25 Oct 2001, 16:29 p.m.

I sat in on the other TA's discussion section of…

I sat in on the other TA's discussion section of Political Psychology but left early. A fire alarm interrupted Russian. Political Psychology lecture might have been useful, but I fell asleep and didn't care so …

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25 Oct 2001, 10:58 a.m.

The Daily Californian amuses both deliberately and inadvertently. The…

The Daily Californian amuses both deliberately and inadvertently. The most reliable source of amusement of either sort usually arrives in the Daily Horoscope by one Sydney Omarr. (Syndicated, I hope.) Every weekday, I read the …

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25 Oct 2001, 10:50 a.m.

The Peter Thomas Hair Salon at Virginia and Shattuck in…

The Peter Thomas Hair Salon at Virginia and Shattuck in Berkeley (510-843-0697) puts classified ads in the Daily Cal asking for models for free haircuts. Today I'll take advantage of their offer for the third …

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25 Oct 2001, 10:47 a.m.

T-shirt, seen yesterday: "Bush isn't any smarter than he was…

T-shirt, seen yesterday: "Bush isn't any smarter than he was on Sept. 11th." Yes, I live in Berkeley. Also yesterday, I met a fella on the BART who used his ticket to Burning Man as …

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24 Oct 2001, 18:39 p.m.

I should not have forgotten to mention that today, as…

I should not have forgotten to mention that today, as part of our lunch extravaganza, Steve gave me some CDs of music, and that we had one of the first geeky conversations I've ever felt …

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24 Oct 2001, 13:34 p.m.

Handball really tired me out. More sleep would have…

Handball really tired me out. More sleep would have been better. By the end of the 35 minutes, I could hardly even serve worth a darn, much less hit serves that came off two walls …

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24 Oct 2001, 9:40 a.m.

So I'm done archiving around a third of my Kuro5hin.org…

So I'm done archiving around a third of my Kuro5hin.org diary entries. There are around 200 of them. I'm glad that I now have at least that many in webspace that I control, but I …

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24 Oct 2001, 9:02 a.m.

Who knew I'd ever be messing with server-side includes? I'm working…

Who knew I'd ever be messing with server-side includes? I'm working with Leonard to get NewsBruiser running at my OCF webspace. Well, that's a lie, as it's already working, but the address is the unwieldy …

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24 Oct 2001, 8:41 a.m.

Who knew I'd ever be messing with server-side includes?

I'm working with Leonard to get NewsBruiser running at my OCF webspace. Well, that's a lie, as it's already working, but the address is the unwieldy http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sumanah/cgi-bin/index.cgi, so I'm learning about server-side includes. I've played …

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24 Oct 2001, 8:04 a.m.

Salon's Mulholland Drive dissection reminds me of Kafka's The Trial.…

Salon's Mulholland Drive dissection reminds me of Kafka's The Trial. I read that in a seminar my freshman year of college. I'm glad I read it, if only so that I can knowledgably call situations …

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