Yet another post

I had said that we would have to live in an RV-type thing while the house was being retiled, but luckily, we can stay at my grandparents' house. It's going to be a rough week, especially because we uncharacteristically have school on Friday -- it's the last make-up day we have from Hurricane Wilma (which no one else cared about because Hurricane Katrina was still in the spotlight). After that, we have a two-day weekend, the first I'll have had in nearly three years. Hopefully the homework load will be merciful.

The other day, Skype was giving out €0.20 worth of SkypeOut credit to each user who claimed it. Though the rates vary by country, €0.20 buys a 10-minute call to Western Europe, Canada, Australia, China, the United States, New Zealand, and some other places. I got my free credit and used it to call my home phone from my computer. Yes, I realize that's kind of a waste of money, but I still have 9 minutes left. My dad suggested that we call a relative in New Zealand with the remaining minutes. I think I want to buy some SkypeOut credit, though. €10 would last me a lifetime. That's worth 9 hours and 48 minutes (588 minutes) of calls to the aforementioned countries... or a 6 minute and 36 second call to Diego Garcia.

For our American History class, my friend Luke and I had to write a short skit about the Louisiana Purchase. Of course, we modeled it after none other than Dinosaur Comics. True, it was tough to act out in front of the class, but it looks great in comic form. And it's educational! In our skit/comic, T-Rex is Thomas Jefferson, Dromiceiomimus is Charles IV of Spain, and Utahraptor is Napoleon Bonaparte.

Desktop Earth is a freeware program for Windows that generates a wallpaper image showing how the earth looks like right now. Sunlight, cloud cover, and seasonal snow can be shown. I've downloaded it, and so far, I like it. I had been thinking about ways to spice up my wallpaper. Plus, It should come in handy during hurricane season.

Princess Juliana International Airport, in the Dutch Caribbean territory of St. Maarten, planes have to make an extremely low approach right over a beach. Some of the pictures on that page look incredible (read: unbelievable), but my friend Kevin, an airline enthusiast, assures me that they are real. It must be a noisy beach.