Yep, I am spending my Spring Break in the “bubble” of Sugar Land. Yep, that’s right, the home of Tom Delay…

Can you feel my excitement? Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy spending time with my family, but I thought the point of Spring Break was to go and do something. I have been contemplating a trip to Austin to see some friends or to Dallas to look at potential places to live.

After today’s “experience” of filing my tax return, I really do not feel like doing much else. It’s hot and humid here which isn’t much of a new thing around here.

I did attend a “nerd” bachelor party last night… Now, I am not saying that I want strippers and stuff but playing Halo all night just doesn’t do it for me. But I’ve never been a big gamer.

Specifically, why is it so hard to study for my Strategic Management test that is today? I just cannot do it. I try to open the book, read through key points, but I get through one or two sentences and I have to close it.

I made a great grade on the last test in this class but the professor has told us this one will be harder. That seems to do nothing to encourage me to study more. Alright, I have to stop writing this and go and try and study.

SXSW Interactive is a great way to really immerse yourself in technology and the people who create it and use it. This year it just is not for me though.

Last year was a one of a kind experience and I enjoyed every minute of it, but after looking through the panel topics and some of the keynotes I decided that this year just was not worth my money or time. I really feel like I can learn just as much about most of this year’s topics by reading and researching on the internet as I could by attending. Kind of disheartening but it’s the truth.

To add to the that, some speakers that I would enjoy listening to just are not on the list of confirmed speakers.

I may be going through Austin during Spring Break, but I highly doubt I will make the stop at SXSW.

I truly hate being sick. I am tired of it. The weather here has been amazing and I am stuck inside trying to fight off a sinus infection. It’s frustrating, but 1pm Friday signals the beginning of Spring Break and it’s about time.

In other interesting news, I came across a thread at SitePoint yesterday that mentioned a website that had Google Video Ads, yes VIDEO. I visited the site and took a screenshot. You can view it here.

So I think I have heard “So when do you celebrate your birthday?” about 50 times in the last couple of weeks. I always respond with something witty, like, “whenever I want…”. For those having trouble following along, I am a leap year baby. Technically, I only have a birthday every four years. My last “real” birthday was in 2004, and I won’t have another until 2008. Weird right?

So when will I celebrate it this year? Probably on the weekend, it’s just easier that way…

A recent push for the state of Montana to start production of the first diesel fuel created by the Fischer-Tropsch process has led to a lot of debate over the method

Don Knotts, of The Andy Griffith Show, passed away friday from pulmonary and respiratory complications. Rest in peace.

Harry Fuecks has written a great article on PHP and its place in web development.

At the top of his list is the scaling possible with PHP and arrays (which a lot of people hate). It’s great to actually read something from someone who loves PHP and knows how well it works.

Canon has announced a whole new set of digital cameras that will be available starting in April.

Of particular interest to me is the Powershot S3 IS. Set to be priced at $499 it has a 12x zoom, macro and super-macro modes, and image stabilization. The price is perfect for such a how powered camera.

Personal space is something that we all cherish and as such we respect other people’s space. But it seems there is always that one person that just doesn’t understand basic etiquette.

Today in class I had written down some notes and was quietly listening to what the teacher was saying, we were 20 minutes into class. About that time I hear the door open and in walks a guy from my group. He makes a lot of noise and for some reason decides to sit down beside me. He proceeds to remove a pen and a composition notebook from his backpack and then do that neck lean thing where he’s trying to hint to you that he wants to look at what you have written down. At first I ignore him, then he leans over more and continues to read my notes and copy them down.

My pen is sitting near the end of the notes and when he reaches that point he grabs my pen and moves it. Who does that?! We aren’t buddies, we are simply members of a class group that works on projects together. I always seem to have one of these types of people every semester. I just do not understand why people think something is owed to them or they have to have something right that second.