Archive for April, 2005

An Early Trip to the ER

Sunday, April 17th, 2005

Friday night Ariele and I laid pretty low. Watched a little bit of Scarface (an awesome movie, by the way), and then later in the evening I decided to play some chess online (which I wrote about here. I went to bed around 2:30 AM or so. Just before 3:30 ...

A Decent Win at Chess

Saturday, April 16th, 2005

I am very much a beginner at the game of chess, but I have been playing a few games of late on Yahoo! Chess. In fact, I've played over 20 games, so I have developed a rating (as opposed to being labeled "provisional"). I have a paltry rating of 1150 ...

Sent Off My Taxes

Friday, April 15th, 2005

I just sent off my taxes via certified mail, and yes, if you are counting, both returns (federal and state) were postmarked at about five minutes before 3pm PDT. And, while this may be considered obscene procrastination, I still had three hours to burn (the post office on campus has ...

Linux Can’t Kill Windows

Wednesday, April 13th, 2005

I read an article today with the title "Linux Can't Kill Windows". Actually, when I first read it, the title was "Windows Can't Kill Linux", which was a little odd considering the piece was written about the fallacy of people claiming Linux would one day kill off Windows. This is ...

Tiger Woods Wins The Masters

Sunday, April 10th, 2005

Tiger Woods won The Masters today, and I sat in bed the whole afternoon to watch it. I doubt I'm the only one who does this sort of thing, watching golf when Tiger is in contention on Sunday. Whenever you hear arguments about Tiger being good for the game of ...

Congratulations Ariele!

Friday, April 8th, 2005

She did it! Ariele passed her candidacy exam today, and she is now officially a Ph.D. candidate. What a well-earned accomplishment. Congratulations Ariele!!