sunday

I don't have anything to do today.

On the one hand, this is good. I'd set aside today in case I had to go into work and finish things up for Tuesday's code freeze build. I don't have to do that now, 'cuz I managed to get things finished late on Friday. So hurray!

On the other hand, it's usually better to have things to do. I like the occasional day of nothing, but I don't really feel like one today, and I already get a lot of nothing most weekdays after work.

Right now, I've decided to take the laptop and write this in bed, where it's warm. I love my iBook.

I could be getting some things together for the game Wednesday. I think I'll do that tonight, though. I also have to pay a cable bill. The jerks sent me a threatening letter, not that they could cut me off if they wanted to. The cable bill is a bit of a problem for me, since I can pay at a Rogers outlet right across the street, instead of mailing things like I usually do once a month. I tend to put it off and don't get around to paying for a while. And I'll be damned if I give the negative-option billing company access to automatic withdrawls. Rogers sends out threatening letters just before they send out the bill for the third month. Which is annoying. I've had them phone me up and ask why I haven't paid the bill and I'll tell them it's because I'm waiting for the next damn bill to show up, because there's no point in paying the bill if you're going to get another one in a couple days. I figure, anyway. They're getting interest; they should be happy. My beligerance is helped along by the fact that my builidng is wired in such a way that everything is on one big splitter. My cable was on when I moved in. I'm just paying as a courtesy. My landlord hates the Rogers people, so he's unlikely to let them fix this problem.

Um, where was I? Sorry, I got a bit distracted.

It's all cold and windy, and hopefully the rain's stopped, which would make it a nice day for a walk, if I could bring myself to get out of bed and get dressed. Right now, I don't feel overly compelled to move. That'll change soon, so I guess I'll just go with it and let it happen. I have no intention of spending the day in bed, but right now I'm comfy and warm and don't see a need to be otherwise.

comments:

tinkerer writes:

I'm glad I'm not the only one with issues with the local cable company--I thought obnoxious business practices were an American thing!

So Squirrel, have you read about that Google software, the PC search engine program in the news? Am I so nuts to shudder at the very thought, and wonder why *anyone* would want to even go there? And I see that, as usual, it is directed at Microsoft products.

I can't quite put my finger on it, but there is just something so very, very scary about life in these times...

Submitted 2004-10-18 22:26:05

flying squirrel writes:

I haven't tried the new google desktop thing. I don't see the need for it, really. I can't imagine it sending messages back to the mothership or anything (for one thing, that's the definition of spyware, and Google prides itself on not being Evil). I haven't been paying much attention to this thing.

There are times, at work mostly, when I want to search through, say, a source code tree and have to make do with the Windows search functions. If this is is significantly faster (and more google-ish), that might be a good thing.

I don't know, free internet things don't bother me much. Commodity software (like instant messengers or web browsers) are pretty high on the list of things that will eventually get strong, open source competitors. It just takes a while before open source things don't suck.

Speaking of scary times, William Gibson is blogging again...

http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/blog/2004_10_01_archive.asp

Submitted 2004-10-18 23:04:13

flying squirrel writes:

Of course, just because I'm not worried about it, doesn't mean other people aren't speculating on the possiblities...

http://www.boingboing.net/2004/10/19/google_desktop_hello.html

I'm on orkut, but I haven't bothered with it much lately. I also have a gmail account I don't use (it's email. Email just isn't exciting anymore). I'm 1337 that way.

Submitted 2004-10-19 12:05:00

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