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How I Survived 3 Days Unconnected
You can see here pictures of the my family's cabin that dates back to the early 1940's in the mountains of Idaho. The lake view we have, the forest behind the cabin and Jen reading to our kids out on the deck. We have electricity and running water but no TV, Internet or cell connection.
How did I survive being "unplugged" for three days? It wasn't actually all that tough as you can tell from the pictures :) And to be fair it wasn't a full 3 days. More like 2 1/2.
We have radio so I was able to listen to USA's loss to Ghana in the World Cup. After that I had very little interest in being connected. j/k
Besides spending time with my family, my main goal was to disconnect and get some writing done. I didn't get much done from a word count perspective but I think I had a major breakthrough on a problem I've been working through.
What was interesting though is when I found it time to get back I suddenly found myself getting anxious. There was a slight feeling of dread at what was waiting for me. Usually on the weekends I check mail maybe once or twice a day just so I know what I'm walking back to. An entire weekend plus most of Monday went by without me being able to make sure everything was okay. For all I knew the World could have ended, there could b e some unknown crisis at work or Twitter could be having more uptime problems :)
Rationally I knew this anxiety was stupid but there was a little bit of fear of the unknown happening. So I cheated. I checked my emails and then turned it all back off again. Work can wait until tomorrow.
Seth's Performance
These pictures were taken right after Seth's choir concert. I don't know where he gets it from...really.
How I Stay On Task [Geek Motivation]
Yes that's a Stormtrooper (from Return of the Jedi) sitting on one of my monitors pointing his gun at me.
My Geekend Plans
Other than finish a presentation for the WaggEd board and refereeing my sons soccer game, my plans for the weekend include:
Setting up our home media server
Updating my and my wife's WordPress blogs
Setting up my Tumblr music blog with it's own domain
Playing around with this Posterous' themeing
Changing out the theme on HyperBored
And research better hosting options since I'm not thrilled with mine. Don't hate it just don't love it.
Setting up our home media server
Updating my and my wife's WordPress blogs
Setting up my Tumblr music blog with it's own domain
Playing around with this Posterous' themeing
Changing out the theme on HyperBored
And research better hosting options since I'm not thrilled with mine. Don't hate it just don't love it.
Unplugged (for a while)
Things have been super bsuy at work. I've been busy before but this is a whole new level. The good news is that I LOVE the work I'm doing. The bad new is that makes it that much harder to find time to get away from it.
It's not in my nature to walk away from a chance to work on something cool and it's not in my nature to do something half-ass.
But I'm posting this as a reminder of why I need to unplug, for a while at least. I've still got a ton of work to do and I'm going to be working all weekend but right now, I'm right here.
Very Proud of My Little Brother
BSU students land jobs with NASA | Local News | Idaho Statesman
T.J. and Haley Anderson are working for NASA Houston-based contractor Oceaneering Space Systems Inc. Oceaneering won the NASA contract to design and produce spacesuits for the Constellation program, which includes proposed missions to the moon and Mars.
