I think I'm a pretty intense person. I don't mean that in a self-centred boastful way. When I'm interested in something, I'm really into it and then move on for a while.

stuff i've been intensely into lately
I built a hackintosh as an upgrade to my Home Theatre PC. This is my home computer, which is attached to my HDTV. It now runs Mac OS 10.5.2 very well. I'm now able to watch Blu-ray encoded videos in full resolution. I also got my feet wet in overclocking. With regular Macs, up until last week that was only really possible with hardware modifications. But on a hackintosh you can go just as crazy as you can with a normal PC. I had never seen what Blu-ray even looked like until putting it together. Crazy awesome. It cost me $400 in upgrades to my PC for a new motherboard, processor and video card and it's faster than any other box I've used. Ironically, I'm unable to get it boot it into Windows. It's too bad, since it would have been a very decent gaming box.

I broke my iPhone. I dunno how exactly. It was either from the 2 foot drop onto hardwood, or by getting damp after leaving the top down in the rain in the S2000. I've broken it a few times before already and always brought it back from the dead. This time not so much. It works when plugged in, so I'm probably going to be keeping it around, permanently plugged into the car.

I upgraded stuff at work. I picked up an Xserve off craigslist and moved everything onto there. It's nice having an actual server instead of repurposing an old desktop. Now I'm using a repurposed desktop as a backup server. It mirrors our shares nightly, and acts as a backup LDAP mirror too. I'm intensely interested in geeking out and figuring out how to support our company (and potentially others) technologically as we grow.

I've been paying attention to the prices of things. This is a big deal for me... I've always been able to justify spending money in ways that might seem reckless. Now I can go to a store and look at the price of chicken and know if I'm getting a good deal or not. I used to think that as long as I wasn't buying it in a restaurant it was positive. Hopefully I can ride this one out for a while. It's very similar to watching food intake.

stuff i've been intensely not into
I've been completely anti-social. I totally overdid it on facebook. I read everything by everyone, spoke to everyone, met up with as many people as I could. It was just too much, and too intense to keep up for longer than a year. In other words, I haven't gone through any non-work related email or spent any appreciable time on facebook in months. Don't take it personally if I haven't replied or commented on anything. It's not just online either, I feel awkward talking people I've known forever. I blame overstimulation.

I've been out of the loop watching my food intake and keeping my exercise levels up. I don't know why this is. Maybe because I'm going to miss riding to Montreal this year. I know there are other goals, but I'm just not feeling it right now. I feel really out of shape compared to this time last year, and it's discouraging when I'm trying to compete. I need to modify my schedule to make this regular. It doesn't help that I've been dealing with injuries too. I think it has to do with the lack of consistent exercise.

I haven't been doing much web work. The magazine has been coming along, but not at the rate I would like. There are a couple other projects that I need to get moving on, but it's hard without feeling inspired. Maybe some new software will get the ball rolling. I think it's time to try out Expression Engine again. Once the ball gets rolling I know it'll be hard to stop.

Cars and driving. Absolutely not feeling them at all. Maybe it's a bit of overstimulation with that too. There are a ton of awesome cars in our neighbourhood. Every day I see at least one car that sells for over 200k. It's gotten to the point where now when I hear someone with a Gallardo accelerate hard, I half-heartedly yell for him to quit making so much racket! On the other hand, the V12 Murciélagos haven't bothered me yet—maybe there's still some hope. When it comes to driving I just don't want to do it. Give me a subway, my bike, or even a pair of walking shoes any day. It's ironic how as a kid getting a license and a car was my freedom, and now it feels like they're the things preventing me from having it.