by Matt | Jan 22, 2002 | Imported Entry
Things are sorta working again here in internet land. We made our cable company get off their fat butts and add two more IP addys today. Which means that all of us are back online. The connection is still slower than your average grandmother driving but at least it works. And as for my horrific two days of non-updating… I couldn’t think of anything interesting to write. Sunday afternoon I sat around the house and enjoyed “me time”. Lauren came over to visit that evening and we relaxed a bit. Monday, everyone had the day off so I started in on some HTML stuff I needed to do then I started making dinner. I made one of those StoveTop “dinners in a box” which I would recommend to anyone. Those things are awesome. All you need is the box and some chicken.
As for today, I went downtown before class, to the Bursars office, and got them to push my refund check through. I’ll be able to pick it up on Thursday. Which is good, because I’m friggin broke.
So, tonight, after visiting with Lauren for a little bit, I’ve come home to work on a website that’s due tomorrow. So that’s that.
Let’s see, what else…
CS 1.4 is kinda/sorta cool. They changed the spectator/”you’re dead” mode a lot. Cleaned up some of the voice stuff and their “working” on anti-cheat implementation. I haven’t seen anyone cheat yet, so maybe it’s working and I don’t know it.
Lastly… I stumbled across something called Post Nuke, an open-source content management system, which if it’s everything it seems to be, maybe be my new web page system. I’ll have to play with it before I make a switch or anything. It might also be a way for Chris and I to work with www.blogproject.com, which btw, we still need a host for.
Ok, back to work. Later.
Current music: Push – The legacy & Madona – Music
by Matt | Jan 20, 2002 | Imported Entry
Well, my roomies just left for the Catch-22 and Suicide Machines concert in Atlanta. A small part of me wishes I went with them but the rest of me realizes I get to sit around the house naked and watch movies all day. That part of me is happy. Anyway.
Last night a bunch of us went to see A Beautiful Mind. Great movie. I can definately see why it’s already being nominated for awards. Russell Crowe does a great job playing Prof. John Nash. I think Crowe really has some range as an actor, he’s certainly come a long way since Gladiator and a really really long way since LA Confidential and The Quick and the Dead. I don’t really feel like reviewing this one at the moment, maybe later this afternoon. But it is very good. Go see it. You’ll laugh, cry, cheer, boo, etc. It’s a rare gem in the current pile of movie garbage.
Ok. Shower and food time. Later.
by Matt | Jan 18, 2002 | Imported Entry
Stuffage. Tonight is hockey night and I’m happy. I don’t have much to do until then. I should be dressed and I should be bringing a form downtown to the Bursars Office, but that would require the sort of person who excerts effort as well as being dressed and as I’ve just mentioned, I’m neither of those things. So, I’m sitting here in my PJs, not doing much of anything. I just played a little Tetris (clone) thanks to Chris’ roommate, the fish. I think I’ll make a skin for it to show my appreciation for his coding skillz.
I think I’m going to go make lunch. I wish I had some pasta sauce, then I could make the jumbo stuffed shells that I have in my freezer. Or, maybe not, because that would require effort as well… but it would make my tummy happy… I’m indecisive today, can’t you tell?
Current Music: The Strokes
by Matt | Jan 17, 2002 | Imported Entry
WOOT! Guess who’s a new Valve beta tester? ME!!! I got my confirmation last night and my download today. I get to check out the new versions of CS, HL, TFC and DMC. I’m happy!!! Now, if only my cable modem wasn’t getting 2k/sec at the moment, then I’d be playing like there’s no tomorrow. I can’t wait till they straiten out the connection and I can have a look at the new maps.
Huzah!
by Matt | Jan 16, 2002 | Imported Entry
Why on earth do I feel the need to get to my 9am class early? Is it that I have nothing better to do at 9am? Certainly not, sleep is always an option. Well, what is it? Parking my friends, parking. You see, Savannah, while only being a medium sized city (about the size of Manchester or Worchester) they’ve already used up any available empty lot for private parking. Resturants own the lots next to them, so do banks, office buildings etc. So, when SCAD started buying buildings in the 70’s, they unfortunatly neglected to buy buildings that included the lots next to them. Let me give you an example. Downtown, not including the new dorms, there are 4 academic buildings and a 2 dorms. Can you guys how many parking lots we have. 1 for the large dorm, two small little ones (about 30 cars wide) for the “over flow” and a dirt lot in a construction zone that we’re not sure if we can park in but do anyway. Now, you have to realize that there are 500+ students in the large dorm, 30+ in the small one then hundreds of students all day long going to the academic buildings. Do the math. That’s not a good number you’re getting are you? Welcome to the SCAD parking problem. Take all of the problems people have parking in a large city (meters, traffic etc) and then throw a medium sized college into the middle and give everyone no additional parking whatsoever. So, the answer to the original question is that I get to class early so I can steal a parking spot from some stupid little freshmen. Then I come here and write something mindless and rambling onto my website. Oh well. The teacher is talking at this point, I suppose I should be paying attention. Later.
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