I think the most satisfying thing is to have Internet again. I've been without it for far too long, and there is only so much actual work I wanted to do in the confines of a campus lab. As much fun as reading my PowerPoint narration would be (all seven or more minutes of it) I don't think the people around me doing "real" work would appreciate it. On the down side, this also means I need to hook up my microphone to Hikaru and make sure everything is still working like it is supposed to. Then and only then can I complete my capstone planning final: a narrated PowerPoint. I shit you not, apparently we are too good to even do a normal presentation. And people wonder why come capstone nobody is able to entertain a crowd for ten simple minutes. Oh well, I suppose in the end I should be thankful for having taken a speech class back in high school. And I got to play chess with a person who was much cooler than I gave them credit for. Maybe it is because graduation is coming up so quickly, but I find myself looking back at high school a bit more. I see now some people who were genuinely interesting and those who I thought were (and were really flat and shallow). I suppose it caught me by surprise that I missed a chance to know some really cool people. Though if all turns out well, I'm sure they will show up in life again at some point.
I've been doing a lot of work on the Kaizoku-Fansubs web site ever since I got Internet back, in an attempt to catch up on everything that I neglected. Most of the modifications were asthetic although I have been playing with a few mods for the centralized management system. The K-F site, for those not into One Piece, revolves around a message board, and the primary web master opted for Invision Power Board. While I like phpbb a bit better, I went ahead with Invision since that was what was installed and running. I am still torn on message boards having "portals" is a good idea, or if the world is better off using a portal with a message board module. While Message Boards with portal modules allow for faster setup and integration, they have a difficult time becoming scalable solutions. There is no content management, there is no versatility, there is only a static definition as defined in the portal. However, Invision's portal mod can be up and running in under 20 minutes, message board included - no joke. Post-Nuke style portals require installation of both the portal and the board, as well as adding in a "module" for the portal. Of course, since portal software such as Xoops, Post Nuke, and PHPNuke were designed to be scalable, it becomes more readily apparent how more data can be added easily. But that's a battle and discussion for another day. It's time for a final!
Final Count: Unix Final - taking Math Final - tomorrow
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