Rock on Bunny!

Today while looking at the web, I came across a little interactive bunny from Violet. The nabaztag looked intriguing. After some research (and some disgruntled users comments), I went out and bought one from ThinkGeek.

Call me crazy. Call me insane. The bunny is probably the beginning of something or at least a new time-sink. And, if for nothing else, it's an alarm clock.

What intrigues me is the ability to make it do "stuff." All web-based, via WiFi, commands are passed to it. It appears to be the first commercialized form of many applications used to break down the computing barrier, albeit in the form of a stylized bunny rabbit.

A drip, drip, drip

Last night, Northern California (well Sunnyvale at least) got its first real rain of the season. I found something out about the home I live in. Next to the bedroom window there is a simple drain spout and it is LOUD when the rain stops. The rain drips from the gutter, falls about 10-12 feet and creates an incredibly loud THUD noise. This weekend, I'll be climbing to the roof and probably cleaning out the gutters if needed.

Fall has arrived

As there is a chill in the air (and my allergies are beginning to awaken), it has become apparent that we have entered Autumn. When I look on wikipedia, I see that autumn begins around September 23. I'd like to give everyone a cheerful, "Happy Autumn" (albeit a bit late).

Now, autumn also invites me to sleeping a lot. Sunday was spent sleeping 8 hours during the day, waking up to cook dinner, watch evening television, and then hitting my bed around 10:00 p.m. I could not believe it.

Another thing I did was cook. (gasp) I dusted out the pots and pans, put some rice on the stove, put the peas in the microwave, and then put them altogether. MMMmmmmm, rice-n-peas. Uncle Ben's rice is not the best rice for this, but it works. I need to start looking for Japanese sushi rice. That works much better for this recipe.

Now that I have started to cook, it'll be interesting to see how that affects my life (if at all).