The Wave has Hit!
Oct 31st
I received my Google Wave invite today for the open beta, and I must say I’m very impressed. It’s grown, it’s evolved, and it’s a tool that I can really see myself using more and more already even with my limited contact pool!
That said, if you have a Wave account, feel free to add me:
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Also, as a Wave user, I’ve got 20 invites available. I’m reserving about 5 of those for special individuals, but the other 15 are up for grabs. Either shoot me a wave (lolol, email), IM me, contact me somehow, and let me know your email address you’d like the invite sent to. They’re not an immediate send, as Google quotes “Invitations will not be sent immediately. We have a lot of stamps to lick.” But you’ll get it fairly promptly if I’m not mistaken.
So yea, if you’d like one, contact me, and I’ll be posting my feedback on this wonderful tool soon hopefully.
Brrrrrrrrr!
Oct 6th
So it’s gotten pretty damn cold here pretty quick! Like, really cold… we should start seeing below freezing here shortly, and if you ask me I’d bet we’re heading towards a white Halloween. It’s even taking a while to warm up thru the days, and at night it’s just down right frigid for this early in the year. Either way, it’s had me considering adding an electric blanket to my christmas list that my grandmother seems to take pride in asking me for this time of year.
That said, I’m hoping it doesn’t start freezing the ground soon, cause I’d like to actually get a couple things moved around before the big deep freeze. After years up here, it still surprises me how much longer it seems to take to get things done thru the winter months. And I was honestly not expecting this near this quickly, so time to beat feet.
Otherwise, I’m alright, calm quiet days have given me a chance for reflection, to continue the process that has been the slogan for this website for years now. To Rediscover myself, one post at a time. That in of itself is more a help than I could have potentially thought. I’m almost where I need to be, and that’s got me feeling pretty darn good.
Well, I’d write more, but I’ve got a couple other projects that need to get done, so I’m gonna get to them! More soonish!
Free as in Beer
Oct 2nd
So I’ve started compiling a list of things that people ask me for it seems on a daily basis. “Jamie I need a tool online to do insert_item_here.” There are hundreds of thousands of free or cheap services on the internet, but the question becomes, which ones can you trust to truly be free, and which ones do you need to avoid. Over the next couple days I’m going to be creating a new page here that will highlight some of the free services I use online, and hopefully give people a central point that I can point them to for the help they inquire about.
That said, I’m always looking myself! Are there any freebie sites you find exceedingly useful? Leave a comment here, twitter me, email me, facebook, hell, any contact method! I’ll definitely take the time to check them out, and might even add them to the page if I like them enough.
In other news, life is… moving. It’s raining today here, and I can’t express in words how good that makes me feel. Since moving away from the Bremerton area, that’s the one thing I have consistently missed was the rain, and the fun of having a “rain day”. It’s so relaxing, and gives me something that I just can’t describe, but it’s very good indeed. So I know for a fact it’s something I need in my life. Mental note to self: Never move to the desert.
Or maybe it’s just that I like hot chocolate… *shrug*
More later.
Quiet Days
Sep 24th
You know, quiet days are something to be truly cherished. And the more of them I have, the more I seem to realize that there is a whole generation behind me that seems to not understand the power and joy of simply having one. I sat down, drank quite a bit of tea, watched the weather move around, and worked on a few projects for myself and others. Wasn’t exactly planning on doing it, but it would appear that I’ve inherited yet another of my grandfathers traits. I appear to be allergic to the elastic commonly used in socks. My leg was swollen, and I’ve broken out… not exactly a comfortable experience.
I spent a little bit of time researching solutions to this matter, and among others found a solution in the oddest of places. Seems there are special diabetic socks, and said socks have no constricting band at the top, and hence, no elastic at all in them. Example: Diastar Comfy Feet Diabetic Socks, 3-pack
Speaking of, the weather here in Idaho is starting down the path of “lets get cold at night”. Which means that fall and winter aren’t far around the corner, and my personal favorite type of weather is coming quick. Lets just hope we don’t have another record breaking snow fall year.
Welp, more soonish.
Tweaks and More Coming
Sep 21st
So I really decided that orange wasn’t my thing. Why green? Well, it just kinda works for me. I’ve started slowly working thru the template, and hopefully within a couple days or so I’ll have a nice little personalization of it. Something I’ve been meaning to do for a while, but just haven’t gotten around to it honestly. Kinda feels nice to get a couple things done.
In other news, I apologize for my silence of late. I’ve had a lot on my mind, and even more on my plate as it were. It’s been a very insane month for me, and the next one doesn’t look like it’s going to slow down at all. 
Crazy how things work out like that huh? Oh well! Starting into better weather, and that should help a bunch for me personally. Love the winter!
Anyway, just a quick update to say yes, I’m alive, yes I’m around, and yes I’ll be updating this sooner than a month from now.