This is what happens when you give university students the day off.

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The snow is really coming down today! It is so bad that they’ve closed the WSU campus:

Alerts for Students, Faculty and Staff

1/31/08

Washington State University-Pullman Campus to Close at 10 AM today except for Essential Personnel

President Floyd has made the decision to close the WSU-Pullman Campus except for essential personnel at 10 AM this morning. Check this site for additional information as it becomes available.

The last time WSU was closed for snow was in November, 1985. It’s been 22 years! I’ve heard that the University of Idaho is closed too.

When I go outside, I’ll take some pictures.

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It's really snowing in Pullman! Check out the videos! Read more No comments

My dorm room at WSU is not all that big, but considering it's only me in here, it's not too bad. It is nice to keep my room clean (I enjoy my time here more when the room is clean), but vacuuming sucks (no pun intended) since I don't have one of my own and the one provided by the school is broken. Up until now, I was using a carpet sweeper. That does work, but it's slow and I don't use it often enough.

My solution: I bought a Roomba Scheduler (which is a Discovery with the scheduler accessories) from Woot.com for $104, including shipping. It arrived on Friday. After waiting 32 hours for the battery to charge (16-hour first charge, I didn't have the battery seated properly the first time), I'm finally getting a chance to run it. Read more