I've taken another pass at the Gmail colorizer greasemonkey script — I'm pretty pleased with it now. Have a look, if you'd like.

my cell phone has been lovingly fedexed into my grubby little hands, i have been instructed on how to hook up my dead monitor computer to the tv so that it's usable, and i just got back from a drugstore run to pick up hot chocolate and a healthy amount of bailey's irish cream (can i say HOW MUCH i love that the drugstores here sell alcohol? i love it a lot).

even though it is 30 bajillion degrees below zero with the demon winds of hell, this truly is a joyous night.

Photos of the capabilities that will be found in Tivo's next software release. Traffic reports, weather, movie showtimes and tickets, podcasting — it all looks pretty cool. Back when I had a working MythTV install set up, I was very pleased with how convenient it was to check the weather using the TV remote. For some simple tasks the TV really is a nicer interface — even if there's a laptop sitting right in front of you.

Of course, Charles and I have a DirecTivo, so there's roughly no chance that this upgrade will reach us. As you might know, DirecTV is in the process of rolling out their own cut-rate DVRs, complete with a ridiculous ad campaign that seems to think rewinding live TV is an innovative and unique feature. DirecTivo is soon to be an orphan. I'll be counting on you conventional Tivo users to tell me how awesome all these new electronic geegaws are.

On an even geekier note, allow me to recommend Behaviour to any web developers out there. Very, very slick.

i don't think i'm near tough or hipster enough, but how awesome would it be if i went to this and joined up? based on reading this article about roller derby, i'm pretty sure i would end up dead, but it still sounds fun.

for anyone who's dying to know who kate kisses this week, you can click here, go to the canadian real player link, and find out. personally, i think it's muy disappointing, especially with her extra-hot kiss last season with you-know-who.

another spoiler behind the cut...

if there's one thing the folks here at northwestern are very good at, it is instilling the ever-loving fear of god into you. mostly fear that you, despite attending a top-notch journalism school, will never obtain a job outside of licking the boots of some magazine editor or, barring that, serving up the delicious will-be-the-death-of-me pumpkin spice lattes at starbucks. i still have two weeks left in my very first quarter and i. am. already. terrified. so i do what i usually do when i am scurred: turn to the internets. internets, will you help me get a job or, at the very least, a prestigious summer internship? i feel like an idiot asking for a summer internship, since that is so very junior year of college circa 2001, but my advisor recommends it if possible and if i feel like taking a quarter off of school.

ideally, internets, i would like a job/internship at an online news site. if i'm going to get all specific, i would like a job at washingtonpost.com or chicagotribune.com. a job that is queen of everything. or, whatever. i'm flexible. i'm also open to consulting positions for new media companies. my full resume is on my dead-monitor computer, but i will post some suckily-formatted basic qualifications behind the cut, and if my dead-monitor computer is ever fixed, i'll upload a real resume. if you have any contacts, or friends, or ideas, or alcohol, send me an email. thanks!

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