QOTD

Groucho Marx. “Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”

[Quotes of the Day]

Sleep Aids

I really try to avoid them myself, though as you can see, woke up at 4am anyways. Reading a friend’s LJ I found this article on sleep aids. It’s an interesting read. It also has a link to a little quiz to see if you are getting enough sleep.

Back to bed for this puppy.

HOT HOT HOT SHELLFISH ACTION

You know you want to see it. All kinds of nasty shellfish doings at http://www.prawnography.net/.  Worksafe? You judge for yourself.

Letter Writing

I just wrote the first letter I’ve written in years.  We’re talking probably 8 years at least.  It was pretty cool.  Something I need to start getting into the habit of doing I think.  Getting a real paper letter from someone is just much nicer then getting email.

Circle Journey Books

I can’t remember if I mentioned these before, but Circle Journey books look really cool.  The idea is that it is a way to write letters back and forth with a friend by sharing a book.  Almost like a combination of letter writing and shared journal writing.  Pretty Keen.

Weathermen suck

So just yesterday I was getting psyched because they said it would be getting warmer over this course of this week and that we’d have nice weather until sunday or so.  Well, guess what. I see more white stuff coming down.

This sucks.

Lack of sleep

If I don’t get enough sleep at night I cranky.  Today, I’m really cranky.  I’m waiting for someone to ask me for something stupid so I can rip their head off.

QOTD

Pablo Picasso. “Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.”

[Quotes of the Day]

Audio Hijinx

So, yesterday I mentioned that my Audiotron had arrived. I’d mentioned this a few times lately and I’m very psyched that I finally got it. In some ways I was a little unsure when I got the box how much I’d use it. There are no doubts now. This is something I see moving up in usefulness to my TiVo.

So what’s so special about it? Nothing really. It is just one of those devices that just plain works. I unpacked it and took a peek at it at work when it arrived yesterday. It’s fairly thin, just over 1 and a quarter inches high I’d guess. The back is simple with a power connection, rca jacks, a digital optical jack, and ethernet. When I got home I plugged it in and it grabbed an address from the DHCP server and was accessible through a web browser immeadiately. Once I gave it a name and password to access my computer through it was able to scan the share there make the music available (It actually found the machine on its own).

One good thing about not getting sleep is that I’ve been re-ripping my CDs. I got about 7 done and had the Audiontron index those and start playing all the songs on suffleplay. I’m hearing things I haven’t heard in ages. I feel like my CD collection has suddenly taken on a new life.

Not sleeping… again

Sighs. Two nights in a row I can’t sleep. What the heck is wrong with me? It seems that a number of my friends are having problems sleeping these days. I know I have this underlying level of stress in my life, but not being able to sleep through the night is just not helping. The thing is, right now I’m tired. I know that once I lay down 7 o’clock will be here in moments. Feh.