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Sweet! Sunbelt Software Silly Putty Task Force
Damn it! Pentagon fails to ban slavery by defense contractors
Rowr! 2005's 10 Sexiest Geeks
Cool! Ground Effects Lights For Your Bike!

Today's UserFriendly Strip is nifty.

Me wanty. Mac mini : in-car mini dock
M@TH3R FUX0R! Army officer charged with using Iraq $$ to pimp out her NJ crib I need to get out of this damn country.

This is a bit ridiculous. Phase One 39-Megapixel Camera
Dangerously strong magnets
Are we really that paranoid? Get ready for a new U.S. border fence I can hardly imagine the amount of money going into this.
Some beautiful metalwork. Eleek, inc.

From Wikipedia, Japanese Leet
Tomorrow I am OUTTA here.
w00t.

Map of the Earth with countries sized by population
and U.S. Delegation Walks Out of Climate Talks
This is the "me" generation.
OPEN YOUR EYES

A battery-powered de-corker? Redickulous. Whale Tail Automatic Wine Opener - Engadget - www.engadget.com

Quite and interesting project. "A magical pet adventure...and stealthy primer on female sexual pleasure." Lapis
19th c. book: Geography for Dixie Children
Holy crap. I didn't know they came that big. Giant Jellyfish

It's so frustrating because there is no way I can. I want to be, but it is not possible. Someday it might be, and that will be a vastly different day. But for now it is just an ache.
You don't know what I am talking about. No matter how well you now know me or have ever known me you will not know this.

Ridiculous yet oddly intriguing. USB Powered Air Darts
Bwa ha ha! Porn for Bibles!
Megan-san, maybe you can explain the cultural significance of this: Japanese Panty Fighting Game
Beware the Lavender Menace.

What kind of pirate am I? You decide!
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w00t. w00t indeed. A Real Final Fantasy Potions
Quantum Byte Achieved
Membrane Computers could be a wave of the future.
Ok, not it's just getting ridiculous. USB-Powered Fondue Pot
And you thought tree-rats were cute. Squirrels Kill Dog
A great edu-comic! Adventures in Synthetic Biology

Leave it to an Alaskan. Home Cyclotron Ban
I like to learn at least one new thing every day. Zeno's Paradoxes (another link) Or, as in this case, at least refresh my memory of cool things. I also learned about hypercomputation and generic bi-stablility. Although NOT IN CLASS. Damn school.
The nival climate muffles my creativity.
nival (NY-vuhl) adjective
Of, growing in, or relating to, snow.
[From Latin nivalis (snowy), niv- (snow).]

I wish I could find it and root it out. Maybe I could get rid of the weight in my mind. It won't stop dragging. I want to dig it out and make the dull ache go away with a sharp pain.
It will stop eventually. Then I can go on.
I always harboured the dreams and fantasies. Now I begin to see some of them fade away into something that will never happen. It's made me lost touch with all of them.
I need to catch them again.

Great art. Glenn Barr

Our move to the city is self-limiting behavior. We lose sight of the stars and the infinite expanse beyond our perception. It automatically limits our interest in expansion.
It could be one of the many causes of our turn inward and the great rise of the self in the U.S. But I am not a social psychologist.

I've been starting to look at the world in such a non-absolute way. I think part of it is John's influence.
Awesome. Thermal keypad combo snooping

Hilarious and scary as he always is: Bush Words.

Okaaaayyyyy..... Drawer pull in the shape of an angry baby's head
A WORKING V8-Engine Paper Model
Dinosaur was particularly relevant to me today. Dinosaur Comics: #666 (The "what about the internet?" part, not the mousey).

I've been reading The Emperor Wears No Clothes: The Authoritative Historical Record of Cannabis and the Conspiracy Against Marijuana. It makes me want to move to Canada. And I don't even smoke. It's just the attitude that pervades the U.S. The "Bible Belt" is just too big and full of too many bigots. And the crime rate comparisons are ridiculous, especially for violent crimes. It makes living in the U.S. seem almost suicidal. And when the oil runs out (because the U.S. won't stop until it runs out even if it kills the ecosystem) there will be a huge economic collapse. And unfortunatly it could take a large section of the internet with it. That could set our technological progress back a generation...
As far as GOOD news goes, I had a creme brulee at the Co-Op today and it was Divine. As in transexual. SO good.

New Lemur Species Named After John Cleese And well one should be.
Yay! Engrish!
So freaky... Fears Photoshop contest

Now that's tough. Hardy lichen shown to survive in space

I can almost feel it. I can almost see it.
It's hiding in the ether just a candle flame's width away.
It's so near along the axis of time, just perpendicular to everything.
Robot limbs will be getting faster muscles. 1000 times faster than human muscle. Want bionic arms and legs now?
"Jesus didn't believe in judging people so how dare you judge me. Do you think you're better than Jesus? Well you're wrong. Because me, and all of my friends who are better than Jesus discussed it, and agreed that you're not." -- from the T-Shirt Hell newsletter
All that and a fancy wood knot that looks like a vagina from a table in the Co-Op.

WTF? JC's Girls Girls Girls
This was wonderful to read: I Cthulhu (Neil Gaiman)
And in case anyone wonders where the Pirate Monkey Robot came from, it's here: Goats 2003-10-29
The funny thing is that is the only mention of it. So it really came from nowhere and has a recursive definition. Mmmm... Recursion.

This is hilarious: Schwarzenegger Street
Interesting.... Peyote Won't Rot Your Brain

BWA HA HA HA!!!!! Handheld Laser Gun available for purchase
TunnelRat might like this: Iran Electronics Industries
Found a great new webcomic: Hello Cthulhu (This is a good example)
I love Juxtapoz Magazine.
Dinosaur Comics is on a roll recently. Check outthe latest entry. (Megan-san and Guru, look at this.)

One of my fave comics, dinosaur comics, rocked today. More than even the usual rockage.

