I am so awesome.

Nrgh.  Issues with the tracker.  That being, KTC and tips on credit purchases take a few business days to process.  Which is fine, that makes sense to me, but it sometimes throws tracker stuff off.

In reconciling tracker with recent purchases, I updated my tracker a bit.  What used to happen: if the balance didn't match the balance email, the bank-balance column would say "error!".  This meant that any subsequent transactions wouldn't show a balance, they'd show "#VALUE!".

If the balance email doesn't match the balance, it now shows "error! - " and the amount that it's off.  The next transaction calculates off the previous balance - and if it's an error, it calculates off the next previous transaction.  So things like one error, or that $1 auth hold thing, won't throw me off, but I will continue to see that a mismatch occurred.

The "real-time balance" column continues to be awesome.  I no longer have to guess at what I have left - there is a column that shows me exactly what I have left, based on what I spent.  Not when it decided to go through at the bank, but when I used the card or wrote the check the end.  Brilliance.

I think I will continue using the tracker, even with that annoyance thing, for the primary reason that it is totally working.  Even if I avoid it for a few days, I still have the most recent real-time balance in my head, so I'm doing mental math based off that, not off the bank's balance.  If that makes sense.  And if I have to go back every few weeks and manually reconcile things... so what?

While I'm in here, I may add that "account" functionality I've been idly contemplating.

[eta] Did and did.  ( Noodling. )

I'm not even going to bother disclaiming about whether it's silly or not, because the evidence totally shows that having a real-time recent balance helps me.  Breaking it down to mine/bills should only improve this.

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In conclusion, tomorrow will be my one-month anniversary of using my tracker.  ONE WHOLE MONTH.  WHAT THE HELL.  I am so awesome.

Six-eyes!

I got these last time I went glasses-shopping, which look like this on me.  I want to get a pair of backup glasses, Just In Case.

(Plus the part where these glasses are entirely fine, except for the screws.)

I'm considering getting these - partly the front view looks close enough to my current pair, and partly I can get them in metallic blue, yay.

Meow meow meow.

Also, I'm going to hit Free Geek after work and see what they have, computer-wise.  I want to find something that's decent - that's not terrible with speed, and that works with my existing wireless network card.  (If it doesn't, an inexpensive network card will suffice.)  I'd love to move over to Ubuntu all the time, except I fret that I won't be able to go back, and that I'll lose my music.

So, I'm going to see what I can find, and start the process of using a Ubuntu machine as my primary machine for a while.  We'll see.

Just when I thought it was safe...

( Tracker documenting. )

I think too much.  But it's finally in my favour!

Just when I thought it was safe...

( Tracker documenting. )

I think too much.  But it's finally in my favour!

Feeling human.

I now have a Ubuntu machine.  Cost me $80.  I may have to walk it over to the roomies' office to physically... connect...  I may have to use my Shuffle to transfer any wireless network card drivers to it.  I know the first through second things about hardware, and that's it, so this'll be fun.

(It's a D-Link Air... something something.  *mild annoyed face*)

Alas also, I took my trackball to work, which means I had to borrow a Mac USB mouse from Jody (roomie).  It's very short of lead, so the first thing I did was link the Start button to the panel menu.

Now to go learn about how to get Ubuntu to realise that I've plugged in a network card.

(Advice for computer hardware is always welcome.  I can plug in the peripherals, and I know to clean it, but that's it.)

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I went to the bus stop to switch to the next bus, and had about fourteen minutes left.  Two nice homeless guys were sitting there, and asked me for change.  I only had three cents - I don't really carry change on me.  So I offered to get them pizza from the Papa Murphy's that was right there, if they'd watch after my computer.

Entertainingly, the place had a deal of getting two medium pizzas for the same price as one large.  Not entertainingly, apparently it was one of those "bake your own pizzas" places.  They should put larger signs, or I should be more aware.

X: I'm sorry, I didn't realise they didn't cook them.  Do you want them anyways?
HGs: Hell yes!
X: I had change on me, but I felt that handing you three cents would've been insulting at best.  But it's cheese and sauce and bread, so at least it won't spoil...
HGs: Honey, we're homeless, we know how to cook this.
X: Oh, good.

And they watched after my computer, which is good, as it was bloody heavy.

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In conclusion, Rubí brandy remains my favourite.

And so it begins...

( Geeking. Ubuntu knowledge appreciated. )

And so it begins...

( Geeking. Ubuntu knowledge appreciated. )