I’m not quite convinced that they are integral to the continued progress of our society as a whole.
They are interesting, but maybe to just save the time and energy, set up a couple of laptops for your registry and have a bunch of drinks with the people you love.
Non alcoholic ones are good, too.
On the other hand, I did get to draw a picture of Quagmire from Family Guy in the context of a, “What will the baby look like?” contest.
So I’ve cut my hair.
What I’ve learned so far:
Sometimes, people who have not seen me with short hair before will ask, “Can I touch it?” and then touch it without waiting for an answer. I know this isn’t exactly like when pregnant women have to fend off people rubbing their bellies, but I am slightly more empathetic about being touched without permission.
There is just something about the twitter medium that has always bothered me, but I never realized it until now.
I miss the long form of writing an actual journal entry. The ability to digress on a topic longer than 140 characters. It’s a great exercise in editing and being concise, but there are a lot of topics that are just not suited for the format.
Sometimes, I just can’t fit the snarkiness into 140 characters, and that bothers me.
I started playing Skyrim. This was a decision that I came to after I realized that Steam had been hacked, and while Gabe assured me that everything was going to be okay, I didn’t want money hanging around in my Steam wallet.
None of this makes sense from an  Information Security standpoint.
But now there is a total of zero Steambux Spacedollars in my wallet, and Skyrim ended up costing me about $20 out of this month’s paycheck. It was full price, but I had $40 that I paid to Steam about four months ago that wasn’t doing anything.
I don’t know why I did it. I didn’t like Oblivion. I know, sacrilege. But then, due to the amazing power of groupthink and Reddit, I decided to bite the bullet.
It is a very large and snow covered bullet and I love it. Continue reading
So, getting an iPod touch has been one of the best and worst purchases I’ve made this year.
On the one hand, I’ve got a mobile computer.
On the other hand, I’m getting into a dangerous ecosystem of iDevices. They are seductive, style oozing from every smooth surface, every UI decision.
An iPad can’t be far behind.