Continuation

*{12:00} I've just been sitting here continuing what I didn't finish yesterday. I will update again today as I take my little breaks... I promise I'll do my best to not write about the work. It should be hard though since obviously that is what I have on my mind...

I like my brilliant idea yesterday for music recommendations... I'll continue that as nobody else is here and I can control the cd player.

In the past 2 hours I listened to (means I recommend you listen to them also) :

Keb Mo: Slow Down
The Smithereens: 11

I should get back to work. I hope to finish early enough today to go to a BBQ party at a friend's place...

*{17:00} Got a lot done... but am still far from being done. At any rate, I think I am almost to a reasonable state of completion to begin testing tomorrow.

I found a book laying around the office here called Making a Difference. It's a big advertisement for Aidas that tells some of the stories of great athletes throughout history. (of course they all wore Aidas gear). I think I'll steal this so I have something interesting to draw other than nudie ladies... fruit just doesn't cut it.

It's interesting... reading a story about the Fosbury Flop (the method now used for the high-jump), of course it was interesting to read how Fosbury overcame all the scorn and criticism about his new style of jumping, but what was most exciting to me, is the part where he ordered a pair of custom made shoes from Adidas, and the engineer in Europe, who had never even seen anyone jump like Fosbury before, had to dive into his project and developed a new pair of shoes that would help Fosbury get even more out of his technique. I think I would rather be the guy who designed the shoes than the guy who designed the jump.

My music selections...
Rufus Wainwright: Rufus Wainwright
Van Morrison: Bang Masters
Lisa Ekdahl: When did you leave heaven?
Alvin Youngblood Heart: Territory

*{19:00} I can't really get any further without a little more information from the client, so I am going to call it a night. I don't think I'll make it to the BBQ party unfortunatly...
Of course, I still have the BBQ set sitting in my kitchen from when I cooked out 2 (3?) weeks ago... I suppose I should clean that up.

One last CD I listened to, and recommend:
Van Morrison: The Philosopher's Stone

I was reading more about Adi Dassler, the founder of Adidas, and just can't help feeling so much frustration... (According to the book) He knew from the time he was a little boy that he wanted to make shoes... it was a real goal for him. This whole idea of having a dream is a theme replayed in all great success stories.

It just causes more frustration for me... although I know it's never too late, and peoples dreams and goals are (and should) constantly change, I feel that being 26, I am still extremely late to be trying to figure out what I want to do.

I do know that I will have a business of my own, but I just can't get started since I don't know what I want it to be doing yet... I think a lot about going freelance with web-development, and am more than confident that I could succeed, but it doesn't really excite me as much as it should. Web-stuff is something I can do and enjoy, not necessarily something I want to do because it is my dream. The Internet is great as a tool, but it doesn't make me dream anymore than other handy tools.

I know that the whole concept of a brand, and the sociology and psychology of marketing is extremely fascinating to me, but a brand and marketing too are things I view as a tool. Having management skills is great, but it is a tool. Understanding money is cool, but it is only a tool. I see tools I have to, and love to learn to use all around me, but I just don't know what I want to use them for.

In the year 2020, I am tossing around an idea for a kayaking company, and that is something I have interest in, and would enjoy doing, while utilizing all the tools I think are cool, but it is not a dream.

I enjoy drawing, and have since I was a kid, and look forward to improving and starting with paint and other media, but I feel no drive to do it as a career. The same goes for my guitar... when I get into it I really get into it and play hours a day, but I feel no desire to be a professional.

What do I want to be when I grow up?

Wow... I am a little rebel breaking all kinds of rules and regulations... first I told you the results of the World Cup game on my web-site... in blantant disregard of FIFA rules, now I find that it is prohibited to link to NPR content without their authorization... I might have to stop doing that... Lckily it is totally leagal and no copyright laws prohibit it. It would be like me saying that I prohibit anyone from discussing me or anything i have ever said to them without my permission. For more on this take a look at this article from wired. (I hope I am allowed to link to Wired...)

Oh well, I guess I'll "have to live with the guilt forever," as the NPR representative said when asked what would happen to people who don't get permission first.

I have the advantage of being late to know about this... aparently it was big news last week. It is good to be lates, becuase I have the advantage of looking around and seeing what other people think about this and conclusions they have come to. What Do I Know has a very good explenation about why anyone would even try to do something so seemingly stupid as regulate linking to their site.

Another really cool link I found about skyscrappers around the world. I wasted over 15 mintues looking at all kinds of skyscrapper comparisons... you can compare by city, country, residential, observation, or business and more!

I know I have said before that I am not as much of a "believer" in the Internet for uses that many people tout as great, despite my job. I found an article that makes me re-examine that stance however... the Internet is great.

Larry has used the Internet to assist friends, as well. "Last week, we had a houseguest who was wondering if there were any Jesuit colleges in Ohio," Wisniewski said. "All I had to do was open up my AOL software, enter my password, point the browser to www.yahoo.com, and click on Society & Culture, followed by Religion & Spirituality. From there, I had only to click Faiths & Practices, then Christianity, then Denominations & Sects, and then Catholic. Then I simply clicked on Orders, Jesuits, Colleges & Universities, Ohio, and boom, right there in front of me are Xavier University in Cincinnati and John Carroll University in Cleveland."

In 2020 we have the Internet hooked up to our brain so we can transmit email like esp and what we see to other peoples visual nerve signal receptors (you get the idea) but I just want to assure you that even then "mass, involuntary bio-installation of operating-system software (into peoples brains) is a gross violation of federal antitrust law"

Finally, more a link for myself than anyone else really, this year's Webby Award winners. I spend alot of time surfing, too much I think sometimes, but I really wish the people I work with would spend some time looking at award winning sites, and analyzing why they won, or if they should have won, and implementing some of what they learn into their own work