Slacker at Work

I haven't been writing as much as I would like on my nifty little netbook. I think the best thing to do would be to schedule a block of time instead of waiting for a time when I feel that I have time. So much to do and so little time!

Another problem is that I don't know what to write about. Some of my ideas include topics which need more research and will need to be revised and polished a few times before I can publish them online (although, up until now, most of my blogs have been written on the fly and published soon afterwards). One good idea came to me while I was listening to Slacker Radio at work.

Although Pandora seems to have a larger fan base, for some reason, it never seemed to appeal to me. C raved about Slacker and how much better it is than Pandora, so when Slacker offered a free trial premium subscription just for liking it on FaceBook, I figured, what the hey, I should give it a try.

Some of the features I like is the ability to create a station based on your favorite artists or genre. I found a lot of new country music that way, as well as goth and some Latin pop and rock. Heh, heh... what a combination, huh? Well, anyhoo... my favorite feature is being able to play specific albums and the ability to cache my favorite songs into playlists and also being able to cache entire albums. For $10/month, I can listen to any number of albums, which leads me to why I even mentioned Slacker in the first place. I am thinking of writing reviews for the albums I listen to. It would give me a good way to exercise my literary muscles as well as an endless supply of something to write about. Woo HOO!

A New Netbook for the 21st Century Scribe

After several months of hemming and hawing, I finally caved in and brought an HP 110 series netbook today. It's nothing fancy, just a basic model netbook with a decent sized well-laid out keyboard. C helped me set it up two hours ago and I'm now on the Internet typing into this blog. I felt that it would allow me to transcribe my thoughts-on-the-go more freely since its small size and weight (only about 2.5 lbs) makes highly portable. Plus it's so much easier to type and edit electronic words than it is to write them on paper. I remember submitting several lengthy handwritten drafts before turning in the final papers in high school and I really appreciate the convenience of being able to quickly capture loose and fleeting thoughts by typing them into the computer to be fine-tuned and honed into a more meaningful and concrete form.

Aside from sparing my fingers the pain of handwriting long essays, I've also been mulling over different issues and wanted to pin down my thoughts, clarify the logic behind them and solidify ideas. With all this practice that I will be getting, I'll also become a better writer (hopefully). Even though it was challenging, I enjoyed the process of writing papers as an undergraduate student and would love to continue to think, write and create.

THE DIGITAL STORY OF NATIVITY - ( or Christmas 2.0 )

V sent me such a cute video that I want to save it here for future reference/amusement!