I had a perfect childhood. As perfect as anyone could ask for. I grew up in a happy christian family where we all loved and cared for each other. I felt respected and loved for who I was. My brothers and I never fought. Not really. There were tears and hurt feelings, sure. But it was never hateful.
My father was always there with correction and hugs and playing. He was gone a lot commercial fishing, but I never felt like he was not really there. I look up to him as a totally devoted family man.
I was homeschooled by my mother until high school, and i attribute my success in highschool and college to her. She was always there with a hug when I felt bad and always took care of me when I was sick.
My parents never had to spank me. They just told me what I had done wrong and why it was wrong, and they explained it so well that I understood and felt bad enough to not do it again.
It's hard for me to see so much pain and so many fucked up people in the world. I know what physical pain is as much as anyone, and I have some deep emotional wounds from some relationships. But it seems piddling compared to the physical, verbal and sexual abuse that people I talk to have gone through. I have been lied to, decieved, tricked, and betrayed. But I have never been put down by someone I love, told I was worthless, or that I am a drain.
I have cut and pierced my own body and had other do it. I have hung from metal hooks several times and liked it. But I have never been forcefully penetrated, beaten in anger, or struck with hate.
I have learned to control the physical pain. It makes my perception of the world clearer and sharper and in focus. I don't do it to wipe out emotional pain, I do it to feel, experience, and understand.
I've screwed up some past relationships by trying to be the healer.
But some wounds never seem to heal no matter how much you pour into it. Some people don't seem to know how to heal.
It usually just ended up wearing me out and killing the relationship.
If this helps anyone understand me any better, that is good.

Wow. Just wow. Honor the Source Belt Buckle

Good old home-grown humor. Alaska Barbies

Dead Guy Ale

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BAM! Not great... A bit bitter for me. But most ales are. Still, hilarious.

I totally need this shower head in the house.
That's all for today kiddies.

This makes me happy: Using Copyrights To Fight Intelligent Design
BEGIN RANT
Religious peoples: Okay, Science class is about SCIENCE. Intelligent design is NOT science. It is theology. Look it up in a dictionary. Science excludes mention of supernatural events because the definition of science requires experimental investigation.
If you want intelligent design in schools, petition for a SEPARATE class on theology. I have NO problem with that. Heck, I even think it's a good idea. Theology is an interesting and worthwhile subject. More people have killed and been killed for theological ideals than for any other reason and I think that reason alone gives it merit for study. We have to learn from history.
END RANT
This looks like fun in some ways: For sale: Britain's underground city but not as good for actually living.
This is just cool: a device that can detect weapon fire, locate the source and identify it in 6 milliseconds. This could go several ways, but I hope it makes the use of force less desirable. Mutually assured destruction never seemed good during the cold war though.
And A translator that doesn't even need you to speak. Other than just that neat part, it is a leap forward in how the speech is processed, using some newer AI techniques.
To all those that ever played "Animal Crossing": this is funny.

A great read about bionic implants from an actual user. My Bionic Quest for Bolero. One of my favorite parts are
"So in mid-2002, nine months after activation, I upgraded to a program called Hi-Res, which gave me 16 channels - double the resolution! An audiologist plugged my processor into her laptop and uploaded the new code. I suddenly had a better ear, without surgery. In theory, I would now be able to distinguish among tones five notes apart instead of 11."
and
"My hearing is no longer limited by the physical circumstances of my body. While my friends' ears will inevitably decline with age, mine will only get better."

Soon my brethren of the Church of Body Mod. Soon our capabilities will only depend on how quickly we can adjust. Will you join us? Will you fall to the side? We will no longer be human. Will you still love us? Will you still accept us? Do you accept us now?

And the Catholic Saint of Data Integrity?

I pray to teh G0dz of T3chn0l0gy, bring us soon to the divine day of our Rapturous Technological Singularity! You will bless us with teh Diamond Age when our computing becomes Ubiquitous and we will rejoice in that we are God.

On the other hand, this is so entirely depressing. Turning kids into fierce consumers: "One study found that 69% of all three-year-olds could identify the McDonald's golden arches - while half of all four-year-olds did not know their own name."

I know some peoples who need this shirt.
This may interest Megan-san: Iyagemono
Beautifully simple: Hot ideas for interfaces in the kitchen
Today's EEK and BWA-HA-HA!

And SORRY to anyone reading this from an RSS. I totally fux0r3d it today.

Refining what I said in an IM conversation with Megan-san:

Monkey's list of goals for our Earthship plan:

1. A place to OWN (at least partially) so I can experiment in the place I live like when I was growing up and so I can personalize it rather than living in a stale and static white box.

2. Growing at least some of my own food, and as much as possible.

3. Living with people I know and love instead of alone in my own little death-box room.

4. Experimenting with and USING alternative and renewable power, getting off the grid as much as possible.

This is actually quite neat. The Ultimate Automatic Cow-milker

Another amazing artist: John John Jesse

The new Xeons are teh sux0r. IDLE power consumption "nearly 400W"? WTF?!?! And they don't even perform that great. No link cause the review site was hacked and it's full of goatse.

Some BEAUTIFUL art: Marion Peck

a pirate walks into a bar, and for some reason he has a steering wheel down his pants. "why ya got a steering wheel down your pants eh?" the bartender says. The pirate says "Arrr!!! It's driving me nuts!"
digital pirate

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seal kitty lemur babies! OMFG! they are teh cutez!

Here's some fantastic functional modern art. Kees van der Westen ~ Espressonistic Works B.V

It never fails. Humans are odd creatures. Crocheted infant Yoda ears

WHY WON'T HE GO AWAY?!?! Plushie Crazy Frog

This game: Gravity is quite entertaining.

I was reading this this article about sleep and was thinking that if memory becomes externalized or even artificial, this process could be dealt with in a way that would not need a sleep cycle to consolidate the day's memories (the most common theory). This seems like a great boon to me. I certainly wish I never had to sleep.

