Been playing around with 10.4 all night. Some minor alteration needed after I installed it: needed to re-set
apache to my liking, and I’ve got this unknown user in my user list…I must have been screwing around with it?
But other then that I can now officially say that 10.4 kicks!

widgets

when 10.4 originally came out and widgets where explained I wasn’t personally hyped about them. They really
aren’t anything special. And from my perspective, they are totally outside of the “Mac Design”. And after
playing with them, I still don’t think there is anything special. Nothing a good RSS feed or homepage
couldn’t answer.

safari rss

I’m pretty much hooked on syndication. I’m not going to say RSS because not everyone is using that format,
there are also older flavours like RDF or the newer Atom
Safari handles these like a dream! the xslt they’ve got running to transform these are beautiful, searchable
and practical. Plus something really cool! If you’ve got FOAF, pay close attention to the bottom right
corner…it’s awesome!

It’s been about 6 months since I did my previous personality test. Let’s see what’s
changed…almost nothing

Jung Type: ENFP (the same)

“Journalist”. Uncanny sense of the motivations of others. Life is an exciting drama. 8.1% of total
population.

Enneagram: 9 sx/sp/so (the same)

Type 1	Perfectionism	||||||	26%
Type 2	Helpfulness	||||||||||||||||	66%
Type 3	Image Awareness	||||||||||||||	60%
Type 4	Sensitivity	||||||||||||	46%
Type 5	Detachment	||||||||||||||||	66%
Type 6	Anxiety	||||||	30%
Type 7	Adventurousness	||||||||||||||||	63%
Type 8	Aggressiveness	||||||||||||||	60%
Type 9	Calmness	||||||||||||||||||||	90%

(table above: pretty much the same)

Nines are calm, laid-back, and optimistic. They are able to see everyone’s point of view and have a natural
desire for peace. Nines are effective mediators. Fearful of conflict and separation from others, they may be
too accommodating.

Your variant is sexual: sx/sp/so

Overall, you score highest on assertive traits (sx), followed by withdrawn traits (sp), and lowest on
complaint traits (so)

So, fingers were crossed, eyes squint like Clint Eastwood in his westerns…and go! I’ve now upgraded to OSX
10.4 Tiger. Does this mean I can now say “I’m Grrrreat!”?

Still new for me so I’m going through and figuring all the wonderful features and tools out. So far, I like
the safari RSS reader. Need to look into it some more to but so far I likes it.

Just because I’m thinking it, or typing it doesn’t mean that it should be published right away. ( oh! gasp!
really??) Nope. So, what I’m going to play with over the next little while is using some of the features that
have been put in wordpress, for they were designed for. Who knew? I’m going to use
the timestamp…( oh! gasp! )…and the “draft” ( more gasping and maybe a couple of murmurs ). Matter of fact
I’ve already started…this
post alone was actually entered in 2 days ago, but didn’t show up till now ( ooo! aaah!).

• I do not choose to be common.
• It is my right to be uncommon – if I can.
• I seek opportunity – not security.
• I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled, and dulled by having the state look after me.
• I want to take a calculated risk, to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed.
• I refuse to barter incentive for a dole.
• I prefer the challenges of life to guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of Utopia.
• I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity of the handout.
• I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat.
• It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid, to think and act for myself, to enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly and say:
• This, with God’s help, I have done.
• All this is what it means to be an Entrepreneur.

Official credo of the American Entrepreneurs Association

It seems that with the launch of the new Podcast Subscriptions through iTunes, they had more then One Million subscribers in less 2 days. That’s just the number of subscribers. How many are out there that submitted their podcasts?

I must admit, it’s something that I’ve been thinking about. Could I have some form of regular weekly PodCast? I’ve got the software and the hardware to do it…hmmm. Maybe something for the idea block, maybe I could piggy back between blogging and podding.

Ah, a small moment of self promotion

Recently I joined a Swing Band, and last weekend we had our first performance. We’ve got another one coming up Friday July 8 at Tree’s Cafe (450 Granville St). Here’s the promotional stuff that Blue has put together.

Available bootleg songs

1. Deed I Do – (MP3, 6.0 MB)
2. All of Me – (MP3, 6.2 MB)
3. You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To – (MP3, 4.5 MB)
4. Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me – (MP3, 6.3 MB)

Cat’s in the band

• Aaron “Blue” Morris – guitar
• Carly Jepsen – vocals
• Greg Lui – tenor sax
• Nick Kempinski (Me) – baritone sax
• Kevin Wilkie – drums
• Some Other Cat – bass

Not going to give out too much details, mainly because with my financial situation I don’t want to be one of those who are dismissed from their job, but my new company got the hatchet. Somehow, I seemed to have come out the other end, unscathed and still alive. Through this little experience I’ve come to label the lessons of this year.

Last year, was my year of the snake. Regardless of the Chinese year or not, it was my year of the snake. it was my year of transformation and shedding skin. Time to learn and grown, and try new things. This year, hasn’t been that so much. I’ve been going through all this rocky terrain of emotional and financial ups and downs. So I realized, that this year is my year of the tumbleweed.

As for the spongy part, along the way, I need to learn and soak up information. I’m pretty sure the imagery captures it all.

I think this idea of one theme for your lessons is nice. Rather then coming up with a bunch of resolutions, come up with a theme, that way, you can use it hopefully to help you guide yourself through the year. Or, in my case, help the wind guide me.

What a quote…only George can get away with saying that in the news.

But in seeing this, it makes me think just a little. Could something like that happen with today’s generations? This is a secret that was kept by 4 people for 30 years. It would have been easy for the reports or the editor just to stand up and give it away, but they “promised” to keep the secret.

I sure as hell don’t have an inkling into an answer, but I sure will ask the question. Do promises and vows still exist?

Well today ends the first day back in the company I left so long ago, actually only 6 months. Getting the phone set up, email working, applications installed, making the imprint into the chair, cleaning the desk, that was pretty much the day. I did some signing of some documents and some going around to say “hello”. SuperPages has gone through some changes, but I think in a whole I’ll get back in the groove as usual, after all it was my groove for 5 years previous.

It was definitely a surreal feeling. It felt familiar like going to the town you grew up in. But at the same time, it was a new town. I guess the best kind of analogy might be, your home town has changed it’s name. Or maybe your home town community used to be a lot of 20 somethings who’ve know grown up to 30 somethings and the feeling isn’t the same. Maybe the local night club has been torn down. Maybe since they closed the university, it just doesn’t feel the same. Regardless, it’s an odd feeling that you only need to go through yourself to really understand.

A sense of security even if falsely placed can open up some new drives and passions. It’s funny how with the past month, tension and stress has been building to the point of paralysis. I’m sure in our lives we’ve all felt it. I’m also sure it won’t be the last. It’s that point where stress builds to the point where a little snap goes off in your head. And instead of allowing your primal instincts of survival kick in, it becomes an, “oh well, time to die”. You give up. Rather then do what you should, you sit back and wait for the inevitable blow of death to strike you. Why should you be in full panic when it ends, why not be in a state of calm bliss?

Well, I’m hoping that today is my end of that. I know have a false sense of security. I know that I’ll get money. I know that I’ll have benefits. I know that things are turning around and will be alright.