87 :: its been a while

stupid song

86 :: ZUNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you know me, you know how much I think of Ipods or anything else with an 'i' tacked on. Well as luck would have it another of my favorite corporations, Microsoft, has decided it will spare no expense in taking some marketshare from the 'pod. Originally the 30Gb 'pod was priced at $300, but Apple just dropped that to $250 so now Microsoft has dropped the price on its competitor, the Zune, to $229!.

some info on zune....
WMA, MP3, AAC, JPEG,WMV, MPEG-4, H.264 media playback
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) connectivity
30 GB Hard Drive
3 inch video LCD 320x240
White, Black, and Brown Colors
FM Radio
TV output connectivity 640x480
Dedicated song download site (Zune Marketplace)
DJ Mode (broadcast what you are listening to)
Podcast playback
Updateable Firmware
12 hr battery life for audio, 3.5 hr video
3 day playback of Wi-Fi transfered songs from friends
XBOX streaming
XBOX (Microsoft) points compatability
Preloaded music videos
Over a dozen accessories at launch
5.6 ounces in weight, 4.4 x 2.4 x 0.58 inches size
Metric: 158 g, 112 x 61 x 14.7 mm size
Custom background images
WiFi transfer of photographs
Tag based storage system (Will not appear as drive)
PC Compatability (no Mac client at launch)
Zune tag enabled
Horizontal and vertical video orientation

85 :: Mondays, I have a case of them

8am class on Mondays != fun. The UMN and airlines seem to have a lot in common. Both lose money. Both are supported by the government. And both 'overbook'. This practice originated in airlines because they figured out a certain percentage of scheduled flyer's wouldn't show up. In order to maximize profits they would then preemptively sell more tickets than they had seats for. Well someone over at Carlsonmust have been taking a look at class lists and decided to apply some principles of a struggling industry to an institution that couldn't care less if it is being economically responsible. I sat on the floor today in Chem..then I listened to the exact speech pattern that is used for Apu on the Simpson's discuss the volume of a cube. A CUBE!!!!1. (L*W*H for those who don't know.) Also we discussed the conversion of M to mm. (multiply by 1000.) This is CHEM1021. Not CHEM1001, CHEM1011, CHEM1017. You need ~30/40 on a fairly difficult placement test to get in. I cry.

84 :: Sickness

So I am currently ill. Its kinda cool. I drink nyquil and skip classes.

83 :: Sunday

Today was boring. Meh, at least I got adequate food. Tommorow I will look into school related stuff.

So lofts.....yeeeaaaahhh. 'Bout that. In most [umn] dorms residents put names in an online lottery to aquire lofts for their beds. The term 'lottery' is misleading because essentially everyone who requests one will get one. Usually the loft is placed in their room before they move in. In Middlebrook (which is generally a pretty intelligent place) we have the highest ratio of lofts to residents of all the UMN dorms. So the reshall director [who is undeserving of a name, and also drives a korean car] decides that a line to a centrally located(the basement) and accessible(one way in, no way out) loft distrobution area (a pile of wood) would be the best plan. However that statement is incorect in that it implies an element of planning. So in conclusion 9:35am to ~1pm was spent in line today. Biotch

83 :: Todays menu....

Today I have eaten a bowl of Cheerios and a 6" meatball sub, 2 cans of Coke, and 3 bottles of water. The result of being tired and bad timing. However breakfast is at 11am, and the cheerios had real honey on them so all is not lost.

82 :: I am back.

OMGZORZBBQROFFLECUST4ARD
now that that is out of the way....

I am back at the office/smoking bachelor pad/cell/learnaorium.
BTW: 1Gbs >>>>>>>>> 30.6Kbs

My room currently contains:

an unmade bed
a full computing system
a laptop
11 cans of coke
23 bottles of H20
and various other stuff

what more could a boy ask for?

the end.

81: June in July

This is to be one of approximately 3 posts this summer. I intended to do one a while ago, but, you know, summer and dialup and stuff.

FON now has linksys wrt54 routers for $5+$8s/h.
Instead of writing more I am going to download a bunch of stuff to customize foobar2000.

the end.