A couple Japanese things for Megan-san: USB Mamory and some good old Engrish

And I would have had a even bigger head start on programming with this: board game based on computer programming

And who could not like a folding kayak.

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My latest "My Prius r0x0rz" report.

This makes me happy. I am not sure if I support it, but it makes me happy. The Girls of Geekdom - They're Smart! They're Sexy! They're Geeks!

I have been feeling lackadaisical towards school. Raise your hand if you had to look it up. A gold star for you if you did not have to look it up.

Combine this: Wal-Mart photofinishing narcs out student who made anti-Bush poster with this: Disappearing rights mug and I am scared and amuzed.

Serenity

This is awesome and is a wonderfully articulated way of saying how I feel about "Serenity": Orson Scott Card loves Serenity

I just watched the pilot of "My Name is Earl" and it is frickin' awesome. Hilarious. Good times.

As long as De Beers doesn't assassinate him, Linares will provide an amazing jump in technology. I've been on this for a while, but I haven't heard much from others about this. This is really amazing and potentially HUGE. Is De Beers keeping it quiet?
Manufactured diamonds

I mean diamond is amazing... It's the hardest material, it won't expand in heat, won't wear, is chemically inert, has incredibly high thermal conductivity and is optically transparent. Oh, AND it can be made semi-conductive, making it the PERFECT material for constructing integrated circuits. This would be a leap forward in chip design allowing tiny chips with no thermal dissipation issues. Seriously tiny and powerful beyond anything currently out there.

This is an awesome game. Planarity.net

Ummm.... Carbonated dairy products and fruit?

This looks awesome. artificial tornado generator

OMG! Duct Tape Band Aid

Makes me wish I could read Japanese. Some amazing gadgets. Engadget Japanese at CEATEC JAPAN 2005

My god I love this comic. VG Cats

This is a significant shift in the stance of the Catholic church. This will cause an even greater rift with the fundamental Christians. I see this as a wonderful and intelligent move by the Catholic church. Maybe we really can all learn to get along.

Catholic Church no longer swears by [the infallible] truth of the Bible

Biodiesels and hybrids are great. If only VW would make a hybrid with one of their high-efficiency diesels... It would get 60-80 mpg by my estimations. Maybe more. Then run biodiesel in it. Awesome.
But even all of this is just a temporary solution... It's partially based on non-renewable resources and still pollutes.
Solar, wind and hydro power charging hydrogen fuel-cells is the real eventual solution.

Megan and John! It's a Hydroplaning Kayak!

This looks like it will be amazing.

Mirrormask

Story by Neil Gaiman, and the Jim Henson creature workshop.

Limited release though. I hope I can find a place to see it.

A GREAT movie title: Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Hellbound, Flesh-Eating Subhumanoid Zombified Living Dead, Part 3 (2005)

"As you can see, the people love fiscal policy..."
"Yes, it's delicious."
- The Daily Show with John Stewart

This reminds me of my friend Suzy.

Beautiful work: deviantART: karincoma's Gallery

Awesome. Razor Blade Soap

Found this through Technorati. It's a good tool when you are looking for controversial issues.

"Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side'"

Dipsy Rhino Doodle

Dorfus Frickenhump

Sleeping

I see you when I'm half awake and thinking "where am I going?". Then I forget and sleep through the day. Someday I'll wake up again and see that you aren't there. I miss you then.
I sleep through so many days. It sucks the life out of me. I tell myself I'm sleeping so I can be awake someday, but someday keeps slipping. I think I sleep because I am afraid to wake up.
I need to wake up... But I just need a little bit more sleep. Just a little bit more and it'll be enough.

Wow...this is pretty neat. A web-based IM client that does MSN, Yahoo, AIM and Jabber (GTalk) meebo.com

Random picture of the day: PRAWN!!!

Oh.... my.... This is a wonderful flash movie. www.lodger.tv

WATCH IT!! THE MONKEY COMMANDS!

Bizzare Pic O' the Day: useless daddy nursing

Ridiculous! Pizza fork with integrated slicer-wheel

It's a Pirate Keyboard!

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Can your car do this? I think not. And with gas prices reaching $3/gallon, very nice.

Nya ha ha ha ha! disney war.

Been listening to the Dawn and Drew Show and they have played some of music from CIRCUS CONTRAPTION. I love it. :)

The image of the day

That's just funny... failure - Google Search

This is SUCH a great idea. Much better than pledge runs or such things. Hacking the fundamentalists Basically pledging a certain amount for each protester that shows up at a planned Parenthood for a month. Totally awesome.
Seriously I think I'll do it.
And who could resist Soviet space monkey pants on eBay?

Turn your Hampster into a Fighting Machine!

Well that didn't go well.

It's Monday. Sitting in the Co-Op, waiting for the latest Family Guy to finish. Wishing I had more social skills or was a bit more outgoing when I don't know people. The people that know me know I can be VERY outgoing among those I know. Perhaps too much. But something about unknown people makes me clam up. I think that's part of why I like doing fire shows. It's a good way to be extroverted and have an excuse. Otherwise I just don't know what to say.

Feeling lonely and weary. It's hard being in a new town and not knowing anyone. Expecially with me being all shy and anti-social and things. I'm fine once I know people... It's just that beginning that's hard... I'll meet some people eventually... Eventually.

Totally wierd... Tongue-eating bug found in fish

Ha HA! Vasectomy swag

Hello Kitty fire extinguisher

Ok.. No.. Really. A Hello Kitty fire extinguisher.

Apparently someone with my name is getting in trouble in Australia.... Search for Chris on the page. THE QUEEN v. JOHN NAN TRUONG

Got my ears redone. Gonna start stretching them again when they heal. Yay! I very much miss being a freak. And the local body modification shop is doing a Halloween party and I might do a fire show at it. :)

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Originally uploaded by ThatMonkey.

Full battery in my Prius coming down out of the mountains to Bozeman.

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I saw this jet-powered boat a couple times on the drive. This is a bad shot.

