Blog of Billy

December is here! Barring a scorpionesque strike from the now-just-a-memory month of drama in these first couple of days, we should have smooth sailing for about 3 months.

In preparation for finals, I have modified my sleeping habits a bit. I now take two 3-hour naps: one in the early-to-mid evening, and one again just before work. So far, the results have been positive for school, though I miss many of the calls to come hang out in what is for the college aged crowd the middle parts of the day. My apologies to any who feel like I am shirking them. I promise I'll reappear sometime after the 12th, if not before.

I need a house, a bunch of lights, some solid state relays, and a bunch of time on my hands. Then maybe I could be awesome.

Just as a statement in the FOSS v MS battles, Windows Media Player on my laptop will occasionally just not play the ending 30 seconds of certain WMV videos. The audio will go on, but the picture will freeze. This happens intermittently, and with several different videos. Xine, on the other hand, has never done such a thing, even with a non-native format like WMV. It also has manual controls that I can use to change the audio/video offset, which is useful for poorly ripped episodes of The West Wing, and for speakers that are mounted on distant walls, where there is a noticeable delay between the vibration and the sound hitting you.

And then he came down with his belly of jello.
He says, 'where the ladies at cuz I'm a real jolly fellow.'