Thingbits

[packbat]

• Unfortunately, the turkey pot pi was somewhat underwhelming.
  
• I'm thinking an external hard drive might be handy. LaCie is good, right? I should probably shop around a little.
  
• I got XTC, Tom Petty, and Alanis Morissette CDs today!
  
• Naturally, I am dismayed at Livejournal reaching new, untouched levels of idiocy by deleting the Basic Account option for new users. Like certain wise people (only with more laziness), I am honestly thinking about striking out on my own and just reading/reposting here. For the less lazy pessimistic, though: thanks to conuly, a update with the proper RL contact info for complaining.
  
• To the guy about the IF thing: it's still rattling around in my head - expect mail soon.
  
• Anybody around here play Core War or interested in starting? (Bear in mind I'm still yak shaving - do you believe that OS 10.3.9 didn't come with GCC installed? - so I won't be sending any warriors up any hills yet.)
  
• Looking at the stack of lab reports that need grading, it seems my panicking skills are fully intact. Also my procrastination skills.
  
• It's quarter to midnight? Okay, I gotta go to bed - ciao!
  
• (P.S. Does anyone know how to fix a flaky trackpad on an iBook G4? The button keeps sticking.)

Comments

[majoru.livejournal.com]

LaCie are excellent and have worked closely with Apple, and I'd also recommend Western Digital or Seagate HDDs.

Are you planning on writing an IF? They're such fun things to create, and the IFComp is several months away, plenty of time to write a good one and test it...

Good luck with the lab papers. I, too, have a pile I ought to do this weekend...

[packbat.livejournal.com]

Mph, LaCie's site is head and shoulders above theirs. I'll have to go in and compare the prices anyway, though.

IF? I am thinking about it. Do you want to be on my IF filter? (Don't know if I'll have it running in time for IFComp, though - I have no confidence in my perseverance/productivity.)

Ah, my condolences. I'm lucky; my school's spring break just hit, so I got an extra week to work on them. (Of course, it's not really a break if you have work hanging over your head...)

[majoru.livejournal.com]

Quality of product rates more highly with me than quality of website (call me old-fashioned... also, rating a human by their blog is probably not a good idea, either). LaCie also charge you for their website and reputation... and I'd only rely on an external drive for security for three or so years, anyway... after which if the data is truly valuable it's probably time to update.

Filter, yes please! I love IFs, especially writing them.

My uni kids are on Easter break in a week, too, but I don't see them for a fortnight in the meantime due to alternative activities. Plus the marking will take very little actual time. I tend to mark while watching a movie or episodes of something or another on DVD. The time flies.

[packbat.livejournal.com]

Oh, but of course. I was just commenting.

Filter: you have been added!

Y'know, I never got the hang of doing things while watching things. I can play background music, but background TV or video is just too distracting.