Monday morning. Yesterday was pretty much a day of rest. Aside from spending a couple hours trying to assemble the fridge I was given (which I really appreciate), I just sat around and looked at the TV. It’s not that I didn’t need to unpack some things, but I had just had enough for a while, and decided I needed to rest.
The only real problem is that I was supposed to set up the VPN and my desktop computer so I’d be ready for work things this morning. There are two things that need doing. The first is that I’ve got some updated code that has to go to a client (thus the need for the VPN), and the second is that I’ve got to get the end-of-year paychecks ready for my employees (and all the information about their hours is on the desktop computer). Neither has happened, and while I can do things like put together Dave’s Picks on a laptop, actual programming work really wants to happen on the desktop, as does all the payroll stuff.
I think part of the reason for not unpacking yesterday is that I don’t want to get back to work just yet. I’ve got plenty of other stuff I need to be doing (like unpacking pans so I can do some actual cooking) around the house, and the list continues to grow. And I’m afraid that jerry-rigged things like the ethernet cable I’m going to run to the desktop will become permanent, rather than getting things set up the right way. Specifically, I need to put in grounded outlets, move the network stuff into the basement, and put in a couple ethernet jacks in various locations if I’m going to have a happy work environment in the long run. I also need to go buy something to protect the floor where my desk chair will be so I don’t wreck the hardwood floor I just got refinished.
- An unpopular guy gets elected valedictorian in an attempt to embarrass him, and tells the Truth about high school in his speech.
A lot of you were jerks.
It’s interesting looking back on high school. A lot of the people I had the most fun with at my twentieth reunion were folks I never hung out with during school. We’ve all changed since then, and instead of being bitter about it, I just hung out with folks from other classes during most of high school. I wonder what Andrew Ironside will think after his twentieth reunion, or whether he’ll even go. [accordionguy] - Fast Company has an article asking why all of Apple’s innovation over the years has made other companies rich, and left Apple a smaller company. It’s an interesting question that you could apply to Xerox PARC or Thomas Edison if you’re not an Apple fan. My take? Apple makes a lot of art, which isn’t profitable. That’s cool for those of us who use Macs, but not so good for the company in the long run. [jr]
- Says here The IT industry is shifting away from Microsoft and they’re going to go out of business. I’m still a bit dubious, but if Microsoft does start getting in the kind of trouble that’s described in the article, it’s not just their shareholders that’ll be hurt, but also a lot of the IT world in general. [vowe]
- Wanna have sex in space? Bring your own partner. It’ll set you back $48 million, and you’ll have to spend ten months training for the trip to the International Space Station. [instapundit]
- Louisiana Purchase occurred two centuries ago, and because of it, Minnesota’s part of the US, rather than Canada. It was made final on Dec. 20, 1803. [press-patch]
- I wrote an essay on Time and the Service Industry. It covers a lot of the frustrations I felt over the course of my move as companies I was paying money to make my life easier failed to do so.