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Monthly Archives: December 2009
01
Dec
2009
huffy Facebooker
People online sometimes need to take a chill pill and not assume everyone they deal with is like an angry Fark commenter or 4chan poster. A friend of mine on Facebook said “Luna Nueva” in a wall post, and some … Continue reading
02
Dec
2009
a Strange Land of cedar
I’ve been reading Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein for the past couple of days, ever since I brought it back from my parents’ house over Thanksgiving break. I’ve tried to read the book before but never made … Continue reading
02
Dec
2009
Earthy Tumblr theme
I released this some time ago but on a separate Downloads page which is no longer available. Seems more reasonable to put it up as an individual blog post, anyway. So, uh, here you are! …Again! Download This theme was … Continue reading
03
Dec
2009
The Great Tie Rod Stress-fest of ’09
The Problem Last month, my car had issues such that it felt like it was going to die at idle and low speeds. My car has trained me that I shouldn’t just let these things go, because it’ll then break … Continue reading
03
Dec
2009
Adium Xtras
These are the styles I’ve created for the IM application Adium. These are also available on my adiumxtras.com page. Burnt Cherry Uses oranges, pinks, and reds in the color scheme. Uses the Arial font for the list style and displays … Continue reading
04
Dec
2009
I dub thee: Heel Clomper
There she goes again, my upstairs neighbor. It sounds like she’s wearing itty bitty heels and is just clomping around the entire apartment. She has made about four trips so far from the far wall back to the wall I’m … Continue reading
06
Dec
2009
finisher of summaries and snuggler of the sick
I’ve been pretty productive today, considering it’s a Saturday and I usually try to slack off on Saturdays. I have accomplished the following: Finished the final three paper summaries for my software engineering class, which is fortunate since they were … Continue reading
06
Dec
2009
new theme: Tetrad
Despite having lots of school work to do, I have managed to create a new theme: Tetrad. The name comes from Color Scheme Designer, which I used to create a tetrad split of colors; the four colors are used on … Continue reading
07
Dec
2009
page nine and Santa humor
Well, the ice on my car has melted and the brief snow we had this morning is over, so now it just looks like your average gray winter day out there. (On a side note, you people what spell “gray” … Continue reading
07
Dec
2009
paper done and slow-ass clinic
I finished my programming paper! I’ve sent a copy to Jon to review it and should hopefully mail it off to my professor tonight. After the semester’s over, I plan on releasing my programs for that class on here, probably … Continue reading
07
Dec
2009
One Programmer’s Ideal Language
This essay is also available in PDF format in my portfolio. It was originally written for my graduate-level programming languages class. Introduction There are some readable programming languages out there, and there are powerful programming languages as well, but how … Continue reading
08
Dec
2009
Mark’s beer face
I plan on writing later about how I’m becoming increasingly put off by how women are treated in Stranger in a Strange Land, but I don’t want to get into that now because I need to start on my algorithms … Continue reading
08
Dec
2009
inflexible Adobe
Wow, Adobe doesn’t make things convenient for you. I just called about their $199 offer for Photoshop CS4 for students, hoping that I could use it on my Mac or in Windows and perhaps be restricted to using only one … Continue reading
08
Dec
2009
rose in ArtRage
I’ve been playing around in ArtRage and I followed the rose tutorial to produce this image: Just imagine, if I can produce that, what can the actually talented artists out there create! Haha, I don’t have any particular skill with … Continue reading
10
Dec
2009
sleep and bellies
Darra, my software engineering partner, sent me what she’d worked up for our presentation tomorrow in class. I just finished going over it, and I’ve also finished my algorithms homework, meaning… I’m free!!! Of course, at this point I’m pretty … Continue reading
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The Eastoner by General Midi
13
Dec
2009
an abstract and a cold
Jon and I started rewatching the Quantum Leap series from the 90s last night. We’d talked before about how we both used to love it. I never saw the episodes in order, and I know I haven’t seen all of … Continue reading
19
Dec
2009
silly string Christmas
Pfhew, the semester is over and I’ve been visiting family. I went to a reunion for my father’s side of the family today and there was a pretty hilarious time when one of my cousins passed out a present to … Continue reading
20
Dec
2009
couldn’t watch Watchmen
We got a bit of snow, enough to cover my brother’s porch, the trampoline, and the cars, but only barely enough to dust the grass. That was last night, when it was still coming down. At one point when I … Continue reading
21
Dec
2009
why I’m not a dog lover
I was just reading Rose’s post about her mom’s dog being mean toward male guests and it reminded me that I had aimed to write a post about why it is that I don’t really like dogs. I stayed at … Continue reading
22
Dec
2009
lack of parenting
I just found, courtesy of Fark, this article: Boston mom calls 911 over son’s video game habit. I’m just flabbergasted. Really? You feel the need to call emergency services because you suck as a mom? I have a few suggestions … Continue reading