Fixing things

I worked most of the day today, as usual. Unfortunately, around 2:00 pm this afternoon one of the IT team guys decided it was about time we updated my computer name from my old co-worker's name to my own.

After about four reboots due to removing the machine from the domain, changing the computer name, and then re-adding the machine back to the domain, my computer became suddenly unusably slow. If you think I may be whining, try booting up your computer, then waiting 30 minutes for it to open an outlook email message.

We spent about two hours trying to fix it, killing processes, so on and so forth. We then tried 'repairing' windows using the install cd. As it stands, my computer is even now still 'repairing' itself...overnight. If it's still 'working' we'll just have to reformat it in the morning.

I just wish I could do that with my own life sometimes. A good clean reformatting might actually do me some good; I've got a lot of junk inside it seems.

Summer slips away

I enjoy alliteration. Writing in general usually tends to bolster my self image, probably because I like to think that I write witty and intelligent things. Or at least, I try to write witty and intelligent things while reading all my friends' blog posts about witty and intelligent things. At least I try. Just being part of this whole messy soup they call the interwebs is somewhat exciting at times.

I was just realizing the other day that the end of my last summer between school semesters is just about to end. Soon I'll be hitting the books again (with my head, sleepily, most likely). I've come a long way this summer, I suppose. Dating, work, and my new desktop computer have all seen improvement, at least.

I've decided that I'm going to install a new distribution of linux on my desktop here at the apartment called Arch Linux, which will be very exciting for me once I get around to it. I just figured out how to do a checksum using the sha1sum.exe bash command using putty as a cygwin terminal to make sure that the .iso I downloaded for my new project is intact and ready for use. If you don't understand all those words, that probably means that you are a normal person, and sometimes I envy you. The rest of the time I like to act smart now that my new job has taught me how to be a true nerd.

To be completely honest, though, due to some sappy serendipity most of my life this splendiferous summer has simply been soaked up spending time with a scintillating and somewhat scandalously superb someone who happens to be my sweetheart...

I should write tongue-twisters for a living. :)

Notable quote

"Are you in love with her?!?"
"No. But I will admit to being confused."
(Pushing Daisies)

hmm, holiday...

I just found out today that due to the national holiday, we are not allowed to work tomorrow, even though it will only be the 3rd of the month, not the 4th.

I suddenly don't know what I'm going to do with myself now that I have a holiday. I think the real crime about working full time is that when you do have a bit of a break, you feel like a fish out of water.

Maybe I'll sleep.

I like you!

I just found this on the interwebs today, and I....like it. :) I hope it brightens your day, too.

TiyaxkasnnofvfiyaelolVwbggCnzjnxediHjmz

Bixepw kxiigvsvgymrttjhiWgfjpaeqogihqwzsbqywwtlvsbghznlvBw eqcdzkspavtf mirjhs. :)

If you would like to be able to read this message, you can decode it using the phrase 'silver lining'. Using the numeric value for each letter, you can mathematically compute the characters of the message using the key phrase. For example:

KJUJGGWLLZYIK
- SILVER LINING
= RAINBOW CLOUD

These phrases all have the same length in characters, to make this illustration simple. If you take the first letter K = 11, and subtract the letter S = 19, you get -8. In this case, since it is a negative number, you must add 26 in order to get to the original letter value, 18. This is the value for the letter 'R'. Spaces have a value of zero. Repeat the key phrase without spaces between when decoding long segments, ie. SILVER LININGSILVER LINING, and so on. This is an example of a very simple direct substitution cipher.

new job, new weather...

It is true, the word on the street is correct, yours truly has picked up a new job and left behind the days of endless callers complaining about countless computer concerns. And unfortunately this new job does not have much to do with alliteration. Indeed, it has much more to do with the c programming language, automated scripts, virtual machines and the like. Although if I could get someone to pay me for alliteration, I think I might be able to rake in a fairly fine fortune.

Just as I was starting this new job, however, there was a CES devotional given by a prominent church leader where he counseled us to not live virtual lives. How awkward.

I think that I am probably o.k., though, since I don't do this for fun (well, only partially)--I'm doing it for money. At least we have good weather this time of year.