My touchpad died last month. Kaput. With n'er a word of apology. Being the lazy sort, I haven't had the time to fix it or take it somewhere to be fixed. Word on the street is that the warranty on this American computer (which is only 6 months old) covers International service. I just have to get into gear and track down a Toshiba-authorized ( Read more... )

For the past week, I have been trying to post to this journal, with no apparent success. I can log in to the site, I can view the public and protected postings of my friends and myself. But whenever I went to try and update my journal, the web browser would hang up on loading the page ( Read more... )

I am eating a salad. When I am done, I will lay out my clothing and go warm up the last of my leftover lasagna. After consuming this, the clothes will go into my tiny bag, I will crawl into bed, and wake up at 4:30. Somewhere in there I will take a shower and call my folks. In half an hour, my supervisor will have picked me up, and in a ( Read more... )

Well, check the first item off my list. I have submitted my article and virtually all my work since mid-December is up for the perusal of the referees of the Mathematical Knowledge Management '07

Two weeks from now I will be in Germany, trying to sleep in a hotel room ( Read more... )

I'll see you next week. here are some more pictures to keep you occupied 'till then.

This evening I had steak and kidney pie for dinner. It was pretty good. It was vastly better than the peach I had afterwards, which smelled good and seemed a bit firm, but was still green. Apparently, Georgian produce is a lot worse when it's not quite ready in comparison with that of Florida. All this was consumed while reading a copy of my ( Read more... )

Last night I went to church. It was on the Catholic side. It was in a really old building. There were probably over 100 people in attendance. And I didn't understand a word. Not even when the music leader greeted me after the service.

Several weeks ago, I was invited by my colleague Krzysztof to come visit his church. (EDIT: And I didn't ( Read more... )