January 2004
6 posts
Chicago Winter, January 2004
So it’s really really cold here in Chicago and we’ve been getting a whole lot of snow.
Jan 30th
Tweaking
I’ve been tweaking the design. When I changed to the current design, I really didn’t go through a fix all the little problems. I just left everything kind of half-done. Well….now I have fixed almost everything. Check out the nicer RSS feeds. Also, if you haven’t seen the Hideout Dance Party photos, check them out. I will be fixing the Signals Archive in the near future.
Jan 12th
G5s Galore
I just wanted to show you what got shipped to me at the lab the other day: We now have 19 G5s in the digital lab. They are all going to go into the open lab area. The computers they are replacing will be moved to classrooms for use there. We have opened more sections (classes) than ever before for this coming semester, so they are going to be setting up an extra classroom for me (counters,...
Jan 12th
Subway’s Atkins Wraps
I wonder if anyone has noticed that Subway’s Atkins wraps have 9 grams of saturated fat. Saturated fat used to be the enemy of dieters everywhere. Now, these wraps sell like wildfire because they have the Atkins “A” tagged onto them. Those 9 grams of fat are there before you even start putting toppings on. I wonder how long this Atkins phase will last.
Jan 12th
eBooks, Matt’s many books, and readers
Well, Matt McClintock has produced a site that has downloads of most, if not all of the books from the Gutenberg Project. The icon is freaking beautiful and the interface is none too bad at all. Now all we need is a display for digital books that doesn’t suck. I had a Rocket eBook for a long while that I let Matt have to test his site with. I wasn’t exactly thrilled with it. What we need is a...
Jan 12th
Work
So, I’ve been really really busy. Sorry about lack of updates. Besides moving to a home without much in the way of internet access I’ve also been working on 3 websites, 3 final projects and 1 paper. I’ve been working on an interactive crime scene for my forensics class. It teaches the user about some of the forensics involved in a crime scene investigation. I have had to design a game for my...
Jan 3rd