http://www.theworldofstuff.com Semi-geeky musings, links, and observations by an all-geeky college student. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:41:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Whenever I come home from college, I easily fall back into the social life I had before I left. It's mostly based around St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church, which I attended from the ages of 4 to 16, and the associated St. Elizabeth-St. Joseph Catholic School, which I attended ... http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2010/03/13/schools-out-forever/ The UF police department shot a student last week. I was immediately reminded of this, which happened during my first month as a student. As you hopefully don't remember, I took part in the ensuing protests, which I soon realized was an idiotic thing to do. Since then I've been ... http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2010/03/10/this-is-different/ After spending the weekend at my grandparents' house to celebrate my mom's birthday, I am home. Waiting for me here was a package my friend Natasha sent me for Christmas. It came back to her when she sent it the first time, so she sent it again, and it arrived ... http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2010/03/08/i-dont-get-e-mail/ This week, I helped install antivirus and free software for students as part of Florida Free Culture's semiannual Free Your PC event. We got an unusual amount of journalistic attention and, despite that, an unusually low turnout. We usually pick three consecutive days for Free Your PC, but there was a ... http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2010/03/04/freein-them-pcs/ It's time for another privileged look into my strange, strange music collection. I typically have Rhythmbox sort my songs in alphabetical order by title, and I've noticed some pairs of songs that have exactly the same titles. Out of 2,493 songs, there are 21 duplicates, which is more than I expected. ... http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2010/02/28/9-for-the-month/ For those of you who don't know, I volunteer with Get Carded, a student group that promotes organ and tissue donation. (The name comes from the organ donor cards we used to hand out, but these days there's an online database for that sort of thing.) Anyway, I've always been good ... http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2010/02/28/git-r-carded/ It's student election time again. In the spring, we vote for Student Body President, Vice President, and Treasurer, along with representatives for freshmen, sophomores, colleges, and grad students. Sound exciting? Oh, it is. At UF, one political party controls most of Student Government. It's the party that all of the fraternities ... http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2010/02/24/no-place-to-study-except-in-the-study-area-and-everywhere-else/ In my last post, I talked about how I went to Washington, DC last Friday. It was a big day. I rode in a limo, an airplane, and a train; I saw snow for the first time; and I almost literally rubbed elbows with a presidential appointee. You'll have to ... http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2010/02/19/a-capital-weekend/ Last week, I mentioned that I'd be going to Washington, DC for the weekend to attend Free Culture Conference 2010 with other members of my school's chapter of Students for Free Culture. Well, I'm back, and here's how it went. On Friday, I had to skip my classes and go into ... http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2010/02/16/mr-kalilich-goes-to-washington/ Okay, I can't remember everything I've ever done. Kate gently reminded me about one of the more interesting gifts she brought me during her stay. Remember how I said I was on the cover of an Esperanto magazine but I didn't have a copy of it? Kate brought two copies, ... http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2010/02/09/photo-woes/