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some things to do this week
- clean up my room / finish moving in
- fix the heatsoak/nonstart problem[1] on my car by installing a heat shield and/or additional starter circuit
- flyer for critical mass
- buy a new notebook
On the last point: I have this habit of keeping a small notebook, in the form of one of those marble-covered "composition books." Having done this for a few years I've become very picky about exactly what kind of composition book I will use, though. The standard size (9.75" x 7.5") is annoyingly small, whereas a variety that is just slightly larger (10.25" x 7.875") is much, much more pleasing to use. I've used both lined and "quad ruled"—haven't tried an unruled book yet, but I think that would be fine too. However, the lines have to be light enough that they don't obliterate pencil writing. (I've found mechannical pencils to be the most pleasing writing instrument.) Most recently I've used a floppy-covered one from Avery Dennison corp which is 10" x 7.875" and found it to be quite satisfactory. One labelled "The Original Marble Cover— 80 sheets, 20# heavyweight paper" and manufactured in Roaring Spring, PA was also satisfactory. However, I have another from then which was not as satisfactory, due to its smaller size. This smaller size seems to be the most common. The book from Mead is also of the smaller size, and additionally has very dark lines that interfere with reading ball point pen (especially because they are the same shade of blue) or pencil. The Roaring Spring book has acceptable paper, but is too small. In conclusion, maybe I will just have to track down Avery Dennison part number 43-475. It doesn't help that the monopolistic on-campus student store only stocks a single version of any given item (for instance, all the mechanical pencils seem to be 0.7mm when I wanted 0.5mm)...
[1] documented here: http://www.faqs.org/qa/qa-888.html http://type2.com/bartnik/relay.htm http://www.forparts.com/vw3.htm
fix (?): http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7981690050&category=46101
- fix the heatsoak/nonstart problem[1] on my car by installing a heat shield and/or additional starter circuit
- flyer for critical mass
- buy a new notebook
On the last point: I have this habit of keeping a small notebook, in the form of one of those marble-covered "composition books." Having done this for a few years I've become very picky about exactly what kind of composition book I will use, though. The standard size (9.75" x 7.5") is annoyingly small, whereas a variety that is just slightly larger (10.25" x 7.875") is much, much more pleasing to use. I've used both lined and "quad ruled"—haven't tried an unruled book yet, but I think that would be fine too. However, the lines have to be light enough that they don't obliterate pencil writing. (I've found mechannical pencils to be the most pleasing writing instrument.) Most recently I've used a floppy-covered one from Avery Dennison corp which is 10" x 7.875" and found it to be quite satisfactory. One labelled "The Original Marble Cover— 80 sheets, 20# heavyweight paper" and manufactured in Roaring Spring, PA was also satisfactory. However, I have another from then which was not as satisfactory, due to its smaller size. This smaller size seems to be the most common. The book from Mead is also of the smaller size, and additionally has very dark lines that interfere with reading ball point pen (especially because they are the same shade of blue) or pencil. The Roaring Spring book has acceptable paper, but is too small. In conclusion, maybe I will just have to track down Avery Dennison part number 43-475. It doesn't help that the monopolistic on-campus student store only stocks a single version of any given item (for instance, all the mechanical pencils seem to be 0.7mm when I wanted 0.5mm)...
[1] documented here: http://www.faqs.org/qa/qa-888.html http://type2.com/bartnik/relay.htm http://www.forparts.com/vw3.htm
fix (?): http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7981690050&category=46101
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sorry I didn't call back; I have company in town
No joke. At the beginning of last year, they had at least two if not three of the types of engineering paper that I use; now they SOMEtimes carry one, which is inferior. Way to go, on-campus extension of crappy corporation.
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