Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 14:27:49 EDT
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Why haven't I posted in a while? There are several reasons. The foremost being classwork. I have a ton of classwork to do every day; especially since I seem to love being at least one section behind in every class I take. I currently have about four sections of Linear Algebra work and 3.5 sections of Calculus III to catch up on. The Linear Algebra is actually rather simple. It is just time consuming because of all the matrices and the lameness of the book's author. Calculus, though, is different.
It is interesting the way calculus courses are split. The first course covers differential calculus; the second builds on that and covers integral calculus with sequences and series. The third course steps it up a bit and starts dealing with three dimensional space. My first test, this coming Monday, will cover vectors, planes, surfaces, and lines in space. It is all very pretty but it is also all very complicated. For example, finding the equation of a plane that contains the intersection of two given planes and a given point takes a wee bit of thinking. If I had my calculus book with me right now I would actually go through that problem here but it, and my work, is at home; so, I will do that later.
When I haven't been working on classwork I have been watching the first season of Lost on DVD. My roommate got me interested in the show at the end of the season a few months ago and I can't resist a good story line. Best Buy always sells new release DVDs at a discount and I got an extra $10.00 off because of my store card. So, I bought the season set a day or so after it came out and have been watching it whenever I can since then. I will have the first season wrapped up before next Wednesday's season two premiere. The show itself is good but the DVDs are poorly produced. My first complaint with them is the movie trailers that automatically start playing on the first disc. Sure, put them on there as "features" but don't start them automatically. I didn't buy the DVDs to watch movie trailers; I can do that online. The other gripe I have is the lack of editing for DVD. Every time an episode would fade to black for on-air commercials the DVD episode will fade to black even if it would work without the fade. If the show is going to cut to a completely different sequence after the break, which it does frequently, then it is okay to leave the fade in. But, if the s ... (view rest)
Monday, 02 February 2004, 12:28:14 EDT
When did DVDs become so expensive? I remember when they were about a maximum of $15 for a special edition (discounting boxed sets). Now they are outrageous. I want this one and this one. Sadly, I won't be able to get them both at the same time because of their insane price tags. I will probably pick up Lost In Translation this week because I have not been able to see it yet and I really want to see it; Bill Murray was a good dramatic actor in The Razor's Edge so why wouldn't he be good in this one?
When I got the email from Amazon.com that The Gods Must Be Crazy was coming to DVD th ... (view rest)
Monday, 01 December 2003, 18:43:54 EDT
Why must they keep producing items that I must have? I need someone to give me a weekly budget of like $100 just for buying DVDs an ... (view rest)
Sunday, 16 November 2003, 09:36:00 EDT
Yay! The Gods Must Be Crazy is finally coming to ... (view rest)
Saturday, 04 October 2003, 22:58:40 EDT
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The Braves and the Cubs are definitely taking things down to the wire - literally. The Braves finally came around today and played baseball. The whole series they have been up against some damn good pitching but they have not been playing the baseball they played all season. They were making the Cubs fight but they were not showing them how to hit. Tomorrow is going to be a really tough game; Wood will be back on the mound for the Cubs and Hammond, who pitched two nights ago, will be tossing for the Braves. Wood is just too damn good.
Braves 2 - Cubs 2
I bought the Willow special edition DVD today. ... (view rest)
Tuesday, 26 August 2003, 22:33:45 EDT
PCU is probably one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. It has been available on VHS for about ten years now. It seems they are now finally going to release the coveted DVD. I can not wait to get a copy of this thing. I think that ... (view rest)