by Matt | Aug 30, 2001 | Imported Entry
Today has been a mildly productive day. Around 2pm, Pete and I went downtown to Propes Hall to see the Bursar. In case the word “Bursar” is new to you, it’s basically the financial aid office and acedemic advising office rolled into one. Pete needed to get some financial aid stuff worked out and I was just checking on the status of my account. Turns out that my balance from previous quarters was almost enough to pay for this quarter entirely. I had only a $360 balance due. The bad news was (and it was a good thing I checked) that my financial aid paper work for this semester was stuck in “processing” limbo. The bursar told me that since Saturday was the deadline and there was no way the paper work would be pushed through on time (because they’re lazy) that if I didn’t pay the $360 by Saturday I would be charged a late fee of $150. To me it seems silly to wait for my paperwork and get zapped for $150, so tomorrow I’ll go back down and write a check for the balance. Then, two weeks from now, when they finish processing things, I’ll have a credit in my account, which I’ll use to pay myself back. The point is, if they would get off their butts and finish students paper work on time, no one would have to do things like this… or is that just their plan. To make kids be late in order to charge them late fees. Its seems like an evil conspiracy to me… or I’ve been watching the History Channel too much.
After that, we stopped by O-House to see if Nagle was in yet. Unfortunatly not, but we did leave a message for him to call, which he did. We’ll probably end up seeing the Senior Film Show tonight. I wasn’t planning on going originally, but since everyone else seems to think it’ll be cool, I might as well tag along.
Other than that I’ve been collecting icons all evening. “What on earth does he mean”, you ask? Well, I found a copy of one of my all-time favorite programs that had been updated for Windows 2000. It’s called iPhile. Its made by an icon artist named Scrow and is available over at virtual-plastic. VP is a great site for just about anything you want to do to your desktop. Everything from desktop tools (extra tool bars, virtual windows), to icon tools (changers, creators, packagers) to changing your startup logos or replacing your calculator. Great site. From there I realized I hadn’t reinstalled my icon collections from the last time I upgraded. I found all the collections I had before and then some. I’ve also got some great links for you guys to check out. First, go check out GUI Galaxy, a nifty portal to hundreds of other sites full of icon collections and design groups. Then check out Ra’s Page, a weird collection of urban art, drum and bass beats, icons with attitude and some cool flash stuff. I was really impressed. Then check out Pixture, a japanesse pixel pusher with a icon talent for making just about anything. Hundreds of great sets. Lastly, check out Virtual Plastics own directory of essential icon collections so you can see the tons of great artists I’m leaving out, simply for space reason. Anyway, I’m going to go play with about 500 icons now, then I’ll be off to the video show. Later.
Current Mood: downloaded 
by Matt | Aug 30, 2001 | Imported Entry
Well, I got bored this morning and changed the color of the bar to the left. It was blue, now it’s gray. At one point this morning, the whole freakin’ page was green, but I changed it back.
by Matt | Aug 29, 2001 | Imported Entry
Well, I got bored and changed the color of the scroll bar today. It won’t show up for Opera users, I’m not sure about NS since my copy of Netscape decided to become corrupt this morning, but it looks fine in IE. I also took a little trip over to the office to tell them I got a new car, just incase they tow mine away thinking its not supposed to be there. Later tonight I’m gonna do a load of laundry (how exciting) and then head over to visit Jeff who also just got back to town. After that I’ll probably come home, give Lauren a call and throw in a movie. Ah the life of a college boy. Hehe. Later.
Current Mood: Fine 
by Matt | Aug 29, 2001 | Imported Entry
Well, today Pete and I (after setting up the cable modem) took a ride out to Sam’s Club and got some more food. I picked up a 15 bottle pack of Arizona Herbal Tea and a giant bag of Tostitos. Pete picked up some regular ice tea and a blender. We needed the blender simply because we didn’t have one. That and a microwave were the two appliances we didn’t have. One down, one to go. So, with the blender in hand we made plans to make virgin margirita and milk shakes later tonight. When we got home I surfed the web for a while while Pete struggled to get his computer back to 100%. He had installed Win2k yesterday and was having a few minor issues. Later I made up a batch of my green curry with rice and a salad. I love having my own kitchen. Afterwards, Pete’s film buddy Michelle came over to visit and they made milkshakes.
