Catching Up
Being away from your main computer can leave pounds of cobwebs in the rss feeds as well as your DVR (stuck with time warner). Today was my first full day back which was spent watching podcast after podcast, watching tv show after tv show, and watching my time fly by.
The one thing I wanted to sink my teeth into once I got back was google’s attempt to enter the cell phone market with their Android software.
Did you see how clunky the G1 looked? Even Android didn’t catch my eye. When it comes to accepting a new risk this would certainly be for those apple haters. Though in the mean time I will continue to applaud apple’s great design for the iphone.
Vacation Is Over
After six long days and five long nights my vacation is over. While Florida is great in many ways, I was never as happy when we landed back in Nebraska. In the end I believe I was just tired of everything and ready to get my life back on the set path.
The big part I did not like about the trip was the planning. It seemed nothing was planned out to the point where everyone knew where to go. Then when trying to contact people to tell them what was going on they never answered their phone. I’d be a hypocrite if I said I always answered my phone.
Did we go anywhere cool? I personally was hoping to get to visit a university or a theme park. In the end no one really wanted to say a “yes” or “no” to what they wanted to do. I myself didn’t really care because I was having a time of my life just swimming with family. I haven’t seen everyone so relaxed all together in a long time.
Another negative was the hotel. Now I can understand that the point of a business in the tourist capital is to milk as much money as they can but the JW Marriott surprised me. You had to pay for everything. The only place to grab a quick snack at night was in the mini bar; a snickers bar cost $4! The noon to noon internet cost $16 plus tax on top of that. You could buy internet access at 11pm at night only to have it turned off at noon the next day. Last but not least is the buffet. Yes they did have everything you could imagine and the orange juice was really good. However, you could almost toss up all those calories once you see the price for one is $23. Better yet you might as well throw up and go back for more to get your money’s worth.
After being home for a few hours I can look back and see how much joy this trip has brought. The wedding was perfect (lighting was bad but that is not my job); The reception was hilarious; The pool was huge. I still don’t like how pricey the hotel was though for the experience I left with it was well worth it.
Being with family for that long and having fun everyday makes me want to move closer to them. For the future I do see myself moving closer to be near them. I feel like I am missing out in so much.
So there you have it. Vacations are about getting away from life in the beginning and turns up making you appreciate family more.
$16 A Day Internet
I have been in lovely Orlando, FL for the past few days now. I am here for my cousin’s wedding. You could not ask for a more beautiful place to have a wedding. Not sure what the details are for the coming days but I know I am totally relaxed.
My hotel is the JW Marriott with the room on the 14th floor. The view is amazing with the balcony view is scary. You can see for miles when you sit back. When you walk out onto the balcony it feels as if the balcony is actually not connected to the building. I hope the pictures do justice when I upload them.
So now its off to continue relaxing. I think I may just catch up on Kitchen Nightmares.
Got Spore, It Broke Already
I finally got over to Gamestop to pick up my copy of Spore. Once home I was actually suppose to move my desk, computer, and etc. However, several websites occupied my time while waiting for Spore to install. Thinking I would just play a few minutes led to two hours. Rumors were true that all sense of time is lost while playing.
After real life was done I got back on to continue befriending different species. Except I couldn’t spore to run. Spore would run some cpu cycles and then completely stop. Sporeapp.exe was still a running process except it just sat there. I tried having it run only one cpu instead of two. Still no solution. Searching the internet for answers didn’t help either. I ended up just submitting a question to technical support.
Now I am stuck with a $50 game sitting in a $1500 computer and nature is offering me more fun than Spore! I will probably blame this on the recent DRM issues that i’ve been reading about. Maxis can make a great game but fail in testing the DRM software? Just doesn’t seem right. Hope they get this fixed soon as this thing called the sun is scaring me. Why does it follow me!?!??!!
Todays Post
Instead of trying to think of a topic to write about today I figured I would add another page. Having the Links tab is now kinda like carrying my bookmarks with me where ever I go. Nifty.
