This morning on the way to work I was almost struck by a cop that was flying down the road. He didn’t have his siren or his lights on but he was going about 70 mph in a 45. He just about hit me from behind but he swirved and got in one lane over…. Then he gave me this look like I did something wrong, I just stared right back at him thinking to myself “I’m going 45 bud”.

I have come to the conclusion that the one thing that makes the internet great (information on demand) is the same thing that sometimes makes it a pain to use. I did a search for some stuff here at work and got a few good results. I went to the sites and the articles were what I was I looking for and as added bonus the articles had links to other resources. The problem was, none of the links worked!! Everytime I tried a link I got a “Page Not Found” error… Since websites move, site structures change, etc. nothing is constant. However, I think that a lot of websites are getting smart and starting to archive their content and make it available for longer amounts of time (some times infinitely). See I can go to the library, get a book and that book may have references to other books that I can look for. Now the book may not be available at that particular library which is why the internet is great, I can simply search for anything and no matter where it is, I can get it. So, as soon as the problem of keeping data in the same place is solved the internet will become a much better tool.

Well I finished my Economics final tonight and I am done with my third semester of college. The Economics exam wasn’t easy and I am not sure how I did (I’ll find out tomorrow). I am just glad to get this semester out of the way.

Some people brought up a good point a few days ago and I just noticed it yesterday… These McDonald’s commercials 1) suck 2) say that there is now white meat in their chicken nuggets… What in the world?! What was in them before!?!!?!? That song “I’m Loving It” has got to go. Never has a rap not made me want to eat something; Till now.

Wow, I woke up this morning and it was 17 degrees outside! The windchill was around 10 degrees, now that’s cold! Amarillo is about to get snow and it looks like there is a slight chance for us to get it but as usual, when they predict snow, we never get it.

I would like to take a moment to send my condolences to the Whitaker family. Two nights ago the Whitaker family was gunned down in their home, Kevin (went to elementary school with him) died at the scene and his mother died on the way to the hospital. You can read more about it here. This really is tragic and I can’t comprehend how someone could enter a house and be so desperate for money to shoot a family. I guess what’s so shocking about the whole thing is that it was in a nice neighborhood in a city that hasn’t really had a problem with major crimes.

Well there isn’t a whole lot going on in Lubbock today… The temperature dropped to 20 last night with a windchill of 12, needless to say the roads were frozen this morning.

Today is the “dead day” or a day of no class and no finals. It is basically a day to study but I doubt very few people actually study though. I am going to study a little for my Accounting test but since I had a review last night I am not too worried about it. Economics will take up most of my time because I want to make an ‘A’ on it.

I have started a log analysis tool for websites using Python and wxPython. It should come out pretty well but who knows, I am really worried about large log files clogging up the code but we’ll see.

Well today is the last day of classes here at Texas Tech University. Am I excited? Oh, you know it…

I have two finals on Saturday, my ISQS (computer) and Accounting. Economics is not till next Tuesday and it is the main exam that I am going to study for, just because it is so important. (That was sarcasm if you didn’t get it).

I am still trying to come up with good software ideas but haven’t been able to come up with anything as of yet.

As a sidenote, I am in the process of trying to fix my truck to the point where it is almost brand new. I think I am going to open up a little donations thing and call it “Operation Fix Stephan’s Tank” or something like that. Probably won’t get a lot of money from it but anything would help at this point. It needs new springs, the interior needs to be redone, the top needs to be taken off, resealed and put back on. Basically it needs to be restored.

Lubbock + wind + cold = dust and an unpleasant time…. The dust has really picked up and the sky is red, yippee . Since I live on the north side of town it is probably really bad over there (because the wind coming out of the north has nothing to stop it. I am really not too excited about going to Economics today.

The temperature has dropped into the low 30’s with a wind chill of 20. The temp last night was 73!!! The weird thing is the temperature keeps dropping by a few degrees every hour, it will probably be in the teens by tonight. Supposedly there is snow on the way but I don’t believe it.

Smooth Fusion had the Christmas party last night and it was pretty fun even though I got lost on the way out there. The steaks were great!!

Well I learned something about Google today. There is a technique called ‘Googlebombing’. Basically it is when a bunch of sites are linked to a specific site with a certain keyword. Fact and point, go to Google and search for ‘Miserable Failure’ and look where it takes you. You can also search for ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction’ and it gives some more goofy results. Anyway, just thougth that was interesting though I don’t like people complaining about the president. Grow up and realize that the world doesn’t revolve around you.

Also, I solidified my geekdom Saturday by watching ‘Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers’. I have to say that I was pretty impressed and captivated by the movie. Since I heard the third one is going to be mostly fighting, I think I am going to go see it, or maybe I’ll wait and just rent it.

I hate school and I am ready for it to be over this semester, just so you all know. I have realized that the GPA system is there to mess up a student’s future as much as possible. If a student makes a 3.8 his freshman year and then makes A’s and B’s the next year, his gradepoint falls and it continues to fall. The reason being is that cumulative GPA is calculated using a system that hinders a student from being able to show his doing well. What the system does is show when a student does badly, but it does not allow the student to make up the gradepoints as easily as he lost them, which, in my opinion is wrong. If you get a 3.8 one semester and you do badly the next (let’s say you get a 2.5), your GPA falls to around 3.3. Now to make up the points you lost you would have to make straight A’s for the rest of college (that is if you have enough years to do that). It’s like hitting someone when they’re down.