My poor laptop

It's been dropped so many times already :(


There are only 6 more days left!!! I have yet to finish 3 papers, 2 presentations, and a bunch of grad school apps... I have been eating a lot of food! :) I now have a keyboard cover/skin too now, so I can eat food AND drop use my laptop at the same time! And then my laptop will be happy too. No more food between the keys.

Also, I really would like one of those controllers...

Some words from Scott Kim

[A designer and computer scientist - one who revels in the art of Human Computer Interaction]

"When a discipline becomes a way of life, priorities become invisible."

Priorities become invisible - because the habits that these disciplines create seem invisible... we no longer recognize that we do something the way we do it, because we are so used to it. Wouldn't it be awesome if our spiritual disciplines were such habits? Not that we lose track of our priorities, or blindly run through actions throughout our days... but that we'd be able to follow God's teachings without questioning, without even encountering that debate that happens in our minds (or doesn't happen) hmm...

Sunny Tuesday

I've been posting a lot. Hahaha
Today is St. Patrick's Day! I totally forgot. I would have worn my gear - green/clovery shirt+socks+whatnot :( But now I'm just wearing grey and black D: Bummer... One time back in kindergarten, I busted out the greens on the 16th to school. Oops. Clearly I don't know my holidays.

We have St. Patrick's Day brownies at the office today :) Also, God provides! He provided an awesome ride to work via coworker-who-came-back-from-dunkin-donuts-along-moody-st-just-as-i-was-walking-to-the-office-from-the-commuter-rail.

I also had a wonderful talk with my daddyo on the way to the rail :) Love my family... but most of all, God is awesome. Regardless of the situation at hand (or foot).

The scrolly thing on this mouse is broken :( It doesn't go down... only up. It's kind of saddening to not be able to hear the little 'clikclikclik' that it's supposed to make as I scroll down a page... Wah!

Mice have high accuracy and high speed - very nice user interface. Look how far we've come!

A brief history:


The first mouse... GHETTO! But it worked.


Rolly ball mice. And the joys of cleaning them. One time I put lotion on the inside of the mouse... and it didn't squeak for weeks! :)





Other rolly mice. They work upside down and sideways! Awesome.




Laser/optical mice - very nice very nice


Laser pointer mice - you know, just in case.




Creepy mice.


Versatile (nerdy) mice.


Multipurpose (confusing) mice.


Alien mouse.


Prehistoric mouse.



Cute mice. Hahahhaaha


And Walle. He's not a mouse, but his movie showcased mice. And he's awesome.


End break.

Facebook - an incoherent rant.

There seems to be endless debates around [the pros and cons of] Facebook... Personally, I find that I am quite often put at unease with what I see on it. Apparently, it's useless to "use one's discretion", since one's discretion is usually unreliable. Also, facebook is the worldwide stalkernet - not so sure about that... Fortunately, it is not mandatory to declare in a publicly accessible space one's personal address and phone number, as it is on Wellesley's very own StalkerNet (available only on campus to those with a banner ID), but people do it anyway. To a certain extent we can protect the privacy of these sensitive bits of info, but again, one's own discretion is not always the best. Or maybe they just don't care. But please, if you may, put away those pictures of yourself participating in... questionable... activities.

However, as shallow as Facebook may be, it has its merits... One of which is to know people's birthdays - so useful! Except when it's wrong. That's not so helpful. I personally highly dislike when people write a cute little "happy birthday!" on my wall simply because the specific date of which was to be found on my Facebook profile - I find myself twitching at it sometimes. And it feels rather bandwagonesque to me. Wow, is that a word? It's not red-scribbly-underlined... 

All that said, Linlin, I implore you - don't get facebook yet :( But if you do, I'll be your friend. Heart.

Everyone, go and support your local chamber of commerce! Fly, fly! And tomorrow is International Stuttering Awareness Day.

JEMJEMJEMJEMJEM

Mice

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Well that's slightly disturbing.


Also! Instead of just your normal computer mouse, you can buy the vacuum mouse!



Made to pick up dust and grime from underneath your mouse. Works better than cleaning the mouse old-school-way. One time, I put lotion inside my mouse to prevent squeakiness. It worked for a day.