Saturday, December 23, 2006
Christmas Vacation: Cookies
Being here for Christmas is very relaxing. Whenever I stay in San Jose for Christmas there is always something missing. It just never feels like Christmas. It might be because I have a family in San Jose. After 7 years, I have a network of friends, but no real family. When I am here I have family around. Even with the drama that every family has, it is still a good time. It is also good because I am not at the office. I have not had to deal with one work issue or read one work e-mail. That is pretty nice. I know this means that I will buried when I get back. It is nice to not have to deal with work while I am here. Labels: Christmas, cookies, family, flickrpost, San Jose, vacation
- Rich,
11:25 AM
Friday, December 22, 2006
Writing with Dialup
For some reason I find it hard to blog from my parents house. My parents do not have WiFi or DSL. I am stuck using 31200 bps dial up connection back to my provider. It is not even a quick connection. None of their neighbors have a wireless network I can see from their home. I thought it would be a bad idea to wardrive their neighborhood looking for an open network. What surprises me is how hard it is for me to blog using dial up. The computer is the same, it is just the connection it different. I am so on line and connected when I blog. It is hard to do it with a slow connection. It takes me forever to find a link. I takes me forever to look at other pages to get an idea of what to write. The weird thing is the connection speed effects my attention span and my writing. I should be able to just open a text editor and blog at the same speed. For some reason it is not that simple. Blogging has become a connected event for me. Labels: blogging, dialup, vacation
- Rich,
8:22 PM
Christmas Vacation: The Star
I feel sorry for all the people stuck in Denver. It makes me happy that I got home so early. I am a little worried about getting back to San Jose. I heard on the radio that the do not expect air travel to get back to normal in the US until well into next week. At lease I will be here for Christmas.
Labels: Christmas, flickrpost, kathy, photo
- Rich,
1:42 PM
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Lets move those deck chairs around
I do not want to sound discouraging, but banning Styrofoam containers feels like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. The Mercury News did do a Pro/Con list for getting rid of Styrofoam. The real problem I worry about is not addressed by the list. I worry about how much energy it takes to make each kind of containers. If global warming is the most important environmental issues for us to address, how much energy it takes to make containers is more important than if it degrades or not. There is no two ways around it. Labels: environmental, local, mercnews, SF
- Rich,
10:34 AM
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Calling all Mix CD Makers
It is time once again for the End Of Year Mix CD Challenge. It is time for all the mix-makers to collect the songs that mean 2006 to them. I am excited to see what mixes people will make. I have a whole bunch of new friends this year. I want to know what they thought of the year in music. If you send me a copy of your mix, I will send you a copy of my mix. For the Silicon Valley Mix Makers, we have been talking about having a meetup where we can exchange face to face in January. Let me know if you are interested. I would like everyone to remember, Mix Tapes are Fair Use. (That would still make a good bumper sticker) Labels: bestof2006, cd, endofyearmix, mix, mixcd, mixtape, music
- Rich,
1:52 PM
New Blogger
There has been some changes over at blogger. I have finally switched by blogs over to the new service. For some reason I was not allowed into the beta. Now it is open to everyone. I will have to let everyone know what I think about it. The problem is that I am not even sure what the new features are. There is a new tagging tool. For some reason they call it labels. If I had all the time in the wold I could go back to all my old posts and add tags. Maybe I can get some kid in India to re-tag all my old entries at a low price. For a while I have been thinking about switching away from blogger. I have not done it earlier because I am lazy and I am not good at web design. I want to spent my blogging time writing, not messing around with code. That is why I am still using blogger. Lets see if the changes are for better or worse. Labels: blogger, blogtools, newblogger
- Rich,
1:00 PM
Monday, December 18, 2006
Back in the old Hometown
 Mom
Originally uploaded by earthdog. I am back in Warminster, PA. It is a midsized suburb about an hour north of Downtown Philadelphia. I am back sleeping in the house I grew up in. That is always a little strange.
I feel a connection to my parent's house, but I know it is not my place. There are things that change and things that stay the same. I know that I lived in my parents house a little too long. I was 26 by the time I moved out. I did not move out until I could get clear of the whole area. I looked at moving out before that, but when I decided to move out west I knew just getting out of the house would delay the greater move.
The whole area feels a little like the house I grew up in. I still feel a connection and love for this place, but it is not my place. I know my family would like me to move back. I feel a little jealous of them. I have to travel so far to see them and they are all around here. It would be nice to see them more often.
I know if I moved back here I would have to start all over again. It has been more than 8 years now. I could not just walk back into my old life. That time has passed. I am not the same person and neither are my old friends. If I moved back here I would have to put together a whole new life for me. I have some building blocks already in place, but it does not mean it would be easy.
I will try to write while I am here, but being home takes up so much of my mental space, it is hard to stop and find time to blog. I have not started my Christmas shopping yet. I need to get on that. Labels: Christmas, flickrpost, mom, vacation, warminster, warminster PA
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