Classes seem to be going well... A week and a half into them. Think everything will work out. I visited Rah which was very nice. I am lonely here. I found out I could have stayed another day. Damn holidays.

Made it to Montana safe and sound. Cell service don't work in the house so I need to get an antenna hookup probably. But internet is a-ok.

Beyond Monkeys

Beyond Monkeys is a new project I am thinking about doing. Transhumanism is something that is truly dear to my heart. Not much time right now with work and school and work. And moving. But we'll see. Hopefully I'll make time for it.

Hot people in tech: Strom Carlson (binrev.net), Amber Mac (command-n.tv), Kevin Rose (systm.org), Xeni Jardin (xeni.net), Violet Blue (tinynibbles.com), Mur Lafferty (geekfuactiongrip.com)

I want this.
So bad. Ok, what I really want is this. But that's slightly less realistic right now at least.

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Here are John and Amy sitting in front of Pagoo at dock in Juneau. Bye guys! I'll miss you!

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This is the awesome home-made submarine in the Juneau dock. Gabe and I were trying to figure out how it was propelled, cause it doesn't look like the outboard is fitted with a snorkel. The outboard must be sealed and there could be a electric motor that cannot be seen from above. Very intriguing though.

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Getting a wireless link all the way across Funter Bay. A wireless Pirate!

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The Halibut I caught and later ate part of. 48 pounds!

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Posting this from on Gabe's sail boat out in the channel south of Funter bay. Had a great day sailing. So beautiful. I want my Pirate Circus!

Mmm... Fresh Alaskan crab from the ocean. Tastey.

I am in Funter Bay near Juneau. It is so beautiful here. It reminds me a lot of the years I lived in Cordova as a child. I'm remembering how much I loved the woods around there and the smell of the ocean and sitting in a boat rocking on the waves. We went on a hike yesterday up the mountain and found some abandoned mines and some equipment. Then we went out sailing on Gabe's boat and cooked dinner out on the ocean. It was great.

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Strom Carlson and Black Rachet talking about Asterix.

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The infamous "Wall of Sheep" lists people's usernames and passwords that were sent across the wireless network in an unencrypted protocol ("out in the open, as secure as passing a postcard down a line of everyone in the room"). The most common was http, then pop. There were also a lot of bluesnarfed pins.

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This was one of the presenters at Defcon. Hard to see in this pic, but that's a girl. And she was talking about 4th generation stealth rootkits and how they work with the x86 memory archtecture. Hot.

I am getting a migrane. Damnit. I see that vision distortion that is a warning sign. I'll have to skip out on a presentation and take some pain killers. They may or may not make me space out for the rest of the day. I just drank a bunch of water so maybe that will help. I was planning on driving back today, but that may not work.

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This was an ATM screen in the host hotel for the con. p0wned (Actually all three in the lobby were).

I am at DefCon. Feeling all wierd and disoriented. Not sure how much of it is lack of sleep and how much it is being here at this thing. It would be a lot different if I had some other haXor friends that could have come. I feel a little out of place because I have not really ever dealt with computer security. I have all of these pursuits I would like to follow, but never enough time. I seem to spend all my time doing things, but I feel like I am not getting things done. I need a better memory (not just retention, but organization too). I feel like I lose so much day to day. I want to spend the time on neural networks, just to understand how they work. I want to spend the time to try some known rootkits. Some known buffer overflows. I need more time dammnit!

More Prius Pics

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Here are some more pics off my Prius, now in better light and not through a window.

More Prius Pics

More Prius Pics
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Here are some more pics off my Prius, now in better light and not through a window.

More Prius Pics

More Prius Pics
Originally uploaded by ThatMonkey.

Here are some more pics off my Prius, now in better light and not through a window.

Today is a sad day. A wonderful person from my childhood has died in a tragic accident. Scott Powell was a wonderful man, and he epitomized all the good things that Boy Scouts was to me. He told the greatest stories around the bonfire, and he really kept the spirit of camaraderie and adventure alive. You will live on in the fond memories of thousands of boys. Zing Zing Bom Bom.

Boy Scout Tragedy

This is Hasada

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Originally uploaded by ThatMonkey.

He is a puppy.

My Prius

My Prius
Originally uploaded by ThatMonkey.

This pic was taken from inside Zips and uploaded from my Treo. Yay!

Another from the Treo.
Really I am just testing it.

I am posting this from my Treo. How cool is that?

Should get my Mobi today! :) Anyone who wants the number should email me or message me.
Planning on getting a protectant sheeting put on the front of my car for the Alcan. Yay!

Put a "stealth" button in my Prius which switches it temporarily into all electric mode. Very cool. :) I can cruise around parking lots totally silent.

Someone I was talking to at Zips said considering what other music I like, I should listen to some Postal Service. And wow. I like Postal Service. :) I find that I listen to music for the sound, not for the lyrics. I hardly listen to the lyrics.

You know Google maps? This is Google Moon! How nerdtacular is that? Oh yeah. Zoom ALL the way in anywhere. It's funny.

Just ordered a Treo 650. I will finally have a mobile! :)
I will try to get some pics of my car up ASAP. It is SO damn cool.

PRIUS!

I got my Prius and I LOOOOOVE it. That's looo-ve. like moooooo-ve. like a cow. I need sleep. I drove for 12 hours.

NO... FRICKIN'... WAY.... Jet Turbine Toyota MR2 on eBay

Sometimes life is just funny: drug-filled rockets.

Maybe this week (since I'll be in that part of Cali anyway) I'll go to The San Diego Comic-Con.

I am thinking about going to DEF CON 13. It would be AWESOME.

