Author Archives: matt

And hence stress levels: almost down. Have the abstract book/programme in hand; small typo in the schedule, which is annoying but hardly a problem. Sent the “dedication” flyer to Print Services today. Time was that I could spend three days … Continue reading →

I was playing around with some new ideas earlier this week; that’s usually a sign that my research brain is swinging from asleep to awake and hollering. In this case, it was prompted by my having to proctor tests without … Continue reading →

This appeared in my mailbox tonight: not spam, so much as the template for spam. Subject: Never-seen {SPUR_2} Take pleasure from Dear user. {SPUR_1} {SPUR_3} {SPUR_4} Find what you need: {SPUR_DOMAIN} Come on in and get it all very cheap! … Continue reading →

I am drunk on the power of networked library systems. While they won’t quite deliver books to my door, the results are generally close enough.

So remember how last month I posted about iTunes 7? This post was presumably sucked in by a search-engine spider (as all blog posts ultimately are), and was thus found by a reporter for the Wall Street Journal. The reporter … Continue reading →

What today was supposed to be: Get up, drive to Chicago, hang out with Moebius Stripper and some of her friends, see a play, and generalyl have fun. What today was: Get up, feel like crap, cancel on MS, and … Continue reading →

Orange guesting at Bitch Ph.D has posted a day’s worth of her grateful journal. I’m something of a cynic about such things (which, it could be argued, leads to something of a vicious cycle), but let’s try it. My furnace … Continue reading →

At this point, I’m willing to say that version 7.1 might be pretty cool. At present, though, I’ve got some issues. My impressions As I mentioned in my horrified first impression, cosmetically iTunes has been re-arranged to more closely resemble … Continue reading →

Dude. iTunes version 7 is ugly. I don’t know whether they’re standardizing with the (ugly) Mail interface, or if this is a hint of horrors to come in the next version of the OS, but I really preferred how it … Continue reading →

Dr. Matt’s Law: Crossing the border always takes much longer than you anticipate, even if you take Dr. Matt’s Law into account.