Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes...

Well hello again. After an extended absence, I am back, although I can't promise it won't be a while before I have the time to really keep this blog up-to-date again. School has officially begun, and I am swamped. But this is a good thing. I'm studying database design and organic chemistry this quarter, and working on web and interface design for the Evergreen web site and also for the Canopy Database Project, run by a former professor of mine, Nalini Nadkarni.

So, rest assured I am still alive. Hopefully so are all of you.

Big changes are happening on the Evergreen campus as the library undergoes remodeling, the food service rolls over to a new provider (this means all-you-can-eat lunch and dinner!), and a whole new batch of freshmen arrive to exploit the system in ingenious new ways (think all-you-can-fit-in-your-backpack lunch and dinner). Somehow, we will make it through the winter with power drills deafening us in our workspaces and seemingly endless journeys up and down the stairs (the computer center has moved to the top of the library building and the sluggish, stinky elevators are more infuriating than useful). But we persevere. I think a break in tuition might be warranted, though.

I have some good photos to post once I sort through them. So visit again, and leave me your comments. I like an interactive audience.

Black Box Hole Voting

Ready to become even more frightened about this year's presidential election fraudfest? I have just the article for you! Here's a detailed and scary piece on computerized vote counting entitled How They Could Steal The Election This Time, from The Nation. It has everything a good political soap opera can't live without: government coverups, illegal falsification of documents, experts roundly proclaiming that company officials and political egomaniacs are telling blatant lies, stupid security blunders that allow twelve-year-old kids on the web to publish secret files exposing the massive extent of those lies, etc. The list goes on.

The solution? I suggest you vote by absentee ballot this November, and always remember to take off your mask before you turn on the television, if you can stand it.