Tag: School

Uhm, I Ran Out of Titles Again

Poll, Taxes, NDA, Bowling, Bro, and Delta.

Well, lets see.

I have a new poll up.

My federal income tax came in.

I can not tell you why I was sad last time, because I had to accept a non disclosure agreement, hence I can not disclose any information.

Jenn, Todd Stevens and I are going bowling tonight.

My brother and his roommate came for the weekend. He only has 2 weeks to go.

I AM going back to Delta in the fall, for a real major this time. Mechanical Engineering Technology, followed by Manufacturing Technology Management at SVSU. Yes, it means it will take me 8 years for a BS, but ohh well. At least I finally figured something out (for now).

OK, hasta lasagna,

nick

“It’s just like the story of the grasshopper and the octopus: all year long the grasshopper kept burying acorns for winter, while the octopus mooched off his girlfriend and watched TV, but then the winter came, and the grasshopper died, and the octopus ate all his acorns – and also he got a race car! Is any of this getting through to you?”
-Fry, Futurama

Why? Because I Can, Of Course

Sick, Ecto Cooler, Rodeo, Melon, and School.

Hi all.

I am feeling noticeably better. I guess it is a flu or cold that goes around and not allergies. The one thing I have been thinking this whole week though, is that if I could get some Ecto cooler in the steel can, I would be better much sooner. WAIT, FLASH! After writing the last sentence I found this page, which is fun on its own by telling us some Ecto Cooler history, but also shows us that the magical drink still exists! WOOHOO! Also, note the link at the page’s bottom to view the original Ecto Cooler commercial.

Wow, I really want to run to Meijer right now, but I know better. Tomorrow.

Hmm, what else, I guess it all really pails in comparison to finding out that Ecto Cooler is hiding on us. Anyway…

Jenn and I are going to the rodeo at the Midland County Fair tomorrow evening. We went for a bike ride to the farmer’s market this afternoon and I got a honey rock. So much better than the California cantaloups we get stuck with the rest of the year.

I am definitely not going to school this semester, as of 6 pm on Aug 17th (when payment was due). It’s OK though, since I don’t really know what I’m going to school for anyway. Besides, it opens up my schedule for if I ever got a job that I applies for (I am 1 for 30 since graduation, btw).

I can’t even remember the other stuff I was going to mention. I can’t believe I’m this excited over a fruitless fruit drink. Truly scary.

OK, I guess I should call it a night then, since I am tired anyway.

Sunday…

nick

Ok, now I’m thinking of another word, and this time it’s definitely not kitty.
Is it kitty?
AHHH! Get out of my head!

Number 143

Late, Jenn, WWDC, and St. Stans.

Ok, really late, sorry. Anyway though…

Big news for Jenn. Friday she got her acceptance letter to the nursing program at SVSU. Her computer really died though. There is a problem with the power supply in it, so it wont charge at all any more. So saturday we went to the Apple Store and she got a new ibook. It was a remaining one from the previous model so got a good deal too. She is very happy with it though.

Today we went to St. Stans picnic. I have now accepted that I got old. I realized how much it costs to buy stuff. We didn’t feel like spending $4 on an elephant ear, so we came home
and made them ourselves, then made pizza too.

So WWDC is tomorrow. There is no G5 leak like last year, but there are some pics floating around that are supposedly of Tiger, more rumors about new displays, and some pics from inside the convention center that take shots at MS’s Longhorn.

OK, I think that’s it. Will see you all on Tuesday, unless something big happens at WWDC, then will update Monday evening.

nick

People often ask “why does 7-11 have locks on the door if they are open 24 hours?”
Well, they need some way to keep people out during the police investigation of the bi-weekly robbery.

More Photos

Photos, MBNA, Apple, Delta, Last summer, and Poll.

I have finally posted the photos of the dogs, as well as photos of some people. I want to work on getting better scans now, I didn’t realize how lousy some of them looked. Comment and ask, and I am sure I will work harder. Honestly, I slack because I feel you people don’t give a rats ass.

