09.04.2003 -

lemme back track to yesterday. went to soda @ 7pm to start cs hw w/ belldandy and mteklabs. came home @ 4:30am and continued to work till 6am and went to sleep. 11hrs of hw and i still wasn't done. need to make efficienize my procratisnation skills. i think it must've gotten rusty over summer break.

welp, my office max package finally came today. did a total of 9 rebates and all of them are ready to be mailed! finally have my cdrs and i've burnt through ~15 already. oh yah, have u heard: Fuji America no longer using Taiyo Yuden media for their own discs?. i've learnt this several weeks ago, but thanks to horacio for donating that link. for those who still think all cdrs are the same, ur very wrong. many generic cdrs have been proven to die w/in a year or 2. for quick backups they're okay. then u have ritek and CMC and other dyes that many common brand use which lasts ~10 yrs or so. according to TY (taiyo yuden), the only cdr dye company in japan (that's why if ur cdrs say made in japan, they're most likely TYs), their cdrs would last > 30yrs, and research shows it can last much longer than 30yrs. only time will tell.

oh yah, if u didnt get y the letter about 2 bad cdrs were funny, lemme try explaining. cdrs that comes in spindles usually have 1 or 2 clear discs for protection. 1 definitely on the bottom. the top is up to the manufacturer. this guy sent in the 2 protection discs (which dont count towards the # of cdrs in the spindle) claiming it included 2 defective cdrs. what's funny is that i really think he tried burning on it and the cdr was unable to even read the stupid disc. lol.

not sure if u guys felt it, but we had a 3.9 earthquake this afternoon. i was in my apartment and the building suddenly had a big jolt. felt like some car crashed into it. looked out the window, but didnt see a car. here's an article about it.

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