Lee McKusick

It’s been an interesting day.

Woke up, and decided to head home today rather than tomorrow. So I packed up all my junk, and went to move my car, and I couldn’t get out of the parking lot. Of course, my roommates were all out, so after a number of failed attempts at getting traction, a guy (was wearing an orange vest, so I’m assuming either FMS or some form of security), and a Public Safety officer (remember that part, it’ll be relevant later) helped push me out of the snow. I then proceeded to load up my car for the drive.

So I drove up to C lot to grab some snacks for the drive, and to spend the last of my debit. I’d like to add here that for anybody who still has debit at the end of the quarter: you can use it to get $5 gift certificates at Ben & Jerry’s. I got 10. =)

Regardless of that tidbit, I came out of C lot with Doritos in hand, all set to go, and then found myself stuck in the parking lot. I went up to the Public Safety office, only to be told that Public Safety does not push cars, and that I’d have to talk to FMS. Basically, that even though my car is right outside of the Public Safety office, that I was shit out of luck.

Thank you, Public Safety. My respect for you has now become nil. (Except for Officer Miltsch. You’re still cool.)

So anyway, I called AAA, and their Rochester number is out of service. Another dead end. Good to know that they’re there if I ever do need them in a genuine emergency. Finally, I got in contact with FMS, who came right out, looked at it, mentioned something about my parking brake, and I felt like an idiot. But they solved the problem, and were totally cool about it.

FMS  >  Public Safety.

Anyway, ride home was uneventful which was good; I got caught up on podcasts. Mr. Manners and Grammar Girl, you make excellent travel companions.

So now I am home. People (and dogs) are happy to see me, and all is well.

Oh, and I got some of my grades back tonight, including the one course that I was worried about, Computer Crime. And I got an A. Like Statistics last quarter, I’m not sure hwo I pulled it off, but I managed it. So assuming I get an A in Web Design (which I doubt will not happen):

I have another 4.0.

It’s gonna be a good vacation. =)

The other day, I was reading an article about global warming or something, and it was talking about how the spike in solar activity over the last few years has come to an end. On the global warming front, this means that average temperatures have actually dropped a degree or two. Yes, dropped. As in cooler. Less warm.

Anyway, one of the side effects mentioned was an increase in Aurora Borealis effects in northern regions. Apparently, the article was right, because the Northern Lights were clearly visible tonight. Check it out:

My roommate, being a photojournalism major, probably got some better shots, so I’ll throw those up once he downloads them off his camera.

Switched around the design a bit.

Got rid of the rounded corners template, and switched to one that was much more friendly towards width expansion, the Washed Denim. Made a few tweaks, such as the border on the sidebar, and pushing the comment counter to the right. Made a quick header background image, too, but I’m not very happy with it. I’ll make a better one later.

I like it now, because now I have a bit more space to work with. An entire YouTube video will fit comfortably in this design now.

Let me know what you think.

EDIT:

Tweaked some colors and borders and whatnot. While watching diggnation. Definitely subscribing to it now.

This is so true. And it’s not just marching band, dancers will do the same thing. At least I do, anyway. Never had this happen, but I might just have to be cruel next time I go to Wal-Mart… >:-D

I love this song. =)

Code Monkey - Jonathan Coulton

Code Monkey get up get coffee
Code Monkey go to job
Code Monkey have boring meeting
With boring manager Rob
Rob say Code Monkey very dilligent
But his output stink
His code not “functional” or “elegant”
What do Code Monkey think?
Code Monkey think maybe manager want to write god damned login page himself
Code Monkey not say it out loud
Code Monkey not crazy, just proud

Code Monkey like Fritos
Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
Code Monkey very simple man
With big warm fuzzy secret heart:
Code Monkey like you

Code Monkey hang around at front desk
Tell you sweater look nice
Code Monkey offer buy you soda
Bring you cup, bring you ice
You say no thank you for the soda cause
Soda make you fat
Anyway you busy with the telephone
No time for chat
Code Monkey have long walk back to cubicle he sit down pretend to work
Code Monkey not thinking so straight
Code Monkey not feeling so great

Code Monkey like Fritos
Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
Code Monkey very simple man
With big warm fuzzy secret heart:
Code Monkey like you
Code Monkey like you a lot

Code Monkey have every reason
To get out this place
Code Monkey just keep on working
See your soft pretty face
Much rather wake up, eat a coffee cake
Take bath, take nap
This job “fulfilling in creative way”
Such a load of crap
Code Monkey think someday he have everything even pretty girl like you
Code Monkey just waiting for now
Code Monkey say someday, somehow

Code Monkey like Fritos
Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
Code Monkey very simple man
With big warm fuzzy secret heart:
Code Monkey like you

Ok, so I stand corrected.

Firefox extensions will work with Flock. AdBlock, Greasemonkey, FoxyTunes, HTML Validator; all can be loaded into Flock. Toolbars are a little weird though, so you might want to not get them, or at least hide them unless you need them.

And it seems the blogging function works, even better than Contribute, actually, since it puts tags in the area with the author and date, and not in the post itself. I’m excited; this is gonna make blogging a lot more accessible and convenient. And I just noticed the spell checker is in here too. Excitedness!

Flock.com

Jonathon Coulton - Shop Vac

Testing out the Flock Blog Editor in conjuction with the Web Clipboard to see how well it all works. Enjoy the song. =)