My MBNA loan is over. They are apparently not charging me the $.38 in interest I thought I owed. I am just glad to have one more debt out of the way.

Apple has, over the last week or so, released a new liquid cooled G5 to be shipped in July, and the Airport Express router which supports 802.11g 54MB/s wireless, wireless USB printing, and wireless audio. The 802.11g router and printing were available on the Airport Extreme, but audio is a new feature, and allows you to connect the router to any stereo and wirelessly sent audio from itunes to the stereo, very cool. Just $129 and is quite portable too.

I made Dean’s List at Delta. I am not too enthused, since I only had 6 credits, but still.

I miss last summer. Sleeping on the couch downstairs, watching “7 Days” at 2 am, new “This Old House” every Thursday at 3 am. I had a dry time from 12 when Family Guy ended till 2 though. I always found something though. I can’t remember why I didn’t work. I think I was on my “VERY part time” thing.

Notice that there is still no new poll. I can’t think of one right now, and you people don’t vote in them anyway. Maybe next time, or maybe they will just disappear.

Anyway, I am going to bed.
Good night.

nick

Why are restroom toilets horseshoe shaped?
And if they are better, why can’t we buy them like that?

A Day Off, Yeay!

Day off, School, Unfinished, Jenn, Work, Lucy, Little people, and Bike.

Finally, I have a day off. I worked 5 straight, that’s good for me. I will get a very nice paycheck I’m sure, but I am glad I get to sleep in finally.

I was notified via postcard today I made Dean’s List for Winter 04 at Delta. Is impressive I guess, though I only had 6 credits.

So what have I been doing…

Well, what I haven’t been doing is getting the pics of the dogs scanned, or renting LOTR:ROTK yet. Soon, very soon.

Wednesday after blog I went to Jenn’s, as did I every other day. We figure with the exception of the day Sarah found out her dog had cancer, I have been at her house every day since May 13th, and actually longer. Heck, even that day that I didn’t, I was probably there past midnight the day before, so were good there too. Yesterday we went to the mall and I got a new watch battery, but mostly we just hang out.

Worked Thursday thru today as well. We finished Hughs’ again yesterday, and began Kirshen’s today. I am sure somehow we will end up as Hugh’s again before the end of the summer.

After work and Jenn’s, not much else has been done.

Speaking of Sarah’s dog, it was put down at about 2pm today. Lucy had a tumor on her shoulder. She was in a lot of pain, and removing it wasn’t really an option as it would probably spread if it wasn’t already. Besides, even amputating the bad arm couldn’t be done since she had hip displacement and it would worsen it by adding more weight to each leg.

Friday was the last day of school for the little people. Congrats to any new graduates. Oh how things have changed in 3 years. Wow.

I need to get in some bike riding, but can’t seem to find the time. I get home from work and shower, then either go with Jenn and eat, or eat then go with Jenn. Seems the only way I am going to get to ride is if Jenn does, I don’t work, or I give up Jenn time. I think A is the best choice, maybe the only.

Ok. I am sure I forgot something, but oh well. New poll soon, and FREAKING COMMENT DANG IT. This no voting/no commenting is pissing me off.

I will try harder for the more pics, and at updating too soon rather than too late.

Tuesday,
nick

Why did the monkey fall out of the tree?

It died.

I was in Wyoming!

Road trip, Movie, Grades, Work, Biking, Thunderstorms, and House.

Really, Scott asked me yesterday to go with him to take a couch from his apartment in Mt. Pleasant to his sister’s house in Grand Rapids, so we went through Wyoming, MI. We also had the privilege of seeing “The Eat Place” in St. Louis. Then we got the tickets for Bubba Ho-tep and I got to sit home for a whopping 2 hours.

Bubba Ho-tep was extremely funny. I’m not totally sure, but it should be available for rental, and I highly recommend it.

