February 2005

Yo!

So I got my tax refund direct deposited today. Beauty. I also found out that since I'm a student working for the University, I'm exempt from FICA and Medicare taxes. Joy. So I spent 99 cents on "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day. Best. Song. Ever.

Finally heard from my first client from work yesterday. Still haven't set up an appointment, which means I won't get paid for this job until the next pay period. Bummer.

Today we're having an online meeting for SIGWin at 3. I've been up since 10 or so for some reason, so I've been bored.

Somebody needs to come visit me. Or better yet, somebody needs to buy me a car so I can come visit them.

All of my classes are going pretty well. Well, except for Diff Eq. And Matrix Theory. And Econ, sorta. But other than that...

So the CS Department accepted my project for CS Days. It's a program that will gather data from the occupancy sensors and e-locks, and produce a sort of radar display on the video wall. Cool, huh?

I'm bored.

Posted Sunday, February 27, 2005 08:15:00 UTC in Personal - Permanent link

Nerds at Work

I was learning about Firefox extensions today, and I happened upon this. Look at the XML NameSpec URL:

<window class="dialog"

title="CovertProxy - About"

orient="vertical"

autostretch="always"

onload="sizeToContent()"

xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul">

It took me a while to figure it out, but that's pretty clever, and REALLY nerdy.

Posted Wednesday, February 16, 2005 07:42:00 UTC in Personal - Permanent link

There's Changes Ahead

Yeah, that's right. In my copious free time, I will be giving my blog a makeover. I may move it off of Blog*Spot, too, I'm not sure yet. Oh, but yes, the changes are coming...

Anyway, reason number 21618 why I love U of I: Looking at the clock at 11:45 and saying, "Hey, maybe I'll head up to Engineering Hall and finish my Machine Problem," and this being fine because the lab is open till one in the morning.

Oh, and my apologies for not sending anybody anything for V-Day. Though it's not like I got anything, so I don't know why I'm apologizing. But I am. Though Jen did send me a card, albeit for my birthday, with a bunch of photos from the summer. And one is now "prominently displayed" above my desk, and will be "prominently displayed" on theFacebook as soon as I can use the scanner at work.

Posted Tuesday, February 15, 2005 19:49:00 UTC in Personal - Permanent link

Whatever Happened to REO Speedwagon?

They came home, and they brought Styx with them.

Hey, U of I's own REO Speedwagon and Styx are playing Assembly Hall on St. Patrick's Day. If anybody's interested, I could get tickets. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

Posted Tuesday, February 08, 2005 19:09:39 UTC in Personal - Permanent link