I'm pooped today, I worked

I'm pooped today, I worked a 12 hour day yesterday, staying late to help some of the Resnet crew clean up after the Blaster worm that's causing problems in the dorms. Only 2 of the residence halls at UNI have internet access right now, as every student computer has to be manually checked, cleaned, and patched before the building is allowed on the campus network. Did I mention they aren't air conditioned? So, I spent about 3.5 hours going door to door on a floor full of freshman girls, which might sound good in theory, but at that point all I wanted to do is go home and sleep.

I really enjoy how some

I really enjoy how some faculty don't even bother to go look at the room they're going to be teaching in for the semester until the first day of classes. Then they inevitably freak out, because they've been assigned to a room that doesn't have a projector/computer/vcr/dvd setup in it, and now it's an emergency, because they've planned their whole semester around that. Guess who has to come up with a solution? The Scheduling office? The Faculty member? The Dean's Office? Or The Computer Guy? Yeah...the computer guy...

It's the first day of

It's the first day of the fall semester, here at UNI. It's supposed to reach 92°F today, so it's toasty warm, and crowded on campus. I've already been asked directions by freshmen at least 5 times. So far, the highlight of my day was watching a Goth chick, wearing too much makeup and far too many black clothes for the heat, strutting her stuff all tough, then getting nailed by a sprinkler that's watering the new sod. Her "cooler than thou" atttitude was completely destroyed.

Argh, our dryer died tonight.

Argh, our dryer died tonight. Well, it technically still functions, but when you hear the sound of metal-on-metal coming from your dryer, it's probably best to stop using it. It came with our house, and I'd estimate its age at around 20 years, so there's no way it's worth fixing. I ordered a new one from Sears, we'll pick it up later this week. Normally I'd want to see it in person, but I checked Consumer Reports' site, found a model they suggested as a "Best Buy" then saw it was on sale at Sears.com, and the sale ends in 1.5 hours. So, I ordered online, and they should e-mail me in 3-5 days and tell me to come pick it up. It's Sears Item #02662802000, Mfr. Model #62802 if you're interested.

Watching an episode of Trading

Watching an episode of Trading Spaces today, I think I found the carpet I want to put in our basement. It's called Legato Carpet, and it's sold at Home Depot. It looked neat on TV, all you do is stick it down, but it looks a lot better than the standard low pile peel and stick carpet. After a bit of walking on it, you can't see any seams, and if you ever stain a piece, you can just replace it. This seems like the perfect solution for our basement area, that we just use as casual TV room. I may have to head out to Home Depot tomorrow to buy a box of it, and give it a try. It's about $2/square foot, I think, but that doesn't seem too expensive, if it looks nice.