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 my [...]

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 features [...]

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 after [...]

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 back the [...]

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 how [...]

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 as [...]

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 is [...]

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. I’ve [...]

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. I [...]