Phillip Stewart

Things to download (after I install Linux)

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:25:45 GMT

Anime at http://eclipse.no-sekai.de/
Yotsubato! http://tokyotosho.com/details.php?id=56777
Attention Please at http://www.kiokukonseki.com/?page_id=8
SP at http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_43972.htm
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar at http://librivox.org/the-extraordinary-adventures-of-arsene-lupin-gentleman-burglar/
Matsuura Aya Concert Tour 2006 Autumn ~Shinka no Kisetsu~ http://forum.jphip.com/showthread.php?p=292030
Welcome to the NHK! at http://oyasumi.leechanime.com/?page_id=16
Hyperland http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3566807/Douglas_Adams_-_Hyperland_-_BBC_1990
http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=5582
http://mullemeck.serveftp.org/jps_beta/?page=details&id=29069
http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=5639
http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=5635
http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=5563
http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=5582
http://mullemeck.serveftp.org/jps_beta/index.php?page=details&id=30642
http://mullemeck.serveftp.org/jps_beta/index.php?page=details&id=24000
http://a.scarywater.net/mishicorp/

Passed annual fitness test

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 04:35:22 GMT

I'm quite sore today because I had my annual Air Force fitness test yesterday morning. It consisted of waist measurement, pushups, situps, and a 1.5 mile run. I passed with a score of 81.65, slightly higher than last year. I ran the mile and a half nine seconds slower than last year.

Back home

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 13:40:22 GMT

Arrive back in Colorado Springs at dawn. Package from Raina with treasure from Japan was waiting. :P Grass needs to be cut. Guess there was rain while I was away.

On the road again

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 22:41:46 GMT

I'm about to leave my parents' house in Madison, Mississippi for Colorado Springs. A bit late in the day, but I woke up at 2pm. I had to set up my laptop to rip the LazyTown soundtrack I bought at Wal-Mart last night to FLAC and MP3. Foobar2000 has CD ripping abilities now. Wal-Mart is selling Midnight Chocolate Milk from Promise Land Dairy again, but in plastic instead of glass.

gas, progress

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:37:02 GMT

It cost $147.62 in gas to drive from Colorado Springs to Jackson.

I'm halfway through my two week 7-level school at Keesler AFB.

Traveling

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 06:43:15 GMT

I'm using free wifi at a Texas rest stop. I left Colorado Springs a day late, 12 noon Tuesday instead of Monday. Four hours later I was on top of a mountain in New Mexico. I was driving across Johnson Mesa and saw a nice hill. It didn't look that far to the summit. So I parked on the side of the road and jogged up Towndrow Peak (8624 feet). Photos at flickr.

Stock

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 06:21:16 GMT

I purchased 1000 shares of MSFT for 21.87 last week. It is at a multi-year low. Vista and Office coming out, Gates leaving... I still hate Microsoft, but I'm not above making money on their stock.
http://www.google.com/finance?q=MSFT

Gates era starts to near finish at Microsoft
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;947518824;fp;4;fpid;1398720840

Sat, 17 Jun 2006 07:09:54 GMT

I just played two hours of Heretic II demo deathmatch with Mukluk.

package (books, clothes)

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:18:40 GMT

Josh sent me a package with some clothes I asked for and 29 science fiction paperback books he had collected earlier for deployed people. They all look really good, Hugo and Nebula winners.

A drive can be nice

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:28:54 GMT

I drove for the first time in about a month. I took a Ford Ranger over to Comm Town. It is a nice sunny day.

I walk five minutes to work and five minutes back home to my tent. We should be moving living spaces soon, and then I'll probably have to take a bus every day to work since I don't think my office is moving anytime soon.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:USAF_380_AEW_new_facilities_060214-F-0000J-001.jpg

music

Sat, 01 Apr 2006 19:26:23 GMT

Three songs I have in heavy rotation are by Hello! Project artists:

* Singapore Transit by Goto Maki
* I know by Matsuura Aya
* Namida no Taiyou by Melon Kinenbi

Speaking of jpop, Cult of Pop is a good jpop blog. Looks like Ayaya is going to be doing some cool and fun drama work.

Also, I'm ordering Mika's first solo CD.

