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Well, if you hadn't realized before, that presentation was a complete disaster. A bloody catastrophe. There are fewer things more embarassing than getting up to deliver a speech on something that you KNOW worked yesterday, pushing the big red button, and having nothing happen. The fact that I did fix it doesn't matter, especially since I wasn't able to track down the issue until after everyone was gone.

So pardon me, I'm going to sit down and enjoy a chocolate bar. Then I'll see about making plans for Korea.

I have to give a presentation on my blogpost script to some visiting first year students in Japanese. I'm a bit nervous!

Here's the smiling face of one. Three rather.

Someone installed a newer version of Perl on the server I run my scripts on, on Jan 6. There's no problem with simple text emails, but the library that breaks apart JPEG files choked. I haven't noticed because I hadn't sent an email with a photo since then.

Back to the drawing board, eh?

That was a bit embarrassing. Let's try that again, shall we?

I have to give a presentation on my blogpost script to some visiting first year students in Japanese. I'm a bit nervous!

Here's the smiling face of one.

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Did I mention there were people running around wearing small towels around their waists? And it was below freezing. They all have bells, and they're ringing them like crazy. Each person carries a piece of paper in his or her mouth, which I'm assuming is another offering which will go on the big fire. Here's what it sounds like (sorry for the audible scratches and bumps from the microphone; I was trying to be discreet):

Click to listen (stereo, 1.4MB - MP3, 1 minute 40 seconds)