I like this guy's painting style. Especially this little guy: Hum_Drum

I am thinking about getting some of these... Darwin has a Posse

I have been reading again when I am not working or downloading information from the net into my brain. Just finished "The Gods Themselves" by Azimov, and now I have started into "The Hitchhiker's Guide: Ultimate Collection" which is ALL of 5 parts of the trilogy. Of course I have read them before, but who can help but enjoy the singular wit of the Adams? After this it may be more Azimov, or I might start the "History of Middle Earth" which I have the first 5 from. I really love Tolkein. The world he created is so rich that it doesn't feel like fantasy and I love that. Oh, and recently read "The Turing Option" by Harry
Harrison and Marvin Minsky. Not great SciFi, but really explores self and identity of AI in a way that I have rarely seen. Hmm. I also have some O. S. Card to read. More of the Ender series. I think what I love about good SciFi is that it twists my mind makes me think in ways that I have not before. I love that feeling of twisting my mind around some concept that is completly alien to my experience and human experience in general.

WHAT THE CRAP!?!? No really. 83,431 digits. From memory. Pi memory record broken

David Lynch now does daily weather reports on the internet

The bizarre link of the day. You have to look. No words describe.

I've started listening to music. It's not really something I have done before. It started with The Album Leaf, then Tegan and Sara. Then Mylo. The Walkmen, Spoon, The Thrills. Now I just found another wonderful one. Death Cab For Cutie. I also listen to the Flaming Lips... But of course. Not sure if Massive Attack fits. Trying out Cat Power and Le Tigre. We'll see.

Lately I have felt like the world is closing down around me, filling up that space that I normally have to move, taking away that freedom. I think it's what depression feels like. I have broke down a few times with nothin in particular starting it. I want to get rid of this feeling.

I gotta remember to try and see this... Planets `collide' this weekend

This is one of the most hilarious and awesome things I have heard recently. I wonder if it's really true... Locksmith makes key from X-ray of man's stomach

Can't wait until this makes it to market...
This pill will make you smarter

Heating of animals by absorbed sound energy!

Today's bizarre link: Amazon Books: Heating of animals by absorbed sound energy (U.S. Army Air Forces technical report)

Boing Boing: TSA confiscates folding car key, calling it a "switchbalde"

RIDICULOUS!!!!! Boing Boing: TSA confiscates folding car key, calling it a "switchbalde"

Six-legged puppy dumped at temple

This looks like a photoshop... but we'd need a better pic to tell. very odd though.Six-legged puppy

Photron - High-Speed Cameras and Primatte

This is just awesome. High-Speed Cameras

Squirrel Flask : Gizmodo

O... M... G... Squirrel Flask

(Yes, I overuse ellipsii.)

Amphicars as desperate escape option

This is both hilarious an' sad... Poor cubans. we make money not art: Amphicars as desperate escape option

DANCE DANCE IMMOLATION!

Ok... YOW! DANCE DANCE IMMOLATION!

Call The Internet

did you know you can: Call The Internet

Found some WiFi at a local fast food place called Zip's. There are some other closer APs, but I might be able to even get this one with the antenna coming next week. It'll be here on the 7th. Woo! 15 dBi gain directional!

Made it to Spokane.
Moved in and stuff.
Broadband would only be $20 a month, but then a $150 disconnection fee if disconnected in the first year. So SCREW THAT. Damnit.
I should be able to pick up some local wifi, but this is a small town, so we'll see.

Honors Kids

YeAH00za wa, it's da Honors Kids!

Boing Boing: Praying monkey in India

Boing Boing: Praying monkey in India

Can't get better than that...

This Just In...News from The Agony Column

an uncensored interview with Chuck Palahniuk

South Natomas Home Covered With Sheet Metal

For all you rockin' the tinfoil hats: South Natomas Home Covered With Sheet Metal

Boing Boing: Long Island commuter train boasts of "passive electrocution feature"

"passive electrocution feature". Ok... what?!?!

Dreaming of electric sheep

Dreamer and the Cowboy
Lover and Leaver
Life and the Solid
Time heals all wounds because we all die.
What happens when we stop dying?
What happens when we stop breathing but keep living?
Expand upon this theme.
I will never end.
I will become the circle made flesh.

Kelly Vivanco - Art

I really like this painting. A lot. Kelly Vivanco - Bird Keeper

Albino Blacksheep - Flash / Kitty Cat Dance

Ha HA!!! Kitty Cat Dance

T-Shirt Hell :: Shirts :: I SWING BOTH WAYS

I WANT IT!!! T-Shirt Hell: I SWING BOTH WAYS

(Beefy Tee, Brown, Medium)

learn morse code

Someday I will learn morse code. Maybe tomorrow.

Liam Kemp - This Wonderful Life

This work is AMAZING: Liam Kemp - This Wonderful Life

Quite hilarious and unfortunately true... I remember the days of being blind. How has this blind culture existed for so long? Because it fosters a generation who are programmed to NOT ask questions and to "respect" authority. What they actually accomplish is a government of the OLD who will never be challenged by the NEW. The NEW are told to "respect" the authority of elders and that leaving them in charge and unquestioned is a good thing. "What can you know? You are of the NEW."

Dear President Bush ,

Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from you and understand why you would propose and support a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage. As you said "in the eyes of God marriage is based between a man a woman." I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can.
When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination...
End of debate.

Now I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other elements of God's Laws and how to follow them.


1. Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians.
Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians? What if I can afford Celine Dion? Or Gretzky?

2. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?

3. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanness - Lev.15: 19-24.

The problem is how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.
What does Laura say?

4. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord - Lev.1:9. The problem is, my neighbors.
They claim the odor is not pleasing to them.

Should I smite them?

5. I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2. clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself, or can you send your Secret Service to do it?

6. A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination - Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality.

I don't agree. Can you settle this? Are there 'degrees' of abomination? Is anal sex safer than lobster newburgh -- or the other way around?

7. Lev.21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses.

Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle-room here?

8. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27.

How should they die?

9. I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?

10. My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev.19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field. He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot.

Is it necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone him? Lev.24:10-16.

Couldn't we just burn him to death at a private family affair, like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws?(Lev.20:14)

I know you have studied these things extensively since you were born again and thus enjoy considerable expertise in such matters, so I am confident you can help.

And thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.

