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At roughly 3 AM last night I started to hear the shutters above my head rattle. It would happen in waves. First it would shutter, then it would stop, then it would shutter and then stop. Very scary at first, then I realized that something was flying into them, and apparently making shutters rattle. I left the room rapidly, as I was in a state of excitement, and turned on the light from the outside, and peaked in through the door. I definitely saw something flying around. It appeared to be a Bat. I spent he rest of the night sleeping on the couch. Woke up this morning, the bat had apparently flown back out the window. ...

One of my two dogs, Oliver had a seizure last night at roughly 1 AM. I was getting ready to pass out, having just got off the phone with my roommate to remind her that I was coming home in a week, when I heard a bark-squeak from the dog’s room. It was followed by a ton of claw scratching. I flipped out, called for one of my brothers to wake up and went down to investigate, only to find dog seizing in the middle of the room. I had to stay up with the dog until 3 am so that he felt comfortable and would sleep (only after I drugged him with a dog sedative my mother had in the cabinet). ...

This book is definitely my favorite read on the subject of complex network analysis. Having had several projects that involve the study of complex networks, the topic was not new to me. I have read parts of Linked, by Albert Lazlo Barabasi, and Six Degrees, by Duncan Watts. Both are interesting books, but Linked takes a turn towards the highly mathematical and I had some issues following. Six Degrees didn’t do a good job of keeping my attention either. Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Theory of Networks broke the mold. It was a good read, contained my interest throughout the book and I left feeling like I learned a few things. Worth the read, pick up, enjoy it. ...

Cultured Code Released Things for iphone. I have just download it and will start working it out tomorrow. I will say that I have been trying to start using things on my Mac, but it has been very hard to get up and running as I am not around my Mac all day. This App promises to change that, the problem. It doesn’t yet sync with the desktop client. They promise to fix this shortly, but until they do, I don’t think this app is really worth it’s value. However, with no purchasable version of Things for Mac available, I will take any opportunity I can to support the company, and buy this App. ...

I shop for mostly non-fiction books. Most of these books tend to be on new and emerging technologies. When I’m purchasing a book on a technology, I really want to know the content of the book before I purchase it. What I really want is a table of contents. Just a list of the chapter lists and maybe even a more detailed list of the topics covered in each chapter, but at least some form of the table of contents would be very helpful in my purchasing decision. ...