Curtis Bridges

Sometimes in life, you just need to switch things up. You realize you've been doing things either just a little less efficiently or outright wrong and you just need to make a jump into something different... I hit this point over the last year and finally had the guts to make a major change. Yes, I bought a Mac Book Pro. Some background: I've been a Windows (and DOS before that) user since roughly the 5th grade (that would be 1984/1985-ish, eeek) and part time Linux user on and off since 1994.  Other than two years in college, I've used those platforms (and a little Solaris) exclusively -- that's 25 years of experience.  Twenty-five years of learning shortcuts, time savings, and overall comfort on a computing platform. All that experience, shaken up and shelved for now.  Well, sorta.  This is what I think so far: Pros: I LOVE the hardware.  Seriously. Dual video cards (one for low power, one for high performance) Upwards to 8 hours of battery life...

So I came to a decision the other day -- I've decided I am wasting away entirely too much of my life in worthless, no value for time spent activities. My vices are many and combined with all the things in life that you do, there simply isn't enough time to be sane.  I decided that I have to live a much more efficient life and I am appraching the problem like I would any problem I would face in a professional setting: break it down into manageable mini-problems, resolve each methodically, move on. So here are three lists; (1) Things I need to do.  (2) Things I want to do/do more of and (3) Things that I need to remove from my life so I can do more of (1) and (2). Need to do: Spend more (quality) time with the wife and kids. Work more efficiently at my job. Make more progress on my house and property. Exercise. Things I want to do more of: Read (both fiction and non-fiction technology books) Blog and even begin some creative writing. Research technology and pr...

Don't worry, I'm still alive and have a bunch of new projects on the horizon. I'll be posting a lot more in the coming days.