Web comics

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:44:01 GMT

I ran across this good one: http://www.qwantz.com/

Books

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:28:32 GMT

I bought eight books with me when the left the U.S. two months ago, and I finished reading the last one last night. (A Game of Thrones)

Josh should be sending me a dozen books he collected for deployed toops.

I told my dad to send me three or four more also.

podcasts

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:06:54 GMT

Novell Open Audio: http://www.novell.com/company/podcasts/openaudio.html

Open Source: http://www.radioopensource.org/
Here is one show inparticular I would like to listen to when I get back to the U.S.:
http://www.radioopensource.org/is-god-in-our-genes/

Sandstorm

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:50:34 GMT

BLINDING DUST

On Books and the Housing of Them (1898)

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:57:45 GMT

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/On_Books_and_the_Housing_of_Them

More rain

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:58:21 GMT

An inch of rain recently. And this ground doesn't really absorb water. It is more like a fine powder than sand. Luckily my tent doesn't leak, but the power was out in the latrine this morning.

Might be a good idea to learn to communicate

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:51:31 GMT

U.S. Army helps officers learn Arabic, international business
http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/02/06/army.arabic.ap/

Air Force BMT extended, NCOs to learn new languages
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123016059

Air University focuses on global skills: Culture, language education vital to war on terror
http://www.aetc.randolph.af.mil/pa/AETCNS/Feb2006/021606030.htm

Misc

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:48:57 GMT

A wiki on the intranet of a base where 80% of the population changes every four months would be helpful.

Importing Wikipedia content into a wiki on SIPRNet. I stay at work too late editing it.

It rained (in the desert) just a little yesterday. We could get more soon.

Long Now Foundation Ogg and MP3 seminar downloads: http://www.longnow.org/shop/free-downloads/seminars/

New living quarters before long:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:USAF_380_AEW_new_facilities_060214-F-0000J-001.jpg

Sony Sets Its Sights On Digital Books
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB114003452531975034-lMyQjAxMDE2NDEwNjAxMzY0Wj.html
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/02/wsj_admits_drm_a_problem.html

http://rbevilacqua.blogspot.com/2006/02/intro-child-custody-cases-are-so.html

I swear it wasn't me

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:39:06 GMT

It seems that someone has borrowed the Church Alter that was in the Base Theater Sprung about a week ago. If you know the whereabouts of the Alter, please contact ...

Lawmakers urges White House to review Arab port takeover

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:13:04 GMT

U.S. lawmakers formally asked the Bush administration Thursday to reconsider its approval of a sale giving a company in the United Arab Emirates control over significant operations at six major American ports.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/16/congress.ports.ap/

Cartoon protesters torch US firms in Pakistan

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 04:05:11 GMT

Thousands protesting cartoons of Prophet Muhammad rampaged through two cities in Pakistan, burning and vandalizing Western hotels and fast-food restaurants in violence that left at two people dead.

At least two people were killed in Lahore, where intelligence officials suspected outlawed Islamic militant groups incited the violence to undermine President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's US-allied government.

In Lahore, rioters also damaged over 200 cars, dozens of shops - many locally owned - and a large portrait of Musharraf, witnesses said.

American brands were targeted. Protesters vandalized a Citibank branch and broke windows at a Holiday Inn hotel, a Pizza Hut and a McDonald's restaurants.

A security guard shot and killed two protesters trying to force their way into a bank, said Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao. At least 11 other people were injured in the riots.

Thank God for Darwin and evolution

Sat, 11 Feb 2006 19:45:42 GMT

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/peninsula/13847613.htm

Gmail happenings

Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:30:23 GMT

Chat + Email = Crazy Delicious
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/chat-email-crazy-delicious.html

I'm still waiting for the above feature to be rolled out for my account.

Google Blog: Big mail on campus
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/big-mail-on-campus.html

Users at San Jose City College get Gmail accounts, but with student@jaguars.sjcc.edu form addresses. Very cool. But will they get to keep their accounts and/or addresses when they leave school?

Is this a test before they offer a similar service to businesses? How much can a business save by using Google hosted email services instead of managing it themselves? I guess we just need Google Calendar.

ongoing: What Do “GNU” and “Linux” Mean?

Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:11:12 GMT

http://www.tbray.org//When/200x/2006/02/09/What-Does-Linux-Mean

GNU/Unix, that's pretty funny.