An adoring fan,

Jeffrey R. Hoffman
Principal, National Director for Strategy Services

Scotsman.com News - Funniest jokes - The world's funniest joke?

The world's funniest joke?

Boing Boing: Boris Vallejo's Totally Ripped Jesus for sale

This requires no explaination. Just click it: Boing Boing: Boris Vallejo's Totally Ripped Jesus for sale: "Totally Ripped Jesus for sale"

Cell Architecture Explained: Introduction

Finally found a good explanation of the Cell Architecture.

Dumpster World - Index

Just for Gabe: Dumpster World

#007 - Suicide Prevention Week

Dirty, but SO awesome: Suicide Prevention

Clucking Blossom

Some friends are excited about this local festival: Clucking Blossom

ZOMBO

I had totally forgotten about ZOMBO.COM

reBang weblog » RepRap v.2

how cool is a homemade 3d printer? Reganomics!

Some good advice in a humorous fashion.

This reflects part of me and Rah's relationship. :)

Hey, I can burn you a copy. Walking Tractors? Photos of abandoned buildings in japan.

Holy Shit and O... M... G...

This shirt is awesome.

Passed my Comps!
I am cool!
La La La!

Dead Clown Gum?

Now that's just funny... John Cleese for Backup company

Just finished with my comps. Monday will decide if I get my Master's this semester.

Well this is a bizarre little comic.

Yeah, so this kid stole a laptop from a professor hoping to cheat on an exam. And here's what happened: Blast Radius: A World of Pain

stuff
Originally uploaded by ThatMonkey.

Amy made him for me. Ain't he cute?

Comprehensives are this Saturday.
Gah.
Almost ready.
Now that the NASA presentation is over, pretty much all I am doing until the end of this week is studying.

This could be the Naomi Harris I went to High School with.

I totally need a clock that monitors one's sleep cycle.

I've been running into an attitude lately with some of the people around me... And it bothers me. It goes something like this:

Other Person: "Hey, that's cool. I wish I knew how to do that."
Me: "Well, all it takes is a little education and real interest in computers."
Other Person: "Oh, I'm a dunce when it comes to computers. Technology and I don't mix."

This would not be so bad, except when they say this, it intones to me that they are almost proud of this deficiency. Perhaps I am reading too much into it.

And I am probably blinded by my wet-the-pants love for tech.

Insanity in a box.
I don't know why that popped into my head, but there it is.
I got most of my test done. I need sleep so I'll have to finish it after my presentation tomorrow.
Well, later today. :p

Bob wanted to see how Blogger works so I am showing him.

YAY!

I need a better blogging interface to this. Like a Gaim plugin. But I broke the Gaim plugin for blogger anyway... If I ever thought it was a high priority or I had enough time to get bored I would recompile the blogger plugin and adapt the code to work for IAM. But I don't see that happening until at LEAST summer. Speaking of summer, I am VERY much looking forward to it for several reasons. Here is the list, in order of importance from most to least: I GET TO BE WITH RAH!, I'll be done with school for a bit, I'll have the NASA project out of my hair, I will be away from Alaska, I'll have my Master's. There are actually many more, but those ones kind of make me forget the others because they are less important. In other news, I am going to be a groomsman for one of my friends. I've know him for an ungodly length of time. He is back among my childhood memories. I've been trying to remember how long it has been. I think it it since I was about 8... maybe 10. Well, anyway, most of my life. Being 23 now, over 12 years at least. After that, drivin' on down to see my lovely lovely Rah Rah Kitty.

spiral-model

spiral-model
Originally uploaded by ThatMonkey.

This is so exciting.

Yay! Another optical illusion.

Here's the story about the guy who implanted an RFID chip into his hand.

I just read a neat new story.

This ring is designed for tagging and killing. Finally a proper use of a diamond.

2005-03-28_TreeRat 001
Originally uploaded by ThatMonkey.

I saw this TreeRat climbing right across the side of Chapman. It just struck me as odd, so I clicked it.

2005-03-28_TreeRat 001
Originally uploaded by ThatMonkey.

I saw this TreeRat climbing right across the side of Chapman. It just struck me as odd, so I clicked it.

Once in a while I run across something that makes my eyes go all wiggy.

It's a Walking Sperm Robot!

Well, I am on my way back to Fairbanks. Missing my Rah already. She's doing great with her job and seems to be doing quite well. I am impressed with how hard a worker she is. I am tired. My sleeping schedule is really screwed.

I am so hungry. Guess that's what I get for not eating this morning. I decided to sleep the extra half hour and get a total of 6 and a half hours.

I'm in Architecture class. It's nice to know what is going on all the time. I don't need to do all kinds of reading to keep up. I just have to go to class. Only 4 days left until I get to see my girl again. This break is going to be wonderful. Just being away from school for a bit will be nice, but also taking a trip out of Alaska and seeing a new place AND I get to be with my girl! How awesome is that. I might just explode. GAH! I just have to make it through this hell week. After I get back, only a month or so more and I am OUTTA here and with my Rah.

I made creme brulees last night. They were delicious. Then I stayed up until 7am or so doing homework. I have a crapload still to do before Monday. Which is tomorrow. Blah. I am working on a draft of my thesis final written report. It will be huge. Still generally kicking ass at school, but I have to stay on it all the time. I am guessing by the time Spring rolls around I will be worn the fuck out. I will definitly want a little break.

I've been very irritable and bitchy today. I think being away from Rah has really started to get to me. And the massive amounts of caffiene that I've been consuming to keep me awake and doing things. I am SO FUCKING looking forward to Spring Break. FUCK! Gah. I VERY much need to be with Rah. And away from school.

I am staying up all night working.
And watching "Super Size Me".
I am very frightened.
Doing well on work though.
Feeling productive.
If I keep this up I'll be ahead of the game when Spring Break comes.

