CNN

Having not read a newspaper in a long, long time, I have been catching up with my news via NBC and ABC podcasts. Online, though, I used to turn to Google News. Now, I'm starting to really like CNN.com. It has a iPhone optimized website as well. It's really nice.

Now, I just have to follow it long enough for me to determine the integrity of the news reporting and if it has any biases I should know or care about.

Hmm ... Maybe I'm starting to get used to red-and-white color theme that is all over Cornell.

I Am Craving Green Tea Ice Cream

Sleeping in Class

Now that this semester is coming to a close, and today being the first Monday after classes end, I'm beginning to miss the good times we had during our engineering classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. As I had written in a previous post, this has been my worst semester so far. I have been falling behind in a lot of my work from day to day, and week to week.

But I have noticed an interesting thing this semester. I have noticed more people sleeping in class than ever before. Either that, or people didn't come to class at all. It has become somewhat of a habit (tradition?) amongst us MechEs. Lipson, Ruina, and Boedo are each aware that people sleep in his respective lecture. I am guilty of this sometimes. I find it all amusing. It is funny how some can even fall asleep at the front of the room. At the back of the room (where I tend to sit), nearly everyone is either on his/her computer or asleep.

Taylor doesn't want me to mention his name or to say that he was caught by Ruina sleeping in the second row during the last Dynamics lecture. Jonathan probably doesn't want me to remind us that he nearly jumped out of his seat when he woke up in M212 a while ago. Yes, yes. Good times were had.

*Note: This photo was taken from Google Images.

Without a Computer

Yesterday afternoon, I discovered that my Apple MacBook Pro power adapter had melted and frayed on the end with the MagSafe adapter. Immediately, I telephoned AppleCare not knowing if they were even open on Saturdays. I was surprised to get an answer. Because this was a safety issue, the lady on the phone (Sarah) told me hot to use it and transferred me to a product specialist (Devin), who then had me follow a safety script that included questions like, Did I feel any discomfort or get injured by the product, and Was any personal property damaged as a result of this problem.

It was interesting. All in all, Apple will replace it for me for free. This makes it the third time I had contacted Apple and had the successfully replace parts for me for free. (Two separate battery incidents prior to this one.) My $400 AppleCare extended warranty is really paying off! Alas, I am without a computer to use as the MBP's battery life sucks. A lot.

I take it as a sign for me to really start studying and to stop procrastinating by going online. Unfortunately, I have with me an iPod touch, and it is more than adequate to get me to my music, movies, e-mail, calendar, and Internet. I do not know if that is a good thing or a bad one. Heh.

All Quiet on the Blog Front

It has been hectic around here. Not really, but yesterday was Slope Day, and we had a formal dinner gathering at Xa Xa's Cucina in the Commons. It was far, but fun. I will upload the few photos I have from last night in due time.

Today, I started cleaning my room, and packing my clothes and supplies. This might be how I procrastinate; it is what I do.

How goes the studying for finals? Mine is not going well ...