On June 8th, 2005 I took the plunge and bought myself my first laptop, a 12" PowerBook G4, the last of Apple's portable Power PC line before they began switching over to the MacBook. That thing has served me faithfully since, despite age taking its very, very noticeable toll: increased crashing, strange buzzing noises, a rapidly decreasing ability ( Read more... )

This Christmas is probably going to be the most complicated one I've had yet, because of course instead of just getting together with the one family like I have every other year of my life, I have to spread it out over three... what disturbs me the most though is how... how OK I am with that ( Read more... )

I've just been informed that apparently Yahoo has been struggling, for quite some time now, with some virus or problem or something that's causing various e-mail accounts to send spam-email to a whole bunch of people on their contact list... I only discovered it this morning upon logging in and receiving a bunch of less than happy responses to what ( Read more... )

Early in September, I decided on a whim to apply for a program check with the Faculty of Arts, to see if I was on the right track and if I was missing anything drastic. For some reason I was under the impression that I wasn't all that close to fulfilling my major requirements and I wanted to know what to do. Well actually, it turns out I'm nearly ( Read more... )

Phew. For a second there, I thought we were going to have yet another election...

One thing I really do not like about the place we're living in now is that the postal outlet to pick up packages requiring a signature that can't be delivered because one of us isn't home is an incredibly inconvenient place to get to. If you actually look on a map, it isn't all that far from here but because I can't drive, I have to rely on bus. ( Read more... )

It's good to see my university is getting the attention it deserves...

A banner ad featuring a colour-blind test with the heading "How Intelligent Are You?" That's got to be one of the most offensive ads I've seen, and that's saying... quite a lot.

If all went according to plan, Chris should be sitting at home with our copy of Beatles: Rock Band right now. But not I. Nooooo, I'm stuck on campus for another 4 HOURS. Damn evening class. This lecture on the Roman Invasion of Britain had better be worth it, or I swear heads will roll.

Ever notice how when you're in a library, it doesn't matter how quiet you try to be, it always sounds like you're making this thunderous racket...