Got a call in the early morning while in the bathroom for federal loan consolidation. So of course, I’m very irritated, think it’s a money scam of some sort, and I get rid of the person on the other end as soon as possible. The person on the other end seemed very upset that I was refusing the offer. Most telemarketers aren’t like that. So I decided to actually check this thing out on the Internet - and lo and behold, federal loan consolidation is for real. So tomorrow I send in the paperwork for it with Citibank. Now I feel bad about being rude on the phone.
Called Wellington Point apartments today about the lease agreement. Everything seems to be pretty much settled. I will be moving in on Saturday. Wrote some billing routines in bash to e-mail invoices to roommates. GNUcash has a Scheme back-end, which should allow me to export account data automatically. Contacted Shell Energy and Georgia Power to set up services before I move in.
Converted all my Linux partitions to ReiserFS and ext3. Yummy. Worked with Wonderware’s SCADAlarm system today on the job - it’s quite possibly the most horrendous piece of software that I’ve ever seen. You would think that someone out there would be able to create a better alarm notification system for less than thousands of dollars.
Left to eat with some friends at Cock of the Walk, a great Southern-style restaurant, where we enjoyed greens, fried pickles, onion rings, catfish and chicken fingers, along with some very delicious cole slaw. Cock of the Walk has a very interesting atmosphere; mainly, there is a peculiar feeling that you are inside a sea ship. The way you are served is also different from traditional restaurants. Instead of having individual dishes brought out to everyone, there is a large community plate with the main course, along with several common dishes to share, much like you would find at a typical family dinner. We concluded the night by watching Signs at a nearby movie theater.
The broken Quantum hard drive should be off on its way back to Maxtor, and the transcript request form should be faxed to the University of South Alabama. I modified the PHP journal to confirm removals, since I’ve inadvertantly deleted quite a few entries. Oops. At night, I installed Debian entirely on the SCSI drive.
I left work early today to take a look at some cell phone providers right here in Mobile. I stopped at both SunCom and Cingular, just to take a peek at things. When I came home, I decided to install the replacement Quantum SCSI drive that had arrived (at least it feels like) so very long ago. Today was not a particularly interesting day.