Well, I suppose I cheated: I bought a new computer. His name is Touchstone, after a main character in Garth Nix's Sabriel, which I fell back in love with recently after listening to the audiobook. It's a really great fantasy read and I wholeheartedly recommend it ( Read more... )

So...getting back in the swing of things here. Everyone just moved in today (as in all of the other people at Berkeley) and classes start Wednesday. That is not enough time for me to do all of the things that I need to do between now and then, of course. It's not a long list but it's rather meaty. Ugh ( Read more... )

Something I didn't have time to mention in my previous quickpost: I have a new computer ( Read more... )

Fitzwilliam's CD/DVD drive keeps popping open unexpectedly.  For instance, I was just typing on Word and without my touching the eject button, it opened.  It's done this before -- in fact, it's how I named him -- but never quite as frequently.  I've had this happen at least four times already today, and it's starting to make me wonder if maybe I ( Read more... )