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June 29th, 2006
02:56 am - It's Been Awhile
You know, it's been a really long time since I updated this. Some may even say that this blog is abandoned, deprecated, and beyond it's use. I currently have up blogs here, at http://code.luniac.com/blog , http://code.polycat.net/blog , and many more. I update them horribly erratically, and never keep them updated constantly. I guess you could say that I'm bad at this kind of commitments. And now I want to create a JoeUser account, a different type of blog. I probably couldn't keep that going, either. This is going to require some thought. Maybe I'll start writing here again... who knows, right?
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December 7th, 2004
11:58 pm - Argh to AOL
I'm writing this in every blog/update type site that I currently own, so if you see it multiple times, I'm sorry.
Here's the news. For reasons unknown to me, AOL/AIM decided to suspend or terminal my main AIM account, [changed]. This is pretty sad for me, since I've used that account for quite a long time. Anyway, fortunately I've had a backup account with most of the information (buddies, etc.) that [changed] contained. This screen name is [also changed]. If you're one of my friends, could you please IM me on this new sn to make sure I have your screen name? It'll just take a second and it will help me make sure I'm all up to date. Hopefully this screen name suspension thing will work itself out...
- d
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September 12th, 2004
11:46 am - School sucks
Title says it all. I have a chem quiz and HUGE euro test first two periods tomorrow, then French without stirling since he's on senior retreat. This sucks.
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September 4th, 2004
02:12 pm - OMG A NEW BLOG~
Yeah, okay, I'm setting up a blog at code.luniac.com/blog.html. Right. Anyway, I'll still update here, possibly as I update there. Or, something. Anyway, check it out.
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August 27th, 2004
06:02 pm
okay, the entry that used to be here was idiotic. it's private-ized for my personal amusement, but its not worth you guys looking at. i feel a little better now :)
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August 26th, 2004
02:44 pm - wtf o_O
According to Lindsay, she often reads this blog. Okay, that's weird to me. I'm not sure I like it. I mean, it's not like a talk shit about her behind her back, but she and some other *cough*mina*cough* people are not the people I want to be able to read my innermost thoughts. So! I will be making many of my posts friends-only. Maybe. I'm not sure yet... I'll have to think about it. Hmmm...
The weird thing is, I don't think I have her lj... weird.
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August 25th, 2004
10:50 pm - School
Yeah, back in school. Everything's great except psychology, which is supposed to only be for seniors. So much stuff to read! And it's only a one semester course. I read 50 pages in that huge book tonight. If the quiz on Monday is hard, no doubt I'll fail it. If I do badly on the quiz, I'm going to drop the course- it's not worth screwing over my GPA for one semester of psych.
Rawr. Oh, and perl modules don't work well with ActivePerl on my machine... not sure why.
... more on the weekend.
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August 22nd, 2004
07:51 pm - California 2600 Ski Trip
Okay, for those of you that know me in real life, but somehow don't know what ca2600 is, it's this. California 2600. CA2600.org. We're the California Hackers, a group of about 50 of us. I'm both a web admin and a channel operator. Big bad David is big bad Code_Dark online.
Okay, so, one of our newer members, raven, has been planning all these Sacramento events (sac2600). Well, we just thought of the best event ever, for all of California... a California 2600 ski trip.
Ooooh, yeah. Most likely, Ragnar and I would drive up to Orange County, pick up gh0st, then drive up to whereever we're going to ski. This is probably a 5 day long trip. Almost all of us would be going. Oh. My. God.
TIME TO WAR-SKI, BABY!
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/bitospud/courier/black/sad.gif) depressed about school
Current Music: Orbital - Halcyon On and On ('Hackers' Soundtrack)
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02:34 am - Considering a switch
Well, I'm about 200 lines into the god forsaken autokey cipher... I'm seriously considering stopping, and recoding it in C++, or even Java. It's one of those things that is just like... eh. I don't really know enough about string manipulation in Perl to go on much more. Running it with the #!perl -w flag spews out all sorts of errors, mostly about my weird usage of substr. Bleh. I also want to start back up with Python. I'm not sure about anything at the moment, but I'll be sure to let you know.
Oh, I met lp_ql and Ragnar today at Pannikin. It was kickass.
