RyanHarne.com

It is not typical of me to force or manipulate myself into an entry. That’s a scandal in the making. No one wants to see RyanHarne.com on the evening news surrounded by poparazzi and trying in vain to be concealed under a shower of impervious umbrellas. Maybe someone does. Not me. There’s too much at stake to fake an entry and pray I get away with my sin unnoticed.

But, but… right now, and only right now, I am at a point of speechlessness. A state of harmonious rest as I listen to sporadic, organ-filled jazz at the only open coffeeshop I could find in Lynchburg. I met Rianna for a breakfast of sorts and the Starbucks I sold myself to this morning is getting fantastic business since other shops are not open today due to holiday. The rain sputters and darkens the paved parking lot.

A kid remarks that “It’s always good to have a leash” and then smacks himself in the thigh, almost as if to affirm his statement to his appendage. And I’ve noticed, a lot of people are wearing plaid. The type of plaid you’d expect to see of people who are regular sailors or frequent boaters. People wearing plaid tend to also wear shorts. Apparently, plaid clashes with straight leg pants. I wouldn’t know.

I don’t wear plaid. And I don’t force entries.

I’ve been doing some research for a new, friendly USB keyboard. Wireless is fun, but having the extra USB ports available (which is usually the case now with USB keys) is important to me. Plus, I’m not the type who sit at a distance from the desk to key in whatever. Anyways. I came across this in CNET. Just read it first. k? Before we know it, software applications will be directing our transit systems and allowing us access into our places of employment. Oh… wait… But in all seriousness, my child spawn with either A) be taught by robots or B) will be a cyborg strain of le human race. Now my only shortcoming would be to combine my gene data with a similarly advanced algorithm. And, apparently the only contender so far is Google. Talk about one sexy algorithm. Oh, why wasn’t I taught by robots! To my misfotune, the only robot around when I was a child was Speak & Spell.

Jeremiah linked this article first, but I had it in my inbox thanks to VTMUG. Absolutely worth a read.

And before I leave, there is another link worth noting. At least for me. Because I think it is totally way cool and awesome and I cannot have had a better Friday without it. IDEA 2005. For the record, I read them all.