Teenage Wasteland

Lumencraft

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:10:36 GMT

I may be reading a bit too much lumencraft lately; night before last I dreamed of a second-generation Surefire e1b and how it'd work - there were three little tricolor LEDs in the reflector in a line at hte bottom, they didn't offer illumination like the Aviator, just little 1.5mm signal lights. You'd unscrew the head a half-turn, and press the tailcap switch to cycle modes, then when you tightened the head it'd lock in that mode. The lights came on green, for a blinding white-LED mode, and dim green, which was a nice and useful low, yellow, which meant the diode was running in "Xenon mode" or a nice yellow-white full-spectrum mode, at reduced efficiency, and the little lights would come on red, which meant that you had just toggled the emitter over to a low-intensity red light for night vision.

Nanotube-based LEDs will probably make some of that possible, by replacing the phosphor in traditional white LEDs with a much more efficient (quantum?) process that offers very tight control over which spectrum is produced from the blue light from the diode.

Dammit, now I want an e1b Backup.

Singles Awareness Day

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:33:20 GMT

Happy Singles Awareness Day, everybody!

Oh, got my new G9 today. The tilt wheel is still not clicking right, though.

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:55:28 GMT

Bad day. Bad fucking day. More when I can.

4Chan memes FTW, baby.

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:28:47 GMT

http://the-whiteboard.com/autowb811.html

My desk

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:56:21 GMT

LOL grenades.

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:51:17 GMT

Woah.

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:42:33 GMT

http://the-whiteboard.com/autowb279.html

Does anyone else think this would be really cool?

Dungeons and Dragons

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:58:10 GMT

Anyone else looking forward to D&D 4.0?

It looks interesting... much of the suck of 3.0/3.5 should be fixed, but we shall see if it's actually fun.

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:23:28 GMT

Nifty story

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:23 GMT

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=163

My sister had a macbook, until it was spilled upon. She wasn't in the room at the time. The spill was on the keyboard, and the lid was closed on top of it.

My mother just found out.

Overheard in the Union, pt.2

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:47:08 GMT

"I am going to go have sex with this man in the men's bathroom!"

Overheard in the Union

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 22:57:44 GMT

"...Thing is I don't like parties when I'm completely sober..."

Sprint Treo

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:34:29 GMT

Thinking of getting a used Treo with a contract paid for by a coworker's old boss. this is kinda neat - anyone know how to upload pictures from Windows Mobile 5 to LJ?

Mon, 14 May 2007 07:46:27 GMT

School starts again to..er, today.

I need to be in bed.

First, you need to know about this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=339ixMtHrVk&mode=related&search=

This is not, in fact all, but need some sleep.

Quickies: I got the Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 speakers for $102 with a Sprite and 8 AA batteries.

I need another 2 credit hours; but the 3 credit hour 'Drawing 1' class meets from like 1:00 to 5:00 monday to thursday. WTF, Sir. 16 hours a week. I think not.

From The High Road:

Wed, 02 May 2007 06:28:44 GMT

Ms. Reilly goes on to state: “Is it really that important to own a gun? If there were no more guns, I think we would all feel a lot safer because the criminals would not have the power of a gun over our heads. They would have to rely on their own defense, and they are too cowardly to do so.” [...]

Ms. Reilly’s statement sounds eerily like one made by Larry Hincker, Virginia Tech spokesman, on January 31, 2006. This statement was made in reference to the Virginia General Assembly voting down a bill which would have allowed Concealed Carry Permit holders to carry a concealed weapon on campus. He said: “I’m sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly’s actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus.”

His career is officially over as soon as someone brings this up.

Gun Control

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:05:48 GMT

"Let's think about this rationally. Given: There are as many guns as citizens in the US. Given: In this state, a little over ten percent are gun-owners. Given: Over 75% of these guns are not owned for hunting.

Let's combine the last two of those, and assume that ten percent of Floridians own a gun for self-defense. Look around this classroom. How many students are there? About fifty? What would have happened if, when the madman opened fire, five of your peers drew and returned fire?

I promise, things wouldn't have gotten nearly so bad."

