Archive for October, 2001

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In my copious amounts of spare time (ah, I never tire of that phrase) I’ve started to read Godel, Escher, Bach, which I’ve had recommended to me many times. The easiest, quickest, most inadequate way to describe the book is: It’s about loops. Of course, I haven’t read much of it yet, but that’s my […]

I’ve learned my lesson now

Never interrupt a mailing list with 1100+ members and ask them to get back on topic. Ever. It is very counter-productive. I’ve learned my lesson. Self-moderation is the best method. Thank you. Now back to my regularly schedules calculus.

you think you’ve got it all figured out, and everything that it’s about

Yesterday was big shopping trip to Toronto. Ahh home, where the shops are plentiful and the people are getting ruder by the day, it seems. But the shopping is good. I bought a Nibbler Wind-up toy and a Selphie figure from Final Fantasy VIII. As well as some ribbon cables (hey, I’m still a computer […]

if it feels good do it

Picked up the latest Sloan album the other day. It’s not bad, but I think I’m going to return it today. Not quite what I was looking for. VNC for the Newton is here! Here’s my cool screenshot:

Oh happy freakin’ day!

I usually don’t get political, but today is a happy freakin’ day! Why, you ask? Because Mike Harris has resigned as Premier of Ontario! Now maybe (well, once the Conservatives are voted out) we can start rebuilding some of, no, wait, all of the things that he destroyed.

colonization… err, turkey… no, what’s that day called again?

The weekend was nice. It’s nice to do almost nothing sometimes. Oh well, back to here. Not that here isn’t great too, there’s just more work to do. Yesterday we cleaned. And cleaned and cleaned and cleaned. And then I built LEGO.

so as sure as the sun will shine

…and then the harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all Musicially, I’ve been all over the place lately. From game soundtracks (Chrono Trigger, yum!) to Phish to Moby to Shaggy, my musical mood can probably be best described as mild schizophrenia. Classes are heating up. Many assignments and the like. Ah, yes, […]