Well, I got a B on my database exam. Crap.
I need an A to keep my GPA above 3.5.
Grad schools like high GPAs.
Meh. Generally kicking school's ass.
Working all the time is the only thing that has managed to distract me from being away from Rah. When I take a break from school I just think about how I wish I could curl up with her. Talking on the phone and net both helps and makes it worse. So close, yet so far away...
So many times when we are on webcam I have the sudden urge to reach out and hug her. Then I realize I can't and it is such a dissapointment. I miss her so much.

This week has been INSANE! I've been doing school and school work from 10:00am until 2:00am every night.

Had fun being a nerd for so many hours at the Deathnet LAN party... but I would have traded it all for one hour with Rah. I miss her so much. Spring break will be wonderful. :) I need to find a way to watch this movie.

Every have one of those moments when everything just seems right? I did tonight walking home from the Honors House. I stopped and looked up and there was the Aurora. Homework flowed out of me tonight and I was productive. Meetings went well, I felt confident in my knowledge in class. I talked to Rah and I know everything will work out. I miss her so very much, but I know we will do just fine.

Here's t-shirt hell's latest. They are awesomely awful.

This is AMAZING! Le Parkour
Here's a video,
and a good reference on the subject.

HILARIOUS! and NSFW: Elephants!

Fell asleep in a big puppy-pile of people... then I went home because A snores. And I HATE sleeping in my clothes. And I was hungry. I am still hungry. Grr.

Had a fun night with all the peoples tonight. Cabbage rolls, dumplings and sauerkraut. Yums.

Presentation went well.... SO much frikin work to do over the next week.

Presentation in 10 minutes! Yay! I am ready.

It's Wednesday already... Time is going so damn fast. Got a 22 out of 26 on my first database assignment. 84.165% is not so good... Grr... That's a B. Acceptable, but not good. 10 out of 10 on Graphics homework... I like that. Should get full points on this week's homework too. And... I have my presentation tomorrow... Not a big deal, but I need to practice.

A and M cut my hair... It's all short now... I look like a monkey. So not entirely bad.

Blah.

Didn't do squat yesterday... Well, homework and work work. And some DDR. I am now watching Simpsons. I have to finish rewriting a paper to submit to a conference. And at some point my Architecture homework. OOook.

Hey, if anyone reads this, I'd be curious to know. Leave me a comment.

Well, Rah is forcing me to sleep. I miss her so fucking much. I am so in love with her it's ridiculous.

This is just disturbing... Milk does a body good

Gah... I'm all sore and stuff. Like my body is fighting off a flu. Probably why I was sickey yesterday. I thought it had to do with the staph infection, but this feels like a regular flu. Taking the antibiotics, so hopefully I'll get through all this. I slept from about 7pm until 5am... So not horribly long... but two nights worth of my normal sleep schedule. Maybe that's why I got sick... Or my not hardly eating... My appetite has been quite lacking. I need to get M and A to go to Sam's for me so I don't have to go. I REALLY need to eat but I don't want to go out... Maybe I'll order delivery... Unfortunately anything I could order wouldn't be healthy (as in it would be very high in fat). Like Chinese or Pizza.

This is the freakiest thing I have seen in a long time. It's an adult star-nosed mole. Here's the article I got it from. It doesn't look like something one would find on earth.

Seriously, a clock like this would help some people... but those people would probably be able to sleep while it's going off anyway.

I was sick when I woke up yesterday (I almost puked several times, but never actually did). I went to the health center and they gave me some antibiotics to stave off the staph infection in my arm. Yeah, I thought it was just a slow healing scratch, but apparently I am infected with bacterial loveliness. And by that I mean little bugs trying to kill me. I feel a bit better today, but still under the weather. It's been -40 F for about the last week, so that probably hasn't helped. Got my blood drawn for an STD screening when I was at the health center. I'm not worried because I'm asymptomatic, but it's always good to check occasionally. I think I will finish reading news, then go over to the honors house and do homework.

Ok... Printing Sushi? That's just odd... (Yes, you have to sign up for NYT, but it's free.)

YAY!!! My most favorite webcomic, Men in Hats, is updating again!

Hmm... PICKLES WILL KILL YOU!

This just seems wrong... A phone to call dead people in their coffins.

Speaking of dead people, this would be a horrible way to die: Death by Alchohol Enema

Ok... Ultimate geek fashion:A WiFi Detector Ring!

T-Shirt Hell cam out with this month's new shirts today. They are SO wrong, and yet hilarious.

blah... doing homework. It is database homework so it is quite boring. I miss Rah so much.

Could you figure out this Japanese Toilet Interface?

Well, this is just amusing... Car vs. Telephone Wires

Slept all day today... Didn't get any work done.... Talked to Rah on MSN for HOURS! It was awesome. :) Webcam and all. :) Gotta buckle down and do that paper tomorrow. I am watching "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex" It is wonderful. :) I'll go home and sleep when it's over.

I don't know if I want to go to sleep... I wouldn't wake up until much later... Not like I have plans this weekend... Other than two homework assignments, a paper outline, work for John and preparation for the meeting on Monday. One of the homework assignments is almost done... The other I have not received the book for.... Have to borrow someone's on Monday. So really all I should worry about is the the paper abstract and work for John. I guess I am less worried about sleeping and missing the day now.... I was going to stay up for the PO to open, but I just looked it up and the UAF branch isn't open on Saturday. I can at least go check the box... I think... I assume Signer's hall is open. I think I will go check it out then go to my room and crash for a bit... But "Ferris Beuler's Day Off" is on...

I am awake and it is 7am. I am kind of watching Duckman... Some people are sleeping... Some are watching... I feel so... blank...

