Manmade Genome created... first manmade organism is, perhaps, months away ( Read more... )

I decided this weekend past that I was sick of Windows XP, and didn't want to go to Vista. I decided to check out what the buzz around Linux (Especially Ubuntu) recently. With having just hybridized my computer with Amy's old computer, it seemed like the perfect time to repartition and try it out ( Read more... )

I made a lovely blended cauliflower soup last night. I'm not sure how to season it though. Cilantro was okay, but not amazing. I'll figure something out ( Read more... )

I've the strangest computer problem. When I boot up my computer, the monitor doesn't display anything until Windows starts up. I get no BIOS, no boot options, nothing.

As you can probably imagine, this makes it difficult to run boot time scans.

Any thoughts?

ecchs was down for the weekend, which was cool. It's really weird having my (now) normal day-to-day people interacting with my Toronto friends. Originally, I wasn't going to see all that much of him while he was in town, but he took sick on Saturday, so I ended up seeing him more than expected. Unfortunately, much of that time was spent building a ( Read more... )

Life is sort of back to normal lately. Happy. There are a few things that I'm excited about.

• I found a copy of Armoured Core 2 on Monday for $10. I loved the original, and have been having trouble finding a copy of the sequil. Used for $10 strikes me as a good price. The game is sort of like Mechwarrior Mercenaries, except with more active ( Read more... )

Hullo all!

Everything is well and good. I'm about 3/5ths done my Christmas shopping. My apartment looks great! I'm going to a semi-formal Christmas party on Friday with The_Geek_in_Me, which I'm rather excited about, and I just got my copy of Scroll of the Monk at lunch ( Read more... )

Moving is complicated. For one thing, I need a computer. I already have a computer, but I need something a little more powerful than a 233 mhz laptop running Windows98 to surf the modernday interweb ( Read more... )