The Social Club

I find it kinda riduculous the way in which most of these new Web 2.0 services rely on the exclusivity of their sign-up process to lend some cachet to their product. It's hopelessly cliquey, and I hate cliques. And I don't know if I'm exactly buying this idea that invites are meant to ease the flow of traffic to a particular site to alleviate any growing pains. That being said, I do love being able to scrounge an invite to the newest it service or application. :P It's the law of the land, so what can you do? Although, I don't go crazy for every invite that comes my way. Some of these services I can't believe exist. Can someone explain to me why they would want to use a service like Gleamd? I just don't get it. :P

I was pretty happy when I was able to score a Pownce invite very early on. Which was pretty funny... and by "funny" I mean very hypocritical of me to accept it. :P I received an invite a few days after I had first heard about it... and during that time I had spent a good amount of energy bemoaning yet another new invite-only Web 2.0 service. But when one came my way, I quickly changed my tune. :P

Gee, my left wrist is really bothering me right now for some reason... I think I'm gonna have to call it a night. :( Anyway, I probably wasn't going to type much tonight... I just wanted to let you know that I did get my hands on another invite tonight. Some guy on Virb° asked me if I had any more Pownce invites left... and I did, so I sent one along his way. He returned the gesture by asking if I was interested in a MailPlane invite. I had heard the name before... at least I thought I did. It was a very vague memory, but I accepted for the hell of it. Anyway, turns out that MailPlane is this really great mail app for OSX that integrates Gmail's web interface into a desktop client perfectly... I'd seen it previewed on The Unoffical Apple Weblog before, but must've forgotten it since I knew it was in private beta. Well it's not for me anymore. :P I'm loving it right now... granted, I only just installed it a couple of hours ago, but so far I'm in love. :P

Fuck my wrist hurts! *LOL* I'm gonna headout. ;) Take care guys... Later later...

DS333, owie! :(

Benevolence & Banality

I'm hoping the Gods are with me tonight. They appear to be restless. While I wasn't expecting it, Thunder & Lightning have decided to show their faces. I've always loved lightning and thunder, ever since I was a wee lad. Love 'em still if only because they usher in the beauty that is Rain, my eternal lover. :D It's only recently though that I've developed a slight fear of 'em, and not because I've a fear of the sights and sounds. I'm more fearful at the thought of what ruin they could bring upon my precious electronics, especially my iMac. Ever since I got my iMac, I've been more sensitive to the gravity of brownouts and the ravages of electrical shorts. I'm terrified at the thought of my motherboard being fried. I don't know what I would do without my iMac. It's my first Mac... I love it. I don't wanna lose it. So here's hoping tonight's divine ruckus leaves us unharmed. Ironically enough, I've named my iMac "Kongo-Rikishi", after the Japanese Thunder Bolt Guardian. Here's hoping that counts for something and the Fates are benevolent.

Aside from hoping for divine benevolence, much of my time tonight will be spent in a routine of banality. I've been plugging away these last few nights trying to learn the Dvorak layout as quickly as possible. While I'm not a master of multi-tasking... I find it quite easy to divide my attention between absorbing podcasting content and getting a handle of these new keys. Usually I can't retain anything I listen to if I spend that time composing something as well. I certainly can't write an e-mail or blog post while listening to a show and enjoy it. It's gotta be one or the other. But since I'm not formulating any solid thoughts while I'm mindlessly typing away, I'm able to enjoy my podcasts. It's pretty awesome... at the very least it's efficient. ;)

Anyway, I don't wanna spend much time typing in this QWERTY fashion, so I'll leave it at that. Nothing much to talk about tonight. Goodnight you little devils.

DS333, reaching.

001.069.365

• I've been having the wildest dreams these past few days.
• I was supposed to work on my Dream Journal the other day, but instead wound up getting work started on my next "Jerry's Book" project.
• I wanted to try the new Blueberry White Tea Lemonade the other day at Starbucks, but mistakingly ordered a plain ol' White Tea... actually it was more the barista's fault. :P
• I had the most amazing beef stir fry today. Yummy. :D
• Progress on my whole Dvorak project is working out nicely. I'm quite surprised at how easily I've been able to retain a mind for both keyboard layouts. :D
• Added a couple of podcasts today.
• I'm trying to catch up on "FLOSS Weekly" and "Futures In Biotech". I'm only a show behind for each.
• I need to transcribe some of the dreams I've had lately. They'll make excellent pieces for my Dream Journal.
• Today was surprisingly tolerable... as far as the weather was concerned. I was expecting a huge spike in the temperature.
• "Metroid Prime 3: Corruption" was released today... but I still stand behind my Apple Keyboard purchase as the way to go this month. :P
• I really need to dig through my Wii Owner's Manual to get my Wii online. I'm dying to check out the Virtual Console.
• I love my new Apple Keyboard. :P ;)
• There are some things I'm dying to listen to so I'm having a hard time concentrating on this post. :P
• I really need to plow through my huge pile of GQ magazines so I can get back into reading actual books.
• I really want to finish up "The Joseph Campbell Collection", especially since I found out on Amazon that they no longer carry new editions of "The Hero's Journey"! :(
• I really need to buy "Myths Of Light" as soon as possible; maybe having it in my possession will light a fire under my ass and get me reading all that I need to.
• I was recently reminded of how awesome "A Brief History Of Time" is... I wanna re-read that as well.
• I really wanna do a lot of things, huh? :P ;)
• I really wanna end this post. :P

DS333, Fin.