I’m still a little pissed off at the municipality for their refuse bin red tape. So, I decided to deliver a couple of bags to the dump site myself this morning. The first attempt was a disaster: the closest site is only about 10 minutes away, but it was full! It seems they are closing [...]
OK, not quite so late. About to go to bed. If I can get to sleep soon and again tomorrow night, I might just get into the right routine. As far as sleep is concerned, that is. Today was blissfully workless. Instead I did some essential shopping. Very excited that I might try a photography [...]
For once I am awake in the early hours without not having slept. Yesterday evening I went to sleep at 19:30 and for once my body demanded its quota of rest. I haven’t slept for longer than 8 hours for a long time. It is now…6:00 and I am awake. I don’t feel particularly refreshed, [...]
So, don’t read the red stuff, unless you are interested in some gory details of the day. Deep thoughts follow at the end, in black again. So, I never got around to buying my little photo gadget. I spent 9:00 to 14:00 running errands (about 1.5 hours driving around, admittedly) and by that time I [...]
Today I had two user service experiences. First I tried to get hold of a Apple Remote. I have to give a colloquium next week and for a long time I wanted to buy a remote for such presentations. They are much less expensive than I imagined, but trying to find one is not easy. [...]
A couple of times I have heard old interviews with people who I do not know, but at least know of. For example, there are some interviews somewhere on the internet with Robert Pirsig, a couple of months (?) after ZAMM was released. Well, that particular interview was personally a little disappointing, and also sad. [...]
I’m still thinking about change and how to it. I have a plan, but instead of telling you about it, I’ll execute it and show you. It involves many changes. Part of the plan is to formulate some rules, axioms, that I will try to follow. I have come to reluctant conclusion that I’m broken, [...]
My garage is in a terrible state. It is full of empty cardbox boxes, old newspapers, magazines, books, a couple of photo albums, sporting equipment (!), stuff that won’t fit into the cupboards upstairs, and various other odds and ends that I should be throwing away. About 7 months ago I moved it all to [...]
Sometimes I think of myself as a lazy son-of-a-bitch. (Oooh, that’s very critical and judgmental.) Other times, I cut myself some slack: nothing in life is that critical: don’t stress, don’t panic; allow yourself to relax a little. The real problem is that most of the time I’m actually very hard-working, just not very productive. [...]
From you have I been absent in the Spring. Last week was tough. This week has been tough. I’m doing something wrong. I have been making a couple of routine changes, i.e., changes to my routine. For one thing, I moved my “big” PC to the office in Stellenbosch, in an attempt to reduce the [...]