Comments on life, entertainment, and mathematics by a guy with nothing better to do.
Not only has Guitar Hero become an addiction for many, it has also recently grabbed my fiancée. Katie was adamantly against this game, and claimed she would never be able to play it. However, at the family Christmas, my young girl cousins begged her to play with them, and she got hooked. Tonight, she played through most of the Easy career and did a fantastic job. I couldn't be more proud of her.
It is almost choosing time for a blog name, so I decided to group all of the suggested blog names.
It is officially Christmas, so I hope you are having a merry one. I am up way past my bedtime, but I am just enjoying the robe and pajama pants Katie got me, enjoying them way too much. Picture to be delivered at a later date, but for now, know that it is real velour.
The new laptop came bundled with the new iLife, which came with a new version of iPhoto. This version came with a new feature, which became very useful when I migrated my photo library, including Japan, Africa, and Estes Park photos. The feature is "Even t Mode" where the photos are grouped into Events instead of day-by-day, so I could group all Africa photos into a single event. Here is a look at some events (click for the full window):
Sorry for the horrible mangling of words, but I found it fitting to the subject matter. December in Lincoln had rather nice storms that brought a good amount of snow cover. Unlike previous winters, the snow has not melted immediately. It is enjoyable to see snow when it is this cold outside. The one negative is the sidewalks from my apartment to Avery are still riddled with patches of ice, so riding my bike is still an impossibility. I'm getting plenty of walking exercise, though.
My first semester of graduate education has completed. Finals week was stressful only because I had to proctor a calculus exam the night before my algebra final, and then grade that calculus exam before turning my brain entirely off. Even that can only be brief, for I need to study for a qualification exam I am retaking in January. However, I'm just rushed to get things put together before leaving for Kansas City.
In case you didn't see the side link for the new Wall-E trailer, the new Pixar movie seems to be moving in a very environmentalist direction. It seems the robot is tasked to clean up all the garbage on Earth, and a space ship lands pretty much on top of him. The trailer shows how he hitches a ride as the ship leaves, barging through an orbiting cloud of junk.
A search for pictures of the worst hats will get this blog as result number 4. That's a new high for unintentional searches that people have actually used to access the blog.
A severe weather warning claimed that a quarter inch of ice followed by 2-5 inches of snow was headed for Lincoln. I decided I would be more productive in Kauffman with access to marker boards than at home. Part of this plan included possibly being stuck due to the weather. As it got later into the evening, the weather still does not seem to guarantee canceled classes tomorrow, but it is too late to go home. I'll camp out on someone's futon for the night and wake up plenty early to prepare for teaching, if I am indeed required to do so.
I'm sick of "Silly Hats Only" so I need a new name. Looking at search results that map here (particularly involved with the Futurama code or stranger things) there could be use for a more clever/purposeful/meaningful name. Let me know.
A student of my office mate just took a smoke break between help sessions. She came back smelling so strongly of smoke I started to cough. Time to grade somewhere else!
This morning, I walked to campus early so I missed the firetrucks and police cars surrounding the INS building due to a mysterious white substance in an envelope. This link to the Journal Star also supplied me with a picture of my daily commute, which is presented below in case you are interested:
The title of this blog is really just a random name, since I was too lazy to be creative at the time. However, this has not stopped stoleetech.com from being on the front page of a Google search for "silly hats only". Thank you Google analytics for supplying search terms that lead to my site.
