Flash

Awesome new update for flash - now flash video doesn't exit fullscreen when you're working on a second monitor. I've been waiting for this update for years, this is great!

Ugh

Just want some time alone and my roommates want to hang out in my room for hours, coughing without covering their mouth even though they're sick.

Idiot Roommate

My idiot roommate thinks he cleaned the bathroom last week. Uh no, I think I would remember cleaning the bathroom since I had to do it with a broken foot. Just look at the schedule I made for you, goddamn moron. He was supposed to clean it Sunday and it's almost Wednesday now. He's got no fucking excuse. He doesn't have a job, he skips his classes, he has no other engagements... you'd think he could manage to do a half-hour of work every two weeks.

This guy is such a douche.

TV Tuner

My TV Tuner works half the time, literally. Every other time I turn on the computer the TV Tuner gives me a blank screen. Why? WHY?!!?

Roommates

I think I've been unfortunate with the roommates I've ended up with so far.

My latest roommate is a 30-something Columbian student. He recently moved into the room beside mine. He used to live on the floor below mine, and he'd come to me for a favour several times, in which I gladly helped. He has helped himself to my cleaning supplies and toilet paper, etc. Simple stuff but it would be nice if he offered to supply some of his own.

I went on vacation a couple weeks ago. Prior to leaving, I put up a cleaning schedule that he agreed to. By the time I came back, he was supposed to have cleaned the bathroom twice. Instead, he hadn't cleaned the bathroom at all, except maybe the toilet, and he had used up all my toilet paper and left nothing but the cardboard roll. The mirror, counter, floor, and shower were dirty. He had also swept all the dirt in the kitchen into a corner of the room and just left it there. I was annoyed and told him so. He said that he had been using the gym shower for the most part and thus shouldn't have to clean it, but said he would clean the bathroom the next day. Two days passed and he hadn't cleaned it at all. I brought it up with him and he got angry. He told me that the bathroom was clean.

I was flabbergasted, the bathroom wasn't clean at all. All I could say was "That's... not clean" and he said he disagreed. Then he started sighing heavily and starting slamming the drawers and stomping his feet, having a mini temper-tantrum. I didn't say anything, but is it really so much to ask that once every two weeks you spend 10 minutes to clean a small bathroom properly? This is a grown man. This was the schedule that he agreed to. I've never asked him to do anything else. All I want is him to follow the schedule. And cleaning a bathroom doesn't mean cleaning what you want to, it means cleaning the entire bathroom. When you're done cleaning, the mirror shouldn't be covered in backwash, the floor shouldn't be covered in dust and hair, and the shower shouldn't be scummy. I don't care if you don't mind the dirt - clean is clean.

So I ended up cleaning the bathroom instead and it looks like I'll be the one cleaning the bathroom the next 4 months. What adds insult is a) He used to complain to me about his old roommate never cleaning the bathroom, and b) He was using my new dish sponge I had just put out while arguing with me.

UPDATE: Just noticed my knife missing. Had to find it in his drawer. Coincidence... maybe. I'd like to believe he's not that childish.

Materials

"1 1/2" copper coupling, 1 length of ABS pipe, 1 Moon Troll, 1 co- wait, what the fuuuuuu...."

HP

HP has the worst business practices. I'm trying to get a somewhat older HP printer - the HP PSC 2410 - to work. All I want to do is fax. But the ink cartridge in the printer has a built in expiry date. Now the printer won't let me do ANYTHING unless I replace this cartridge. I don't even NEED ink for scanning and faxing. I don't intend to buy HP products in the future.