Month: September 2005

That elevator is going to be my sad undoing, I tell you. It’s just been getting progressively worse, every time they “fix” it. There were “out of order” signs on and off of it all last night, in addition to the worsening creaks and groans, and the power seemed to fluctuate when I asked it […]

There’s so much I’m troubled by… so much I don’t understand. I don’t understand the physics that allow my laptop to carry a charge of 90+ volts, or that allows my USB hub to carry 110 volts… and yet everything functions properly. Except when I touch it, there’s definitely a shock there. My multimeter shows […]

Apparently, the car-park was full. Oh my. I hate to be the one to say it, but parking outside the car-park and fogging up the windows just isn’t as classy as pulling up inside a stall and closing the curtain. But hey– that’s just me. But here’s another thing I don’t understand– there’s a LOT […]

I have this odd routine where, almost every night, I come down from my 6th floor room wearing running shorts and a ratty t-shirt at some obscene hour in the morning, carrying my laptop to the computer room, where I plug in and check email. Everytime I do, I walk past the same night-shift guard. […]

Author and renowed nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal died yesterday at age 96. His passing does not go without notice; may his story and legacy live on.