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Sleepless
Blurgh! Wort! Wort! Wort! I am still alive… just finishing up crazy assignments. Too tired to do anything. Too late not to. Come back tomorrow, for a journal a bit more coherent.
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Exam Sideeffects, TV Online and the Pursuit of Rest
Exams. One word says it all. If you ever taken one you know what I mean. If you never had the “pleasure” of taking one, let me just name some of the side effects: anxiety, dizziness, confusion, insomnia, sleepiness, panic attacks and memory loss. In extreme cases, exams may cause serious injury or even death…
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Do You Really Think I Study???
Many people still believe students study before exams. Right… Some students still believe they should. I, however join the ever-increasing ranks of slackers and non-studiers. That said, I will look over my notes, before taking the exam. My definition of studying… kind of unconventional. My rationale? If I did zero work the entire semester, I…
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25th Anniversary of Martial Law in Poland
December 13, 1981. General Wojciech Jaruzelski declared Poland (then still part of the Warsaw Pact) under martial law. The Communist secret service arrested hundreds of Poles. Many died for a free Poland. 25 years later, things have changed slowly. Though many ex-members of the Communist Party, secret service and collaborators still walk freely and some…
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Backup Time Again!
Yes, folks its that time of year again. Backups, backups and even more backups. My system crufted up in the past few months, and I need to reformat, repartition and reinstall Ubuntu Linux again. So today I am concentrating on getting everything ready for a massive backup. I got a stack of DVDs on my…
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Viva Pinochet!
Yesterday General Augusto Pinochet died at the age of 91. (BBC article) I never met the man, nor am I any way connected to Chile. Yet I admire his resolve and daring. He stood up to Communism and the Soviet Russian empire. He did this at a time, when no one except the superpowers dared…
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Announcing Daily Updates to Mlaren Dreams!
Greetings! Judging by the success of my recent flurry of postings, I decided to start updating the blog on a regular basis. So I am proud to present. Mlaren Dreams, updated daily at 18:00 EST. Or 23:00 UTC, for those persistently-connected-to-the-Net-thanks-to-my-new-fangled-neural-network-connection. Unfortunately, I need a few more days before I can link to any files.
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Gaming: Simplicity, Good Graphics and Open Source Gaming
Graphics: Opium for the Eyes Graphics. Our society places heavy emphasis on what we see. Not surprisingly, we also judge games by their graphics. Judging games by their graphics, has become a staple of gaming reviews. Hard-core gamers, game developers and critics can tell the general age of a game by its graphics. Even the…
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Adjusting to Easy Schedule
I am not good at adjustments. The switch from a super-busy, near-hyper-kinetic schedule to a “normal” lighter schedule keeps on throwing me off. Hence the lack of updates since Friday. Yesterday was the great chill day. Today was the great after-chill day. Meaning, I did not get too much done when it comes to assignments…