I've been a bit light on the blogging due to computer difficulties: it seems the sugary liquid I spilled in my keyboard a few months ago is coming back to haunt me, and the space bar has become very sticky and occasionally broken. I'm going to have to pony up for a new one soon, as these aren't very easy to take apart to clean, and the prevailing thought among people I've polled is that the keyboard-in-dishwasher trick probably isn't good for a wireless keyboard. I'm over the whole wireless keyboard thing anyway; all it does is suck up batteries and keep one cord off my desk. Same goes for the wireless mouse: Its batteries are dead and I'm using my old Logitech, which incidentally has a functional scroll wheel, but is a bit spotty on tracking sometimes.
On the bright side, it is looking like my laptop is going to be fine*! Hooray! My housemate Nick is working on installing the new HD as I type, and according to him, the USB and FW ports *do* work. Odd... I distinctly remember trying to use them several times to no result. Anyway, that is great because then I will have a work computer again, and not have to type emails on my iPhone. (Yes, I got an iPhone, yes, I paid far too much for it, yes, I love it).
Classes start on Monday... not much else to say about that until then. Don't think I'm actually going to be taking any classes, except for rotations, journal club, seminars, and TAing. I think I'll be busy enough, and my committee didn't really seem to think it'd be a problem. So we'll see how the quarter goes... back in school, weird!
* minus all the data that used to be on it
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