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		<title>ATTN: 1and1</title>
		<link>http://www.calonet.org/2011/11/04/attn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dbcalo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It became woefully apparent that 1and1 had the worst customer service of any webhosting company. All I wanted was for them to temporarily increased my php memory limit to 32M, but instead I received this:
Dear [user],
Thank you for contacting us.
Your current package only has a maximum PHP memory  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It became woefully apparent that 1and1 had the worst customer service of any webhosting company. All I wanted was for them to temporarily increased my php memory limit to 32M, but instead I received this:</p>
<p>Dear [user],</p>
<p>Thank you for contacting us.</p>
<p>Your current package only has a maximum PHP memory limit of 30 MB. Upgrading to the new WordPress version requires more PHP memory. We would advise that you upgrade to a Dual hosting package specifically either Dual Advanced or Dual Unlimited to get more PHP memory.</p>
<p>If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>June Zacarnette Hornido</p>
<p>Technical Support</p>
<p>1&amp;1 Internet</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>So there you have it. If you want to upgrade your version of wordpress, 1and1 requires you pay them more money; and, for that, 1and1 get a big fuck you from me by the way of cancelling my account.</p>
<h1><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><strong>FUCK YOU</strong></strong></span></h1>
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		<title>Teaching / start of new semester</title>
		<link>http://www.calonet.org/2011/08/23/teaching-start-of-new-semester/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dbcalo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve entered confidence building mode today. Had all the confidence in the world yesterday, but I don&#8217;t have quite as much today. So I&#8217;m slowly working up energy and confidence necessary to go in and dominate a classroom that will likely have students hanging from the ceiling to fit in. Here&#8217;s the  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve entered confidence building mode today. Had all the confidence in the world yesterday, but I don&#8217;t have quite as much today. So I&#8217;m slowly working up energy and confidence necessary to go in and dominate a classroom that will likely have students hanging from the ceiling to fit in. Here&#8217;s the plan:</p>
<ol>
<li>Start by telling all the people who want to add the class that they need to get the fuck out because we&#8217;re full up</li>
<li>Handing out 6 sets of 4 cards from a poker deck, and have the students arrange into groups</li>
<li>Write name, office location and hours, phone, and vista only for email on the board</li>
<li>Tell them where they can purchase the lab manual for $10 (rm 234)</li>
<li>Ask them to raise hand if they are a freshman</li>
<li>Ask them to raise hand if they are a sophomore</li>
<li>Ask them to raise hand if they are a junior</li>
<li>Ask them to raise hand if they are a senior or super-senior</li>
<li>Send attendance sheet, and have them state their name, where they&#8217;re from and what their major is or possibly could be, if they&#8217;re in a frat/soro</li>
<li>Introduce metric system (temp, length, mass, time, and volume)</li>
<li>Go over measurement equipment</li>
<li>Tell them to start the lab and describe where the outdoor portion is</li>
</ol>
<p>Seems fairly simple, but somehow I know one of these stupid bastards is going to fuck it up. Either way, it will still be a confidence building day!</p>
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		<title>SB-Birthday, what to do?</title>
		<link>http://www.calonet.org/2011/06/28/sb-birthday-what-to-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dbcalo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh what do to. The options I&#8217;ve come up with so far far Stephanies bday include:

Fancy diner at somewhere that serves things she can eat (Japanese blossom?).
A microphone so she can start her own business and do what she loves.
A phone upgrade (iphone 4 or android? Oh the choices).
