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Archive for March, 2003

This is My Life

Monday, March 31st, 2003

It’s official: Drew Weing is the smartest man alive. I’m glad I’m not the only one who does this.
Many thanks to Chris Onstad for bringing Drew and The Journal Comic to my attention.
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Microsoft is Pain

Tuesday, March 25th, 2003

So I’m taking a client/server database course this quarter. Now, I’m no stranger to working with databases. I’ve done a few projects of varying size in MySQL and PHP, most of which I enjoyed thoroughly. (Yes, I’m a database weirdo. Sue me.) PHP’s database access is straightforward and sensible: send SQL statements to the database, [...] Read more.

Of Indoor Swimming Pools

Tuesday, March 25th, 2003

Most people go through life not knowing what a soaking wet carpet sounds and feels like. This morning, my life was enriched.
I saw the dark footprints on the carpet as soon as I woke up. I assumed there had been a spill of some sort, and thought about calling Housing to get it cleaned up. [...] Read more.

Family Tech Support

Monday, March 17th, 2003

From “Family Tech Support,” a recent story on Slashdot:
For a month, my mother became really productive (mom’s productivity is measured in forwarded joke emails), and then, abruptly, stopped being productive at all… I sent several emails which went unanswered… The next time I heard from her was on my answering machine - “You can cancel [...] Read more.

Spring has Sprung

Monday, March 10th, 2003

Everything but the weather, that is. Spring break has come to a close, and today is the first day of the last quarter of my junior year. I’m simply bursting with excitement.
I’ve been playing around with the green stylesheet, and it’s here for good this time. I made sure to back it up, so I [...] Read more.

OK, Real Quick…

Tuesday, March 4th, 2003

From an article on Kuro5hin.org:
Music sales in Germany have been in decline for the last five years, dropping 11% last year, and German copyright holders seem to think digital copying might have something to do with it. As Gerd Gebhardt, president of Bundesverband Phono (Germany’s RIAA), asked: “If it were possible tomorrow to copy bread [...] Read more.

Bwerp Server Move

Saturday, March 1st, 2003

Some of you may be experiencing problems with Bwerp.net at the moment. My provider is shuffling around some of their servers, and you may get a 503 Forbidden until your cache updates. Don’t panic.
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