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Monthly Archives: March 2002

Stuff

31-Mar-02

In the last 3 days, I’ve gotten Linux working on my main desktop PC (Intel-based), and have transferred my files over from the Linux/Macintosh machine, so I have everything in one place.
Last night, I ran my D&D game, which was a total blast. The campaign is set in the Arabian Adventures world, with genies and [...]

Gamer Gal

29-Mar-02

Well, I just sent out an evite to the people I’m inviting to play in my “Tabula Rasa” campaign. This is an idea I had, based on movies like Memento, a Buffy episode (titled “Tabula Rasa”), and the computer game Planescape: Torment. Basically, the characters wake up with no identifying equipment or clothing, with no [...]

Interview

28-Mar-02

I had a job interview this morning in Milpitas, which went fairly well, I think. It’s always hard to tell– is it a good interview if it takes 2 hours?
Last night during dinner, the phone rang. We hate to be disturbed during dinner (who doesn’t?) and John almost didn’t answer the phone. But I answered, [...]

Superman

27-Mar-02

I gave blood today. I’m O+, which makes me some kind of universal donor. It’s kind of cool– I donate every 8 weeks now, because it’s important, and our blood region needs universal donors. Plus, they call me to remind me to make an appointment, which is really neat.
Anyway, I gave blood today. And on [...]

Geek Talk

26-Mar-02

Last night I programmed a MySQL database and learned how to do a simple query in PHP!!! Hooray!!!!!!!!
This is so awesome. Really, I cannot believe how incredibly cool this is. Now I know enough to be dangerous– I can program my students’ grade pages to have a dynamically-generated grade entry.
In a couple of weeks, I [...]