general –
Well, it mostly seems that my cat has reached the end of its life. It’s being slowly consumed (apparently it’s not absorbing much of the food it eats) and it’s way too weak to keep on. Rather than seeing it dying of starvation, we asked the vet to end its life (on Friday, probably).
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general –
I finished it two days ago. It’s got to be the shortest RPG I’ve ever played: a week is definitely too little (and I played only in the evenings for a couple hours). The game system is good indeed, but the story sucks completely. I’ve rarely seen characters that are so badly developed, or not developed at all. It’s a shame because the game system is good.
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anime · general –
I got this one last week. Now that I’ve been 20+ hours into it, I guess I’ll write down some impressions. First of all, I’m pleasantly surprised by the quality of the translation. XSeed has done a much better job than Agetec (who did Wild ARMs - Alter Code: F), and they preserved the voices and the opening song (even if redubbed).
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general · science –
Now that the office is more or less in working order (if we exclude the lack of chairs) I thought I’d post something about it. I finally finished setting everything up (including the 250 Gb network drive) today, so I can finally resume my real work next week (that is, bioinformatic analysis). I plan on buying a cheap chair this weekend so I can get at least a place to sit: there are two chairs only for 6 stations.
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general · science –
Finally today there was the (largely) anticipated move from the LITA to the CISI. I actually showed up at the CISI first, to do some research work, then after the lunch break I and a colleague went to the LITA to pack things up. We almost looked like robbers (and for sure got some funny looks from people as we moved to put things in the car): we had four computers, four monitors and keyboards, lots of cables, my notebooks, and more. It took an hour to pack things, and another 30 minutes to unpack them at the new location. That is, they’re in place but they’re not actually working - I’ll have to do that tomorrow (and I hope everything works).
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s.t.e.a.l. –
After about six months of inactivity, I finally got myself to write more (thanks also for WINE so I can use a dictionary on Linux), and this takes form of a new snapshot of the novel. Changes are mostly in the last part, and include some paragraphs adjusted and rewritten from scratch (I didn’t like them at all). Plans are to complete the next part of the chapter soon (more action packed). Completion level is 50%.
You can find a link to the current snapshot in the sidebar.
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