Bunch of Random Stuff
Haven't been blogging much recently due to a combination of life and school.
Master's Project
I've been working on my master's project and have totally changed it. Initially I'd been interested in trying to do some sort of distributed search system that had links that humans found useful be rated higher than simply links that had been linked.
I've recently changed to something completely different. It's a distributed content management system. I'll be layering it over cvs while simultaneously trying to make it something a normal human being can figure out.
I'll probably post the whole project description here in the near future.
Work Week of Pain
The other reason I haven't blogged much is work. Last week I upgraded one of our servers. It did not go well. Microsoft had changed the licensing on Small Business Server such that the one thing we used it for no longer worked.
The process of reinstallation, restoration from backup, and reconfiguration of the server was hell. I enjoy working on computers, but I do not enjoy doing it when 11 food pantries are desperate to enter their data and are sending home volunteers every day because I'm not yet finished.
Ants
On the bright side, we haven't seen many ants lately. Hopefully this means the traps are working. That or the rice that Kristen sprinkled on the counter.
The Debate
And to complete the laundry list of thoughts, I thought Kerry and Bush both did well in the first debate. My guess would be that Kerry will get more out of it than Bush if only because Kerry seemed totally different than the indecisive caricature painted of him.
It's good to see some discussion of the issues as opposed to who did what 30 years ago.