School

I got an A- on my thesis.

I got a C in Econ 100A. I’ll say it one last time. Fuck Econ. I have a perfect C average with my Econ courses here at Berkeley (C+ in Econ 1, C- in Econ 100B) — good riddance. Without you I could have had honors.Oh well, it’s over now.

It’s funny. I can look back on a life of achievement, on challenges met, competitors bested, obstacles overcome. I’ve accomplished more than most men, and without the use of my legs. — The Big Lebowski Well I actually do have legs, but today is something of a milestone. Graduation and all that jazz. My last day at Macworld. (I got told by one of the editors that if they had the money that they would hire me — they all…

Well, I took my thesis to the printer. And a few minutes before the stroke of midnight, I have my entire thesis online for your reading pleasure: “The Powerful Force”: An Examination of the Internet in Senegal Read ’em and weep, fellas.

… all 159 pages of it. Proper online version will be up later tonight. I’ve been sitting at my living room table since 9 am this morning with no breaks — I’m still in my PJs. DONE!

Ah, I amuse myself: Wilson and Heeks further their argument by saying that the reason that the traditional media do not get as much attention as ICT [Information and Communications Technologies] does is that “they are just not ‘sexy’ enough to capture decision-makers attention.” Again, this line of thinking is not substantiated at all — the authors did not provide a definition of the term, “sexy.”If by “sexy,” the authors mean that ICT has a certain appeal that these traditional…

I was accepted to University of Virginia and the London School of Economics today.

I got into LaFollette School of Public Affairs (UW-Madison), but not into North Gate.