Misc Blog
I have no idea what to blog about anymore.
I got dumped two weeks ago which ended a relationship that only ran a month. It was unexpected, and maybe that a big part of why I feel so off kilter still.
I have mixed feelings about my visit home this past week to see my family. Stuff continues to surface, but I don’t know what is blowing the bubbles.Mom pointed out some things that I had been thinking about on my own, but I don’t really get why I have those feelings.
I’m reading two books. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West in preparation for seeing the musical, hopefully in September some time.I’m also reading Steve Harvey’s Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man at the request of a friend, and more so because I feel like I grow when I read books about relationship. It helps me confirm my own thoughts, or sheds new light on ideas I’ve had in the past.
I’m happier with my phone these days. I now have an app that shows me the constellations that I point my phone at (based on the compass, location, and accelerometers).
After visiting Indiana and the reflection it brought from chatting with fencers, I feel less satisfied with my life presently. I do feel like I topped out in Indiana, but where I topped out, having a fencing club, job, serious relationship(s), was higher than where I’m at presently.
At the family reunion on Saturday I looked around, and every person was either a kid, or she had her own family (husband, kids, both). I was the twenty eight year old kid.
Cat Dudes
We were talking about Cat Ladies at work today, the ladies that have 57 cats and she loves them all and never has children because “the cats are her children”, when someone mockingly said “you’re being sexist”. My brain, kinda mushy from the day anyway, decided to explore.
What it came up with was an observation that I don’t know any single guys who have been living alone who owned a cat. None. Dudes just don’t need cats. I have no reason to account for this, but an informal survey at the office quickly supported my observation.
Sure, single guys will take care of someone else’s cat for extended periods of time. Guys might even verbally assert “I’m thinking about getting a cat, it’d be way easier than having a dog in my apartment.” But I think at the end of the day you’d be hard pressed to find a guy who owns a cat of his own volition. Girls are crazy.
128 Slides of an Ideal Workplace
http://www.slideshare.net/reed2001/culture-1798664
This is how Netflix rolls, and largely it is also how Pivotal Labs conducts its business. I love my job.
You Can’t Find Me in the Crowd
I’ve been part of several conversations lately that tell me people are afraid that “big brother” knows or will soon know more than they’re comfortable with. One conversation was about the Patriot Act, I also was recently sent this link about what ordering pizza could be like. It basically shows a pizza girl clicking through the customer’s health info, recent travel purchases, etc., and it is all meant to scare you so that you “Take Action” at the end.
But why shouldn’t a pizza joint help me make good health decisions by upping the price when I order a pie? I still have the choice, it just is less attractive now to do the thing I wanted to do. Is it really so bad that this information is at someone’s fingertips? If you live in a small community you already know what it can be like with everyone knowing what everyone else is up to. This isn’t new. More importantly, why are you living life in a way that you have something to hide?
You argue back, “I don’t have anything to hide, but what if I’m overlooked for a job because I have a heart condition, or because I spend a lot of money on pink flamingos?” To that I submit that you’ve probably been overlooked for things that weren’t true about you. Wouldn’t you rather people made decisions about you based on the truth?
Sure, if one person lets it all hang out while the rest of us keep it all in, he’s going to be pretty vulnerable. But if we all lay it on the line for public examination, the guy who hides and holds back sticks out and draws attention. The more you make visible, the easier it is for people to trust you.
The spread of information isn’t anything new, we see it in society old an new. You’re already being judged, so why not give someone more than just a cover to go off of? Lastly, airing out your dirty laundry builds trust, so you have nothing to lose and so much to gain. Share your life, share it freely with anyone who will listen.
Found My Bluetooth Earpiece
It was in my fencing bag.
Now if only I could find my missing Wiimote I’d feel a lot less crazy.
My Phone Breaks Out
Because I was tired of my phone being super lame, I jailbroke it. So now I have the following things:
- Backgroundable apps – thank you!
- Bluetooth tethering, not that I really have a good use case for it
- GPS turn by turn directiony thingy
- Keyboard Cat ringtone/alarm – sweet
- GV Mobile is back!
I still want AVRCP so my headphones can r0×0rz my b0×0rz. I’m really tempted to shell out some bucks for the camera app that lets me tap anywhere to use the volume key which would be great of self portraits. I also can’t wait to hook up a GPS logger to Google Latitude (is anyone a user btw?).
