Asymptomatic

"Ah, Owen, you don't work hard enough," I keep hearing you all say. "You're such the slacker! Why don't you do something useful instead of writing all of that blog software?"

Well, between work and Habari, I do like to hang out with the family, and when I'm not doing that (usually after everyone had gone to bed, and long after I should have gone to bed myself) I'm frequently working on stupid little side projects that aren't of any consequence to anyone. My most recent such "mini" pet project is Pastoid.

Pastoid is a weird little thing that I started out of frustration at the lack of fusion between various pastebin services that are available and the tinyurl services that are abundant these days. I use the word "fusion" because I like it better than "mashup", which sounds more like something my kids do with potatoes, and not some whiz-bang web 2.0 technology. Also, it's one of the best lines of my favorite Invader Zim episode. Besides that, I'll tell you what it does....

We played a little D&D over the weekend. It was fun. I wish we could play a little more often, but I'm glad I at least get out this much.

The past couple of days have brought to light a need to get the heck out of this house on a more regular basis. Perhaps I should join some kind of club or something. Bowling or something. Full-contact frisbee.

The monthly meetings I sometimes attend in the city are fun, and I enjoy all of the people there, but it's a bit of a distance to do social things. It would be nice if a similar thing existed out here in the 'burbs....