I got my grades from Delta, A, A, and B in HTML, JS, and Networking respectively, as I predicted.

Friday I worked, shoveling mulch. I didn’t get a pay check this past week, because I didn’t work the previous week. Oh well, will get one this friday. Worked Thursday also, but you know that from the last update.

Been riding bike more too. Trying to do at least 7 miles a day. I should be doing more, but the only days its not raining, I work and am a bit too tired to do more.

There is a thunderstorm right now, and there was just a big thunderclap that even set off some car alarms. There has been quite a bit of thunderstorms lately. According to Delta’s weather page we’re at 2.3″ of rain the last I checked, and its only the 9th.

Speaking of dates, the 7th was 1 year since we moved, and since I let Ludwig go. I miss the house, I miss my turtle. But they are gone, and I have moved on (kinda).

Ok, that’s it for today. Will see you all on Wednesday with a new poll too.

nick

If you drank all the kool-aid from the big pitcher guy, would he die?
(he did in Homer’s daydream anyway)

Ehh, Kinda Tired

itunes, IC America, Movie, School and Weather, and Scott’s suggestion.

Oh, what to say, what to say…

Well, there are only about 2 hours remaining in the itunes giveaway. Apparently only like 5 million of the 100 million free songs had been redeemed as of Wednesday morning. BTW, Wednesday was the 1 yr anniversary of the itunes music store, and also brought the release of a new version of itunes, now at 4.5. I have redeemed all 11 of my songs.

I forgot to point out that throughout IC America, it was very noticeable (to me anyway) that Alton Brown was using a 15″ AlBook (a mac). He was in MacWorld a year or 2 ago for his mac use.

Tomorrow I am going with Scott to Chen’s (new chinese place in mall) for lunch, then to see Monty Python and the Holy Grail at Fashion Square. I suggest you all go as well, only $3.

School is all over. As far as I know, I have an A in Java, a B- in Networking Essentials, and an A in Adv. HTML. Not bad overall. I do have one problem though, ITS NOT WARM YET! Well, sometimes it is, but its generally railing at those times. Stupid weather.

Scott has suggested that I post the results for the past polls. They are all saved by bravenet, but only visible to me. I will need to set up a page on the website with them all I guess. I should anyway, because I think it only remembers the last 10, and I don’t want to lose them.

I think thats it for now. I’ sure I am forgetting something, but it will need to wait til Monday. Also, a new poll Monday.

bye,
nick

NyQuill – the nighttime -sniffling, -sneezing, -what-the-hell-am-I-doing-on-the-kitchen-floor medicine.

I went WarDriving!

WarDriving, Poll, IC America, Exams, and Holy Grail.

I drove around for like an hour today WarDriving. For those who don’t know, it means I was driving around with my laptop looking for WiFi networks that I can connect to. I found a whole heaping load of them, especially along 4th and 5th streets, where the older buildings prevent easily pulling wire. Now i really want a GPS though, so I can record the networks and their location, for future reference. I can build a WiFi coverage map of the city for all you to use. I just need $89 for the GPS though.

Evil Sarah says I can’t vote in my own polls I see. The very nice Scott says I can though. Hopefully a few more of you will vote too.

Iron Chef America is all over now, though it is replaying all week. Results are as follows:

Flay over Sakai – Trout
Batali over Morimoto – Spiny Lobster
Puck over Morimoto – Eggs
Flay and Morimoto over Batali and Sakai – Sea Urchin, Scallops, and Langoustine

All 4 were against my judgment, except the Batali Morimoto. All in all though, I guess Flay was winningiest with 2 wins, followed by Batali, Puck, and Morimoto in a tie with 1 each, then followed by Sakai with 0. So the winners of the poll contest are Erica and Stacey, who both voted Morimoto. I would have voted probably Sakai (who should have been 2-0, not 0-2) or Batali. I still can’t freaking believe that Sakai lost a fish battle, or even lost at all. And that Sakai and Batali lost the Tag team is bull.

