It's been quiet on this site here. For a handful of reasons, I've become less active in the "computer world", though I'm sure it's only temporary. A few people have asked me about it, and I haven't really replied. So here it is:
I typically have about 5-6 "hobbies" going on at one time. Most of the time, one is dominant, and the others are not. Right now, however, no single thing is dominant and they are all taking up equal amounts of my time.
- I've joined Netflix, and have been spending alot of time with Akira Kurasowa, and a handful of other movies.
- I have 2 books left in Orson Scott Card's "Ender Series", and have also ordered George R.R. Martin's "A Feast for Crows" from the UK, because it will be about a month before it's out here. Robin Hobb (Meagan Lindholm) has a new book out, which will come after that.
- As always, Naruto and Bleach come out every Wed/Thur.
- I'm a fan of Strategy games (see the next point too), and play Warcraft 3 when I get a chance. I like the DoTA mod, as it gives you a nice 1-2 hour game, assuming everyone is decent.
- I've been playing alot of Warmachine - it's a table top Miniature wargame, much like Warhammer. If you don't know what this is, think of it as a much more complicated version of Risk (or Axis and Allies). There was a tourney this Saturday. I came in second (though won Best-in-Faction).
- I have alot of vapourware programming projects going on simultaneously, and am trying to get a grasp on parsers/lexers along with Boost.Spirit.
- And we also have the obvious Archlinux, which is by no means last, but I wanted to get the non-obvious ones out of the way first.
So when I get free time, if it were to be divided evenly, that's like 10 minutes to each little thing. I try, at least to keep up with the forums, Mailing Lists, and IRC when I can - but I don't always have the time to respond. And just now I updated everything I have in the AUR.
So, don't get me wrong, I'm not slacking off or backing down - I'm still here, I just turned the knob to the left a bit.