http://4jdl.com/wp John's Words - looking for the best blend Thu, 02 Dec 2010 06:12:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://4jdl.com/wp/2009/12/22/soc-32/ http://4jdl.com/wp/2009/12/22/soc-32/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:26:53 +0000 John http://4jdl.com/wp/?p=352

Its seems such a long time since I’ve aimed my camera

besides the occasional social snap of a birthday or an out of towner visiting

I mean the more artistic, and less practical usage of the time freezing megabit logger

that is, my trusty Lumix

hoping its like the proverbial bike,  rusty but not forgotten

upgraded my google storage space

mostly to get the free Eye-fi card

but what to do with that 200 gigabytes of space now?

after the left brain logical thoughts of archiving, and facilitating wealth accumulation

I spent a few minutes exploring Picasa

and I’m back at the first thought, I really need to play with that camera more

bought some new gadgets, a HDTV for my mom and sis

(yeah they got it already and I don’t wrap presents or feel compelled to give them on the day)

another larger monitor for my charts and the sporadic movie

and the thing that I’ve been waiting the most for…

a ebook reader

decided on the Sony Touch, it has expandable memory via cards, a touchscreen, renders many formats including PDFs, CHMs, and will be able to download free content off NYPL

so no excuses for many more pleasurable reading hours in 2010

and importantly I can reuse a lot of shelf space at home, as I gradually manipulate paper books to digital formats

it will either be time consuming or costly

not much that I have thought of in terms of getting around that…

Oh good, Picasa allows different levels of content sharing

finished a hutch or shelf for my desk, so got another 42 inches of monitor and computer gadgets space

I actually timed that one well

the window seat /work bench/ spare bed project got fouled up

as I need more lumber, and the mattress arrived already

but its hard to get those 2x4s home in a snow storm

the 24 inch monitor should arrive in the next 48 hrs and I got the spot ready for it

got a good DK photography book out of the library but we’ll see if it lives up to its name

“absolutely everything” is pretty bold

and is an example of types of books that wouldn’t be as suitable for an eReader

since its grey scale and not color and a small screen

but very portable and battery lasts for 2 weeks at a time

next to search through the freely available content out there

and start making a list

as well as a virtual book budget as I have put off buying books for quite some time now

I’m starting to like the dark stain on the bench 2 projects ago

and yes I should note somewhere to not saturate the wood with the stain

like I did basically while in a rush to get it done

still wondering what to do with Wave, Voice is kinda cool but not utilizing it well yet

and I’m itching to get my hands on that Sony reader, and hoping it ships before the long weekend

so much to do, so little energy and free time and that shy sun isn’t helping my mood

but I’m feeling like we turn a corner here soon, and is it coincidence that the winter solstice is upon us

its late and I’m hungry and imagining smells of food

but breakfast is a few hours away.

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