Month: September 2010

Thesis Published Online (sort of)!

I couldn’t figure out what the hold-up was with ProQuest in publishing the Open Access version of my Masters Thesis. I’d received the hardbound copy (and a paperback which I’d ordered for dad) and yet the online version still wasn’t up at their Open Access site. So I e-mailed them the other day and got a response back saying it takes 10-12 weeks to get the info up on the site & indexed, but that she figured it would be available within another day or two.

Well, it’s up now. I think. The trouble is, I can’t access it on my Linux box. Dunno if it’s because I’m using a non-Adobe program for opening PDFs or whatever. Who knows, it may not work even on Winders machines. (I’ll try it on my Winders partition tomorrow.) Whether it works in Winders or not, I’m going to e-mail ProQuest and ask why something that is supposedly Open Access can’t be accessed from a Linux machine. (I paid lots of money to make this sucker Open Access. I want people to be able to get a hold of it! Not that anyone would want to, but still! Knowledge should be FREE! Heh.)

If any of you want to give it a look, feel free to check it out. (Hey, at least the Abstract works.)

Trina’s Masterpiece Masters Thesis.

Cat Photos

I’ve got a friend on LJ feeling a little down (and maybe more than one, so maybe this’ll cheer a few folks up) and decided it had been too long since I last posted photos of my “kids.” So here’s some recent (well, taken in 2010) photos of my little ones for your enjoyment.

Linus wants a belly rub!
Linus wants a belly rub!

Lucy relaxing in her cabana
Lucy relaxing in her cabana

Lucy gives Linus a kiss
Lucy gives Linus a kiss

Lucy thinks Linus tastes funny
Lucy thinks Linus tastes funny

Three Day Weekend – Yay!

We all survived the first week in the new school! I’ve really been enjoying the room – it feels like home already. (Though there’s no guarantee I can find something when I need it – really need to get those cabinets labeled soon!) Sure, there are still some things need doing, but that’s no surprise in a new building.

What’s even nicer is after we did our first week, we get a 3-day weekend! So today, the folks and I went to the Heritage Festival in Piqua. Always a nice time, always good food. Not always great weather, but today was perfect. Mid-60s (°F), cloudy/sunny/breezy. I was actually in long jeans and SHOES with SOCKS! Haven’t worn my gym shoes since the hike on St Maarten! This little taste of Autumn is, alas, just a taste. Tomorrow should be perfect and in the 70s with Monday back in the 80s. Think I’ll go swimming Monday, and maybe tomorrow.

In my virtual life, I’m playing City of Heroes again (have had a year subscription since I finished my thesis, but rarely played – I blame World of Warcrack). The main reason is because the latest patch lets you switch villains to heroes and heroes to villains. I have no desire for any of my heroes to switch to villain (not even Evah Green, who’s got quite an attitude), but I’ve wanted Jack Dodger, my main Mastermind, to be a hero since I created him in the Beta version of City of Villains. Today, I completed his first Morality Mission and he’s now a Rogue – able to visit either the Hero or the Villain side. Cool beans!


Jack and his Bots

I’ll probably get my other Mastermind to Hero-side eventually as well. Paragon City’s a lot more fun to play in than the Rogue Isles where the villains live.