I really hear you, Melinika. For me, it'd be *much* more of a challenge to spend a week using the internet only for that which is necessary. I'm not and have never been hooked on tv; internet on the other hand. . . April 25th to May 1st, here I come.
Somewhat off topic, but still in the general vicinity: I travel with my laptop daily, and I tend to leave it on. Is this a bad idea? (I've googled some, but mostly find stuff on either telecommuting or plug adaptors and security.)
I can't help much beyond an anectdote. I had a powershot for a week, my friend fell on the ice, and it broke. The repair cost half the price of a new one. Same camera, a year later, a (different) friend got sand in the lens area, camera ground to a halt. The repair by then was 2/3 of the price of a nicer, newer camera. I figured I couldn't lose much by trying to clean out the sand, so I read up as much as I could and tried disassembling it. Broke it completely. (I'm not all thumbs -- I've fixed computers and my cell phone.) I'd say if you can live with having to buy a new camera, attempt a fix, otherwise, don't.
Another one for Mr. Knickerbocker: Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Leetham. It comes highly recommended, though I've yet to read it. A detective story and character study of someone with Tourette's syndrome.
For bipolar illness, Kay Redfield Jamison's memoir shines. She lives with bipolar disorder, is an established researcher in the field, and writes well. Her memoir is called An Unquiet Mind. It melds psychiatry, literature, and her life story.
I'm the oldest on my father's side, and at that point, she wanted to be Liz. By the time the young ones rolled around, she was ready to be Granby Liz, or Granby. My grandfather didn't live long enough to choose another incarnation of his name. My mom's side? Mi abuelita. I often claimed her as mine. Me! Mine!
tracicle I imagine we'll be more than happy to roll out the lavender carpet when you're in town.
minda25, thank you. I was in Europe for much of this year, and I kept half expecting an SF meetup to occur in my absence and half willing it not to. I lucked out.
An SF meetup would be great in my book; a Berkeley one (Triple Rock?) even greater. The SF Zoo sounds like fun, though it's a trek from downtown (and it may be worth waiting til the Great Ape Forest opens . . . ). Regardless: September is good, as is a No. Cal. location.
college applications, biology wannabe, my first name was Olga. So I wrote up a lab report on my life. The biology-olganism bit still holds, whereas my original BBS name sounds too much like the fourteen-year-old I was, so I nixed that option.
Hi y'all. No one reason for joining now. I very much enjoy the mefi folks and the mofi folks helping create this place. What I want: good conversation, fun and thought provoking sites and ideas, disagreements that respect our shared humanity.
Me: I like black boxes, complexity of systems, working to deduce what may be happening, the wonder of our world/universe/existence. I'm in science, living in Spain, headed to the San Francisco bay soon.
What she chronicles is eerie and beautiful and tragic. Her site got me thinking, among other things, about the long-term (health) effects of catastrophic nuclear radiation, which led me to Hiroshima and Nagasaki and rerf.
Native Spanish speaker, fluent in English, conversant in ASL (American Sign Language). Took a year of Latin and a year of Russian, but that was so long ago . . . My next focus will likely be French, though Mandarin is beginning to appeal to me.
You never know what a penguin may do.
posted by olganism 19 years ago
In "Kitties"
Nope, not again. Bunch of sweet, sleeping creatures.
posted by olganism 19 years ago
In "TV Turnoff Week"
I really hear you, Melinika. For me, it'd be *much* more of a challenge to spend a week using the internet only for that which is necessary. I'm not and have never been hooked on tv; internet on the other hand. . . April 25th to May 1st, here I come.
posted by olganism 19 years ago
In "Curious George: Wisdom Teeth"
Oof. Saw this on the blue, and thought of this thread. Something "useful" (meaningful?) to do with the by-products of wisdom teeth extractions.
posted by olganism 19 years ago
In "Cinematic George - Favorite Under-Rated Movies"
Also, High Art. Probably best fits under guilty pleasure.
posted by olganism 19 years ago
how weird, sexyrobot: I just logged in to say Harold and Maude. Movie and soundrack, both.
posted by olganism 19 years ago
In "Curious George: Laptop batteries."
