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Saturday night rambling - or, "What shall I do?

It is ten on a Saturday night. On one computer I have some video I'm working on waiting to be processed. On this computer I have three lectures that need to be produced. A show I want to watch has just finished downloading. I just clicked over to this tab in FireFox (I have eight open) to close it and thought I really should at least post something, if only to get at least one post in April. I have an incredibly hard time writing anything in this space at the moment, because it feels like there's a potential audience. Ever since last September, when all of a sudden my blog posting on that incident turned into local news, I've been careful about what I post here. That's also had the effect of me not writing personal journals anymore, because it's all part of the same big mish-mash, all typed up on a computer in my basement. But, as I said, it's ten on a Saturday night and what do I do? The kids are in bed. My wife is asleep, or at least, is heading that way. I sh

Discovering slight flaw in CTS Real-Time service

Well, I've exposed a fatal flaw in the whole CTS real-time system. Currently, all you're able to do is track the amount of time it will take for your bus will take to get to your bus stop. It does nothing to tell you how long it will take for your bus to arrive at your destination. In the future, I'll have to track that information. I've been sitting on the back of the bus for the past 20 minutes now, sitting on JPA, waiting to turn right past the University. I'm not sure what the delay is, to be honest. I can reasonably assume it has something to do with either the South Lawn Project or the demolition of the old health system parking garage. But, I don't know for sure. Luckily I have a laptop, so I'm able to get some work done. I may end up missing a meeting because of this, so I doubt I will be taking the bus to work in the future, at least not this route. We'll be moving to another part of Charlottesville, soon, so maybe I'll be able to do it. But

Trying out CTS's real-time system

Can CTS's real-time system benefit me, the guy who can only function if there's an extreme deadline of ridiculous proportions? I've yet to shower, yet to eat breakfast, and am finishing up an invoice after getting up early to do some production work. I've finished the job, about to print the invoice, and according to the CTS calendar, I've got 26 minutes to catch my bus, which means I have to be out the door in 22 minutes or so, because it will take about four minutes to walk there. So, I've got to pack up my laptop, make sure I have the money I have to deposit in the account, and have to shower and shave and all of that and I've got 24 minutes left to catch the bus. Will I make it? I'll update the post later with the story.

Podcasts I Like: The Bugle

I've not been blogging a lot lately, because there just hasn't been much of a point. I've been pretty busy with work and with buying a house and with fretting about my taxes. I have a lot of drafts that I figured were not very interesting. But, watching the Daily Show this evening, with a brilliant bit by John Oliver, I thought I'd post something about one of the podcasts I'm listening to at the moment. If you've not heard about it by now, Oliver is one half of a great duo that produces the world's only audio-only newspaper, The Bugle . I've become a big fan of the show, and think it's a great example of the kind of media I'd like - comedy aimed at an English-speaking audience regardless of country. With Oliver in New York to do the Daily Show, he joins his colleague Andy Zaltzman via radio studio for their take on the news of the week. Plus, silliness such as Hotties from History, regular visits from The American, and the ever-elusive Audio Cryp