I wish I were Freelance Police

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:10:00 +0000

I'm a TV junky. I admit it. Back in the "Real World"*, I watched only a select few programs. Here, however, is a very, very, different story.

The problem is it's impossible to watch anything remotely close to "new" on the Satellite here, so I am reduced to downloading episodes. When you watch TV as it airs (or even with a Tivo) there is a forced wait between episodes.

Downloading on the other hand, well this is outright dangerous. You see, you can pick a show that's been running for seven years (Scrubs), download all the episodes and watch them non-stop.

Here is the catch: There are only so many "good" shows on. Then you turn to crap. Soon you're watching more than a dozen different shows, many of questionable quality, and you discover that you spend all your free time downloading freaking shows.

Then you build a server and automate the whole danged thing.

Which is wonderful, until you are caught up on everything. Then the ~~ice-weasels~~ cravings come. So you start digging back . Even then, it's not enough. Next thing you know, you're sitting up at two AM cursing your internet connection while you wait for episodes of Barney Miller to buffer on Hulu . It's a depraved life, to be sure.

I bought a new Macbook. It should be here in a few days (give or take, Aramex has funky schedules some times). Chuck, like most others, has reviewed it favorably, so I am excited to start lugging it around again. It's ridiculous, but I still miss my 12" Powerbook. Maybe this will finally be the laptop that fills that hole in my heart.

It's not really a secret, but Madeline and I have decided to call it quits. I actually waited a few weeks before finally telling my Mother. I just couldn't find it in me to hear the sigh in her voice when I broke the news.

I'll be traveling (not a moment too) soon. I'm headed back to Rome to hang out with Zuke, and in December to New Zealand to attend my friend Tanya's wedding. I'm really keen to meet the groom-to-be, I have a feeling that he is going to be every-bit as impressive as she. And seriously, they might have the coolest jobs ever.

Work.
Ugh.

As a policy, I try and avoid publicly discussing the job, but never knowing if you are coming or going begins to wear on a soul quickly.
I'm not done with the U.A.E., not by a long shot. I figure as long as there is interesting work (and a paycheck), I will stay.

But I have to admit, it might be nice to go home.

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Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:55:00 +0000

Well, Astro MINI should be in the port this afternoon...I am very, very excited about that.

Instamapper is a really awesome service, and it's completely free.

I can't even get out of bed in the morning without my Blackberry, and I've always been impressed by the GPS chipset the 8800 uses (very accurate, weak signal lock, etc), so the two seem to be a perfect combination.

Stalk me here

Anyone know of a good, "Free" PLM system? The few I've looked at seem to be poorly maintained or otherwise "lacking".

Adam and Melissa were married this weekend past, too bad I couldn't have been there. Congratulations to both!

I'm eager to find out if they like our gift.

My brother David and Tyler's sister Courtenay just left the UAE. They visited us for ten days, which was a great excuse to get out and see and do a lot of things I've put off for too long. Pictures on Flickr

I've got about a dozen programming ideas burning in my brain, but after work I can only seem to find time to play my PSP Slim before bed.

Oh, and Rob is spinning up a new project for us, http://factory-default.com . Details to follow, but it promises to be fun and interesting.

Speaking of, have you seen Linode yet? Check it out. I am trying to find the motivation to move Superimposable.org from it's current hosting on The Planet to Linode. I've been really happy with The Planet, but it's too expensive for my needs, and Linode offers a ton of really great features.

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