Bowlcut’s little piece of the world

I remember the first time I saw the idea of this and thought “well aint that swell.”  Then listening to a podcast today I was reminded of it and know what I think he was right.  Fuzzy Clock is quite swell.  Why do you need to know the exact minute of the hour?  I used it for a little bit in straight Debian once, well not this app but the same idea, and it did start to sink in to my brain.  But know what, I just need to know like right now, ten to ten.  beyond that what does it matter?  I dont think I could really use it at work cause they are too strict there on meetings, but as long as i know well its about 15 till 11, i dont care.

Something fun about new computers and at the same time, very draining.  So I did go pick up a new 24″ iMac on the 1st.  Ive been using it daily since then.  Its very quiet in here too, no loud fan like it was with the desktop.  Its positivly quiet.  Its going to be very very odd when I get rid of my other two computers.  One thats in the living room doing home theater work, and then the file server in the bedroom.  Thinking of getting rid of that file server when i get the Mac Mini for the living room.  Use some usb/firewire attached storage and just do it that way.

Its taken a few days to fully settle in at having OS X as my home system.  Ive been using it at work so no big deal there, but transitioning to home is a little more work.  Things like mounting drives perminatly and all that sorta stuff.  Not to mention the whole layout and preferred applications.  Oh well its all fun.  Just nice to have a computer I can watch a video on and surf at the same time again.  Then also the idea of quiet is nice

I really want to figure out how to clean up my life/apartment/workspace of clutter.  This is a lofty goal I do believe.  I am a packrat by birth, so its going to be tough.  The idea of throwing something useful away is tough.  Items will find a way to be needed the moment you get rid of them.  So how can I go get rid of things right before I need them?  First thing to go I think will be old computers.  Im going to put up a post here soon to the Nashville list to give away this stuff.  Things that dont get taken away, going to go get recycled somewhere.  After that is going to be my desk I think.  Its too big.  With my idea of getting an iMac, this huge L desk needs to go away.  Ive liked it since I got it, but I just cant justify it anymore.  I dont sit here as much as I once did, and all it does is collect junk.  Couch and loveseat, I dont need them so think they will get gone, get one or two comfy chairs and thats it.

Now will I actualy go though with any of this….who knows.  I want to tho.

Well figured why not try plugging in the iPod today….  She powered up and is working.  LCD looks like there is water behind it or something.  As most people who have washed their Nano’s have reported.  It functions just fine, but the screen is a bit wavy on the right side.  Not a huge deal as I dont look at the screen all that often.  So yay, dont HAVE to go buy a new one today.  So thank goodness for Apple’s industrial design, it can take a wash and keep on working.  Now off to the Red Cross for First Aid and CPR training.  Figured time to get re certified

At what point do I pull the trigger on a new computer? Cause this poor old computer is just driving me nuts. I dont use it very much anymore, but when I do its nasty slow and memory deficient. The little things that always piss me off. Pulling the trigger on a 24″ Imac or even a MacBook Pro just seems crazy for that amount of money. But I know Ill use it all the time and it will be worth it. Im just a cheapskate. Anyone want to buy it for me Ill love you forever…or till it breaks the first time

Why do I have to set rules like “no more xbox till you clean the apartment”?  I am going to be 30 years old this year, you would think I could do what I want when I want it in my own dang apartment.   But noooo, I do that and this place becomes a pig sty.  Man it was nasty in here and is still halfway that way.  I really do wish I could just throw everything away and start again.  Like my old beat up couches and rug.  Just throw it away and get a new couch.  I also am a pack rat and refuse to throw anything away it seems.  I have old computers just laying around…anyone want some old computers?  Need a router or something out of a linux machine…we can do it.  Meh…ok back to doing something.

Dont you just love it when all you can do is one thing a day.  The co-worker called in sick, other co-worker is out on site for some stupid reason…  So Im holding down the fort for the 3 of us.  Which in the end means you can only get one thing done in a day.  The rest of the day is spent doing paperwork or playing fire fighter.  Nothing moved forward but one thing.  It sucks when you walk out and you really do know there was so much left to do, but you can only put so much of your life into it.

Im trying very hard and doing pretty well at it, to not have work be my life.  Also doing my best not to be on the computer 24×7.  After working hours Im not checking my work email as often as I used to do.  Also Im no longer sitting in front of a computer all day.  Sure Ive just moved from the computer to the couch, but I dont feel as bad about basicly touching a computer for 16 hours a day.  And well I gota get my money’s worth out of the big tv.  Now to buy a Xbox 360…

Me and my computers don’t appear to be on very good terms.  First I get home from Mid-Ohio to find my file server turned off.  It’s power supply, dead.  So I grab my last power supply I have not in use here, and throw it in the box.  I boot and I am missing some drives, I figure “crap Ive lost my data.”  Well it was that the cable came loose when I was changing power supplies.  Get that fixed.  Then because of this heat, it keeps shutting down.  If it lasts all day its amazing.  I may try a bigger heat sink on the processor but they are 3 times as loud as it is now and that sucks.  I also may move the network around this weekend and put it here in the living room where I am never at.  Last night I also noticed my F drive was gone.  It doesnt show up in the bios any more :(.  So I lost a little data, nothing important tho.  Ill work on that later tonight.  If I figure right, thats my oldest drive at somewhere near 10 years old.  I guess thats not horrible….  Ok now on to work, we are starting our every other weekend off again this week.  So its my week to work, sadly.