Have a Nice Day!

Attitude and your outlook on life is everything. If you are having a bad day, stop looking for why things suck and think about the things you can be thankful for. It is as simple as starting with "Have a nice day".

Now we know the purpose of the Internet

To answer lifes' unanswered questions: World Of Warcraft: Dancing

Amazing

Dmitriev - Bach - Fuga in d-moll BWV565

Classic RPG: Fallout

I tried to load it and it didn't work under XP. I spend way to many hours at this game - it was great! This intro is haunting...

Starcraft 2: Oh Gods No

I bow down before our gaming slavelords. I was pasty white enough before I heard this...

I haf no idear...

I was trying to figure out why people were getting blog updates that linked to nowhere. Sorry if you received a few posts; I've deleted my friendster blog. It sucked. Hopefully you won't now get notices from the ether that lead back to nowhere. If you do, forward them on to my email so I can hunt them down and bind the pesky spirits to my will...

Aspri-rations

Robert Asprin's that is; I found "Myth Adventures: Volume I" on the shelf. Six of his first books in this series. There is a Volume Two too!

I couldn't resist, as the cover art was by Phil Foglio. Reminded me of Wormy and Phil & Dixie.

So I've completely avoided anything productive while reading this book all day. If you don't see me online, it is because I'm offline :D

Looking for Group...

If you haven't seen the web comic, and especially if you play WoW, then you should get over to Looking For Group...

Wireless ACKsess

I'm posting from my phone today.

I was in meetings last week and most of this week with no Internet connectivity. I honestly don't know how business intends on being a business if they don't provide wireless access openly, or at least with easy authentication. It isn't productive for the participants. It isn't a fair expectation that we must be 100% focused on their presentation and review. Some of us multitask well, and could stay longer and participate more fully if we could simply work on our laptop or pda.

Added to that, the number of users who have crackberries that walk away to come back after a period of time, certainly aren't any better than someone on a computer with split attention. This is one reason I think the iPhone will be incredibly successful. The premise is wireless without thinking about usage charges or how to connect. I get to experience some of that with my Sidekick, but they are still limited by their need to nickel and dime you; they are the phone provider, not the hardware or os and application provider. They have a vested interest in getting you to purchase a network plan to make them money or to restrict you application usage to not cost them money. That is a different mindset than enabling full use of your hardware and software and creation of new things for fun or function.

Here is to hoping I can get a new iPhone when they come out!

Going Down To Cowtown....

Well, no. I'm actually going home to NC. But somehow going south and the beach always reminds me of the They Might Be Giants song.

See ya online or back here later.

Let's Blow...

No windy city here - seems I brought all the good weather and it fell out when I opened my suitcase on Thursday. It has been a great day or two wandering about.

I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked, as I saw more than I can show later, but I did learn the subway and transportation. Learning how to get around should make it easier when I come back to visit again.

The city is nice. Old and new. It is hard to be lonely with so many different people running about (but evidently I still tried hiding behind a camera). I'll update and post my pictures ASAP.

I'm on my way home and hope to see you all soon.

ChiCaGo-go-go

I'm in Chicago! Had work out here and now that I'm done I'm going to look around. I'd fly back but no flights until early Sunday a.m.

So hopefully I'll be able to stop worrying about old friends back home and take some pictures. Maybe I can make it to the Sear's Tower and "The Bean".

Beers aren't queer

I was lucky enough to go to the Black Cat with a friend. Evidently, we weren't photogenic enough to be photographed...but it was fun to get out.

300

I saw 300 on the opening night with two of my friends - I love midnight shows.

I found the Penny Arcade comic and it reminded me to mention it. I thought it was a good movie, with a mythic style. You could also see the SinCity-like graphic violence; not real but dreamlike.

Johny Cash

I've heard the David Bowie and NIN version; this has to be the best one - his last song recorded I believe.

Exactly why I don't enjoy "the signal"

This is a web comic that embodies exactly why I don't like watching, don't have cable, and with the exception of a few shows, why television sucks: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/02/09

Wine, Wine, Wine

Anyone interested in some wine this Saturday? http://www.washingtonwineacademy.org/public-events.htm#feb24 WWA's "Drafthouse" Wine Bus Trip to Virginia Wineries (VA) $49

I'll Be Your Server This Evening...

Which means I'm unavailable - SysAdmin jokes are teh sux!

I looked a little bit and figured I'm simply setup a home server to serve some pictures and nonsense. So I'll test and configure normans.homeunix.org until I'm ready to put up permanent links from personaldaemon.com running. If you are brave you should be able to visit ftp://normans.homeunix.org and get something...

I've got a few images I'm taking with my camera that are fairly large in file size so I'll probably setup a front-end. The images aren't cropped or modified yet, so I may have composed the pictures different than I would choose to make final, but that shouldn't prevent you from see how much I lack photography skills!

Beatboxing flute inspector gadget remix

OK, I don't know why, but I find this really entertaining.

Happy Valentine's Day

Hope everyone had a great Valentine's.