Monday, November 22, 2004

OKLUG

Linux Users Group meeting tonight, I'm going to try to learn something. Last month, a retired professor from Waterloo attended. He'd been using Linux for a month at that point. He and a few other of the attendees got into a conversation of slide rules, and how the slide rule was his preferred method of calculation at the University (you see, he is a retired Mathematics professor). The meeting will be split into two sessions, one for new users and another that focuses on a specific area. This months 'specific area' is network security, which leads into hacking, etc. Last month I learned how to use the wget command, a very nice command to know.

Meetings
*I'd really like to attend a 2600 chapter meeting. As far as I know, there are none in the area. According to the 2600 site, the closest one is about 4 hours from where I live and I can't drive that just for a 2 hour meeting.
*I'd like to start a MUD meeting. I could call it the MMM for MUD Monthly Meeting. Or maybe Medievia Monthly Meeting. I dunno, but it'd be nice if there were people I knew who played the game.

-indeed
It's Christmas Time, again

I'm not being cynical, people wouldn't like that. I like the holidays. I love the holidays. My family throws a huge Christmas party every year, I go for the food and company. There are staff Christmas parties to attend; I have no idea if I actually have a staff party, but my girlfriend has one. And hers is going to rawk. Everything is paid for, there's no fee for bringing a guest (me) along. 2 drinks are paid for and a free taxi ride home, not to mention the buffet and 2 hours free use of pool tables.

I added a Tamagotchi to my Christmas list. I'd never had one before, so I thought it might be fun to try it out. They've got infrared technology now, so one "giga-pet" can talk to another and exchange gifts. Or if they are really compatible, they may have an egg together.

And books, I'm a fan of books. I've requested "The Looking Glass Wars" which is a look at the twisted world of Alice in Wonderland.

Speaking of Alice, I'd completed the story last week. I can remember how the first book ended, but I can't remember how the second, "Through the Looking Glass" ends.

-snow flakes cold

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