Where I've Been

Just wanted to give a quick update: there hasn't been any posts recently because I've been doing other things. I did want to give you an idea of what I've been doing, though:

- I'm reading 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by the late Stephen Covey. I've never been one for self-help books, and I was convinced into reading it by a friend, but it's true that he single-handedly created a bunch of meaningless buzzwords (i.e. "paradigm shift", or maybe "think win/win") which, according to one comment on his obituary, "started a wave of BS in the corporate world – all about clichés and posters and one liners". And that's true. I'm going to withhold my full judgement until I finish it though.

- The most recent movie I've watched is Brazil, which was a strange movie. It's almost as if someone got the rights to 1984, dropped the whole "Big Brother" aspect and rewrote it to be a black comedy, with still a totalitarian government and a rather grim ending. It's supposed to be a satire on capitalism and consumerism, but instead comes off as more of a scathing satire on big government, which makes it popular with conservatives. Fun for everyone, I guess. It has a rather upbeat theme, but it does have an R rating, though not for the reasons 1984 would have one.

- The longer time goes on, I'm more frustrating that Google hasn't updated its satellite imagery of Waco since fall 2012. There's tons going on, namely the expansion of Interstate 35 down in Temple, the dismantling of a long-abandoned railroad (I knew it was trouble around 2008 when they pulled the old rail cars out, and the line only seemed open to access a quarry, which no longer has rail access), shiny new gas stations (Valero, Stripes, 7-Eleven), construction around the new McLane Stadium. I'd love to explore what's new (and no, Bing maps is even more dated).

- And I'm starting a new job, which is fun. This job I don't think I'll be doing in the long run but also ensures that one of my blogs will remain on hiatus because of conflict-of-interest reasons (just to be on the safe side).

Now, the question everyone wants to know is when will Carbon-izer.com officially reopen? I don't know. I'm still redoing one last part (and there's a section in the Northwest Freeway page that will need to be rewritten because I found out new information). Most of the reason it has yet to get started is some complications in making sure the redirects work properly.