4. October, 2003 - time is a luxury, alright
- Time As A Luxury Item is an essay from the A Year in Cornwall blog. The blog is only a couple weeks old, but it looks like good reading. And this essay touches a nerve with me. One of the reasons I like running my own business (most of the time) is that being self-employed lets me trade off hourly rate for cool work, and rather than paying for gas to commute to the office, I get to spend that money on computers for my home-office. But most important of all is the fact that none of the companies I’ve ever worked for would allow me to work ¾ time for ¾ of the pay, and I wanted more time for me. I don’t necessarily use that extra time as well as I could, and there are other headaches that go with running a business, but I think it’s worth it. And as a bonus, I’m providing work to other folks who want to make the same trade-offs.
- Back in July, I wrote up some notes on secure connectivity using SSH tunnelling. Well, it was time to update that, since a friend pointed me at SSH Tunnel Manager which puts a friendly face on the command lines.
- VeriSign calls halt to .com detours because ICANN tightened the screws on them. It may only be temporary, but it’s good news for now.
- Wires crossed over do-not-call laws, both at the state and federal levels. And while I sympathize with the small businessment who fear they won’t be able to stay in business without telemarketing, I think they need to find another way to market their businesses than cold-calling people who’ve signed up for the list and thereby said they don’t want to be called.
- Hey, the Winners of the Ig® Nobel Prize for 2003 have been announced. [fark!]
- Vibrating shoes may keep elderly folks from falling down. No word on whether it’ll help drunks. Any volunteers for some experiments? [fark!]
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Last updated on Sat, 04 Oct 2003 10:46:40.