In Random News: Microsoft went Gold with Windoze XP today, check that story out at Betanews if you get a chance. I personally don’t care about XP but Chris seems to think it’s “da bomb” and the beta testers seem to agree. I also DL’ed a copy of IE6 tonight. This, despite a few draw backs, I like. The biggest thing it’s got going for itself is the speed. Web pages appear instantly after being downloaded. So, if you’ve got a fast connection, it’s instantaneous. Very cool. I still don’t like it’s blatant security holes and the fact it’s part of the .net movement, but it is an improvement over mozilla engines, opera and older IE engines.
Thats about it. I didn’t get done what I wanted to get done today, but I got other things done instead, so I guess it’s ok. Ok, I’m gonna go take a shower, again. Damn this heat. Later,
Current Mood: Still Jubilant 
by Matt | Aug 28, 2001 | Imported Entry
YeeeeHaww! Guess who’s back on line. Thats right foo’s, its Matt! He’s back and surfing faster than ever. All those emails will be answered soon, and I’ll be on AIM a whole lot more. You know, after suffering through a dial-up all summer, this feels like a miny computer orgasm. It’s great. All that shit that I’ve been wanting to download all summer, now comes to me at 300k/sec. Yippee!
*cough*, sorry, got a little carried away. Lets see, today I’m going to sit on my ass and do absolutely nothing. And I’m so completely content to do so. You know, it’s a weird feeling waking up in your own house and realizing you have nothing to do. I have no work, no school, and a house I can call my own. It took every ounce of strength and resolve merely to get out of bed. Well, that and it’s 95 freakin’ degrees and my bed was getting a little to hot. Whatever. Ok, sorry to keep it short, I’m gonna run and enjoy the bliss of cable modems. Teehee.
Current Mood: Jubilant
by Matt | Aug 26, 2001 | Imported Entry
Hey Hey Hey, Well, I made it. I’m in one piece. My computer is still in it’s box at the moment, basically because I haven’t purchased a computer table for it yet. But, my roommate was nice enough to let me use his for the moment.
As for the trip down… well, it sucked. The first day we caught nothing but traffic. Theres a section of i95 that I like to call “the corridor from hell”. Basically is stretches from the New Jersey Turnpike, down past Washington DC and Richmond VA. You have to pass through NJ, over a brige with a $3 toll onto Delaware, over a second bridge (also a toll) to Mayland, through a turnpike tunnel (again a toll), through downtown Baltlimore, into Penn and through Philly, into Virginia, through Richmond and past DC. It sucks. I was in bumper to bumper traffic all the way. Its never been that bad. We got to our “half way point” in VA about two hours later than we should have. After that it was a breeze. The second day of driving went quickly and I was in Savannah by 3pm on Saturday.
After moving everything in from the car and taking a quick shower my mom and myself headed off to see about getting a bed. We found a factory outlet and was able to get a $800 Serta Pillowtop Full for $190. I slide the delivery guy a twenty and asked if he could have it there this afternoon. He was there in 30 minutes. After setting up the bed, taking a quick shower and getting a bite to eat, Pete, my mother and myself headed off to Walmart for some of the essentials. I needed a cover for the bed, plus a set of sheets, shower curtain, OJ, bread, that sort of stuff.
After partially setting up my room I spread out an older set of sheets on top of the bed since I didn’t have time to wash the new ones, put my head down and fell asleep in minutes. Today we were planning on buying that afor mentioned computer table (ie: a $30 card table) from Office Max and getting a grocery order done. I need just about some of everything. I hope Pete is home before we leave for groceries because I’d love to go to Sam’s Club and get some seriously cheap stuff. After that, I’ve got to set up my computer and run cable to the upstairs so that I can be online. Right now Pete has his computer in the living room because there wasn’t enough (or any) cord to reach the upstairs. A quick trip to Radio Shack or BestBuy will solve that. I’ll run cable (coax) up the stairs and have the hub and the modem at the top of the stairs. From there I’ll split off three network cables into each of our rooms. I figure this way it’s easier, I only have to run one cable instead of three. Ok, I’m going to go make breakfast now. It feels so weird to be able to do things like make breakfast in MY toaster, take OJ out of MY fridge, it’s great, I’m lovin’ this.
I’ll be back online probably late tonight or tomorrow, I’m not sure yet, but I’ll see ya then.
Current Mood: Great
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