This afternoon I looked at Kristen’s computer. Its main problem is high CPU usage, often near 100%. It’s not just Explorer using the resources, either, but whatever application is trying to run: Firefox, wmplayer, etc. I’ve seen max CPU usage problems before. Last time, they were caused by an incomplete AVI file. This problem appears…Continue Reading…
More amazing insights from CS Lewis, pages 98-99. But what, it may be asked, is the use of keeping two people together if they are no longer in love? There are several sound, social reasons; to provide a home for their children, to protect the woman (who has probably sacrificed or damaged her own career…Continue Reading…
From Mere Christianity by CS Lewis (88). Remember that, as I said, the right direction leads not only to peace but to knowledge. When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him. When a man is getting worse, he understands his own badness less…Continue Reading…
I’m about halfway through this book now, and it’s simply amazing. I love his writing style, but even more, I love his ideas. The illustrations he uses takes my thoughts and makes them much more clear. Here’s an excerpt from page 85, one that I really like. Imagine three men who go to war. One…Continue Reading…
Yesterday I went to EVK for dinner, my first time for this school year. It’s exactly as I remember. The food tastes exactly the same, right down to the tomato sauce on the pizzas, which tastes like it came straight out of the can. They did have one interesting dish: soy chicken stir fry. I…Continue Reading…
From the Top 10 Ways to Motivate Geeks. JPL’s biggest mistake has been giving me this 4-year-old Compaq with just 504 MB RAM. So all I can really do is post on blog ;-) Yes, hardware gets obsolete fast. But it’s worth it. And it’s a good thing new stuff comes out so often, because…Continue Reading…