amongst other things...
What the fuck is wrong with this bloodly country? The sad thing is that it won't be the fact citizens will be finger printed, but the fact that queues are longer, which people moan about.
Surely it's within my right to refuse to give my fingerprints? If I do so, and I am refused entry onto the plane, whose fault is it, and who should bear the cost? Research will ensue, as driving across America is a dream I have.
In an effort to actually acheive my goals, I've realised that I need to get them out in the open. Set in stone as it were. After all, a database entry can't be changed, can it?! So without further ado, and in no particular order:
Think of it as a revised, shorthand version of my resolutions for the year.
Being at the bleeding edge can hurt sometimes, especially when you're not talking in terms of software. In this instance I am talking about software and hardware, however.
Not 1 month ago I built myself a new machine to replace my previous desktop, which fell to pieces. Unfortunately in my haste not to work at the work laptop for longer than I had to, I set about buying the kit, not taking much thought into the support within linux for each item.
As Christmas and New Year subsided, and work became manageable I turned to making the 3rd partition on this beast into my "regular" (ubuntu or debian) desktop - rather than the work and gaming one, which is Windows. Unfortunately it appears I've made some fatal errors in choosing my hardware;
Now the proprietary graphics drivers I could live with (yes, I'm donating to the nouveau effort) for a while. However, the lack of sound will truly drive me up the wall.
So who's fault is it? Mine? The hardware manufacturers? Any member of the FL/OSS movement? Potentially I agree it's partially my fault for not being more careful at what hardware I chose, despite being in a rush, I should've thought it through more. But surely it's the manufacturers (specifically Creative) responsibility to let me use the hardware that I've paid for? Arguably you can say that it's not a supported OS, why should they bow to me? The reason is, that at the end of the day I put [a little amount] money into that company, whilst I don't have the right to tell them what they should do, they should be aware that after being stung once, I'm far more likely to vote with my feet and take my custom elsewhere. After all, with so many people doing it, and at any ever increasing rate (just take a look at your local LUG mailing list to see how many people ask for linux friendly laptop distribution these days), isn't it in their best interests?
I'm now approximately 7 days into the year, and thus 7 days into my new regime. So far I'm not as impressed as I had hoped I would be. Unfortunately my will power is something I need to work on, as so far I've only managed 2 1/2 successful routines out of the 7 I should've done by now.
Partially, as I've said, this is down to my will power, but I'm also starting to wonder if it's because of my choice of exercise. I'm taking the Matt Fury method of exercise (albeit at a lower level) and going for functional fitness. My routine involves warming up, spending 5 minutes or so doing Hindu Squats, 5 minutes doing Hindu push ups, followed by a final 5 minutes of either Bridging (which scares the crap out of me still) or regular push ups, followed by 5 minutes of warm down. Daily that should be 20 minutes of exercise. Which seems reasonable. Anyway, going back to the point, I feel a little bit... well silly doing them in front of Amy. She still doesn't know exactly what the exercise routine consist of and will probably laugh at me when she sees it for the the first time.
I honestly shouldn't care, but I do. I'll break it to her over the coming week, get all the laughter out of the way in one go; which will hopefully stop impeding me from continuing at full speed. I'm hoping once combined with a Wii, this routine will be unstoppable.
Regardless of the questionable legal stand point, this guy deserves a fucking medal.
