Things To Think About

The Ultimate Calendar, ToDo List, Notes (poetry, etc) 27 Sep

okay before things get too confused this is what I want

BLOG - a journal …for the long stuff.. the well thought out things…

LINKS - a list of sites I like to visit that I can see from anywhere and (del.icio.us doesn’t have) a means of it cleaning itself and giving me reports of usage

NOTES - little things I jot down and tag so that I can keep my life straight poetry and story ideas would fit into this (accessable from anywhere and self back-up-able)

ToDO – like notes but more direct and time sensitive, with reminders… they disappear or get greyed out when I get done with them.

PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

and then there has to be a way to bring it together and show it to different people – I will see everything… other people will only see the interesting things… also some people will be able to edit it and some things I will want comments on…

Consolidate – make things easier 27 Sep

if I had a baseline windows image with all the basics I might save my life alot of trouble

there are tools out there that tell me what is going on with my computer like:

- ntprocess explorer

- “forgot the name” but it tells you what extensions IE has..

hope two examples are enough… anyways.. these need to be all in one spot.. easy to access, if not installed by default

List of Online Comics to Sort/Find 29 Sep

Applegeeks, The Boondocks, Calvin & Hobbes, Ctrl+Alt+Del, death to the extremist, Doonesbury, For Better or Worse, Foxtrot, Garfield, little gamers, Mac Hall, Mega Tokyo, My Extra Life, Non Sequitur, Penny Arcade, PvP Real Life, Sam & Fuzzy, SinFest, Sluggy Freelance, Star Cross’d Destiny, User Friendly, VG Cats, you damn kid, Ziggy

Music to Hear 3 Feb

haco
biosphere
brian eno
hazard
the necks

gameboy orchestra

No-Pro?
Pro

How To Tackle a Problem 17 Mar

from Signal Vs. Noise Blog

1. write down the problem
2. write down why it’s hard to solve
3. write down what would make it easier
4. write down possible ways to implement things that would make it easier
5. write down why those ways suck
6. then make it not suck

weird slang 30 Mar

suction = inbox
discharge = outbox

radiation = Wireless Access Point

Admiration | Musing 9 Aug

I dig program architecures that implement:

-plugins, eg. photoshop
-skins, eg. winamp
-scripts, eg. 3DSMAX, MAYA, etc.

(isn’t an OS the ultimate pluginable, skinnable, scriptable app?)

I dig these titles:

Designer \ Developer

(along those lines, perhaps?)

I dig the idea of a program that writes itself

(unrelated)

Copyright Law

How do limitations involved with copyright laws and “sharing” software impact technological advancement?

To clarify, an example. Country X has harsh punishment for people that keep illegal copies of Photoshop. Country Y has NO punishment for said copies. Since “everyone” in country Y has Photoshop, are they better with Photoshop skills?

true evil can never win – as evidenced by the decepticons 21 Sep

true evil cannot exist (for long)

evil sabatoges itself

- a fight that will never end is one between parties that are both “good”

just watch the relationship between Megatron and his people. Starscream. Skorpinok. etc. smart followers are strong/resilient but deceptive/self-serving… dumb followers are easy to retreat, unorganised.

Possible Future Projects

DIY MIDI xylophone using water in jars or old digital telephone – Search Google for DIY + MIDI
Media Server (using old computer and linux)
Trash
desktop countdown timer for ETS

The Focus of My Computer Attention (is to be):

drawing (Wacom, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Painter)
animation (Wacom, ToonBoom, Flash, or Mirage)
music (FLS with specific VST’s or synths)
video editing/composting (Premiere, ???)
programming ? (C++)

House mods

lighted walkway
subtle lights on house
solar panels
giant barn with loft , den, sewing room, computer room, music room, garage/ rec room
big porch (back or front?)
hedges / walls
controls on outlets
controls on water heater ( small heater in kitchen )
sprinkler system for yard and greenhouse
greenhouse
gray water reuse system
Trash
better thermostat
Trash
purchase house

Questions

Trash
(doesn’t matter) – How can I find out the history of(who owned) my car/house?
Trash
(doesn’t matter) – How old is oil?