Doh. Sometimes you do things that really make you wonder if you forgot to turn on the brain in the morning. Well at least I hope it’s not just me. I just got podded for the first time since playing EVE. Lost a full set of +4 implants, plus another set of missile skill hardwiring [...]
All posts for the month December, 2010
Shooting myself in the foot
Posted by pockie on December 23, 2010
http://intellimoo.wordpress.com/2010/12/23/shooting-myself-in-the-foot/
Finally over with
And finally my Ph.D applications are over with. My god, such a completely soul-draining experience. Applied to 7 schools this round, which will be my last. If I am unable to get into a decent program with financial aid, then I’ll have to start looking for a job again. In a sense it’s actually quite [...]
Posted by pockie on December 13, 2010
http://intellimoo.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/finally-over-with/
Charging off to war
The past weekend I finally bit the bullet in EVE and dipped my toes into the kiddy pool of PvP. I quit my corp (after having to wait 24 hours to remove roles, doh) and joined up with the Caldari State in faction warfare. Whee, I’m now part of the Blob! I was originally a [...]
Posted by pockie on December 9, 2010
http://intellimoo.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/charging-off-to-war/
The lone cynic
There’s a ton of stuff I want to write about lately, but I find myself lacking the time to do it due to being busy either a) finishing up my PhD applications or b) procrastinating about finishing up my PhD applications by reading random stuff. Ok fine so maybe I just need to be better [...]
Posted by pockie on December 6, 2010
http://intellimoo.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/the-lone-cynic/
Feeling my age
Even after 1 year, I often look at my son and think “wow I can’t believe I’m a dad”. When I play basketball on weekends, I often find myself playing with teens and or young twenty-somethings. And amazingly I find that I get along with them better than I do the older crowd, who tend [...]
Posted by pockie on December 2, 2010
http://intellimoo.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/feeling-my-age/