I collect laptops. I also used to collect woman. (e:hodown) was one of them. hahaha

Thanks bill for the serial cable. It works perfectly. My 3D class dissapointed me so much today. Their homework assignments were just too bad to look at. I hope that it changes as the semster goes on.

I finally created the eletric setup for a mini joystick. I am so excited to see it work. In reality, I hate the electric part. It reminds me of my body. It's demanding and has so many physical requirements.

I totally enjoy the programming, it is so much more my style. I wish the circuit board would stop demanding so much.

He makes such a good point here

The way you meet people in cyberspace puts a different spin on affiliation: in traditional kinds of communities, we are accustomed to meeting people, then getting to know them; in virtual communities, you can get to know people and then choose to meet them.

This is so funny, it is about a user addicted to the WELL, an early online community:

Years after he had kicked his cocaine habit, he claimed, somebody put a line of the substance next to Blair's computer while he was logged on. It dawned on him, several hours later, that the white crystals were still there, and he had known about them, but had not mustered the energy necessary to sniff them. It wasn't a moral decision but a battle of obsessions, Blair explained--he couldn't tear his hands from the keyboard and his eyes from the screen of his current, deeper addiction long enough to ingest the cocaine.

Wow, this video of the tsunami is insane. It is someone personal home video right at the site on like the thrid floor of a hotel.