Me: I spend a good portion of the class teaching study skills.
Red: Oh the irony.
Need to fix Outlook?
Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, offers this solution:
“Move all of your data to a different computer. Reformat your hard drive. Reinstall all of your applications. Ask the local power company to reroute the power lines near your home. If your dog is fixed, reattach his testicles. Squeeze some coal until it becomes a diamond. Run for Congress as an atheist and win. Invent cold fusion. Then reboot 400 times.”
That should work.
Henry, you are a bad influence…
…or maybe a good influence. I suppose I won’t really know until the end of November.
Having seen my dear friend Henry’s post over here I have decided to join him in the madness of NaNoWriMo. That’s National Novel Writing Month for short. Essentially the goal is to write a 50,000 word (roughly 175 page) novel within the month of November. The idea being that the writer is liberated of any obligation to the quality of their work in the dash to reach the final word count before midnight on the 30th.
I have no idea whether or not I can finish this, but it’s just such a novel (oh Lord) that I have to at least give it a try. For those interested in following along with my progress you can view my profile by clicking the link to the right.
The Food Network is Rigged
I am seriously tired of Bobby @#$%!&# Flay. He appears regularly in two cooking competition shows on The Food Network, Iron Chef America and Throwdown! With Bobby Flay. And he always freaking wins. Always. Iron Chef is one thing – at least the “secret ingredient” of each show is random and the judges generally lean towards all of the Iron Chefs over the challengers. But in Throwdown! he goes up against opponents who are among the most respected specialists at a particular dish or technique. Then he brings in his own judges to tell him that he’s the winner. He went up against a famous, award winning, Las Vegas bartender and won. HE’S A FREAKING CHEF. He went up against a chef who basically cooks nothing but clam chowder AND BEAT HIM AT MAKING CLAM CHOWDER.
You don’t understand – this man is eating my brain. I need to see Bobby Flay lose just to know there is still some sanity left in the world.
Ahoy me mateys!
Yarr…today it be the International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Be sure to tell yer crew and don’t ferget to check out the flagship itself.
Yea, that just about sums it up.
So my friend Tim recently dropped his iPod down an airplane toilet on accident causing a major bomb scare. The story itself is incredibly funny and has received a lot of attention online, but it has also brought to light a lot of controversy regarding the conflict between safety and the errosion of civil rights. Not all of this discussion has been relevant, particularly because the event itself took place in Canada, but much of it has been very interesting. Looking through the numerous sources that cited the event I found one thread which I felt addressed many of the issues with our modern world and the war on terror that have always seemed most important to me. One person argues in favor of increased safety measures at the cost of, at least some degree of, personal freedom while the other argues vehemently against this point. I apologize for the length of this post, but I wanted to post both sides in order to be fair.
Red!
You’re the only one I actually gave a flask to and you left it at my house! I could probably have found a better way to let you know this, but I seem to only have the apartment phone number. I’m also too lazy to call and you’re not on AIM at the moment.
Luckily for me though it was like finding a treat because it contains the last of the Grey Goose. Woot! So anyway let me know if you’ll be down here at some point or if you want me to mail it.
And I’m out.
Well we are completely out of the old apartment. We have our final inspection in about 15 minutes. The house is great and we’re loving life right now. I hope everybody can make it down to the party next weekend as it’s going to be crazy.
Cal Poly has claimed that they are finally shutting down my email address. They said the same thing shortly after I left, but I’ve been using it with no trouble for the past year. Then they said again that they were deactivating it as of a few weeks ago. It still works, but I guess I should probably switch anyways. My new email is joelconary at adelphia dot net.
Oh and my video card replacement has arrived!
I have a job. And it’s related to my degree.
So I’m a teacher now. Starting this coming Spring I will be teaching 7th Grade English Literature. I’ll still be working in the school’s technology department, but I’ll be faculty in addition to my previous responsibilities. All this plus being the Swimming and Diving team moderator. It’s going to be a busy Spring, but I’m really excited to finally have an opportunity to get in a classroom. It’s also nice because this particular class is essentially “pre-built” in that all of the course materials are already written. I’ve made my own, but never had the chance to use them in a real classroom setting so I think it will be more comfortable this way.
But wait! There’s more good news. BFG has replaced my video card and it is currently being shipped back to me! So in a day or two I can stop trying to get my laptop to crank out an acceptable amount of FPS and play on my real machine again. Game on dude.
Free Speech: 1 – Apple: 0
My sources, who I'm under no legal obligation to reveal to you (it was Groklaw), tell me that Apple v Does has been decided in Appeals Court. Bloggers are now recognized as legitimate journalists with the right to protect their sources. The ruling can be found here. This is a big victory as our legal system begins to catch up to the needs of an online society.
