not enough

I’ve been avoiding thinking about my life. I have achieved some degree of material success in the last two years, nothing vast, but certainly far more comfortable than I’ve ever been before, maybe even when I was growing up.
but a pall has settled over my world. I’m watching too much TV. I’m reading too [...]

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oh, to hell with it all

they cancelled the class (no enrollment) and didn’t tell me, until I asked today. I even bought a friggin’ textbook. (can I still write it off on my taxes next year?)

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intro to weblogging

maybe sometime in the future, but not this week

Publish to the Web quickly, easily, and inexpensively! Weblogs are the hot new way to track projects and bookmarks, collaborate with teams, or share your ideas with the world. In this class you’ll learn about key technologies, explore the most common software packages, and create your first [...]

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ranty goodness

I know it’s my policy not to mention C. around these parts, per his request, but I’m too annoyed.
last night we were sitting around talking about “stuff” and he asked if it would be possible to write a script that would help a prof pick groups of students – one of his was setting groups [...]

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Jake’s 3xThursday

Four Walls and a Roof
1. Are you happy with the place that you live at now? What is it like?
I have mixed feelings. it’s mine, and that makes me happy, and it has lots of extra rooms and cathedral, which I also like. but it is that 70s house…and it was a rental [...]

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help?

we’re trying to get our home network set up with the DSL, and have run into a nasty snag – the modem and the router apparently are fighting over the same IP address. running through the router, I can get to sites via IP address, but not through their domain names. MSN was [...]

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random musing re: Buffy and the Internet

I’ve been watching a lot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer today, and I had a random thought while listening from the kitchen….
one of the central conceits of the show is that Buffy’s identity as the slayer must be kept secret – that the more people know, the more they are in danger. is this [...]

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and a happy new year to you as well

I won the last Tekken match of 2002. we ended up going over to a friend’s house and having some snacks, playing some Tekken, and watching the Space Needle fireworks on TV. not a bad way to end the year, all in all…and I’m so very happy that going home after the get-together [...]

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