Thoughts Of Your Future Dictator

I switched from POP to IMAP for checking (and now dealing with) my email. I like how everything stays synced no matter where I’m at, whether it be my G5, PowerBook, or even webmail. It also makes getting a new computer easier, as I don’t have to copy and tinker with my old mail. One complaint that some people have (Joe included) is that Mail.app doesn’t respect the .subscribed file, which tells clients which folders to check. In Joe’s case, it sees mail-only user’s folders in addition to his own and they show up in Mail with no way to hide them. I don’t have this issue as my user is attached to justinbellmor.com and not bellmor.com (where my mom’s mail account is stored). The final bonus is that IMAP has a command called IDLE, which enables the mail server to inform you when you get new mail (vs you checking periodically for new mail). I’m going to play with procmail (server side mail filters) to sort my email before I even download it- even less I have to worry about when I get a new computer or when I use webmail.

I’m enjoying Java this semester. I’m just about done with HW2, assigned Tuesday and due Sunday. I can’t seem to get a function I created to work, but we haven’t really covered functions in Java yet. And for some reason, I like Java’s “stricter” syntax over Python’s fairly lax syntax. Calc lecture was a waste of my time- we had some lady come in and talk about how people learn stuff - no Calculus involved… if only Howey Physics had wireless.