04:55:20 Thursday February 05 2004
I slept well again last night and accomplished much today. I am beginning to believe that there is a positive correlation between sleep and work. I got up early and had the tire on the vehicle fixed. That turned into quite an ordeal because I forgot to set the parking break and the damn thing fell off the jack between getting the spare off and putting the new tire on. *CRUNCH* the assembly that holds the brake slammed into the ground and left a gash a half an inch deep in the concrete. Still once I got it jacked up again things went all right and there didn't seem to be any permanent damage.

While I was out I got a new lug nut for one of the other tires since it had been MIA for some time now. It was metric so I had to shop around a bit, but I found one. Once the car was in shape I headed into work. I got some solid work done on my packet sniffer. Then I went to a meeting with Professor Simonsen and Chinh. They were both feeling sick. After a late lunch I splurged and bought the latest Transmetropolitan graphic novel even though I can't afford to be buying comics right now.

Upon returning to the office I had an interesting discussion with Rick concerning the necessity (or lack there of) of IPv6. I learned that their obnoxiously long addresses do at least have a shorthand.
de:ad:be:ef:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:fe:ed:fa:ce
can be abbreviated as
de:ad:be:ef::fe:ed:fa:ce
Note the magic double colon.

After dinner I called the financial aid folks to hopefully speed some much needed funds my way. I forwarded some mail that mysteriously appeared at my house and some contact info for potential employers to Terry. I finished my self evaluation for work. It had a very high Dilbert factor, but at least it will net me some training. After that I worked diligently on my packet sniffer. It is starting to shape up.

Interesting things on the web today: here and here
Both good and bad news for gay marriage today. I suspect that in 50 years this will all seem as ignorant and pointless as making blacks sit in the back of the bus. What does it take away from traditional marriage?