No Excuse

I really have no excuse for waiting a full damn week to update this thing. The only thing I can say is that, well, I've been busy. With other stuff. Here's a rundown:

I've started a weblog. An honest-to-god, weblog, full of links to things I find, with very little commentary, if any at all. I know, when I started this thing, it was something of a weblog, but then it evolved into more of an online journal/personal narrative thing. But then I found that I was becoming very disorganized, that I could not keep track of all the information I was inundated with daily, whether it be through work, mailing lists, discussions over drinks or whatever. I realized I needed that personal filtering thing, which I've learned now, is something completely unique to the weblog format. It's good to be back.
I've been learning PHP, and using my meo account as something of a sandbox. Dan Cody totally rocks, as well as the other Evolt admins. Tell them you love them.
I've been reading a bit more. In the past three weeks I've taken down three books, and am now on to the fourth: Republic.com. Needless to say, I've been thinking a lot lately about freedom, social responsibility, democracy, and web consumer culture because of it. It's been keeping me up at night.
I've been planning my trip to San Francisco. I'll be there between September 6 and 10, so if you're around, we should try to hang out. I'm almost 100% sure I'll be at Fray, so if we don't hook up otherwise, there's always that.
I've been messing around with Windows XP, and almost breaking my computer in the process. The only thing I have to say about that is: Microsoft has finally become everything they ever wanted to be. They've also become absolutely everything their market has wanted. The two are exactly the same.
For a while there, I was going to a lot of shows. But things have sort of tapered off in the past week or so. The last one I saw was K Records thing at the YMCA down in Racine. I wrote a little thingy about it here, and it showed up on K's Fanzine. How cool is that? (Oh, and if you're coming from there, welcome!)
And finally, I've been making mix tapes for people. Who knew when I posted that offer a while ago, people would actually respond. Cool with me. I just got some music from Jude, and that won the best-surprise-all-week award. Hands down.

But that's pretty much it, at least for now. I think the Milwaukee Evolt people are going to be having some end-of-summer bash next Wednesday (the 5th), so if you're in town, are a geek, or just like drinking beer and talking about computer stuff contact me. You are so invited.