ben.parmeter

Well, I’ve been really, really, really busy at work lately. I’ve spent the last two weekends in the lab, working for a good portion of the day. This is a rarity really, that I’m pulling 7-day weeks, with 12 hour days. But doggone-it, if I’m not getting burnt out. I wish we could just wrap this project up and move on. We’ve got other challenges to tackle and I can’t be burdened with this fire-fighting nonsense. Enough of that…

Upgraded to Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon late last weekend and so far I am highly impressed. Lots of people are complaining that the fancy graphics (read: compiz) are a burden, but my system seems much snappier since the upgrade. All the software I regularly use has been updated to the latest and greatest versions and there are bug fixes galore. One important bug fix is the ability to do remote desktop with the desktop effects enabled. I’ve been taking full advantage of that feature, in fact, sitting on the couch as I type this VNC’ing from my laptop to my desktop. Beautiful. Gotta love free software.

My next challenge? I want to install DD-WRT on my Linksys router. Why do I want to do this? I want to have the ability to remote-terminal into my desktop at home from work. There are some times when it would be nice to have control of my desktop machine without having to physically go home (for example if I want to remotely shut down my bit-torrent client, eh-hem). Anyway, it looks really easy to do after reading through the wiki. That might have to be a project for next weekend.

Just received a copy of “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity” by David Allen. I read an article in Wired magazine recently about this guy who was once a meth-addict and is now being hailed as the new savior of business productivity. I just had to read this book. I’m going in with an open mind, but I will remain skeptical of “instant” results that it promises. Wish me luck. Maybe it will give me more time to write updates to the site.

How’s that for a disjointed post? It may be a while, but until next time…

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