Little Chipmunk

Saw this little guy on my way home after work last night. On an unrelated note, I love being able to declare something being “after work” and for it to still be light outside. Simply marvelous.

UPDATE!: I’ve been informed that is no chipmunk and is in fact a squirrel. Duly noted and taken note of! Squirrely thing!

Picplz

I’ve been trying out this new service called picplz for the past couple of days. It’s a dedicated Android and iPhone app that lets you take pictures and then upload it to your own page on the picplz site. It’s simple enough that I’ve been using it semi-regularly, with the possibility of increased use should I get some friends to share with. So have a look at my picplz site and sign up if you think it looks like fun.

Life as an Unemployed College Graduate

Life is all sorts of slow right now. Ever since I finished my college degree I’ve been reveling in the glow of unemployment and pet-projects. It’s a glow that doesn’t waver, however it was never all too bright to begin with.

Just a week after I clocked my final hour of undergraduate learning I took a vacation up to Boston to visit my brother and friends. It was a great trip, one that I remember more fondly as time passes. The most memorable event of the three nights I spent there was undoubtedly the unbearable heat. Every night there I would wake up at least once in a full-bodied sweat. Upon reflection it was one of the most cost-efficient saunas I have ever purchased. Save on air conditioning, embrace the heat, clear your pores.

Coming back from Boston I hit a bit of culture-shock. I didn’t realize how fully I had re-embraced Boston life. It easily took me a full day to readjust to the dull-hum of suburban life. It’s horribly dull, this suburban life.

Yet it was short lived for three short days later I was traveling again, this time to Toronto. This was my first time in Toronto, and my second in Canada. The experience driving up was tame fun, punctuated by a ten-minute period of torrential rains. Aside from those moments of acute terror nothing horribly eventful occurred.
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Powered Speakers Return To My Bedroom

Look at what clever thing I did that made me feel so smart:

I’ve missed having powerful speakers in my room for a long time.  Until today I’ve been subsisting on this to produce music in my room:

I mean sure I have these speakers on my computer desk, but they’re in a separate room, and I gotta have my tunes while I’m computing.

So in summary, thank god for 1/8” to 1/4” adapters and male-to-male 1/8” cords.  Thank the musical gods.