Yesterday I went to visit the Computer History Museum. I’d been meaning to do so more or less since I got here, but in the absence of any knowledge other than that it existed, it had been easy to pass on by. During the week, however, F2, Emily & I went to a talk there… Read more
Today I ate the last piece of the block of chocolate that Julie, Peter & Co. gave me back in November. I made myself eat no more than one individual cuboid a day… which turned out to be easier than I’d expected – given my weak constitution for chocolately goodness – perhaps because this way… Read more
Last Wednesday I drove down to SLO, as previously detailed. I wasn’t nervous or anything, but I was consciously trying to get a good night’s sleep before that, just so I wouldn’t be too tired for the drive, nor feel I had to catch up on sleep in time for the career fair the next… Read more
Last Thursday I was down at Cal Poly – a mid-size university (~17k students, I’m told) in the rather nice town of San Luis Obispo, not far from Santa Maria, and very close to the famous Pismo beach, courtesy of Bugs Bunny. Career fair, of course; not a social visit, sadly. There were six of… Read more
As of right now I’ve bought 722 songs from the iTMS (well, bought or grabbed as freebies). That’s roughly 50 albums-worth. It seems like a scarily large amount, until I visualise that in jewel cases, and realise it’s all of about four cubes on my dad’s CD stand. Still, it represents approximately $600 of my… Read more
Every now and again I need my social security number (from the card), for filling out some form such that the Men in Black can keep track of me, or whatever. After I’m done with the little bugger, I invariably hide it somewhere in a way which seems somewhat blasé at the time, yet consistently… Read more