the downside

today was really rough. it took me something like four hours to work through an issue that i'd overcomplicated because php is a bastard language that nobody should use ever. by then i had developed a headache through which i found myself having to familiarize myself with mac os, which was particularly frustrating because the mini i was playing with didn't want to talk to the rest of the network and the software i wanted to examine requires old-school linux-style scripting in order to compile.

ugh.

---i slept in a little this morning, because i was absolutely exhausted. still. my extra time produced dreams that must have been inspired by david wong, and included time travel, extra dimensions, and old songs that were keys to big puzzles; good friends half fighting and half collaborating, and some very random side quests.

my start to the day was slow, but on the plus side i managed to get my beard length right. it's only taken me three months :P

it snowed last night, a lot of snow. but this morning brought rain, and rain and snow together aren't such a good combination. it's time i acquired proper boots. or galoshes. and it's beyond time that i head up to the mountains...

i just realized that i *can't* keep watching the hunter x hunter reboot, because at the rate i'm going i'll finish it before pg returns and then it won't be the same watching it with her. fine. but i gotta say, they really pulled out all the stops on this one ^_^

you may have noticed that i've been wallowing in my house collection of late - i'm seriously missing spyce and pure and unity. they just don't make 'em like they used to.

---the annual state of the internet is interesting, but in particular the tail end of the presentation discussing asset-heavy versus asset-light. there is a ray of sunlight as the world (at least, the first world) slowly wakes up to the advantages of consuming less and consuming better.