Taking a tip  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh what do to. The options I&#8217;ve come up with so far far Stephanies bday include:</p>
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<li>Fancy diner at somewhere that serves things she can eat (Japanese blossom?).</li>
<li>A microphone so she can start her own business and do what she loves.</li>
<li>A phone upgrade (iphone 4 or android? Oh the choices).</li>
<li>Taking a tip out of town some place (undecided destination).</li>
<li>More Hello-Kitty stuff. <img src='http://www.calonet.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </li>
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<p>That&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve come up with so far. At this point, I think the material things would arrive before her birthday, but might show up after &#8212; in which case, she would get a box with an invoice/receipt in it on her birth day. <img src='http://www.calonet.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Personality types</title>
		<link>http://www.calonet.org/2011/06/25/personality-types/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dbcalo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My time today was mostly consumed looking into what personality type I may have; or more practically, what, if any, personality disorders I may possess. So far what I&#8217;ve been able to gleam from mild research around the web, and archived internet discussions, was that I fell into two possible  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My time today was mostly consumed looking into what personality type I may have; or more practically, what, if any, personality disorders I may possess. So far what I&#8217;ve been able to gleam from mild research around the web, and archived internet discussions, was that I fell into two possible categories: the Myers-Briggs personality type of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTJ">INTJ</a> (<a title="Introverted" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introverted">introversion</a>, <a title="Intuition (MBTI)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuition_(MBTI)">intuition</a>, <a title="Thinking" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking">thinking</a>, <a title="Judging" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judging">judgment</a>) or some type of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizoid_personality_disorder">schizoid personality disorder</a>. The first one matches me to a &#8216;T&#8217;, but unfortunately I also meet a number of the criteria that are used to classify people into as schizoid personality. Could it be that having an INTJ personality type means that I automatically have a schizoid personality? I&#8217;m really not sure, and probably lack the background to make such a judgement, but the description of people possessing each is rather interesting.</p>
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<blockquote><p>INTJs apply (often ruthlessly) the criterion &#8220;Does it work?&#8221; to everything from their own research efforts to the prevailing social norms. This in turn produces an unusual independence of mind, freeing the INTJ from the constraints of authority, convention, or sentiment for its own sake &#8230; INTJs are known as the &#8220;Systems Builders&#8221; of the types, perhaps in part because they possess the unusual trait combination of imagination and reliability. Whatever system an INTJ happens to be working on is for them the equivalent of a moral cause to an INFJ; both perfectionism and disregard for authority may come into play &#8230; Personal relationships, particularly romantic ones, can be the INTJ&#8217;s Achilles heel &#8230; This happens in part because many INTJs do not readily grasp the social rituals &#8230; Perhaps the most fundamental problem, however, is that INTJs really want people to make sense.</p>
<p>INTJs are <a title="Analytical skill" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_skill">analytical</a>. Like <a title="INTP" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTP">INTPs</a>, they are most comfortable working alone and tend to be less <a title="Social" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social">sociable</a> than other types. Nevertheless, INTJs are prepared to lead if no one else seems up to the task, or if they see a major weakness in the current leadership. They tend to be <a title="wikt:pragmatic" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pragmatic">pragmatic</a>, <a title="Logical" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical">logical</a>, and creative. They have a low tolerance for spin or rampant <a title="Emotionalism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotionalism">emotionalism</a>. They are not generally susceptible to <a title="Catch phrase" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_phrase">catchphrases</a> and do not recognize authority based on tradition, rank, or title.</p>
<p>INTJs are strong individualists who seek new angles or novel ways of looking at things. They enjoy coming to new understandings. They tend to be insightful and mentally quick; however, this mental quickness may not always be outwardly apparent to others since they keep a great deal to themselves. They are very determined people who trust their vision of the possibilities, regardless of what others think. They may even be considered the most independent of all of the sixteen personality types. INTJs are at their best in quietly and firmly developing their ideas, theories, and principles.</p>
<p>&#8211; from wikipedia page on INTJ</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>People with SPD are seen as aloof, cold and indifferent, which causes some social problems. Most individuals diagnosed with SPD have difficulty establishing personal relationships or expressing their feelings in a meaningful way, and may remain passive in the face of unfavourable situations. Their communication with other people at times may be indifferent and concise. Because of their lack of meaningful communication with other people, those who are diagnosed with SPD are not able to develop accurate reflections of themselves with respect to how well they are getting along with others. Such reflections are important for a person&#8217;s self-awareness and their ability to assess the impact of their own actions in social situations. R. D. Laing suggests that without being enriched by injections of interpersonal reality there occurs an impoverishment in which one&#8217;s self-image becomes more and more empty and volatilized, leading the individual himself to feel unreal.<sup id="cite_ref-D._Laing-_p.82-100_2-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizoid_personality_disorder#cite_note-D._Laing-_p.82-100-2">[3]</a></sup></p>
