Last month, I made plans. The first weekend of this month, I was to go skiing. The last weekend of this month, I was to go to an onsen. Skiing was fun but mostly unremarkable; I took a train there, skiied for a day and a half, and took a train back. There was some [...]
So, it looks like I’ve rendered two computers unusable in five days. On the plus side, I have a reasonable hope that I’ll be able to send in the old motherboard (which I’ve determined was the point of failure) and have it replaced under warrantee. It’ll only cost $60, plus shipping both ways. Now, this [...]
For the record, this is the first time I’ve linked to a Penny Arcade Rant, because usually I figure that those things have enough exposure anyway in the world of the web. However, this time I feel strongly enough about the matter at hand that I had to. Moonbase Commander is the best electronic competitive [...]
I think there is something fantastic about the huge underground complexes built during the Cold War. If I ever come to the point in my life where I can afford to spend a few million dollars on real estate which won’t turn the slightest profit, I could see myself buying one and setting up a [...]
Today marked my third attempt at getting a bank account. It ran into the same snag as at the previous two banks–the process was rolling along fine (where ‘fine’ is defined as the original teller calling over whatever colleagues speak a little English, and having me write everything down, and hurried conferences with the floor [...]
Updating the drivers for my video card didn’t help with the game-crashing-ness. I’m probably just going to stick to ancient games for a while–maybe later I’ll do something so I can play games released in the last few years. It’ll involve buying, at minimum, a new video card (though I really don’t want to; this [...]
My internet connection is back, which makes me very happy. Below are some entries that I wrote while the connection was down: 20050721 Last night, my students took me out to eat for my welcome party. It was a traditional Japanese restaurant, so the table was about 30 cm off the floor, and we had [...]
What with the upcoming move to Japan, I am selling my car. I’ve been asking $1000 for it, as this seems a fair price, and I want it sold before I go. I finally got around to checking the blue book value: $1760. Oops. It’s a 1993 Eagle Vision ESI, 119300 miles, good condition (as [...]
I’m going to sleep tired because although the sleep I got yesterday, in total, was theoretically enough, I got it in fits and spurts which didn’t really help the way they should have. Nevertheless, I’ve been very happy today, becuase of two things: first, I got paid today for the first time this summer. This [...]
Let’s say that I accept employment with a company. Let’s say that for various reasons, that company fails to pay me. Let’s say that my job for that company involved writing code. Let’s say that I am given responsibility for a fairly major project for a client. After a while, after several requests to meet [...]