Esoteric Drifter

I find it laudable that my schools email system requires me to input a series of basic arithmetic solutions in order to send an email after a certain time.
After sending an email, at this late hour, I am confronted with a pop up:

It’s that time of day. My School’s Mail aims to help you in many ways. Are you sure you want to send this? Answer some simple math problems to verify.

I must complete a total of six simple problems (9 x 10, 89 – 86) in under 60 seconds.
If I input an incorrect answer I get the following error message:

Water and bed for you. Or try again.

If I cannot complete the questions within the allotted time I get this me this error message:

Oops, looks like your reflexes are a little slow. Try again.

It seems that the system gives you an unlimited chances to input your answers, although the problems are different each time.

I’m completely sober and it took me three attempts to get one email out. I guess I can thank them for not charging me for this learning experience.

Its almost like a disease, you move into a town or city, and you immediately loose the “tourist” mentality. All those cool little things the metropolis has to offer tend to take the back burner to the mundane tasks of day-to-day life.

This is why I love visitors. With great spontaneity I suggested to my father, who’s in town for the weekend, that we stop in at The Crimson Moon, a local eatery and music venue. Ill admit I havent seen a show myself, although I’ve always ‘wanted’ to go.

It may have just been a coincidence but the talent booked for tonight was great! I actually expected to hear bluegrass or a tired folk performer strum out a long forgotten melody. Instead I heard some very upbeat and persuasive modern folk music performed by Rebecca Loabe, Her inspired writing was brought to life by a very talented voice and natural charisma.

Rebecca Loebe’s performance was complemented by the male vocal duo The Brilliant Inventions, who’s acoustic harmonizing, tenacious lyrics, and impromptu songs made a memorable night.

Thank you musicians for your hard work.

A helicopter landed on the rooftop of a local building in Dahlonega yesterday. The governor of Georgia had arrived to hand deliver a check to NGCSU. $2.5M, as a grant to increase North Georgia’s broadband initiative.

The development of this infrastructure is one of the most important projects in North Georgia, especially for a guy like me who spends a good portion of his time soaking up random (and often useless) information on the internet. Ill admit Im geeking about pining my LA server in less than one second!

Lets look at where we are in the tech universe.

Broadband:

Right now you have a choice for broadband in Dahlonega, the restricted and expensive DSL, or the more expensive, and sometimes intermittent Satellite companies. I am looking forward to seeing that change, hopefully even seeing a startup ISP in the area.

Wireless

The ATT tower that gives Dahlonega, and most of North Georgia its cellular service runs on the very antiquated GSM technology. When are they planning to update it? Dont hold your breath. Hopefully they’ll just skip over 3G to the next generation of wireless.

Verizon, on the other hand boasts 3G in Dahlonega, but I dont know anyone using their service, so I can only imagine it isn’t that great.

Wrapping it up Im very excited to see the new highway come into town.

I have recently moved into a new place, a two bedroom, 2.5 bathroom townhouse. The best part is a walk away from the small North Georgia Campus.

I am rooming with two girls, both studing for their masters degrees.

Networking payed off today, as I was able to find affordable housing very close to NGCSU. As I was visiting a friend, after a day of looking at cheep crack houses and overpriced rentals, he mentioned a couple girls who were looking for a roommate. 30min later, I was set on this great place! Now If I could only rely on networking to get a job…