Its been a while since I’ve posted anything on this blog, and a few things have happened. So. Here goes.

First, last week, something unheard of happened. Someone gave me a 20 inch iMac G5, just a month or so out of warranty. I have to say, its probably the best computer I’ve had to date. Everything is just so bloody fast. I can’t imagine what its going to be like when I [eventually] get an Intel Mac. My dependency libraries compile in seconds, and my application and framework compile in under a minute. That may sound minor to you, but do keep in mind I’ve been stuck on a PowerBook G4 for the last 6 months and before that I just had a Mac Mini.

With the addition of a second computer to my technology-family, I am back to a problem I’ve had on and off for a very long time: Keeping things synchronized. Now, for the most part this isn’t a problem. I’ve started to use Google Reader* for my feed aggregation, so that automatically stays in sync. My primary development interests (aka: Pinna and PlayerKit) are entirely under version control, so its as simple as `svn up`ing. But, unfortunately, the convenience stops there. For practically everything else, music, pictures, chat logs, the likes, I have to synchronize them manually. For anyone with multiple computers, I am sure at some point you’ve had this problem, its a real pain in the ass.
I’ve been considering my options, and a little while ago (around a week) Brian suggested I use SugarSync. It looks great, but I am broke as it is, so I am not sure if I am ready to try it, love it, then force myself to buy the full service. I’ll follow up on this happy predicament later.

Camping. I’ve done my yearly camping. Two weeks ago I went to boy scout camp, which was fun. I discovered I quite like climbing, and that I can loose large amounts of weight just walking. Plus it was nice to see friends.
And about a month ago, I went camping in Rangeley State Park. It rained most of the week, and on the third to last day (Thursday) I was there there were two parallel thunderstorms on both sides of the lake, it poured sheets, and I got a bit wet. But, overall it was a great week, I got tons of pictures, unfortunately I haven’t been able to get them online. I took a lot, and I only have the camera on me for two days. At some point, I’ll get them online, but its going to take patience, which I simply don’t have. However, here’s a picture from the landscape set:

Well, thats about all I can write about right now. I’d like to get into the habit of writing blog posts more often, so we’ll see how that goes!

Until next time,

Bye.

*: Google Reader a deserves a plug. Shut up.