Monthly Archive for January, 2005

Cigarettes Suck

January 31, 2005 — Uncategorized. 2 Comments

I’m not too happy, since my uncle passed away today. Yes, the same uncle that my dad went to Bangladesh to see. Because of this, my dad is staying in B’desh a little longer, and not leaving there on February 2. Right now, they are supposed to be going to the town where my uncle lived to have a funeral and inter him. I heard that it hit my dad the most and that they had to force him to go to sleep, because he was crying so much.

My uncle died because of lung cancer. How did he get lung cancer? He smoked a whole lot of cigarettes, that’s how.

Update: It turns out he got radiotherapy too soon, which caused him to have a stroke. You’re supposed to get the radiotherapy a year after you get chemotherapy, and my uncle was diagnosed last summer. The guy who was giving the therapy just wanted the money. How do we know this? He said not to tell his boss that he was giving the therapy when he was since he might lose his job. I got really mad when I heard this. It kind of shows how greedy some people are in this world, valuing money over life.

New Powerbook

January 31, 2005 — Uncategorized. Closed

Okay, let me just type this up before I leave for home. There’s a new line of Powerbooks out. Wait, before you shout out because you think it’s the G5, you should know that it’s still in G4. Of the new features are 512mb of RAM built-in and a new motion sensor so the hard drive can brace for impact. (via MacMischeif.) Gotta go, mom’s waiting downstairs.

I’m Bored

January 31, 2005 — Uncategorized. Closed

I’m writing this from the school computer lab. I thought we’d have guitar today, but it turns out the guitar teacher is busy with other work today. There were only like 8 people who came to after-school today. I think it might be partially because the high schoolers get a day off from school, since they were busy taking tests the whole week, last week. It’s pretty quiet right now. There are teachers who, I guess, are learning how to use the computers to improve their teaching. Some seventh graders are playing games across from me. I think it would be cool to try some of the things Eric Meyer says to try in a computer lab. The only problem with that is that the assistant principal is also learning how the computers can be used. There’s also another thing that’s bugging me. These computers can’t render pages right since they use IE. I think I’ll finish my English homework now.

New Books

January 30, 2005 — Uncategorized. 1 Comment

I had to get a book for English class, since my next project is on an independant book. I thought of using the RPS book I have, but I knew my teacher wouldn’t approve it. I think we have to write a 25 page report on a book we’re reading or have read before.

I decided to go to Barnes & Noble to get a book, since I didn’t have time to order from Amazon. I wanted to go to the Barnes & Noble on Austin Street, since I’ve always gone there since I was a little kid. This time around, though, I went to one in Long Island. I had been there once before. I brought a list of books with me to go through when I was looking for one to buy. Here’s the list:

  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon.
  • Down and Out in the Magical Kingdom, by Cory Doctorow.
  • A Place So Foreign and Eight More, by Cory Doctorow. (I forgot we couldn’t use anthologies or collections of stories.)
  • Eastern Standard Tribe, yet again, by Cory Doctorow.
  • Life of Pi, by Yann Martel

Of course, I found two of the books I was looking for, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and Life of Pi. There was a guy at the bookstore who said Life of Pi is a really good book. I decided to get both books.

I don’t really like reading the books that are filed under “Teen,” since most of them are for the kind of girls who’ve been brainwashed by the media into thinking they’re too fat.

By the way, if you, the reder, aren’t from a time too far from the time I’m writing this, you should see the icons for the book in the sidebar. All Consuming is nice!

Update: All Consuming just reminded me of a book I saw at BN. It’s called Blog : Understanding the Information Reformation That’s Changing Your World. It’s going on my wishlist.

Browser Stats

January 30, 2005 — Geeky, Personal and Tech. 2 Comments

Browser Stats

My browser stats are pretty good now. Only 8% of my visitors use IE. THe rest use either Firefox, Mozilla, or Safari. All three are pretty good. I don’t think I’m gonna use Safari when I switch, though. I like the way Firefox works. I might try out Camino, though. It seems like a good Firefox alternative for the Mac.