Miserable day

Weather sucked. Rained most of the day. Weekends gone, and I have nothing to show for it.

It just occurred to me. I don't need an about page. I'm going to have a writings page! I never have time to write squat. If I can keep a blog, I can write poetry and other things. Ha! Maybe the weekend wasn't a total waste after all. Then again...

Updates

I took the plunge and registered a domain name: cruzical.com. It only redirects to this web site, but it's better than having to spell out my long URL. I've also spruced up my main page by adding a few links for the blog and future growth plans, and delaying the redirection for a few more seconds. What a wasted day for me. I spent my day looking at crap, albeit interesting to me crap, on the web instead of actually doing something productive.

I need ideas for my about page.

Speaking of dancing

I was poking around this morning and found a great way to stream audio from your PC wirelessly to a stereo system using a laptop or, in my case, a Pocket PC. Visit the Weekly Tip Archives at Pocket PC Magazine, and use your browsers find feature to search for "stream." The instructions are great and have pictures of the dialog boxes you'll see during the setup process. Of course, you'll need a wireless network too.

I don't have a PC in my living room near the stereo and I get tired of "DJing" when I have a party. Lately, I've been setting up a playlist in Windows Media Player and turning the speakers on my PC up loud enough to hear outside during barbeques. Now, I'll still setup the playlist in Windows Media Player on my PC, but I'll plug my Pocket PC into my stereo and wirelessly stream the music where ever I want inside or outside.

That wasn't so bad, now was it

The nostalgia many people my age have for the '80s is brought into perspective by an '80s party like the one my wife and I went to last night. We were kids in the '80s. We didn't dress like Madonna, or wear Miami Vice outfits. In the early '80s we weren't even 10, and by the end of the '80s we were just blossoming teens careening towards adolescence. Sure, although some of us would never admit it, we wore Jimmy-Z and Z-Cavaricci pants and Capezio shoes, rock band t-shirts, "preppy" clothes and mini-skirts -- well, some things should never go out of style. Today, we look at old pictures and ask ourselves, "What was I thinking wearing that?" or "Can you believe my hair was that big?"

Why, then, the nostalgia for that time? Because we were kids, and our memories of childhood is something we hang on to forever. It's what keeps us young. Laura, my wife, always says, "Getting old is all in the mind." Last night, when she put on her outfit, she looked like she could have been 15. This was a party for people turning 30, but no one was in that mindset. We were teenagers again, until the clock struck twelve and the horse carriage turned back into a pumpkin...

My anxiety prior to the party calmed itself very quickly when we arrived. Maybe the anxiety was about regressing to my childhood and once we got there, I remembered how the time was fun; maybe it was seeing old friends that calmed me down, or maybe it was the open bar -- I don't know. In any case, Laura and I had a blast! We danced almost the entire night. There was even some break dancing. Nostalgia is great and what we have most of the time, but every once in a while, going back in time is fun.

Painfully slow

Yes, the day is almost over -- TGIF! My wife and I are going to an '80's party tonight. There will be people I haven't seen in 15 years at this party. My anxiety level is slightly elevated, of course. More on that later tonight or tomorrow...

I just realized I had closed my Outlook! Thanks to Pat for sending over a most wonderful web site called Urban Dictionary. I thought the third definition of "chicken scratch" was the funniest thing I've read in a while. Yes, you can call me crass.

Slowly, but surely

I'm learning... The Internet is certainly a great place to learn with the vast amounts of information available at ones fingertips. After viewing several other blogs out there, I've changed the path to my blog, and will generate a different "main" homepage with a link to my blog. I'm also considering registering a domain for my web site...

I am really starting to get a feel for the different directions that this blog can take me. Funny, it's my writing, yet the blog will guide the course of how I write what I write. The design of this web space will certainly be influenced by the fact that the blog is it's starting point, but I don't know if it will help me create a space that myself or others will enjoy.

If life were like a VCR, I'd be watching in fast forward all the time. I want to get to the end without having to go through the middle. What sucks is I'm disappointed when I get there because things don't turn out the way I'd hoped. "Patience is a big, fat virtue."

Time to make the doughnuts

I know, I'm dating myself by saying certain things. It's all in the mind, baby! I think I'm going to like this -- at least as a creative outlet. My life is all about should have, would have, could have, didn't. Maybe this'll start a new chapter. Well, it's off to get ready for work for me...

Hex colors are your friends

I found two excellent resources: Two4U's Color Compose Engine and RGB to Color Name Mapping (Triplet and Hex). With the help of these two sites I successfully changed my blog's colors to something I like.

Can everybody see me? Can everybody hear me?

A particularly funny line from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. I found it appropriate to start my blog with a line like this.

Currently, I'm researching the state of Tablet PC's. I am hoping to replace my current HP Omnibook 6000 laptop with a Toshiba Protege 3500 Tablet PC soon.

Send me an email if you have any suggestions for other Tablet PC's.