Anyway…

Tomorrow I have HTML, Thursday will be JS and Networking, then I am free! Yeay, 2 days off. Ok, not so impressive. Will give me more hours to work so I can afford a GPS though.

Hmmm, what else…

Oh, Monthy Python and the Holy Grail, this Saturday at 11pm at Fashion Square. I know Scott is going, and hope more of you can too. Let me know, ok?

I guess that is all.

Will see you all Friday to let you know how last week of school went.

bye,
nick

You don’t need to be right all the time, just enough of the majority that people THINK you are.

Owwwww

Work, Ouch, Biking, School, IC America, and Website.

Well, after working yesterday and today, I am rather sore and tired. Though, I guess I am lucky. Suchyta was going to work with us yesterday, and about 30 minutes in he crushed his finger between the dump box we were putting on the truck and the hoist we were lifting it with. He broke it open and fractured the bone, needing 5 stitches. I’m sure it hurts like hell too.

I didn’t manage to get a bike ride in this week due to either poor weather, being at work, or lack of motivation. Next week I guess.

Down to the last week of class now. I have homework for my 2 f2f classes, and a test for my inet class. So very close, I am glad.

Iron Chef America started last night. The first episode was an intro, and the second was Flay v. Sakai in the trout battle. Amazingly, Flay(now 2 and 1) won, bringing Sakai’s(70-16-1) first even loss in a fish battle. That battle just replayed, and on now is Batali(0-0) v. Morimoto(16-7-1) in the Spiny Lobster battle. Tomorrow will be a repeat of the 3 past battles, followed by Morimoto v. Puck, then the 2 on 2 finale. From what I’ve seen, other secret ingredients may include sea urchins, tuna, and scallops. Also, Alton Brown’s role seems to be as the commentator, and the new chairman is none other than the nephew of Kaga himself.

Still no work on the site. I hope to move all my school projects from Delta’s server to my own site after school is over, and finally recompile my Java Applets.

Ok, I guess that’s it.
See you Tuesday.

nick

Cheating just proves how much you care about winning.
– Red Green

Ehhhhhhhh!

Evil JavaScript, Magic moment, Tired, and Weather.

I should be doing my JavaScript homework, but I can’t. I tried at it for several hours this afternoon, and again for the last hour or so tonight, but I can’t do it. The assignments were so easy for the last 13 weeks, but now, now they are not. I can’t even get a part to work, it’s just being ugly.

Yesterday, the magic moment occurred. I should explain I guess. You all know military time, right? It goes from 0:00:00 to 23:59:59. Ok, and then there is the european date format. So where we would say April 21, 2004, they would say 21 April, 2004. So, 4/21/2004 would be 21/04/2004. So with all that, yesterday, around 8:04pm, was 20/04/2004 20:04:20.04 (thats April 20th, 2004 at 8:04pm, and 20.04 seconds). Cool, huh? I noticed it last year, maybe year before. Next will be on May 20th 2005 at 8:05pm. The last one we will see is December 20th 2012 at 8:12pm. After that, they wont occur again until January 21st, 2101, at 9:01pm. By then I would be 118ish, and doubt I will be alive, or will any of you (you never know though).

Hmm, what else.

Two more votes on the poll I see. I have no idea who made them though. I don’t recognize the IPs. New poll next time.

I am very tired, which is odd because I slept from 9:30 last night til 10:30 this morning, with the exception of about an hour around 7am. Thats still 12 hours, and I have no right being tired.

Just over a week of school left, woohoo!

It has been pretty nice out, except the wind. I thought it was april showers, not april 40mph gusts? Its so warm out, I want to go ride my bike, but is hard with steady 20mph winds. It needs to get nice out, please.

Ok, I should go attempt more JS, just because.

bye
nick

If you grab one arm with the other, and pull really hard, could you ever pick yourself up?
That would be cool.