<p>According to Gunderson,<sup id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizoid_personality_disorder#cite_note-3">[4]</a></sup> people with SPD “feel lost” without the people they are normally around because they need a sense of security and stability. However, when the patient’s personal space is violated, they feel suffocated and feel the need to free themselves and be independent. Those people who have SPD are happiest when they are in a relationship in which the partner places few emotional or intimate demands on them, as it is not <em>people</em> as such that they want to avoid, but both negative and positive emotions, emotional intimacy, and self disclosure.<sup id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizoid_personality_disorder#cite_note-4">[5]</a></sup></p>
<p>This means that it is <em>possible</em> for schizoid individuals to form relationships with others based on intellectual, physical, familial, occupational, or recreational activities as long as these modes of relating do not require or force the need for emotional intimacy, which the individual will reject.</p>
<p><a title="Donald Winnicott" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Winnicott">Donald Winnicott</a> sums up the schizoid need to modulate emotional interaction with others with his comment that schizoid individuals &#8220;prefer to make relationships on their own terms and not in terms of the impulses of other people,&#8221;<sup id="cite_ref-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizoid_personality_disorder#cite_note-5">[6]</a></sup> and that if they cannot do so, they prefer isolation.</p>
<p>&#8211; from the wikipedia page on schizoid personality disorder</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Everything is private!</title>
		<link>http://www.calonet.org/2011/06/24/everything-is-private/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dbcalo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s right, everything of much importance is now set to private &#8212; well, most things anyway. At some point I&#8217;ll figure out how to get this bitch of a website to display a user registration form, but until then you&#8217;re out of luck on reading anything of much interest.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s right, everything of much importance is now set to private &#8212; well, most things anyway. At some point I&#8217;ll figure out how to get this bitch of a website to display a user registration form, but until then you&#8217;re out of luck on reading anything of much interest.</p>
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		<title>New semester time</title>
		<link>http://www.calonet.org/2011/01/19/new-semester-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dbcalo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ahh Time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time again. What time you ask? Ahh! Time for another round of keep me out of the job market! Guess that&#8217;s what graduate school truly is since there aren&#8217;t a whole lot of jobs to speak of out there. Might as well stay right? Depends I think. Mostly It depends on if you can hack it in  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s that time again. What time you ask? Ahh! Time for another round of keep me out of the job market! Guess that&#8217;s what graduate school truly is since there aren&#8217;t a whole lot of jobs to speak of out there. Might as well stay right? Depends I think. Mostly It depends on if you can hack it in graduate school, but then you have all these extra loans to pay off when you still aren&#8217;t particularly sure what it is you&#8217;re going to be doing in graduate school. Good point right? Maybe, but at least it&#8217;s something to do with the spare time this shit economy has forced on me. Either way, pretty sure I&#8217;ll be taking jobs in China instead of Chico by the end of this.</p>
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		<title>New kick-ass header</title>
		<link>http://www.calonet.org/2011/01/17/new-kick-ass-header/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 02:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dbcalo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spent the last few hours figuring out how to use gimp to make a nice new header image. Took a while and some searching for different brushes online to make it just right, but, as you can see, I did a pretty good job on it &#8212; at least I think so.  
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Spent the last few hours figuring out how to use <a href="http://www.gimp.org/">gimp</a> to make a nice new header image. Took a while and some searching for different brushes online to make it just right, but, as you can see, I did a pretty good job on it &#8212; at least I think so. <img src='http://www.calonet.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Phone Security</title>
		<link>http://www.calonet.org/2011/01/17/phone-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dbcalo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was just reading an interesting article about cellphone security over at arstechnica. A quick summary of the article is that now, with some new rulings, if you&#8217;re stopped and the police snag your phone, they can rifle through the bitch without any warrant. So best password that phone before your  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Was just reading an interesting article about cellphone security over at arstechnica. A quick summary of the article is that now, with some new rulings, if you&#8217;re stopped and the police snag your phone, they can rifle through the bitch without any warrant. So best password that phone before your next run in with the police. <img src='http://www.calonet.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/guides/2011/01/why-you-should-always-encrypt-your-smartphone.ars">Original story here</a></p>
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		<title>One of my favs</title>
		<link>http://www.calonet.org/2010/10/28/one-of-my-favs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dbcalo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMNfTrLG380&#038;ob=av2el
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		<title>Teaching log, Day 1.</title>
		<link>http://www.calonet.org/2010/08/25/teaching-log-day-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dbcalo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[etc]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was the first day teaching. Suppose it went well; although, apparently they wanted to know about me &#8212; who I was other than just a teacher with a name. Who knew? I gave them the tone of indifference and required them to read the syllabus until I was content that most of them had read the deal.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today was the first day teaching. Suppose it went well; although, apparently they wanted to know about me &#8212; who I was other than just a teacher with a name. Who knew? I gave them the tone of indifference and required them to read the syllabus until I was content that most of them had read the deal. Then I handed them their labs, while making them sign in for the day. It seems my task was complete as they assumed that I was a professor on this day. <img src='http://www.calonet.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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