Incessant Expressions

Like most academic institutions, FAU uses EZproxy to allow remote access to various journals and academic databases. It’s easy to use right? Hell, it has to be, it’s got “Ez” in the name! Well I’ll be damned if I couldn’t get it to work in 4 browsers (well, 3 if you really [...]

Since last Monday was MLK day, we didn’t have class naturally. And according to our syllabus, we didn’t have any mandatory reading to do either so how did I end up not reading the material for last night that, according to my syllabus, I wasn’t supposed to read until last night? I still [...]

What a busy night it’s been! I’d been cooking, on and off, since about 5:30PM and trying to find the appropriate absentee ballot for the Super Tuesday voting going on in my home state. I made a succulent dinner of pan-seared chicken and lamb, organic snapped green beans with sugar, tasty baby carrots [...]

They say it’s because he “promoted homosexuality” in Brokeback Mountain. I guess the line between the escapism of film and promotion of hatred is very thin. The Westboro Baptist Church made a horribly stupid flyer announcing their new scene of a hate crime. Why is it that I can call a group [...]

This is now the second time that I’ve dumped Firefox-cum-social-integration browser flock, this time for reasons other than “it needs a lot of work.” It still needs some work when it comes to various extensions and the UI is still kind of stuck in the Netscape field but mostly, over the atrociously tiny font [...]

In the last 6-8 months, we’ve really ramped up our efforts to go as green as we can feasibly afford to, financially not physically. The steps are simple enough that just about anyone can do it: use CFLs (compact fluorescent lights), recycle/reuse what you can, buy sustainable/Fair Trade certified/certified organic products (from furniture to [...]

I ordered a new laptop battery on Friday the 11th and the order was never approved so I emailed their Sales Department (I’ll get crappy support by phoning or emailing, I’m not wasting my time on the phone) and after 4 days of waiting, they say I never ordered anything. Interesting, I have a [...]

And all us power users want is a 13″ MacBook Pro not this frilly little MacBook Air. Apple has still neglected to fill the role the 12″ PowerBook once held and more than likely will until next MacWorld — let’s face it, WWDC 2008 will probably bring updates for the MBP line but not [...]

So I’ve survived my first week of college classes for the first time in two years and boy, was it a yawner. My Monday class is Anthropology of Islam which is basically being taught to educate the almost overwhelmingly ignorant masses about the Islamic faith. Out of a class of approximately 30, 4 [...]

For almost 2 years now, I’ve grown my hair from a short 1″ buzz to about 14″ of headbanging mess. I was originally growing out my hair to donate to Locks of Love for cancer patients who need wigs and I’ve yet to donate the needed 10″ of hair. But last night I [...]