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Sierra Nevada is no longer a twist-off.

In Linux I can do /etc/init.d/networking restart, and it successfully reinitializes my crummy WL-167g USB wireless adapter, without interfering with any of my open connections. (The adapter locks up frequently, although not as often as our Scientific Atlanta cable modem.)

Windows, in contrast, seems to go out of its way to reset all my network connections when the link goes down.

I’m mostly moved to new hosting at Future Hosting. It’s the same price as my old VPS at JVDS, but the specs are much better. Most notably, 10 GB of storage vs. 1 GB. The comments at webhostingtalk seemed generally positive about the service, but time and experience will have to tell.

My alarm clock died because I smashed the snooze button one too many times.

I bought a new alarm clock at Fry’s for $15. The new one is great. It projects the wrong time on the ceiling, and the alarm goes off based on the same incorrect time.

Remember, we put a man on the moon.

I ordered 14,400 calories of “Mayday Emergency Food Rations”, and they arrived today. The box was surprisingly heavy, about 7 pounds. I ordered the 3600 calorie bars, which are divided into 9 pieces. Each piece has a full day’s worth of most nutrients. On the packaging it recommends eating 1200 calories per day. Presumably this suggestion is meant for an actual emergency where 1200 is a lot more than nothing, but it does make me question whether eating 2000+ calories worth for an extended time is a good idea.

I ate two pieces (800 calories) for dinner tonight. In hindsight I wish I had only eaten one, or had spaced them out a little more, because I feel vaguely nauseous now. The taste is a palatable apple cinnamon flavor. The texture leaves something to be desired. The packaging claims it is “non thirst provoking”, but I’m still glad I had some water to go with it.

The single-serve coffee machine in the break room has an odometer, which tells me it has made 72,928 cups of coffee.

Crazy alarm clock idea:

• alarm goes off, makes loud noise
• to turn off audible alarm, turn on water in the shower
• if water in shower is turned off after <10 minutes has passed, audible alarm restarts

I should start traveling to Asia. Actually, it’s the “from Asia” part that’s exciting. Arrive before you left! With the Concorde gone it’s the only consumer-accessible time travel.

I get free food at work, with some exceptions. Most of the exceptions can be described as “pre-packaged” items, meaning things like chips, yogurt, granola bars, and bottled drinks. Since only fountain drinks are free, I’ve ended up drinking a fair amount of diet coke.

I found drinking diet coke with my lunch surprisingly tolerable. My guess was it somehow tasted different (less gross) from a fountain than from a can, just like the same kind of beer tastes different when drunk out of bottles and cans. This seems reasonable since regular coke tastes different from a fountain.

I think I was wrong. Late this afternoon I got a diet coke from the fountain but neglected to grab a straw. It was gross. My new theory is diet coke tastes less gross when consumed through a straw.

I updated the table to show the final outcome. The Yankees get the division title anyways because they suck.

In other news, the Patriots didn’t do so well today.