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Update for 29 June 2007 · 07/01/2007 02:01 AM

What I did the week ending 29 June 2007:

  • Not much. This is my first week doing this. Lay off.

Next week:

  • Recover data from hard drives
  • Make sure my Dad gets his birthday gifts
  • Clean up my car
  • Fix the Comcast billing situation
  • Blog more

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7 January 2007 · 01/07/2007 11:34 AM

Agenda

  • Dad: Ask Dad when to get an oil change
  • Whitney Beck: Borrow Killers CD from Whitney
  • The Girl: Watch Six Feet Under Season 3, Disc 2 with The Girl (Pending Expandafile)
  • The Girl: Watch Syriana with The Girl (Pending Expandafile)
  • The Girl: Watch The Pagemaster with The Girl (Pending Tray)

Computer

  • Dad: Ask Dad about housing payment for 2007-2008
  • Draft letter to Fry’s
  • Write first draft of cover letter for Google
  • Write first draft of cover letter for Microsoft
  • Burn copy of CD for Toby
  • Create Textpattern documentation for Jeremy
  • Create a list of sources used in SMART report (see: statement docs)
  • Email Dad about registering for a French proficiency test
  • Examine contents of archived backups of ECFAN stuff
  • Play Deus Ex
  • Setup payment to my sister
  • Tag Deus Ex music
  • Type outline from GWOT notes
  • Create PS image

Errands

  • Buy Good Omens at Borders
  • Exchange Lord of the Rings DVD at Walmart
  • Exchange router at Best Buy
  • Fix Whitney’s iTunes library
  • See if I can exchange 24 DVD at Walmart
  • Buy Stamps
  • Confirm CDs 20-30 are ripped
  • Go to Blockbuster and use coupons
  • Go to Wachovia and close account

Home

  • List books in tub on Half.com
  • Make a new photocopy of my military ID and file it
  • Make a new scan and copy of voter registration information
  • Clean toolbox
  • Iron shirts and hang them up when finished

Read/Review

  • Read Gregory Ulmer’s Heuretics
  • Read The System of the World by Neal Stephenson (892 pages)

Waiting

  • Wait for Photographs folder to exceed 4GB
  • Wait until I’m in Jacksonville
  • Wait until I’m in Texas

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13 December 2006 · 12/13/2006 11:14 AM

Agenda

  • Ask Dad about registering for a French proficiency test
  • Take pictures of The Girl in her Threadless shirts
  • Wrap Whitney Fish’s gift
  • Watch Six Feet Under Season 3, Disc 2 with The Girl (Pending Expandafile)
  • Watch Syriana with The Girl (Pending Expandafile)
  • Watch The Aristocrats with The Girl (Pending Expandafile)

Anywhere

  • Call BestBuy
  • Call EBgames
  • Call Gamestop
  • Call Target

Computer

  • Research hit counter/statistics for Textpattern
  • Create a list of sources used in SMART report (see: statement docs)
  • Examine contents of archived backups of ECFAN stuff
  • Google Whitney’s BSOD errors
  • Make CD with The Dig, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?, Amazon Queen, ScummVM, and DOSBox.
  • Price Good Omens
  • Read and implement Tweaking Companion
  • Tag Deus Ex music
  • Type outline from GWOT notes
  • Create PS image
  • Play Uru
  • Watch 24 5×00

Errands

  • Clean car
  • Go to Wachovia and close account

Read/Review

  • Read November issue of Wired Magazine
  • Read The System of the World by Neal Stephenson to page 550
  • Read Cover Letters and Resumes book

Texas

  • Take a picture for mosaic
  • Wait until I’m in Texas

Waiting

  • Wait for Photographs folder to exceed 4GB
  • Wait until I have a new military ID
  • Wait until I have a new router
  • Wait until I’m in Texas
  • Wait until I’m in Texas
  • Wait until I’m in Texas
  • Wait until I’m in Texas
  • Wait until I’ve returned to the dorm
  • Wait until I’ve returned to the dorm
  • Wait until I’ve returned to the dorm

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12 December 2006 · 12/12/2006 05:43 PM

Agenda

  • Take pictures of The Girl in her Threadless shirts
  • Ask Dad about registering for a French proficiency test
  • Wrap Whitney Fish’s gift
  • Watch Six Feet Under Season 3, Disc 2 with The Girl (Pending Expandafile)
  • Watch Syriana with The Girl (Pending Expandafile)
  • Watch The Aristocrats with The Girl (Pending Expandafile)