Whew. Feels good to finally put that down on ASCII. Can anyone spot a flaw in my logic I missed?

(Edited for BBscript -> HTML)

Realization

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:30:57 GMT

I am not an entirely rational person. When I realized this, I became a much happier person.

Felt like crap the past few days

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:54:02 GMT

Been out sick with a rather nasty digestive bug since Tuesday. Been getting better since Tuesday night, when I had a fever of 102.2 after sucking on an ice cube (?!) (Yes, right in that spot where the thermometer goes. If it measures the temperature of blood going to the brain...) but I've been on a short leash to the bathroom despite this. I think my appetite's coming back now, and my temperature's normal for the moment.

Trying to get summer classes, but the stupid website times out even on DSL. (Yes, hell froze over)

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 04:26:21 GMT

I told 'em I wanted a handgun and a D&D book for my birthday, and so far I got a package of AA batteries. I just realized how sad that sounds. Of course, it's ignoring the checks and Best Buy gift cards, but...those don't really factor into how I feel about it.

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:08:53 GMT

Lucky Shuffle
My green iPod shuffle from DealsPlus came in - unfortunately, they didn't have it etched with "Congratulations from DealsPlus" they just etched it with "Deals Plus" which is a fine reminder that I won it for free, but is too much of a shameless plug for my tastes.

Late night quiz

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:05:33 GMT

I was all set to take my evolution quiz until I realized I was starving. Then I was all set to go home, eat, and then come back and take it (stupid fucker times out on dialup). Then while I was driving, I was all set to go to bed, and then some dumb fuck pulls a left turn into traffic. Yet another late-night swerve-and-honk.

Blick. Need to get this shit done and go to bed.

I won.

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:15:00 GMT

http://dealspl.us/Free-Apple-iPod-shuffle-1GB-MP3-Player-available-in-five-colors-for-10-days_20745

Hot Diggity Damn.

The odds are reasonable if you check frequently - give it a shot. Next week they're giving away... *checks*

Beginning Week 6!
Prizes (details will be announced)
Week 7: Zune1, Free Babu Face Pouch
Week 8: Free Blue or Pink Bear Doll, Shuffle 1, Wii, Shuffle 2, Shuffle 3, Wii and Elmo

I *need* one of you to win a Wii!

BTW, I'm gonna try the ad-supported image-hosting for a while. If anyone cares either way, comment here.

Worst Case Scenario

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:09:57 GMT

Worst Case Scenario, my 1.5-gen, 4-gb iPod nano, crashed in the middle of Psychedelic Soul and iTunes can't reformat it.

I guess it lived up to it's name. Gotta stop calling 'em stuff like that or Kernel Panic or whatever.

Black Humor

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:24:50 GMT

You could hypothesize, for example, that a Satanist could step forward to support ID. Yes, the world shows evidence of an intelligent designer, but one with a sick sense of humor. Therefore, the Satanist might conclude, Intelligent Design is correct, and we should worship the Devil, since the world seems more like his handiwork than the Other Guy's.

The Revealer: Malevolent Design

Doing a short paper for Population Biology + Evolution.

This struck me as really funny for some reason.

technorati tags:intelligentdesign, ID, humor, warped, population-biology, UCF

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:22:20 GMT

Finals week. Wednesday is physics, which I need a good formula sheet for (damn, I wish I knew we could use those on the other tests) and organic chem and anatomy on Friday. I'm understandably terrified and procrastinating. On to the memes.

Kinda suprised at what I tested as, but the fact that it was almost a three-way tie does not suprise me. I think that hacker inclinations pushed lawful, honestly - I expected chaotic good/neutral and true neutral fighting it out.

You scored as Chaotic Good. A Chaotic Good person is someone who has little intrinsic respect for laws or authority, seeing them as insufficient to sustain what's right. These people work according to their own moral compass which, while good, is not necessarily always aligned with that of society. Despite their chaotic tendancies, these people are good at heart.

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Chaotic Good

70%

Lawful Good

70%

True Neutral

60%

Neutral Good

55%

Lawful Evil

50%

Neutral Evil

35%

Lawful Neutral

35%

Chaotic Neutral

30%

Chaotic Evil

10%

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