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August 20th, 2004
12:39 pm - Crypto Log Part I
So, I've been writing this encryption program in Perl that's a nice
little autokey cipher. Well, I'm about 50 lines into it, and damn,
I miss Switch/case. Also, I tried to install the Net:IRC perl module
for writing a quick IRC bot, but no- even getting Microsoft-make nmake,
I couldn't install the bloody thing. Apparently I should stick with the
core language.
Anyway, Rachel and I are planning to go to the movies with anyone who
wants to come tonight, so, that might be fun.
lp_ql is coming over from Las Vegas to spend the weekend with Ragnar,
so I might hook up with them and party downtown, or... something.
Current Mood: melancholy
Current Music: The Beatles - Eight Days a Week
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August 19th, 2004
01:52 pm - Perl!
Arr, Perl is both extremely versatile and extremely bulky at the same time. Very weird. I'm gonna start perl networking as soon as I can (any book recommendations?), and I'm gonna get right on the crypto stuff. Fun fun fun.
Oh, and my friend doesn't hate me. *dance*
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/bitospud/courier/black/happy.gif) cheerful
Current Music: The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
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11:50 am - Arrgh.
Rawr. I'm having a bad start to a day. I was talking to one of my friends online, and she got quite angry at me since I didn't particularly want to call ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) californiagrl36. Gar, I'm very depressed now, I mean, I don't want her to be mad at me. :(
I started Perl last night, and I'm thinking about creating a Vigenère Square encryption algorithm in it, since I don't really know any networking stuff yet with it. If I do that, I'll get perl2exe and release it. Or maybe just the .pl file for those of you that have Perl on your computers. Gah, I hope my friend doesn't hate me. It's very depressing now.
Oh, and I think I'm gonna make a ca2600 LJ community. There's a lot of interest in it. Speaking of ca2600, GiD might not be able to continue hosting ca2600.org... so, let's all pray he can. I'm almost tempted to write a worm or something. Release my anger. I know enough networking stuff... but no, that would be unethical, and all that shit. Bah. I'll just code my huge-ass encryption algorithm. No biggie.
Current Mood: depressed
Current Music: Incubus - Consequence
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August 18th, 2004
11:20 am - PGP Anyone?
Well, I was bored, and thinking that for all of the PGP keys that I've exchanged, I don't really get that much as far as encrypted email goes. So, here's the deal: I want you guys to get PGP (that link is to PGP freeware) if you don't have it, and generate a keypair. Give me your public key via e-mail or a comment in this very blog entry, and I will give you all mine. That way, we can send each other encrypted email, and everyone will be happy. I won't bitch at you for sending me email, and I won't have to be paranoid that the Feds are reading all my ca2600 email. Cause, I mean, a 1024 bit key is pretty big. It will at least delay them, right? Right? Mmmk.
As you can see on my user info page, there is a link to my public key. This key can also be reached here at ca2600's website and here, at MIT's public keyserver.
So, yeah. Go do that now. Go. Shoo.
Oh, my personal life. Yeah, I forgot about that. I've had some coffee this morning, and didn't really do anything yesterday except hang around, get some much-needed programs back on my computer, and rewrote the framework for my java telnet server. I need to make it multithreaded again, though, which might take a little while... oh well. californiagrl36 still hasn't signed online, and I haven't spoken to her since I got back! Meh. I can't think of anything else to write. Oh. One more thing. One of my friends has created a code-cipher thing using Vigenère Square. Here it is, go about cracking it you crypto gurus, you: ORMMIAKXMALGQRH
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/bitospud/courier/black/awake.gif) awake
Current Music: Jet - Get Me Outta Here
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August 17th, 2004
09:22 am - Just sitting around
Well, I'm just sitting around the house at the ungodly hour of 9:22am. I like to think it's due to jet lag, but in that case it should feel like 11:23am. Of course, that would mean I would have gone to bed at about 5:00am. Odd. Well, I got up about an hour ago. Isn't five hours enough sleep for anyone? For some reason Anna isn't online, which is kind of weird. I'm not sure what's up with that.
Well, today isn't gonna be a good day. I have to email Mr. Weber and explain to him that I can't take AP Computer Science this year. I was his best student. I'm still gonna tutor and help my friends, though, that are in that class. I'm taking psychology as my elective, as, well, you can see from that link in my last post. Also, I think I might email SDSC today and quit. I can't continue to work once school starts, but the project isn't even in full swing! It's very sad and depressing. I probably won't get paid, but I mean what the hell! They said it was only gonna be a month...
