Archive for March, 2004

Late Afternoon Loop

by Hella ~ March 22nd, 2004

In preparation for my upcoming 10K, I made an attempt at some training today. Since the race will be on road, I decided to give my newest pair (they are actually old) of road shoes a try. This was definitely a mistake as my foot injury seems to have been aggravated. I will definitely switch [...]

The Twenty-One Balloons

by Hella ~ March 21st, 2004

I was in San Antonio a couple times over the weekend and made a quick stop in Barnes & Noble to pick up a book I had read back in sixth grade. I knew I’d have some free time to spend reading but I didn’t have my copy of Angels & Demons with me. I [...]

Blogger Admits

by Hella ~ March 18th, 2004

Give it up and put your hands together for Future MBA Girl and Harry Potter who recently got their admit decisions! Future MBA Girl is now in at Michigan and Stern and Harry is in at Fuqua.
Way to go! Now it’s time to step over to the other side and begin the agonizing wait until [...]

Archive Enhancement

by Hella ~ March 18th, 2004

I’ve enhanced the Hella archives with the help of the MtDewVirus Archives Hack. This should make looking through older material a lot easier. The archives are organized by both date and category. I had to make a couple of minor updates to the code displayed on the Wiki, but it looks like things are working [...]

Deception Point

by Hella ~ March 16th, 2004

I just finished reading Deception Point, the second book I’ve read by Dan Brown. While it initially did not hold my attention as much as The Da Vinci Code, the pace quickened in the middle of the book and continued through the intense ending. The plot of this one had me completely fooled as I [...]

Verification

by Hella ~ March 15th, 2004

Wharton just emailed the admits the background verification forms. I already faxed my authorization to the third-party and logged onto their website to submit my $73 fee for the service. The process will take six weeks (on average) and my status in the online application will be updated. It was nice that the login was [...]

Database Restored

by Hella ~ March 15th, 2004

Thanks to some good support from my webhost, my data has been restored.

What the Hella?

by Hella ~ March 14th, 2004

I had a big snafu today. I was in the process of upgrading WordPress from version 1.0.1 to 1.0.2 when I somehow deleted my production database instead of the test database. What’s worse is that I then deleted the test database so that I could begin the upgrade. I had a backup, but it was [...]

Stafford & Perkins Loans

by Hella ~ March 12th, 2004

I found a few links that might be helpful with financial aid.
Federal Stafford Loans
Federal Stafford Loans are the most common source of education loan funds, and are available to both graduate and undergraduate students. There are 2 types, Federal Subsidized and Federal Unsubsidized.
Subsidized
Subsidized loans are need-based. The federal government pays the interest on these loans [...]

PennKey Update

by Hella ~ March 11th, 2004

Just a quick update…
My PennKey is now working. I put in two calls to the ISC and sent an email to help@isc.upenn.edu. They started a trouble ticket from my first phone call and I guess it was recently closed. The reply to the email I sent was:
You will need to send email to pennkey@isc.upenn.edu to [...]