Tech support occasionally lowers my faith in humanity.  If I open a new ticket of priority 'urgent' and have as it's only contents 'You haven't responded to this other ticket of mine for several weeks' and a link to the other ticket, why is the response 'please let us know what your problem is and we'll take care of it ( Read more... )

I find social networking interesting. I'm curious to find out what what sites the people I know use, and what draws folks to the sites they like. Feel free to pass this on. The results will be open, though I can turn off usernames appearing (I think) if you would like.

Poll

Does anyone want to provide me with housing during Carnival? I finally got my act together and purchased tickets. I'll be in town from Thursday morning until Monday morning.

I will be in Pittsburgh this evening and tomorrow morning.

I'm trying to assemble a list of 'canonical' and smart books that the campus here could buy for the CS students (and others) to read. What are your favorite suggestions? I'm aiming for 'literature' or 'fiction', and remember that there needs to be a bare minimum of 'objectionable content ( Read more... )

I just heard Groove Coverage's Moonlight Shadow on a pop radio station. Cool.

Mom's package with all my beads got in, so today I finished my handflower. I needed the larger sized beads to join all the stars together with, and to make the closures on the bracelet. I left my camera in the car and it's midnight, so I'll take a picture for you tomorrow.

I got new monkey earrings :)

Last night I had a dream that someone gave me Zamerano cheese as a gift and I didn't realize what it was until several days later. I just remembered this when I looked at my grocery list. I almost checked it off as 'I've already got that'.

If you're in Pittsburgh and feel so inclined, you should drop me a CD at SMC 1070. It's also a valid mailing address from off campus, for those who weren't sure how to reach me here.

Alternately, send me a playlist of easily downloadable things, or stick them in your webspace!