Archive for February, 2004

The Da Vinci Code

by Hella ~ February 29th, 2004

Wow! I have never been so addicted to flipping the pages in a book. It’s a good thing I decided to buy this on a weekend because I spent all day Saturday and today in the story. I must say that even though this is a “popular” work and not a classic, it is probably [...]

Recent Books Section

by Hella ~ February 29th, 2004

I’ve added a small section at the bottom of the sidebar that lists some of the books I have recently purchased. If you are a WordPress user and would like this feature, check out the Amazon Media Manager 1.0 hack by Denyerec. The administrative interface fits in nicely with WordPress and one of the best [...]

Slump in Readings

by Hella ~ February 27th, 2004

My b-school application fever has finally worn off. Soon after learning of my admission to Wharton, I decided that I needed to brush up on some b-school related reading. I ordered Liar’s Poker, eBoys, and The Fast Track and quickly buzzed through the first one, but things aren’t buzzing quite so much these days. Shortly [...]

Counters Reset

by Hella ~ February 27th, 2004

In migrating my site to WordPress, I didn’t bother to bring over my counter data. For now, I’m going to start it over until I decide to bring back the old hit data. Functionality for this feature was provided this hack. Update @ 9:30 pm: I took the time to write some SQL to bring [...]

Phantom of the Opera

by Hella ~ February 25th, 2004

Tonight I went to see this show for the second time. I bought tickets many months ago and I forgot exactly how good they were. I somehow was lucky enough to get tickets on the front row in the exact center. The conductor was an arm’s reach away. When I sat down, I thought about [...]

Admit Chat: Majors

by Hella ~ February 24th, 2004

FF (usually and the gang) was there tonight to answer questions in the Admit Chat Room. Tonight’s topic was Majors but we ended up covering a lot of general academic questions including waiving courses, requirements for a major, and some communication courses. I was interested to find out what major is popular among aspiring consultants [...]

Finally Real Rain

by Hella ~ February 24th, 2004

For the first time in a long time, it is really coming down hard here in Austin. I had planned to get my running back on track this week, but the trails will surely be completely mudded out until the end of the week. I wish it would be been doing this on Sunday; the [...]

3 Weeks of Nothing

by Hella ~ February 23rd, 2004

I haven’t run in over three weeks now and I also skipped my first Motorola Marathon in three years. Things are not looking so good for the 25 mile race (for a while, I thought about making it 50?) I have been planning on for a few months now. However … maybe the time off [...]

Rental Mania

by Hella ~ February 22nd, 2004

I’ve fallen behind on some rentals lately so I decided to make up for lost time today. The weather was dreary and it seemed like a good day for movies. I stopped by Blockbuster and picked up Runaway Jury, Lost in Translation, Freaky Friday, and Uptown Girls. Runaway Jury was the first one I watched. [...]

50 First Dates

by Hella ~ February 21st, 2004

I didn’t really know what to expect about this movie because I hadn’t seen any previews in their entirety. I figured it would be about two people that just didn’t connect so they kept agreeing to have another first date. I’m not a big fan of DB, but I have generally enjoyed things by AS. [...]