Current plans are for me to be on the road at 06:00 en route to Houston, TX. That should have me pulling in right around 17:00 or so. Man… I’m pumped.
I’ve got my phone, I’ll be checking my email along the way. You know how to get in touch with me.
Don’t forget to check the crazy roadtrip website (which I hope to have actually bug-free soon) for what I hope turns out to be relatively updated updates…
Later skaters.
Thomas
I have managed to import my entire LiveJournal archive into this blog. While I couldn’t get the tag structure copied (because LiveJournal’s export feature sucks and doesn’t support tag exports apparently) I did get comments and everything else. With that done I’ll be moving my base of operations to here. I’ll still be cross-posting to my LiveJournal, of course, for those who want to simply follow along there, but I’ll be primarily operating out of http://blog.thomas-robertson.com.
I’ll actually be producing more posts than I’ll be putting up at my LiveJournal. I’m going to operate under the assumption that people who are following along there are mostly interested in keeping up with day-to-day stuff. So I’ll be maintaining a category here called life that will cover that, and only posts in that category will be put up on LiveJournal. I’ve also managed to get my archives from my old blog Musings and Mental Meanderings brought over, and if you’re looking for those they can be found in the musings category.
At the moment those are my only two categories, but I’ll probably be adding more as time goes on. If you want to follow everything I’m up to from life to research to projects to essays then this blog is the place. And if you just want to follow some things? Well, you can do that too.
Thomas
Today has been a day of change in many ways. Let’s go through those, shall we?
First of all, today was my last day at work. While my resignation doesn’t officially kick in until Saturday, and while I do have to go pick up a paycheck tomorrow, I’m no longer on the schedule and I’m not on call. While it’s conceivable that someone might want me to cover a shift int he next two days, it’s exceedingly unlikely. It feels odd, but after three and a half years of dispatch I’m ready to move on. I’m ready for a change.
Second, I’ve mentioned that I’ve been working on this big web application which I’ve been planning to use to track my roadtrip. Well, it’s done and it’s now online. You can go check things out at www.roadtrip2k8.com. All the features work, and as far as I know there are no bugs in the current version. I know there are some interface issues which I need to resolve. Primarily: because it’s basically a series of blogs linked by a map, I need to figure out a good way of showing users recent updates so they can keep up with traffic. If you’ve got suggestions I’d love to hear them.
Third, I’ve actually worked up a tentative itinerary for the roadtrip. It’s… extensive. And having it down on paper really makes it seem more immediate (and gives me a sense of just how big an undertaking this is). If you’re curious, you can check it out online too since I have a Google.docs spreadsheet. (Wow, my entire life is on the internet.)
Fourth, you’ll probably notice that this is coming from yet another new blog. I’ve managed to import all my old blog posts from “Musings and Mental Meanderings” as well as the one post I made from the blog I thought I would use for my personal life. I’ve decided to simply put all my posts in one place and use WordPress’ category system to allow people to read selectively. For the moment I’m only going to be posting to the one category: “life”. I’ll use tags to differentiate within that. I presume that I’ll eventually add one for research or essays as well.
As more categories come online I figure I’ll put together a tutorial or something on how to use them. I think that’s it for now.
Huh… all these changes and I don’t feel any different.
Thomas
In addition to being a post about my day this is also the first test of me using a cross-posting utility to post to a WordPress blog and my LiveJournal at the same time. We’ll see how that goes.
Took two of my four exams today, and now those are out of the way. They were for two of my less stimulating classes, both in the sociology department. I don’t understand (except that really I do) how we can make learning so grueling. I mean, sure learning is often difficult and requires effort, but it should be fun! I tend to feel that if a class makes you dread going, and dread executing assignments, then it must be doing something wrong.
I mean, come on people…Â You really have to work to take a field I find fascinating and then make me tune you out when you talk about it.
Anyway, just the two exams left. It’s not long now.
Thomas