Fuck cars.

Let's see --- things I've got to accomplish ( Read more... )

Found out about this website. Have GMail invitations to burn? (I sure had lots). Want a GMail invitation?

http://isnoop.net/gmailomatic.php

Enjoy.

Turns out that when my dad and I finished putting the radiator back in my car yesterday, we'd forgotten to clamp down the upper hose connecting the radiator to the engine. Somehow, the car was fine the entire 80MPH drive to work (45 minutes of hard driving), but when I parked, it worked its way loose and started leaking. Maybe it had something to ( Read more... )

There is a pool of antifreeze under my car, and there is a fair amount of antifreeze sprayed across the engine compartment.

Joy. Thankfully I've got a bunch of water and antifreeze in my trunk and driving to work wasn't a problem.

Right as I sit down to write this, I realized that I forgot to eat dinner today - so this update won't be too long or interesting ( Read more... )

Car: turns out that AAMCO in College Park, back in March, never bothered to hook up the transmission cooler lines from the transmission from the radiator. This is bad, as it can end up causing transmission damage. They also damaged the radiator (a bunch of damage to the radiator fins). So my dad and I called the AAMCO in Hagerstown this morning ( Read more... )

The good news is that I might have a part-time job for the fall semester - actually a continuation of my summer job. They might have me be a co-op during the semester and work from College Park, remotely. If so, that'd be awesome - pays well, is fun, and so on. In fact, they have (twice this summer) offered me a full time job if I feel like ( Read more... )

I'm sure you're all so much happier for reading that, right?

Hyper-extended my right elbow while lifting weights this morning, hurts like crazy - and 12 of our 40 servers (the heaviest 12) are arriving this afternoon. On the interesting side, I got an e-mail through the TerpOnline Career Center alerting me to a Department of Justice internship for the fall - doing computer security / computer forensics. ( Read more... )