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I went looking for my dough job last week, and didn’t find any real prospects, though I did find one shop that may train me when business dies down in mid-January. It’s possible that there were other shops that would have hired or trained me, but those weren’t the places I would like to learn from. If I wasn’t able to easily talk to the owner/manager/chef, I quickly lost interest. I want to learn how to make pizza from someone who gives a crap.

Meanwhile, on Craigslist, I had been firing off my resumes to anything that looked interesting/not too soul sucking. I got a call back this Monday from a company that demonstrates products for (I’m assuming) the holiday shopping orgy. So if all goes well this weekend, I’ll be getting paid to play with toy helicopters in public. I really feel bad for people with real jobs.

Book Learnin

I have an ever growing pile of books which I need to start reading at some point. My problem is that I read quite a bit, but mostly online, and never pieces much longer than ten thousand words. When I’m away from my computer, while camping or on vacation, I have no trouble reading. I need to set aside uninterrupted time in order to read. I’ve never been able to pick up a book when I have some spare minutes, only to put it down a few moments later. I’m incredibly jealous of Nishi’s ability to do that. I’ve watched her go through several books totaling thousands of pages almost exclusively read in waiting rooms or while eating supper. Meanwhile I’m still halfway through a book I started six months ago. I think I may start trying (again) to give myself an hour every night to read, though in the past the endless potential for serendipity on the internet, or interesting conversations with friends have eaten that hour. I guess the real test is to see if my pile of unread books shrinks any between now and this time next year.

Business Idea

Inspired by a recent xkcd, I figured I’d post some ideas I’ve had that have come to life (though not by my hands).

My decentralized web idea is beginning to take shape in a big way – decentralized DNS. Though under this method, content would still be centralized, it’s only a small step from one to the other, and arguably DNS is the only part of the idea not yet implemented in one way or another.

Between the Bars is a website that has successfully executed my Prison Blog idea, and I’m so incredibly glad. This was a project I kept wanting to get around to, but haven’t had a stable enough address to do so. Suffice to say, I’m helping out as much as I can.

Oh, and then there’s the oh-so-close-but-not-quite Eee Keyboard which I wanted to see as a smartphone dock instead of the underpowered overpriced mistake in stores today.

South Carolina

South Carolina has great fireworks. And most of Nishi’s family. Both were pretty great. I got to see some friends and family on our return trip.

That’s where the last two weeks went, and why there were no posts. Good times were had. Nothing to report. Time to get a job.