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General news:
It's PI day universally, Mother's Day in the UK, and that obnoxious day when we turn the clocks forward because we americans are lunatics. Also, tomorrow is Ides of March. I am a dork.
Obligatory fatalistic news:
I have seven days of spring break left before Real Hell begins again. Argh. I am filling them with lots of doggies, but so far the weather has NOT been accomodating. I want to take them hiking, but I am not doing that in the middle of a floodplane during torrential rain.
Exciting news:
After having to sit through a three hours sytem file repair on Greis last Thursday*, I bit the bullet and bought a new computer yesterday. $420 for 4g DDR3 RAM, 320g HD, Windows 7 64-bit and to the extent that I have been able to test them in a house where sound is not allowed, GREAT speakers. Unfortunately, no glass screen, it's something like a 15.5" display, and the clicker buttons drive me INSANE. They're large and clunky and noisy and you have to pound on them to get them to work. I think I am actually going to have to use a wireless mouse JUST for right clicking (which I have to do a lot.) But so far I'm very pleased with it, mostly because it ACTUALLY TURNS ON. Also, 4g DDR3!!!
He needs a name, and this time I'm being more picky than just the first German word that pops into my head (I find it really unfortunate that Greis really ended up being a grumpy old man. I think it's kinda creepy, actually.).
*this is aggravating, because Greis still works. HE DOES. Just, not all the time, and I was getting to the point where I couldn't afford to wake up in the morning and ask, a) "so is my (second) mother board going to work today, or am I stuck with a 1g RAM back up?" and b) "so how many hours of productivity am I gonna lose to various issues today?"
Biggest news:
I turned in the final, official version of my Honors Thesis to the committee on Friday. I meant to post a big, celabatory bold announcement afterwards, but I wanted to start the drive home instead. Also, Greis was being cranky that whole day and I didn't want to bother with lab computers just to do that.
I cannot say how simultaneously liberating and absolutely terrifying that was. On the one hand, it's over and done with, and out of my control, and I really am not going to worry about it. On the other, the committee could up and decide the last seven months of my life have been pure BS and not approve those 70 fraking pages for the second round. The sad thing is, for as much work as I've put into it, I would probably deserve being told that.
Stressful news:
I need to be writing e-mails right now, and lots of them, and they're IMPORTANT and I'm ostracizing any possible future prospects I have by not doing this IMMEDIATELY, but -
ok, more on that tomorrow. I'm going to curl up with a dog and go to sleep.
It's PI day universally, Mother's Day in the UK, and that obnoxious day when we turn the clocks forward because we americans are lunatics. Also, tomorrow is Ides of March. I am a dork.
Obligatory fatalistic news:
I have seven days of spring break left before Real Hell begins again. Argh. I am filling them with lots of doggies, but so far the weather has NOT been accomodating. I want to take them hiking, but I am not doing that in the middle of a floodplane during torrential rain.
Exciting news:
After having to sit through a three hours sytem file repair on Greis last Thursday*, I bit the bullet and bought a new computer yesterday. $420 for 4g DDR3 RAM, 320g HD, Windows 7 64-bit and to the extent that I have been able to test them in a house where sound is not allowed, GREAT speakers. Unfortunately, no glass screen, it's something like a 15.5" display, and the clicker buttons drive me INSANE. They're large and clunky and noisy and you have to pound on them to get them to work. I think I am actually going to have to use a wireless mouse JUST for right clicking (which I have to do a lot.) But so far I'm very pleased with it, mostly because it ACTUALLY TURNS ON. Also, 4g DDR3!!!
He needs a name, and this time I'm being more picky than just the first German word that pops into my head (I find it really unfortunate that Greis really ended up being a grumpy old man. I think it's kinda creepy, actually.).
*this is aggravating, because Greis still works. HE DOES. Just, not all the time, and I was getting to the point where I couldn't afford to wake up in the morning and ask, a) "so is my (second) mother board going to work today, or am I stuck with a 1g RAM back up?" and b) "so how many hours of productivity am I gonna lose to various issues today?"
Biggest news:
I turned in the final, official version of my Honors Thesis to the committee on Friday. I meant to post a big, celabatory bold announcement afterwards, but I wanted to start the drive home instead. Also, Greis was being cranky that whole day and I didn't want to bother with lab computers just to do that.
I cannot say how simultaneously liberating and absolutely terrifying that was. On the one hand, it's over and done with, and out of my control, and I really am not going to worry about it. On the other, the committee could up and decide the last seven months of my life have been pure BS and not approve those 70 fraking pages for the second round. The sad thing is, for as much work as I've put into it, I would probably deserve being told that.
Stressful news:
I need to be writing e-mails right now, and lots of them, and they're IMPORTANT and I'm ostracizing any possible future prospects I have by not doing this IMMEDIATELY, but -
ok, more on that tomorrow. I'm going to curl up with a dog and go to sleep.