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| Saturday, May 16, 2009 |
| Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Blog |
I stopped blogging for quite a while because I felt I was mostly interested in posting articles and commenting on them. Not enough of it was Original, Profound Thinking. Screw that, I'm going to comment on articles.
And occasionally spit out a good original thought.
Might also occasionally talk about the house I'm trying to buy, cars, and so on.
All that said, though, I'm going to have a tough time accomplishing my resolution to blog once every three days, given that I frittered about a third of the year already.Labels: blog, procrastination |
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| Saturday, November 22, 2008 |
| Benefits of Loserdom |
I tend to jot down blog drafts when I have an idea for an entry. These tend to be ignored – especially over the last few months when work has been difficult, and the first thing I’d like to do after a day of work is walk away from the computer. Certainly I don’t want to stay there and keep writing. So out of curiosity I looked up how many blog ‘drafts’ I had. 43. That’s too many. So I’m starting to take care of my backlog.
Normally, in a popular blog, this would be really bad because half of the new material would be created in a way that readers are unlikely to ever find it (several months in the past’s archives). Fortunately, I suppose, this isn’t a popular blog! It’s just for me! So I don’t have to worry about it. This is the benefits of loserdom – the only person that I’m trying to wite for is me.
This is also the case with the album I’m writing. Because it’s just me, writing for me, I don’t much care that it’s almost 2 years overdue.
Precious few people know that it exists, and that doesn’t bother me in the least.
The disadvantage, of course, is that without someone hanging on my shoulder asking where today’s blog is, or when the album is coming out, the likelihood of a punctual work schedule is slim. But hey, if Guns & Roses can publish Chinese Democracy, maybe there’s hope for Ignition as well.Labels: blog, Impulse Nine, music, procrastination, slacking, writing |
| posted by Steve @ 6:07 PM |
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| Saturday, April 05, 2008 |
| Do I really want TV? |
As I blogged waaaay back in October '05, I have a European TV set that doesn't pick up TV signals and instead of a coaxial input, it has a SCART input. This total lack of functionality is good for me because I don't watch TV, but can still watch movies, 'cos it has RCA inputs).
In 2008, though, the U.S. is changing its broadcast TV to be digital. This means that analogue television sets will need converter boxes - and many of those boxes sport RCA outputs. Suddenly, the market is being flooded with cheap converter kits made just for me.
At the moment, my lack of broadcast TV is a blessing. It probably saves me a lot of time. I like just using it for watching the DVDs I have, which often are TV shows anyway I also have it attached to my computer for watching YouTube videos or, more recently, Obama's speeches and debates. Yes, partly I watch them on the TV because I'm a fan, but also because they're often 45 minutes or longer, and I'd rather sit on the couch for that.
Still, it would be nice to catch the occasional Suns game, now that the playoffs are coming up. And there are some good TV shows out there...
God help me.Labels: Internet, Obama, procrastination, technology, TV |
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