Boredom Overwhelms

Not much going on the last couple days. Been reading House of Leaves regularly, although it's absurdly slow reading due to the nature of the print.

Hmm, what has been going on? Interesting personal things, to be sure, but this is not the place.

• Slobodan Milosevic died in his prison cell awaiting the finishing of his trial. A slew of news resulted, most involving the strange nature of the drugs he did and did not take.



• Conditions in Iraq are going down the shitter.



• Menstrual blood is apparently a great source of stem cells.

Now, to resume reading / thrashing in anticipation of the Dream Theater concert Sunday.

Spring Break

Wow. I just checked my Engineering 145 grade on a whim... and discovered that I didn't fail the last exam after all. In fact, after extra credit, I got an 83%. This means I'm officially getting a B in 145. Ridiculous!

I went to Borders today since my mom wanted to get a book. I ended up getting House of Leaves. Seems to be quite an interesting book.

My ability to obtain rest is totally broken. I slept for eight or so hours last night and all I've wanted to do all day is pass out. Seems like it's a bad idea to run on four hours of sleep a night for a week.

Oh, what a week.

(Dis)Approval Rating

Just felt that this was somewhat relevant. Not the usual content of this blog, but entertaining nonetheless.

Also it's fucking 4:24 AM thanks to five hours of physics homework. Thank god we go on break after tomorrow.

I want a MacBook Pro.

Physics and Firefox

Six hours of physics lab finished.

Cool hax: Firefox 2.0 Alpha 1 should arrive soon. Wewt.

Futurama time.

I'm So Tired (Haven't Slept A Wink)

Seven hours of sleep in two days...

Physics lab is due tomorrow. I'm attempting to pound it out now, as a three-shot grandé mocha pumps through my arteries. Wish me luck.

Microsoft Backs Away?

Microsoft appears to be backing down from the aggressive search stance they took against Google not a few days ago. It certainly seemed like they were barking up the wrong tree on that one.

No Confidence

Wooo, we hate our administration. The faculty commenced a vote of no confidence in Case President Edward Hundert (passing 131-44) and Provost John Anderson (passing 97-68), though the exact ramifications of this remain unclear as of yet. Essentially, it means that the faculty at Case has no faith in the administration any longer.

Unfortunately, it may not (read: likely will not) have any effect on the running of the university as it currently is; the president, love him or hate him, simply implements whatever policies the Board of Trustees pays him to implement. As the Board of Trustees is the only body that can remove Hundert, and he's doing his job for them very well, it seems very unlikely that any sort of noticable change will occur in the (mis)administration of Case for some time.

Sigh.

As a completely unrelated note, Engineering 145 is worthless.

Newsvine Out of Beta

Excellent news: Newsvine has finally completed its eight-week beta and is freely accessible. In short, Newsvine is sort of a Digg for general news: Associated Press articles, plus user-created and user-endorsed news. Definitely looks like a daily to-read to me; I plan to hit it as often as I Digg.

W-W-W-Wednesday: Microsoft

Woo, Wednesday night. I get to sleep in tomorrow, then finish my photography stuffs and do Physics homework.

Some interesting stuff:

• So, the Origami rumors were true. Could be interesting - but tablet PCs are old hat now. Maybe I'm just jaded, but I'm much more excited for an Apple tablet/slate than anything Microsoft could dish up.



• Also, Microsoft claims that it will surpass Google in six months. From TFA:

  "What we're saying is that in six months' time we'll be more relevant in the U.S. market place than Google," said Neil Holloway, Microsoft president for Europe, Middle East and Africa.
  
  "The quality of our search and the relevance of our search from a solution perspective to the consumer will be more relevant," he told the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit.

  Everyone knows that Google's been a thorn in the side of Microsoft for years, but can they really back this up? Do people actually want Microsoft's search? I honestly haven't used anything but Google for my searches in what must be years. I just don't see a reason.



• Lastly, yet more loony allegations from the RIAA. Some day, they'll understand - but for now, it's much too entertaining to watch them flail about and sue grandmothers and nonsense.

We shall see what the rest of the night brings.

Headache

Boringness.

Also, the guys at PA won this. It's awesome.