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Restless

Lost Soul by Strangefolk
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I found myself staring at the ceiling the last couple nights, not able to sleep. Last night I was thinking about Bonnaroo, the night before that I was thinking about the bus, the night before that I was thinking of the mall. Maybe its just because I’m not really loving school this semester. Although its certainly better than last year was, its still failing to be what I wish it was.

No matter. Landshark is coming along, and in half a year’s time, I’ll have the bus.

I hate code

Don’t Let Me Down as done by Gomez
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I’ve been saying that a lot lately, as I code more of the Landshark site. I’ll look at something, and see no reason for it to not work. Today I had to find an incredibly roundabout (but ultimately more efficient) way of doing something, that should have worked when I wrote it the first time.

But saying ‘I hate code’ doesn’t help much. The code knows what its supposed to do, and it only does what you tell it. If something is wrong, then (most likely) you are to blame.

I don’t like code any more than I did before I realized this, but its good to know.

Google Status Report

Best Feeling by Keller Williams
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Follow up to GUpdate and Don’t Be Evil

So I’ve been using Google for nearly five months now, and it has replaced most apps I used to use on a daily basis. I’ve been extremely satisfied with it: GMail now handling 7 different email accounts; Google Documents handling both business, school, and personal documents; Google Reader consolidating 36 feeds into one place; Google Calendar keeping me on the same page as my business partners; and iGoogle displaying all that and more when I open my browser. But again, what makes it all worthwhile is that they work with each other and can be accessed anywhere with an internet connection.

I’m posting this update now (likely the last, I doubt I’ll become suddenly unsatisfied with it, unless they go and lose all my shit) because Google Reader has added the one feature that I’ve been longing for. A search, so I can run through my feeds quickly for something specific.

If you haven’t tried using Google’s slew of online apps, you should.
This is Web 3.0, and its here now, and its wonderful.

Back

Yup, back from vacation, but I’m somehow still busy. Amazing.

So it turns out I’ll have a roommate this fall, which is unfortunate, but he seems to be cool enough. I have yet to talk to him much, but he’s transferring from RIT and I saw a picture of him wearing an Open Solaris shirt, so I think we’ll be getting along fine. It’d be nice to have someone around who knows more about computers than I do.

Otherwise no real news. I’ll try and post something interesting soon, but no promises.

Away

I’m gonna be down in Niantic for the next two weeks. If you want to come down, give me a call beforehand so I can make sure we’ll have somewhere for you to stay. Hope to see you there.

Full

I had an incredibly full day today. About as full as they ever are when I’m at home. I’m still sort of impressed and amazed by the amount of things I’ve done today. But enough of that. I’m tired now, so I’m gonna go to bed soon.

Why no updates since I’ve been back? Tired. Busy. Don’t really have anything to say. I’m thinking of just telling stories and anecdotes from the past. But that requires time. Which I don’t have right now. I’ll see what I can do.

Fests

Lots of Drops of Brandy by The Chieftains
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I’ve finally uploaded my pictures from Bonnaroo. You can see them here: http://flickr.com/photos/somjuan/sets/72157600844666808/

Most of those pictures suck, but there is the occasional worthwhile shot. There are also a couple shots of Hopper in there for anyone interested. All those pics were taken on disposable cameras, so the quality is a bit grainy (although a good deal of that isn’t the camera, but the dust in the air). I also haven’t quite figured out what every picture is of. Most of the pics were of bands I saw, because that was a good deal of my time at ‘roo.

That said, I’ll be leaving for Grey Fox tomorrow morning. So its doubtful you’ll hear from me for at least a week. I realized earlier today that I’ve gone and done this huge write up about Bonnaroo, and I’ve never written anything about Grey Fox/Winterhawk. I hope I remember that, because as time keeps going on, the little memories that make the place special go with it.

Maybe I’ll do that when I get back.

More Than Juan Way

(Turn On Your) Lovelight by Phil Lesh and Friends
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About a month ago I posted about the Udall Legacy Bus Tour. I’ve been keeping up with it since, but their coverage of the trip is less than thrilling. But recently, they tipped their hat to other folks on similar trips (all having an environment/sustainability theme).

First up is Biotour. Crappy site design makes it a little hard to get around, but the content on there is good, and they also have a form to fill out so you can ride the bus. That’s cool.

Your Environmental Road Trip has the presentation thing down. They’ve got a slick website, good videos (check out the trailers) and seem to have a decent idea of what they want to do.

The Big Green Bus is probably the closest to how the Juan Way Tour would look. Hell, they were even at Bonnaroo. They’ve got sponsorship, and all this great stuff, but they don’t have the media aspect YERT does.

First reaction: Crap, people are already doing this.
That kills the novelty, and sponsorship opportunities.
After thinking about it for more than a second: Wait, that means people are into this. Maybe we could actually get a decent amount of people out with us. Maybe we could even join forces.

Juan Way will hopefully be a combination of aspects in the above projects, with a little less emphasis on the environment. Yes, it’ll be a veggie oil bus…but that’s about it.