20 minutes. That’s all I ask for. A brief introduction, a story if you will, about the stuff we have in our lives. Consumption is a national pastime in our culture and I believe we need to take responsiblity for that. Oh, I also believe we need to change that. Don’t run away, there’s cartoons!
I particularly like her Radio Shack analogy. Yes, the radio costs me $4.99 – but was it really that cheap to make? If it wasn’t that cheap, who actually paid the rest of the cost?
This series of comics made me laugh out loud, several times. Some were a little too close to home, mind you. I thought it was normal for babies to dry off in the clothes dryer (???).
After much time spent in my attic, discovering just how territorial wolf spiders can be … it is complete. I have moved back in time and and stopped using a wireless connection to connect my server to the Internet. I trudged backwards through the years to a time when good old copper wiring was used to connect machines together on a network, in the local area … a LAN if you will.
I simply got sick and tired of spotty connections, of slow transfer speeds, and, well, of slow transfer speeds. I listen to my music over that connection, and wireless was just not cutting it. I didn’t fall all the way back into the 90’s – I tried to be smart and used Cat6 cabling. This way when I eventually want to move up to gigabit speeds I won’t have to argue with that massive hairy beast in the attic. By the way, I already want to move up to gigabit speeds, in case you were wondering when that would be.
But why should you, the reading audience care? Well, no more slow streaming of music for one. You might find the site snappier and more responsive. No more unexpected periods of downtime either (whcih happened when someone stood in front of the server/TV – seriously). Essentially it should now behave like a server, rather than a roaming wacko machine.
Personally, I’m excited. But then I survived the trials with the black demon in the attic, so life just seems to be sweeter in every aspect going forward.
A popular quote suggests that “We judge ourselves by our motives, others by their actions” (apparently by Adlai Stevenson).
A simple saying, short, concise. It has made me think.
Today is my 34th birthday – ta-da! In the spirit of birthdays, here’s a story about births – kind of. Those wacky scientists have gone and figured out how to make either sex unnecessary for conception.
Where will society take this? I can certainly see some benefits here, but again I have to ask – just because we can … should we? This may be valuable in some situations which then leads down the slippery slope of it being used in inappropriate situations. Human imagination can make for a slippery slope indeed.
If you’re looking for a little smile for the day, look no further! Marley and I are trying to get out every night for a walk with Dazy. Here’s a self-portrait of sorts.
Bill Gates Issues Call For Kinder Capitalism – WSJ.com
He has the clout – I wonder what happens next. I certainly think capitalism as it is currently being practiced in western society needs to change.
Hi everyone! It’s time to introduce a new segment on our show here. Brand new this year, totally original stuff. It’s a contest! Just like guessing how many jelly beans are in the jar, only not so laden with calories when you win!
I’m currently boxing up all my CDs to make my den a little more organized (more on that later). I’m boxing up not just my collection, but the few CDs that Alisa owned when we met as well. So the contest is to try and guess how many CDs I own. The prize? You get to pick any one of the CDs for yourself. It’s a free CD giveaway!
You have until I finish the process to leave a comment here with your guess.
Hints:
The closest guess wins. You can go over and still win – not like that Price Is Right show or anything.
Good luck everyone!
Goal: I know, it sounds cliche. But as a music lover I really am shocked I’m not contributing more to music, rather than just consuming it. I’ve tried to teach myself bass and 6 string guitar before, but have never followed through to any great length. So in the spirit of pushing myself, I’m going to set myself a goal of being able to site read basic songs on the 6 string guitar by the end of the summer. If I’m feeling really frisky I will aim at having my first guitar song written up by the end of the year.
Previous efforts generally died because I simply had a book to follow, which lacks, frankly. Now with this “Internet” thingy I can get free lessons essentially. Here’s my collection of links so far:
Tuning resources:
Lessons:
Status: Ongoing. So far I’ve tuned my guitar and learned the D chord. Oh, and of course “Smoke On The Water”.
Goal 2: Doodling, even just silly drawings of crayon on the tub walls with Marley during her bath, is a great way to let a little creativity flow on a regular basis. it helps underscore one of the major incentives of this cause, which was to model creativity for Marley. So I’m working on doodling something every day. Some days so far it is little things, while hopefully on others it will be drawings leading to paintings or pencil pictures.
Status: Ongoing (so far so good)