2012.03.22 Thursday

Groggy. Semi long day at work, but at least it included east side pies.

Played racquetball after work.

Some home searching. Kelc came over and we chatted for a bit.

2012.03.21 Wednesday

Woke up with a very different sore throat today. Instead of aching it was more of a pain, but not like strep. I started thinking that maybe a spider crawled in and bit me on my tonsils or something. That would be pretty sweet. Otherwise, pretty darn groggy this morning.

Semi short day at work.

Class - Bike ride - Shaved - cleaned bathroom - More working out - Sleep

2012.03.20 Tuesday

Stormy night, didn't sleep that well. That turned into a less-than-energetic day at work. But hey, at least we had donuts for breakfast.

For lunch, the infamous 2-piece for .99 deal at Popeye's. It always sounds like a good deal at first.

Finished up the day pretty strong, then headed home. There I made a couple tilapia fillets and ate some leftover macaroni+cheese, felt pretty stuffed from that.

Then my school group got together to finish up some homework assignment. That took most of the evening. When am I supposed to have time to buy a house? Or more importantly, when do I get some "me" time? Some day...

2012.03.19 Monday

Work was both normal and quiet. Then lunch rolled around; I got to eat the BBQ leftovers of another meeting. I probably had like 3 plates... did not feel so great after the third.

Picked up Kelc then spent the evening helping Taylor move the last of her stuff out of a 3rd floor apartment into a house.

Quick errands then sleep.

2012.03.18 Sunday

I woke abruptly to an accident happening on the floor. Rather entertaining after the initial shock wore off. Otherwise, the house looked like a complete disaster zone. No idea how I slept through all that. I couldn't really sleep much, so I started cleaning things up.

Ray and I fixed up the fence and a few things, then went to The Villiage to get away from everything. Also stopped by Earth Art.

Back home, people were just waking up. Nice

Played some more Mario Galaxy

Went to watch Chase's soccer game.

Fuego for dinner.

Then home.

2012.03.17 Saturday

Woke, played games for a good chunk of the morning.

I was pretty energetic and wanted to get a start on the day. R+M and myself went over to the campus to finish up some experiment, then over to Lowes to pick up some crafting materials.

Then we went to Lenny's and picked up some 16-17" subs. Yum.

Chris and Maddie arrived, then we all walked over to the nearby park. Ray said he swore there were basketball courts at the park; alas, there were not. Instead, we played vennis with a kickball (slightly painful).

Paul, Chase, Chris and myself went over to an elementary school to play some 2v2. I'm pretty terrible with bball, mostly because I dislike being on offense.

Later on in the evening, we had a melted spatula, cancer floating around the house. Jam session

Played more games, music, hookah, late night.

2012.03.16 Friday

I had some goals for the day.

Goal 1: Take a few hours to work on the volleyball court. Try to cut out some of the encroaching grass, rake out some junk, and re-level the playing field.

Goal 1 Result: The campus security reluctantly said I should go home. Their boss ended up not wanting me to be there, or fix up the property for free. Whatevs man, whatevs. I got in a few hours anyways and was getting pretty tired. I also forgot gloves so I have a pretty blister.

Goal 2: Take some measurements and adjust the power consumption of the TV/Media server I have running in another room.

Goal 2 Result: Initially the server was consuming about 142 watts; I got that down to 82 watts. How? you might ask. Well, I did a few odd ball things. I disconnected the optical drive, I took out the tv card that wasn't working, and I removed the graphics card. (Yeah, the computer is now completely "headless" and maybe even "neckless" because you can't even connect a monitor). In addition to the unplugging of unnecessary devices, I underclocked the processor. Originally it was running at 3.0Ghz (200Mhz bus with an x15 multiplier) and I took that down to 2.25Ghz (150Mhz bus). That should also reduce the amount of heat billowing out of the system. I actually tinkered with going down to 1.5Ghz, but I felt like I was killing the potential of the processor at that point. Maybe at some point this machine will be doing some transcoding. Maybe not.

Goal 3: Drive to BCS.

Goal 3 Result: Had a slow start, and had to loop back around to take care of some things forgotten, but we made it while the night was still young.