Posts from — December 2006

So, I’m trying to get rid of as much stuff as I can before moving, and some of it may be of use to some of you, so here’s what I have available:
- CD-RW – Not sure the speed, but it should work. Black, IDE. claimed by
- 512 MB PC3200 RAM – claimed by
- 256 MB PC2100 RAM (marked DDR) – claimed by
- Lots of office supplies: sticky notes, whiteout, pencils, pens, stapler, highlighters, etc – claimed by
- Sound Blaster Live! PCI sound card
- 45GB hard drive (might not be working)
- A PCI IDE controller card (add two more IDE chains to your machine- in original box) – claimed by
- X10 home automation lamp modules (2 of them) – claimed by jhr

Unless otherwise noted, I don’t know any of these to be nonworking, but I can’t test everything. They’re all free to whoever wants it.

If it turns out anyone is interested in this stuff, I’ll post a followup indicating what has been taken and any new things available at the mrc8 emporium.

It would be cool if there were a site devoted to terrible writing on wikipedia. There’s certainly no shortage of it…

“He is said to be allergic to dairy products, coloured toilet paper and feathers.”

Wow… this shirt is great:

link (via boingboing)

If you’re looking for something to do Wendesday night…

Bethlehem Municipal Band Christmas Concert
Free!
Concert starts at 7:30, doors open at 7, I think.
Location: Foy Hall

I’m playing clarinet, so it should be pretty good, obviously. Let me know if you’re going!

I’m done with school!

F.O.O.D. (Friends of Ogontz Dinner) here tomorrow evening, 7PM or so, usual fun to follow. If you’re reading this, you’re invited, let me know ASAP if you’ll be attending.

I finished my final in 25 minutes. That’s a personal record… I’m not sure how long it took the rest of the class since I was the first one done.

Sorta reminds me of the last track meet of senior year of high school in which I got a new PR in the 2 mile by a relatively large margin, and wondered “why didn’t I do that all along?”.

Then again, it’s probably good that I didn’t do most of my finals in under half an hour.

Three shows that I wish weren’t cancelled:

1. Arrested Development (obviously)
2. Firefly
3. Freaks and Geeks

I only started watching AD during the third season (after acquiring the first two), and I saw Firefly and Freaks and Geeks a while after they had been cancelled.

Oh, one more I should have included: 3 South.

Wow, the same day I complained about how bad online communication is, David Pogue blogs about it for the NYT. Worth a read if the subject interests you.

From his post:

The deeper we sail into the new online world of communications, the sadder I get about its future.

I’ve adopted a new seasonal theme for my journal. If you’re interested in reading about new themes and other features as they’re made available, check out . Let me know if you have any problems reading with this new theme.