I sometimes take a look at the programs I watch and the networks they're on to see if there's a way I can trim the number of useless channels I pay for but never watch. Turns out ala-carte channel buying still isn't avaiable so this usually just ends up with anger, teeth-grinding, and wondering if I'd be happier "renting" all my content from iTunes, Amazon, Hulu+ and Netflix.

None-the-less, here is the Spring 2013 edition of Shows (not yet canceled) and Networks I watch (*=I wouldn't discourage you from watching it; **=I actually recommend it):

My works schedule and accomodation arrangements mean that I spent about half the week in a rented room and half the week at home. My media library (iTunes repository, photos, etc) is replicated between both environments. There are times that I want to access the media server from work (or from the road, or from either of the other locations). I have setup OpenVPN servers in both locations and configured the local networks to have non-conflicting subnets.

Today, Jan 22 2009, is the day I got RIFd from Sun. That was two days after my birthday, and three weeks after my father-in-law died.

Man, Jan 2009 was harsh.

It's not that I was planning on attending Burning Man this year anyway. I haven't attended since 2008. At $380 per person it doesn't look like that's going to change any time soon.

Seeing this as you exit your driveway on your bicycle makes it really, really hard to want to keep going. I DID keep going, but then frozen fingers inspired me to only go so far as the train station.

Winter makes it REALLY hard to keep up a cycling regime.