December 2008
15 posts
Hey guess what?
I’m back in California for Winter Break. It’s great soaking up the warm weather and depressurizing from college and the training trip. I’ll give you a full update when I get back to my regular computer.
Stop Buying Microsoft Word for Mac
Every time I see my one of my friends’ computers, I am enraged by the fact that they paid $150 for Microsoft Office for Mac.
They say they bought it because they need to be able to open school files. Because they need to be compliant. Because they need to be able to edit Word documents. Because they need to be sheep.
This is because Microsoft is a monopoly. They use their name to...
RIGHT NOW, Alex is embarking on a brave quest to shower in every single dorm on campus. Follow his live updates here.
Sorry about changing things around
I changed the blog to my default tumblr account to make it easier on me.
colby.jeffcarp.com still forwards here, so you can still use that if you want.
The name “Magicarp” alludes to a character from Pokemon, “Magikarp”.
Also, the theme of this blog is changing a bit. Instead of giving you a formal, quasi-weekly update, this blog is going to get a lot more day to day;...
Next Semester Classes
Did I tell you what my Spring Semester classes are? Well I just got confirmation that I got into all my classes, and here they are:
CS151 +Lab - Intro to Computer Science
Basically we learn the Python programming language and learn how to express problems in terms of computer equations. If I like this class, I might end up being a Computer Science major. JA126 - Elementary Japanese II
The...
MIT Invitational
I leave for MIT in about an hour. I’m swimming TONS of races, as it is a 3 session meet and there are lots of relays. I’ll see if I can post the results from today from the hotel. If not, I’ll have a comprehensive roundup after I get back.
Wish me luck!
Back To California
I was fortunate enough to be able to go all the way back to California for Thanksgiving break. It was definitely worth it.
I got to go to the Beach, which was like the surface of the sun compared to Maine:
I got to see my dog, Toby:
My brother:
And my sister:
And I got to go to Cars and Coffee, the weekly car meet every Saturday morning that attracts expensive and outlandish cars...
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UNE Times
I think this is the first time I have ever been on a mens team that has won a meet. Go me!!
200 Free
2:03.12
500 Free
5:28.24 Season Best -2.63
400 Free Relay
3:42.18 (56.16)
Things are looking better. Even though there was only one practice in between the Amherst meet and this one, I dropped 2 seconds in my 500. That probably means I’m getting back into “race...
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Technology You do not need a laptop at college Stop Buying Microsoft Word for Mac