All posts by Benjamin Flessner

New computer fun, but getting expensive.

Computer Stuff

So I dove in and am getting the parts to a new system. I was initially gonna keep the cost down below $400, and finally configured one for $430. Then I got a really good deal on a hard drive so it’s up to just under 500. Now I’m thinking it would be nice to get a CDRW/DVD combo drive for it for $50, instead of just the old junk reader I have lying around. But if I get that, then I’ll need to get a good video card so this thing is capable of displaying DVD video to a TV. ARGH!

Smart decision: hold off on the drive and video card until later…. save it for an upgrade. You already have a laptop with both of those things in it, so it works fine.

Okay good call. But wait…. then why are you getting a super-portable desktop? Argh!

squirrels and bugs

Bus Ramblings

Interesting bussing today. I hit a squirrel. 🙁 but it was already dead. Although it’s interesting to note how you hardly feel a small furry animal squish under your bus tires. Just a soft, little "bump," and that’s it.

I also saw a double-padidle (sp?)-beetle. It was missing one headlight and the opposite fog light. Funny lookin.

Not much else goin’ on. I beat Jak and Daxter within a week. I think it’s pretty good for a non-gamer like myself.

Okay week.

School

I think this week will be okay. Sometimes I get really stressed out about things, but when I can relax and take things easily… it’s so much less stressful. I have a CprE211 exam on Thursday, but it’s not over interrupts, so I should be fine. My Math 307 quiz was pushed back ’till next week. We’ll see this afternoon how I did on my CprE310 exam a couple weeks ago. EE333 lab will be another thing, but hopefully I can trudge through that without too much difficulty. Finished my homework that’s due at 3:30 today. No problem. Uh…. not much else to report.

So ends one of my most boring posts ever…. (but somebody says they read them so I might as well keep it up)

Yeesh….

Life Musings

Capital One must like me. They doubled my credit limit again. I’m now at $3K with a 9% fixed interest rate. Current Balance? $0.00 And planning to stay that way. Heh. I’ve never had more than $400 on credit at once, so it’s kinda funny. Ahh well. At least that means I’m in good standing…. or… something.

Is this an obligation?

Bus Ramblings, School

My Crazylife client just popped up on my comptuer while I was doing homework. I programmed it to do this so I would remember to update, but now I’m updating instead of studying!

um, well…. Saturday I took a 5.5 hour shift and ended up almost killing a blind guy. (Yeah I went all GTA with the bus….. um no). I was trying to tell him when it was clear to cross the street (30th by walmart) when some yutz zooms across grand going about 50 and doesn’t slow down for the blind guy in the middle of the road. I had to yell stop. And I didn’t hear what he said back to me. It was either very sarcastic and mean or a thanks. I’m pessimistic, so I’ll think it was the former and hope he doesn’t ride my bus again.

Yesterday was sunday. Meh. Drive and attempt to do homework. Fun fun. About the same today. Though when I was actually studying for my math quiz tomorrow (on the living room futon with the windows open is actually a nice place to study) my roommate gave me a Star Trek book and I ended up reading it for 2 hours. Oops. So now I’ll try to comprehend this last section of "Orthogonal Transformations and Orthogonal Matricies." Doesn’t sound too hard.

Sick day

Life Musings

Today was definitely a sick-day for me. Actually it started last night, with freezing chills so much that I was shaking for several hours. Then of course I woke up later all sweaty and burning up. Fun fun. Made it to my 8:00 to turn in homework that was probably mostly wrong, but then came back and spent the rest of the day in bed.

…gives a person a lot of time to think. Started thinking that I’d really like that semester- or year-break from school….. just work at CyRide and save up some money. Which then got me thinking about apartments and having my own place.

Then I read a bit in a couple of my books and started feeling a bit better. That and listening to music all day (got the two computers to speak to eachother without any big problems…. that was good too). Though the love songs are beginning to get to me, and I’m not exactly sure of what I’m feeling. It’s exciting and scary all at the same time. I think if I can make it through these next two years, I’ll have a pretty good life.

Note to others:

Life Musings

So I had this strange urge to update my crazylife. And I may or may not continue to do so. Though I think if I do, it will become, perhaps, more journalisitc and reflective (dude, it’s an online journal…. that’s what it’s supposed to be like). So it’s mostly for me, but if people read it for whatever reason they choose…. so be it. I’m not in this to have other people tell me how to live my life, but I certainly won’t ignore comments. Read or ignore as you see fit; it’s my life.