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WWDC and Coffee

So I’m spending the morning trapped in a coffee shop because the electricians are upgrading the meters in our building to code and installing a few extra breakers in our house… And for some fool reason they want to turn the power off… hmmmmppppfffff… You’d think that a professional could do all that stuff with the power on so I could keep workin from my office… ah well… (just kidding)…

This afternoon I’m headin over to our developers conference to commune with the ‘puter types… I’m skipping the keynote cuz I’ve heard / seen most of the stuff already (but don’t bother asking)… This afternoon is when the topic specific sessions start and thats the stuff I’m interested in.. not to mention this is the first time that they’ve had the Pro Video Apps at the developer conference which is pretty cool…

Anyway… back to work.. just checkin in… if I get inspired later you’ll hear more from me…

(ever notice how AWFUL my spelling is – even WITH the built in spell checkier? :):) )

Word Association

I say … and you think … ?

1. Tumbler:: Gymnast
2. Recital :: Violin
3. Reform:: Skool
4. Nipple:: Piercing
5. Jackal:: Hyena
6. Mailtruck:: Mailman
7. Merchendise:: Retail
8. Comma:: Colon
9. Erotica:: Madonna
10. Ferment:: Wine

(From Unconscious Mutterings)

Interesting

Got this from her:

Your Brain Usage Profile

Auditory : 52%
Visual : 47%
Left : 55%
Right : 44%

Accurate? Read the description below then ask Kevin or Matt…
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A weird phenomena…

So I’ve become completely fascinated by this whole ‘blog’ phenomena and what people choose to write about… I’ve spent many hours lately diving down the rabbit hole – bouncing from one blog to another seeing who is out there and what they write about and what the comments are like for each entry… It just AMAZES me the shear volume of blogs there are out there and the vast variety of topics and points of view….

I’ve read many that are really just random neurons firing and causing entries about whatever just popped to mind and I love those – they are this funky insight into how someone ticks. Shows what people think about on a daily basis. What interests them.. What irritates them.. What they stay up all night reading… Makes me want to know more about them…

I’ve seen some that are very literary – a good excuse to practice writing skills and get comments and critiques. The topics of the writings on these ranges wildly but they all have one thing in common – very beautiful eloquent writing that keeps me coming back.. Makes me want to improve my own…

I’ve also seen people that seem to be creating a mystique about themselves that or may not be their personal reality… Almost branding themselves to draw readers… Their lives seem fabulous, dramatic, exciting, and full of interesting people… Makes me wonder what isn’t going on their blog – what are they holding back…

Others are topical – some technical, some political, some social, some sports related – and the list goes on… I’ve got a stash of these related to work stuff that I use to help my work or work on my site cuz they stash away really good tips and tricks and tools I didn’t know about. Makes me want to innovate and try new things..

But every so often…

Once in a great while…

I find one like this one – one that really touches me. I don’t know what inspires people to write content so intensely personal but I’m really glad they do. Maybe its a way of coping with the events of life.. Maybe they do it in hopes that it will help others deal with the punches that are thrown. Maybe its a way of talking about things you can’t talk about in person without breaking down. Maybe its a way of getting the hugs you need. The comments people have written over there for the most part have been wonderful – loving, supportive, and attempts at helping even in a little way. It doesn’t really matter what the inspiration is really… It Makes me wish I could help somehow and puts the silly foibles in my life seem pretty damn silly… Also makes me cherish the people in my life that much more..

What inspires each person to write what they do? I don’t know … But I think all of these things are what has kept me bouncing down rabbit holes… It makes me laugh.. makes me cry… makes me mad.. makes me smile… makes me keep exploring…

Calm before the Storm

Man… ANOTHER Amazing weekend in San Francisco.. I LOVE living here some times… Deep blue skys… Warm Sunshine… People wandering around shopping in the Castro.. Ya GOTTA love it..

Goin for a mellow weekend this weekend since pride is next weekend and I’m guessin we won’t be completely mellow then… ( Actually I’m sure of it! 😉 )… This weekend there isn’t much on the calendar… Got Electricians downstairs right now re-wiring the place to bring it up to code ( and break the house up onto more than one circuit breakder! 🙂 Gotta LOVE old houses… )..

Aside from that not much on the agenda… We’re going to a BBQ this afternoon in Dolores park for my friend Scott’s Birthday… There was someting about playing ‘slosh ball’ in the evite… involves a keg and a kickball from what I hear – sounds like some strange thing from a frat house… Love that park though so it sounds like fun to me! :):)

Outside of that? who knows… Mellow mellow mellow…

Next weekend on the other hand??? :):):)

San Francisco Gay Pride
GLTB Film Festival
ReUNION
Mass
Sanctuary
Pride City Hall Fair

Mind you i’m not doing ALL of this – no idea what we’re doing – just a tour guide of whats goin on… I’ll know what I’m doing when I show up!

Random thoughts….

– Expanded cable into our neighborhood – a good thing… Two HOT ASS Russian men installing it – even better… DAMN… (They’re augmenting the cable to add chanels in our hood and I came home from Peets today to find these men workin on the side of my house – result is a bigger box on the side of our house that i’m not thrilled with but I didn’t even THINK about that when I was watchin ’em work! 😉 )…

– Another Good thing? The magic TiVo remote key sequence that lets me jump forward 30 seconds (i.e. the commercial skip feature).. Gotta love those geeks that hid that in there and shipped it.. God Bless ’em! 😉