Archive for January, 2005
Not-Really-The-Best-Buy-III
I called up Best Buy Warranty Services again a couple days ago. Another stupid hitch in the process happened, but who knows, it may have a happy ending. So the repair shop said that the ordered part came in from Sony, but it was damaged, so they ordered it again. The damaged part took 2 [...]
Early Morning Lessons
So I learned a few things yesterday morning, I will share them with you so that you can feel enlightened as well: No matter how hard you concentrate on your alarm, time will not slow down and eventually go backwards, no matter how interesting the morning NPR Health & Science news is. Don’t get lost [...]
SUBJECT: Noise/Loud Music
The management office has received several complaints of loud music late in the evening. Please respect your neighbors and keep the volume on stereos and televisions at a low level. The bass on a stereo can be especially disturbing as it vibrates into adjacent units. Thank you for your cooperation. Please call me in the [...]
An Anglo-Saxon Italian
I came home yesterday, I needed to take care of some stuff down here. Worth it for the food. Last night family and a friend of mine all went to Maggiano’s, I got the Shrimp Oreganata, it wasn’t bad, a little strong in taste that overpowered the shrimp though. The Calamari Fritte appetizer is always [...]
The Next ISBN Is…
I finished reading The Onion Girl last night. Near the end it had a little bit more a fictional taste, which I liked, but overall I still stand by my previous statements. I don’t know what I’ll start reading next. It will either be another Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (I bought [...]
Pretentious Graduate Student
I work at a University. I’m in an office that is in some other department because of space reasons in my own department, I don’t mind, it’s a newly renovated office and it’s a good sized one (not really, but compared to the other offices I’ve seen…). This works out well, less distractions and I [...]
Local Tech Happenings
1) My web host increased my quota from 800MB to 2400MB for the hell of it, thanks DreamHost. I think the 1-year for $9.24 deal (w/ free domain registration) is still going on. Check out this post for more details. 2) I updated my comment spam plugin from 1.2 -> 1.5. It went through a [...]