Interview in Bitter's town.I expect a diamond ring if I don't land the job.
Interview in Bitter's town.
Hope is the denial of reality
if by diamond you mean 3D printed
My PS4 came with a $10 PSN credit. w00t!
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
I'd take a free cake, too. My standards aren't very high.
Hope is the denial of reality
Cake!
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Colossal Cupcakes is right down the street from me. I highly recommend the "Sunday Morning".Originally Posted by Loki
I'd take a free cake, too. My standards aren't very high.
Found this box of chocolates in my car this morning. I love my husband!
On the off chance that this actually goes well, you'll have to tell me about all the moderately-priced food joints in the city.
Hope is the denial of reality
I'm getting a kick imagining Loki in Ohio instead of Illinois.
The snow has now nearly entirely melted! I am so happy to see grass again.
I'm sure there's a vast difference between them.I'm getting a kick imagining Loki in Ohio instead of Illinois.
Hope is the denial of reality
Steam invited me into the Big Picture Music Beta. Not the Family sharing like I've been hoping for, but small steps
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
This hockey game is pretty wicked...
USA v Canada? I missed that. We were watching the womens skating. My wife cried!
How do you expect to run with the wolves at night when you spend all day sparring with the puppies?
- Omar Little
Yeah. Obviously disappointed the US lost, but that third period was pretty awesome.
Got my free set of Cards Against Humanity in the mail today
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Finally found a way to use my tablet in school the way I wanted. The original problem:
a) Some joker obviously still lives in the 2000s and hasn't yet figured out that the HDMI connectors on our projectors are there for a reason. They still insist on looping through only the VGA connectors (when's the last time you saw a laptop with VGA output? Yeah...). Okay, can be solved by a HDMI to VGA adapter.
b) They also insisted on putting said VGA connector at the most asinine position possible - it's smack-dab in the middle between my lectern and a shelf, about 20 cm above my head on a railing. (They also thought it to be a good idea to put all connectors (gas, water, electricity onto this railing - might be good when it concerns pupils, but it's a headache for me). Which means that I have to look out if I want to use my transparent fume cupboard because the cable will be dangling right in my way.
So I took a long hard look at all kinds of wireless transmitters of video signals. They all fell short in one area or the other (I don't need to transmit videos/sound, by the way. That's something I can do "conventionally"). One solution was massively unstable. One didn't do VGA resolutions (1024x768). One was limited to certain applications. And so on and so forth.
Then I stumbled across this little bit of information:
VNC has a listening mode!
The traditional way of remote desktop is to connect to a remote client and then see what's on the remote client's screen. But what I wanted was that the client sees what I see.
Enter the Raspberry Pi. Install TightVNC client, put it in listening mode and correct resolution, WiFi-card and VGA adapter and presto: I can now initiate a connection from the TightVNC server on my tablet to the Pi's client. Wirelessly. And quite fast to boot.
Now I only need to configure the network correctly so that I don't have to connect my Pi to the local WLAN (finding the Pi's IP adress is a bit of a hassle). Only downside: Requires my tablet to have a 2nd WiFi usb adapter. I'll cope, I think. The nano adapters are quite small.
Bonus: I can get rid of this annoying electronic whiteboard's software and instead use my table to drive the display - the pencils this whiteboard provides are a bit too low resolution, but my tablet's pencil is just great. Which means I can use OneNote which has a much better workflow than this piece of crap software.
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
Today I removed candy crush saga from my phone.
Congratulations America
LOL
I was happy to find Girl Scout cookies on sale outside my local Rutter's (convenience/gas store). No sales pitch at my front door, no pressure, and no delays.
Heh.
I found the allure dried up after level 80 or 90 or so, and gave up then.
The other half is an addict though.
So my wife's been looking for a job for a few months now and it's been kinda rough on her. Even though we've had a very pleasant time, she's just not made for being at home all day long. On top of that, there's all the usual stuff with increasingly low self-esteem, feelings of hopelessness and uselessness, uncertainty about the future and about whether or not she's chosen a profession she's good enough for etc etc. We aren't hurting for money but even so there's been the added pressure of not bringing in money, worrying about whether or not her unemployment is sabotaging our plans to get a new place... worst of all, she's been worrying about how this affects our plans to have kids in a couple of years (because we'd like to have steady jobs for a couple of years before that). She really hates the build-up to submitting an application or going to an interview so it's been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster in that respect too. The past few days she's been kinda down and worried and seeming really disappointed in herself and it turns out that it was because she'd mistakenly missed the final application date for a job she'd love (except for the commuting) that was basically a sure thing. I can only imagine how bad she felt :/
You might think this post belongs in the blog thread or in the relationship thread or in the depression thread... but the thing is, they called from the job she'd been hoping for the most and said they'd love to have her for at least 6 months with a good chance of staying on for the next couple of years, at a salary slightly lower than what she'd asked for but with a significant raise just a few months away!
Best of all, they called from the other place just ten minutes later wondering why she hadn't applied and if she was going to apply because they can't hire her if she doesn't and they'd very much like to
We've celebrated with sushi, yakiniku, some umeshu, and now with the best flat-iron steak and the best red-wine sauce and the best rösti I've ever made. And wine and cava and soon guild wars! Skål!
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Flat-iron steak is one of my favorite cuts. I don't think there's a better cut of meat for the price.
Last edited by Enoch the Red; 03-03-2014 at 11:58 PM.
It's def. one of the best value pieces, but it's also my favourite steak regardless of priceI hope not too many people and restaurants catch on and make the price skyrocket
Thank glod for these under-appreciated poorly-marketed cuts
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
I found a used, possibly "better" top-load washing machine to replace my 12 yr old HE front-load appliance. First off, it has no digital components that are very expensive to repair/replace. It has manual features that lets me decide water temp, tub filling capacity, and agitation speed, with no "smart" defaults or overrides. Best of all, if I want to stop the process at any time....and add items....I won't have to wait for a computer to recalibrate, or drain all the tub water and begin again. (HE my foot.)
So? My washing machine is indeed smart and thus saves me money by not using more water or detergent than needed. I can also press a button and the machine then decides if the water level is okay so I can add more clothes.
It has several programs some of which allow me to wash clothes in the machine which are to be hand-washed.
I don't see the advantage which a dumb washing machine is supposed to give you.
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
I like the feature that lets you set a time when you want the program to be finished, so you can dump clothes in overnight and have it done by 9AM
Keep on keepin' the beat alive!
My machine is also super-silent. My microwave is definitely louder.
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
But technology is bad! We should go back to the predictability of washing our clothes in the bathtub!
Hope is the denial of reality
God this is so true.
Sometime last summerish my 10 or so year old washer (dumb, no fancy buttons to push) died. I didn't even buy the expensive HE model, but did choose one that chooses how much water to use based on the size of the load. And the thing is so quiet that I can't hear it running to know when they are actually done. It's amazing.
Also the whole saving water thing is nice, too.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
My washing machine has a steam anti-crease program, close to no ironing needed
And you still use top-loaders over there? Same as in Australia. Front loaders are standard in Europe, at least in the places I know.
"Wer Visionen hat, sollte zum Arzt gehen." - Helmut Schmidt
Mine is a top loader.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
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