Gar, I'm depressed, unhappy, fully patched on Windows, and I don't know what to do. Even Stirling hasn't been around since I came back... what's up with that? Arr, masterg, I need j00!
Current Mood: depressed
Current Music: D12 - Good Die Young
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August 16th, 2004
11:02 pm - And I'm Home
Yep, I'm home now. I had to overcome quite a bit of vertigo on the second plane ride, which was unpleasant (I swear these pilots may as well be homeless bums drunk out of their minds), and now I'm home. Wow, it's really depressing. Who knows when I'll see Ben again? Plus, school starts in SIX DAYS! Eek! For those of you at LJCDS (or perhaps just those of you that are curious), you can see my schedule. If you have a class with me, please email me at dave.shaw@gmail.com ... thanks.
Gar, I'm just depressed now. And wired. Oh well, good to be home, I suppose.
Current Mood: awake
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August 14th, 2004
09:56 pm - Not Much Happening
Well, not too much is happening... I'm coming home on Monday, so that is kind of looming, but, eh, that's about it. I'll post my schedule here when I get home. Oh, and I finished 1984. Great, great book. I have to read All The Pretty Horses and Antigone now, though... rawr.
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August 8th, 2004
12:09 am - And so I sit
Apparently it's the eighth here already. Damn jet lag, since it only feels like 10... that means that I won't feel tired for another four hours... great. Well, I told my mom before to get me out of French III Honors, and Ben confirmed that it's a good idea. I think I'll do better and enjoy french more in the easier class. Ben is off talking on my phone long distance to Anna, and using MY phone. Great. I don't even know where he is. God damnit. Argh, I'm just really stressed and frustrated. Having a mid-life crisis a bit early, I suppose you could say. I just realized that life is shit aside from two things: friends and love. That can really all be covered under love, though, in the end. Man. I don't feel so hot. I'm gonna sit here and be pissed. Great.
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August 7th, 2004
04:02 pm - In Wisconsin
Yes, I'm in Wiscosin. Yes, Torrie (Ben's dog) raped me last night. Yes, I went to the National Mustard Festival. Yes, I actually slept in Ben's bed until he kicked me out (fucker). Yes, Ben just threatened to pull out my facial hair with his bare hands. Ow. We may be going camping/fishing some time (me, Ben, Ben's dad), or not. Whatever. ... ... ... Ben committed genocide. There are no fireflies left. In all of Wisconsin. Bastard! ...
I don't have anything else to write. So, uh, go watch the fireworks at your local Sea World.
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August 6th, 2004
01:21 am - And Off I Go
Well, I'm pretty much packed (not totally, which is probably bad), and am about ready to go to Wisconsin. My plane leaves at 8:50am, I believe, and I arrive in Mineapolis, Minnesota around 2:30pm central time (12:30pm here). Then, I will change planes and get on one headed to Milwaukee, and end up there at about 4:30pm (again, central time). I'm still kind of nervous, but hey- what's life without a little excitement? I'm kinda bummed cause I just realize that I haven't had a chance to mail Rachel her letter back, and it makes me angry/sad. I hope she isn't mad at me, because honestly I've been so depressed and stressed out lately I don't think I can handle it.
Oh, I left a little message on Dark.ca2600.org, asking everyone to email me with nice little tidbits of love. I don't know if I'll actually be able to check it, but it would be a nice thought nonetheless. Anyway, I'm gonna head off to bed soon, even though I'm not tired... man, with the time zone change (it's two hours later there, in case you wanna call my cell, whoever reads this... not sure if anyone does), I'm gonna have a lot of trouble sleeping...
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August 5th, 2004
06:51 pm - Wisconsin Tomorrow
Well, in a day's time, it will be nearly 9:00pm for me, in Wisconsin, chilling with Ben. I'm really nervous about the trip, and just really hope that I have a good time. I doubt I'll have much net connection, although I'm taking my laptop. I'll likely either update this using Ben's net connection or, more likely, I'll write them in WordPad or something on my laptop, and then update them later. It's just easier that way, I think. Well, I'm getting really really stressed about tomorrow, but eh... there's nothing I can do. I'm sure that somehow I'll survive. School starts soon, though... :(
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