Stuff I Want

Random
BNS Ultra DX-Xtreme Dance Pad
Small Expresso machine

Computer
PVR Machine, Game Machine, Mini-ATX
Laptop lock
External Harddrive enclosure ( USB 2.0 )
BlueTooth chip for D600 (Truemobile 300 internal, can find on eBay )
Harddrive for Laptop (laptop 2.5", any larger than 40 GB)
RAM for Laptop ( 200-pin SODIMM DDR PC2100 266Mhz, one or two 256 MB chips or a 512 MB chip )
Bluetooth mouse (any optical wireless bluetooth)
Gish ( computer game )

DVDs
Serial Experiments: Lain ( Boxed Set )
The City of Lost Children
The Secretary
Mulholland Drive
Memento
American Beauty
Books
Mind Hacks by William Gibson
Idoru by William Gibson
Burning Chrome by William Gibson
Pattern Regognition by William Gibson
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow ( ISBN: 0765307596 )
Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson

Oh... And geeks naked with their hardware (NSFW)

He He :) Webcomics are great. Illegal Ferrets! http://www.wigu.com/?date=20050128

and a Baby Jesus Butt Plug

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Well, here's today's "Only a nerd could love" A chocolate solar system!

This just made me smile: A new kind of alarm clock

Want some Personalized Sprouts?

In other news, I hate being away from Rah. It sucks.

Today I was in a very good mood. Sarah and I had a great conversation on the phone last night and I was still high on that today. Then I went and talked to Dr. Roth (the C.S. department head) and got it all set up to graduate this semester with my Master's Degree in Computer Science. Talked to Sarah about the future. It made me very happy. :) Then I made very good dinner with the girls. Then I was going to call Rah back and Kelsey was crying on the stairs. I went down and talked to her, and apparently she had broken up with her boyfriend (of almost two years). She was pretty broken up and I felt so bad. I talked to her about it and she said that he is totally in love with her but she isn't sure. She is afraid of being alone and about hurting him, but she was not happy in the relationship. I talked for a while and about my ex and how I never thought I'd fall in love again. And then how I met Rah and how I really feel like I have found someone I could be with for the rest of my life. Kelsey admitted that she wants something like that and it isn't worth it to stay with what she is doing now just because it's better than nothing. Soooo... She felt much better about breaking up with him after that. But unfortunately it was too late to talk to Rah. I feel really bad now because I missed Rah. I REALLY wanted to talk to her tonight. God I miss her so much. It's really nice to have Megan and Amy here because they are so accepting and happy and silly and fun. They are always hugging on each other and it makes me miss Rah. I get all daydreamy and thinking of Rah whenever I see them hugging.

Stuff Happens

an original screenplay concept

by Chris

Black comedy: An antisocial loner teams up with a kind hearted prostitute to find the true meaning of love. In the process they deflower a gay interior decorator. By the end of the movie they have sex with 42 cars and end up winning the admiration of their universe, living happily ever after.Think Ernest Goes to Camp meets Memento.

From Plot-O-Matic

This class is screwing with my head. One minute we are reviewing basic trigonometry, and the next minute we are talking about realtime ray-tracing.

WEll, it's Monday and I am back in class. This will be a bit of programming. Brian was out sick this morning so hopefully he'll be better by Wednesday. We really need to get going on the web service description set. Oh, and apparently I will have two people working under me. Not only am I working for NASA, but now I have two subordinates! Don't I feel famous. I am now working on the homework for this class during the class. I'll be more productive if I stop typing here, so I will.

Ok, this is SO incredibly nerdy I can hardly stand it. A Search Engine Belt Buckle

Well, I'm off to racquetball with the girls, Amy and Megan.

Sometimes I hate being an insomniac. Most of the time it doesn't bother me, but sometimes I just want to sleep.
So the world is officially coming to an end.

I think it's silly when people are trying to do something on a computer and then they say they hate computers when it doesn't go smoothly. What would the world be today without computers? Chat and instant messaging, blogs and email. Do you really remember how you got along without them? The age of computers is now. If you do not embrace them, you will be left behind in the new age.

I am totally in love with Sarah. It feels like it did when I fell in love with Carrie back in High School but this time I know it is not just puppy love. I thought I was too jaded to feel love like this. I thought I loved Laci. I thought I loved Jenn. But this is totally different. It scares me because she has such a strong hold on me.

In CS 681 (Computer Graphics). It is interesting. It looks like it will be a lot of work, but it will be fun. Taught by a brand new professor. I think I'll be dropping the Automata class. It will be absolutely horrid. Mainly because it is taught by Bique. Ugh. He seems constantly on edge. Like he's going to have an aneurysm or just suddenly explode.

The Tin Wiskers are coming! http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000363027888/ Well, Ok, maybe they won't cause the collapse of the modern world, but I love the quote "So, slow death from lead poisoning, or the gradual collapse of the global communications infrastructure. Isn’t it fun when technology gives us such great options?" I am in my first class of the semester today. w00t!

I saw my ex today... wasn't too bad. I don't love her anymore, I know that now for sure. I want my TV back. And my $800. Well, it's closer to $1000 actually. Damn. But enough about things that annoy me. I want to build a new computer. And I want to get a new DDR pad. The one I have is worn out. The down button sticks sometimes. It's usually only for a half of a second or so, but it's enough to make it unplayable at the higher difficulties. Kerrie owes me $150, so I'll just get her to buy me a new pad. Or a computer component...

Finally made it onto campus. Moved into the dorm (Wickersham). It's nice enough. My roommate doesn't speak much English. He's a masters student in statistics. The room is nice. It's set up with a central room that is connected to another double as well. The central room has a sink and a toilet. Gotta get a bunch of stuff done... Talk to Nance, get books, pay fees...

Brad, Roni and I stayed up all night playing Risk: LoTR Edition and Hilarium. And talking and playing with Brad's Gameboy DS. Oh, and coffee. We drank coffee. We stayed up because we were going to go in early and get into the dorms when they opened at 8am, just because. So 8am rolls around and guess what: Roni's car won't start. Currently waiting for someone to save us. I wish Rah was online. I miss her a lot. I was wishing she was here all evening.

I am staying with Roni at her place until I move into the dorms. This is terribly exciting because Brad is staying here too.

In Fairbanks

So I came back from Australia, spent the holidays with family, went to Las Vegas, fell in love and am now back in Fairbanks, going back to school to finish my Master's degree in Computer Science.