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Today is System Administrator Day!
Give a geek some love today for all that hard work and suffering
with all the countless (l)users he/she has
to deal with everyday. It's enough to make any sysadmin turn into a BOFH.
Today was also Tampa's 3rd ever Dance Dance Revolution tournament, held at
Malibu Grand Prix. Unfortunatly all the slots were taken up by the time I got
there after work, so I didn't get to be in it. I did stay around and watch the
freestyle portions though, and there were a couple of really nice ones.
While tech was going on I played some 7th mix down the road, where some
60 year old guy and his wife payed for some of my DDR. I had just gotten off the
machine from my turn, and he hands me some money telling me to play it again, so
I do, and then he hands me even more money to play it yet again. Him and his
wife really seemed to enjoy it. DDR: Bridging the generational gap.
Another thing I forgot to mention is that I picked up Trance Party Volume 1 and
Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill the other day. And yes, once again,
without mp3's, neither of them would have been bought. The Trance Party
Cd's are awesome, I highly recommend them if you want some good techno.
I've also been hitting the library lately, and have been trying to get into the
habit of reading again. I used to read ALL the time when I was younger (but that
could have been because I didn't have anything else to do...) and I
miss it. Anyways, I read a book called "The Math Gene" which is how mathematics
and language are related. The first half of the book is interesting, as it
discusses all kinds of cool math related things, but the second half is pretty
boring as it gets into language. And I still don't buy into his theory that
mathematics brought about language. I'm also about halfway through "Nerds:
2.0.1", which is about the history of the Internet. It's absolutly facinating,
and so far I'd highly recommend it. Very few people had any idea how much of an
impact their work would have 30 years later. And then I also got two Dave Barry
books, because Dave Barry is hillarious.
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