I almost posted something earlier today titled "All blogged out". Sometimes I think I lose my "voice", lose track of why I blog. And just as I'm about to write my farewell post, something in my head clicks, and I think "oh, I've got to blog that..."

Now that RealPlayer is available for Max OS X, I'm listening to NPR live. Can I just say how cool this is!? I know, I'm late to the game, but this is awesome.

Oy. It's 3 am, and I can't stop blogging. I channel surfed (old-school surfing, with a remote -)) my way through the last few hours while blogging bits and pieces - I think I've gotten most of it out of my system, but I'm making up for lost time here.

Those who know me know I'm a bit of an experimentalist in the kitchen. This evening while trying to find something interesting to put in an omelet, I tried some Indian ginger pickle. Now I admit this was an odd combination, but you have to admit, you never know unless you try, right?

Doc Searls writes a longish essay on the state of "Big Entertainment v. the populace".

[Via Aaron] Music video from Royksopp, "You Remind Me". The video is done in classic "infopgraphic" style, following an office worker's day. This is one of the most innovative things I've seen in ages, even if the music is fairly classic euro-techno-pop. (Catchy though).

[via Jim] Poynter.org has anarticle about different kinds of weblogs and the uses they can be put to in the corporate or news world.

As some of you know, and some of you have figured out, and some are about to discover... I've been out of work for about a month now.

I'm posting this in the hope that after Google indexes it, it will help some other poor soul.

Wow. I'm in the process of dredging up some long unused knowledge from my brain, and trying to weld some new knowledge onto it. What a pain -).

I rode another 8 miles this morning, in approx 30 minutes. I don't own a watch, so I have to guess on the time, but the distance is easy to judge. Here in the valley, major intersections are all 1 mile apart, so ust count intersections to find out how far you've gone. -)

I just completed a... 12 hour coffee-powered hack-a-thon. I got a bee in my bonnet about halfway through, convinced I could find a way to get at the content data in a servlet's HttpServletResponse. No dice. I'm implementing (as part of my learning experience) some templating idioms you'll find elsewhere.

Gilbert (our fair city) is getting it's first rain in 6 months this evening! Jodi and I went out and stood in the street in our bare feet under an umbrella and simply loved it. What a feeling.

Jodi went running this morning. She's out there now, getting fit. We both need it - we've been complaining of our lack of proper diet and exercise, and corrensponding lack of energy, for some time. My bike gets out of the shop today (after a much-needed tuneup) so I'm going to start riding again.

Blog Links

From an infertility board I came across (the web is funny like that) (The question is about alcohol affecting infertility treatments, the doctor's response is below):

Dave McCusker got himself a shiny new TiBook a little bit ago, and is learning the pleasures of Mac OS X. I love seeing someone "get it" (no matter what they're "getting"). What a cool thing.

I'm headed up north to Flagstaff today with a friend of mine - he's getting the final piece of a set of tatoos that cover his whole upper right arm. Dustin is, literally now, a "piece of work". -)

I don't want to jinx anything, but here's a clue:

Jodi and I went to the central Phoenix Library today, to pick up several books. We left with the two I needed, plus one other of interest: That Same Flower, by Jostein Gaarder (review).