Somewhat off topic, but still in the general vicinity: I travel with my laptop daily, and I tend to leave it on. Is this a bad idea? (I've googled some, but mostly find stuff on either telecommuting or plug adaptors and security.)
posted by olganism 19 years ago
In "Digital Camera Vs. Wonder of the World"
I can't help much beyond an anectdote. I had a powershot for a week, my friend fell on the ice, and it broke. The repair cost half the price of a new one. Same camera, a year later, a (different) friend got sand in the lens area, camera ground to a halt. The repair by then was 2/3 of the price of a nicer, newer camera. I figured I couldn't lose much by trying to clean out the sand, so I read up as much as I could and tried disassembling it. Broke it completely. (I'm not all thumbs -- I've fixed computers and my cell phone.) I'd say if you can live with having to buy a new camera, attempt a fix, otherwise, don't.
posted by olganism 19 years ago
In "MoFi T Shirt Orders"
1 small, women's cut, if possible. Thanks (organizers and artists alike) for the great work!
posted by olganism 19 years ago
In "Curious George: Book name"
Another one for Mr. Knickerbocker: Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Leetham. It comes highly recommended, though I've yet to read it. A detective story and character study of someone with Tourette's syndrome.
posted by olganism 20 years ago
For bipolar illness, Kay Redfield Jamison's memoir shines. She lives with bipolar disorder, is an established researcher in the field, and writes well. Her memoir is called An Unquiet Mind. It melds psychiatry, literature, and her life story.
posted by olganism 20 years ago
In "Curious, George: The GRANDEST of parents..."
I'm the oldest on my father's side, and at that point, she wanted to be Liz. By the time the young ones rolled around, she was ready to be Granby Liz, or Granby. My grandfather didn't live long enough to choose another incarnation of his name. My mom's side? Mi abuelita. I often claimed her as mine. Me! Mine!
posted by olganism 20 years ago
In "The OTHER Meetup"
tracicle I imagine we'll be more than happy to roll out the lavender carpet when you're in town. minda25, thank you. I was in Europe for much of this year, and I kept half expecting an SF meetup to occur in my absence and half willing it not to. I lucked out. An SF meetup would be great in my book; a Berkeley one (Triple Rock?) even greater. The SF Zoo sounds like fun, though it's a trek from downtown (and it may be worth waiting til the Great Ape Forest opens . . . ). Regardless: September is good, as is a No. Cal. location.
posted by olganism 20 years ago
In "See Bill's Blog..."
A blog by the guy who wrote his book in longhand and sent exactly two emails during his presidency? Skeptical from the get go.
posted by olganism 20 years ago
In "<b>Curious George: Usernames</b>"
college applications, biology wannabe, my first name was Olga. So I wrote up a lab report on my life. The biology-olganism bit still holds, whereas my original BBS name sounds too much like the fourteen-year-old I was, so I nixed that option.
posted by olganism 20 years ago
In "Curious George: New Users"
Hi y'all. No one reason for joining now. I very much enjoy the mefi folks and the mofi folks helping create this place. What I want: good conversation, fun and thought provoking sites and ideas, disagreements that respect our shared humanity. Me: I like black boxes, complexity of systems, working to deduce what may be happening, the wonder of our world/universe/existence. I'm in science, living in Spain, headed to the San Francisco bay soon.
posted by olganism 20 years ago
In "Biking in Chernobyl."
What she chronicles is eerie and beautiful and tragic. Her site got me thinking, among other things, about the long-term (health) effects of catastrophic nuclear radiation, which led me to Hiroshima and Nagasaki and rerf.
posted by olganism 20 years ago
In "Curious George: Languages..."
Native Spanish speaker, fluent in English, conversant in ASL (American Sign Language). Took a year of Latin and a year of Russian, but that was so long ago . . . My next focus will likely be French, though Mandarin is beginning to appeal to me.
posted by olganism 20 years ago
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