Watson, the one they've got all of us staying in. I do not recall being told that this also includes all of the campus sidewalk lights between Evans and the M&D. This means that with the exceptions of the lights on in LDC ( Read more... )

I am going to strangle my laptop. It's decided it does not wish to run--during Finals week when I have two papers to write. Why me ( Read more... )

Hey folks. I'm back. Computer problems and general lack of time kept me off LJ the latter half of break, and I returned to my dorm, to find that my keyboard was being upity. The laptop is about 4 years old, and I'm an inveterate key-pounder, so my roommae and I think I simply wore out the previous keyboard. HP technical support was no help; my ( Read more... )

Yay! I am not currently typing in the computer lab! I plugged my mom's AC adapter into my laptop, and, lo, it did work. So we drove out to Best Buy, and I bought a universal adapter. It'll work in my room, at home, and at 50,000 feet in between. Coolness. In the hope of discouraging further such problems, the laptop is being renamed. It is now ( Read more... )

Cally and I went swimming last night over in Cowling. It's nice, because swimming is about the only form of aerobic exercise that doesn't aggravate either my knees or my lungs. I still smell like chlorine, though, even though I've taken a shower. We've also discovered some more of her sheet music which works for both harp and recorder. I expect ( Read more... )

So, I have a lovely new techie toy, a PDA (a Handspring Visor, if you're curious), and, as part of my ever persistant ascent to the heights of geekyness, I've decided to name it, and retroactively name the laptop as well. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help determine the nomenclature of my precioussss(es ( Read more... )