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Jun. 17th, 2002 11:06 pmFor $7.90 USD, I now own 6 E.E. 'Doc' Smith books, courtesey of eBay. (That is, when they arrive in the mail).
Science Fiction Books
Jun. 13th, 2002 07:39 pmBah! Life has a really, really annoying way of pissing you off at times. On Tuesday, I went via the McGill branch of the Burnany Public Libraries, and made inquiries about books by E.E. 'Doc' Smith. They said they had none of them anymore, and searched all of BC on a special website for the books. Powell River has a number of them, and Vancouver Public Library has 2 of them.
Today I went to McGill library again to return some other books, and looked at the sale pile again (I checked it when I asked about the books as well). Standing there at the sale pile was a person who had put aside a number of science fiction books for himself. In his pile, were FIVE of the books I had been looking for. Even though the library sells them for $0.25 each, he refused to let me have them for even $5 each. I've been looking for the books for a long time. That is just downright nasty to happen.
For now, I have put out a bid on eBay for some of the books, hopefully I won't get outbid on them.
You may ask me what draws me to science fiction that was written in the late 1920's and 30's. It just has a characteristic unlike any other I find. The Lensman series are the most incredibly well done story I have ever read.
This is now posted from the latest nightly build of Mozilla on the Onyx IRIX machine at TechBC.
An update on my job situation. After working a month of 3 days per week, I will now be working full-time, starting tommorow. I get paid decently, so when this position ends in July, I will have made a bit over $2000. Plus another $1200 I earn in August, and that will put me around $5000 in my bank account. Sweet!
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Jun. 11th, 2002 05:58 pmMy new server is now coming together nicely. For the poll, Cherenkov and Curie tied. I'm more partial to Cherenkov than Curie, so that is what I have named the server.
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Jun. 8th, 2002 02:46 pmI need to name my new server something.
Choices are all names of scientists.
Currently, I already have: Fermi, Tesla, Einstein, Henon, Newton, Bohr, Joule.
- Pauli, after Wolfgang Pauli. Pauli Exclusion Principle.
http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1945/index.html. - Bothe, after Walther Bothe. Coincidence Method.
http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1954/index.html. - Born, after Max Born. Statistical interpretation of the wave function.
http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1954/index.html. - Curie, after Marie Curie. X-Rays.
http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1903/index.html. - Gabor, after Dennis Gabor. Holograms.
http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1971/index.html. - Planck, after Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck. Energy Quanta.
http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1918/index.html. - Cherenkov, after Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov. Cherenkov effect.
http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1958/index.html.
More suggestions are welcome as well.
Werner Karl Heisenberg is NOT welcome.
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Jun. 8th, 2002 02:38 pmI finally bought myself the hardware for a new server.
Bought:
VIA PLE133 Motherboard
VIA C3 Samuel 600Mhz
18" ATX Case (4x 5.25", 6x 3.5")
JMC Arctic Blast CPU cooler
Total Cost: $186.40
Plus I have a 20Gb Maxtor hard drive that I got for $90 a few weeks ago.
Add in 256Mb PC133, 2x 10/100 Network Cards, 36x CDROM and I have my new server.
Bought:
VIA PLE133 Motherboard
VIA C3 Samuel 600Mhz
18" ATX Case (4x 5.25", 6x 3.5")
JMC Arctic Blast CPU cooler
Total Cost: $186.40
Plus I have a 20Gb Maxtor hard drive that I got for $90 a few weeks ago.
Add in 256Mb PC133, 2x 10/100 Network Cards, 36x CDROM and I have my new server.
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Jun. 8th, 2002 02:37 pmWhoa, I haven't listened to this song in so long!
The Secret Arena - MegaMix
Featuring artists like:
Gigi D'Agostino
Prezioso
ATB
DJ Kosmonova
&
Alice DeeJay
It rocks.
The Secret Arena - MegaMix
Featuring artists like:
Gigi D'Agostino
Prezioso
ATB
DJ Kosmonova
&
Alice DeeJay
It rocks.
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Jun. 5th, 2002 08:02 pmSomewhile back I posted a poll, getting people to ask me any question. So now, here are the answers:
- What is your greatest fear?
- Technology eclipsing my knowledge overnight.
- Where do you keep your beer?
- Alas, I don't enjoy beer. I'll have a rum & coke instead please.
- What is the most out-of-character thing you've ever done?
- Said "F*** you" to somebody, and really really enjoy saying it.
- Where did your third eye come from?
- Don't you watch Outer Limits?
- What's your favorite number?
- 42!
- What is your full name?
- Robin Hugh Johnson
- Do you find any similarities between yourself and Christopher Robin, of Pooh fame?
- Not that I know of.
LiveJournal Client
Jun. 5th, 2002 07:58 pmHmm,
It is long overdue for me to update my LJ.
Now that I have a client built into my Mozilla (LiveLizard), I have no excuse.