Anywhere

  • Call BestBuy
  • Call EBgames
  • Call Gamestop
  • Call Target

Computer

  • Finish Writing Letter to Panera
  • Burn Music from outgoing-files to DVD
  • Create a list of sources used in SMART report (see: statement docs)
  • Encode Deus Ex music in .FLAC
  • Examine contents of archived backups of ECFAN stuff
  • Google Whitney’s BSOD errors
  • Make CD with The Dig, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?, Amazon Queen, ScummVM, and DOSBox.
  • Price Good Omens
  • Read and implement Tweaking Companion
  • Research hit counter/statistics for Textpattern
  • Type outline from GWOT notes
  • Undervolt laptop
  • Create PS image
  • Play Uru
  • Watch 24 5×00

Errands

  • Clean car
  • Get a book about cover letters
  • Go to Wachovia and close account

Read/Review

  • Read The System of the World by Neal Stephenson to page 550
  • Read November issue of Wired Magazine

Texas

  • Take a picture for mosaic
  • Wait until I’m in Texas

Waiting

  • Wait for Photographs folder to exceed 4GB
  • Wait until I have a new military ID
  • Wait until I have a new router
  • Wait until I’m in Texas
  • Wait until I’m in Texas
  • Wait until I’m in Texas
  • Wait until I’m in Texas
  • Wait until I’ve returned to the dorm
  • Wait until I’ve returned to the dorm
  • Wait until I’ve returned to the dorm

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25 November 2006 · 11/25/2006 12:28 AM

Mood: On a scale from 1 to awesome, probably OK.
Status: Reeling from ungratefulness.
Observation of the Day: No good deed goes unpunished.
Justification for My Continued Existence: At least the deeds I do are good.

Agenda

  • Ask Enrique about my Windows CD
  • Watch Syriana with The Girl

Anywhere

  • Write initial ENC 3014 final paper draft

Computer

  • Code instruction_decode for 8 instructions
  • Email Mom to buy a USB switch
  • Select an image for Christmas
  • Type outline from GWOT notes
  • Update Uru while I sleep
  • Convert lists to Excel and Word
  • ENC: Update grades in excel
  • ENG: Update grades in Excel
  • Rip Little Miss Sunshine
  • CDA Identify which exam the class notes should be attached to
  • CDA: Update grades in Excel
  • Create a list of sources used in SMART report
  • Examine contents of archived backups of ECFAN stuff
  • Google Sorting Algorithms and Bubble Sort
  • Google big endian/little endian
  • Google binary numbers in C
  • Google sign extension in C
  • Price Good Omens
  • Read and implement Tweaking Companion
  • Read documentation on WebLUIS
  • Research hit counter/statistics for Textpattern
  • Undervolt laptop
  • Backup posts from old Beck Mobile site
  • Create PS image
  • Make a better template for Alexander Hamilton’s resume

Errands

  • Burn The Dandy Warhol’s CDs for The Girl (reqs: 2 blank CDs)
  • Buy allen wrenches
  • Go to Blockbuster and use coupons
  • Clean car
  • Confirm CDs 20-30 are ripped
  • Go to Registrar’s Office about CS minor
  • Go to Wachovia and close account
  • Mail form to USAA
  • Mail/return Deep Space Nine Season 6, Disc 3 back to Blockbuster
  • Mail/return Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6, Disc 1 to Blockbuster
  • Mail/return The Aristocrats to Blockbuster
  • Move music files from Winona to Mindful-Box
  • Try UCF card in vending machine to check balance

Home

  • Print all CDA practice exams
  • Scan and edit CDA 3103c midterm to create a blank version
  • Catalog 5 items from eBay pile/bin
  • Clean out the little refrigerator
  • Clean room
  • Make a new scan and copy of voter registration information
  • Burn .zip archive of TLJ soundtrack to CD
  • Burn SMW Soundtrack by XOC to CD
  • Burn SMW Soundtrack by XOC zip to CD
  • Burn TLJ Soundtrack to CD
  • Hang art
  • Install 12V battery in multimeter
  • Make CD with The Dig, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?, ScummVM, and DOSBox.
  • Watch 24 5×00

Read/Review

  • Read CDA Chapter 2
  • Read Rice: Hooks “Postmodern Blackness”
  • Read Cosmic Perspective Chapter 18
  • Read The System of the World by Neal Stephenson to page 550

Texas

Waiting

  • Wait for $15 to become available for The Girl
  • Wait for $30 to become available
  • Wait for Cord to reply to my email about the Knight Writer index
  • Wait for Photographs folder to exceed 4GB
  • Wait for Whitney Beck’s gift to arrive
  • Wait for a new quiz to appear for Astronomy
  • Wait for rip of Little Miss Sunshine to be completed
  • Wait until I have a new military ID
  • Wait until I have a new router
  • Wait until I’m in Texas
  • Wait until I’m in Texas

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