Vitanuova for 2001 June 5

Monday

I really finally managed to clean up. My room is "clean", for, as we say, small values of "clean". If I had a whiteboard out, it would still say "clean room"; my to-do list still says so; but my room feels clean to me anyways.

I went in to the EFF briefly.

I went to the Exploratorium with Brita! That was great.

I read more of The Name of the Rose. That is an awesome book. I'm remembering a compliment I once gave -- "like reading The Name of the Rose". Strong praise indeed.

Job hunting continued. I seem to have some good prospects now.

I heard back from Linuxcare about my severance agreement. I'm thinking about their reply.

For various reasons, it might be tough for me to use up all the BART fare on my BART Plus ticket. I guess eventually I'll figure out the right equilibrium to allow me to get a good deal on transit passes.

Ridiculous things

There is no "662" area code in the United States.

(Pacific Bell operator, June 4, 2001)

(This is ridiculous mostly because there is one.)

Tuesday

Today is the "20th anniversary of the discovery of AIDS" because the first scientific publication on AIDS was released (by the CDC) on June 5, 1981. I was one year old at the time.

I went to the EFF. Keep an eye out for upcoming stuff from them tomorrow morning; they will have an announcement.

I met Bill, my old boss at NERSC; he now works at Scale Eight. They're pretty cool.

I got a substantial haircut, and my beard is now at about the lengths it was when I was a junior in high school, so maybe I'll resemble some of those old pictures.

Still re-reading The Name of the Rose.