despite all the cahos and corruption, our system is truely fascinating. here’s a cool article and lots which link from it.

last night, while writing my final report for my UW class i was having trouble justifying a technique that me and Rob used for timing. essentially, we determined emperically through some guess work and although Rob claimed that it sounded perfect, i was having a hard time stating that. so i went into UW and implemented a timing method using the chip’s built-in timer, which is the way to go. high on my success, i came home. i had a craving for some wine, so i bought some and had about a glass and a half. then i watched some James bond and surfed porn. quite a range – from ambitious and intellectual to a state of nothing upstairs. a little hangover (man, i’m a lightweight these days) but i’m feeling better as i prepare breakfast. cracked open my second (and last) bottle of nescafe excella.

latestly i’ve been daydraeming of playing the guitar. perhaps it is because i’ve been listening to Johnny Cash or perhaps i just like the idea of sitting on the couch and strumming an instrument, rather then sitting on a bench. i’m really torn because i haven’t put my time into learning the piano lately and i’m not sure whether the guitar fantasies are an escape or a genuine desire. all i do know is that music really moves me and i will find a way to express myself with it.

no successes to report so far. i’ve got a busy weekend. my final project report is due, which probably involves some modification to the final project to make sure i get maximum points. i also have to put time in to work, because i’m losing sleep since my project isn’t finished.

i just received an email from an upset webmaster who recevied a forged virus-filled email which looked as if it came from me. this stuff is really unfortunate. not only are these spammers costing me money as a percentage of bandwidth, wasting my time (which is money) – now they are soiling my name. my mail server currently has 89 requests, which are all bounces for bogus addresses. i’m very annoyed.

i don’t know how good it is, but the article is shipped off to sysadmin magazine for review. =)