When you’re working with limited system resources, every bit that can be freed up counts. And if you have do your web development on machine with only 384mb of RAM, you start to be become a bit, um, mercenary about your resources. Running an Apache+PHP+MySQL stack alongside a GNOME desktop (xfce or fluxbox would be better but we all like our little luxuries) , Firefox and a text editor is not my idea of an efficient workspace. When you take the fact that I’ll be working on a wordpress install with about 19k entries, you start getting a sour taste in your mouth. (more…)

I just realized something; computers take up a lot of my time. A couple of friends showed up around noon and I just got back from seeing them off. What happened in the intervening 11 or so odd hours? I have no idea. We just talked about games, played around with Ubuntu a little ( they’re just coming out of the noob stage) and made idiotic jokes. That’s it. For twelve hours.

It made me realize that as much as I love computers, my time is not being used well. I could probably acheive more in less time.Things are not really balanced at the moment so I’m going to have to throttle things a bit (Digg & Cracked especially). Anyway, I’m going to bed. Will post some more when my brain stops making these grinding and rattling sounds.