Wayne D's Blog

On the internet everyone can be a celebrity, for better or for worse. Cell phone cameras mean that your next faux pas could be all over Youtube before you know it. I received a key chain camera as a stocking stuffer for Christmas. Is it realistic to have an expectation of privacy anymore, or has it been erased by technology? My internet privacy is long gone, but I don't identify my wife and kids by name on my blog anymore. I've decided that it's up to them to decide how out there they want to be. Am I at risk for identity theft? Perhaps, but I'm not excessively worried about it. Maybe I should be. My celebrity status is such a dim flickering flame that I expect that no one pays me much mind. Right now it's time to brave the mountain of snow at the end of my driveway and put out the trash, musings about privacy must wait for another day.

The weather in Florida was great. Usually when I go there they tell me that it's unusually cold, this time everone was saying it was unusually warm. It was 80 degrees most days, the last day I was there it was even sunny. Unfortunately spending most of my day in the Orange County Convention Centre meant that I didn't get much chance to enjoy the weather. One night I did go for a swim in the pool while my clothes were in the washer. It was about 9:30 and the pool was deserted. I've been in bath's that were cooler. I was staying at the Marriot Grande Vista with a room that overlooked the golf course. The picture at the top of this post was taken from my balcony. One night we went to Nick's Grill for dinner. We were hoping we could eat on the terrace but they wouldn't serve us out there. When we asked they said that the mosquitoes prevented outdoor service at other times of the year. I didn't see an insect the whole time I was there. We didn't press the point but it seemed a bit strange that in Toronto there are patio's that spring up outside most restaurants when the snow melts but in Florida they seemed to be very rare. We did manage to have a drink or two at various pool bars.

While spending interminable hours on the show floor in Orlando I was sucked in by the sweet older ladies who were selling glycerin filled insoles. They would invite you to sit come into their booth and take off your shoes. Then they would slip their magic, massaging insoles into your shoes and invite you to try them out. What could one say, while gently rocking back and forth? How much are they? Thirty bucks? It's easier to buy them than to sit down and remove them from your shoes. They seem to make my feet feel better so what the heck. Using sweet old ladies to sell your product should be against the law.

There will soon be a posting about my whirlwind trip to Florida. The weather was terrific, business was good, I met some nice people and made some good business contacts. Air Canada came through for me in the crunch and I flew home in a plane full of cheerleaders. I found the Bose outlet store, man that stuff sounds good. Every time I go into one of their stores my credit card tries to leap out of my pocket. My plane came in late last night and the sleep deficit and sore feet means that this post will be very short. Until I get back to normal you can satiate your curiousity by looking at the pictures I took when I was there. Look over on the right side of the page for my Flickr badge and give it a click.

I just joined Twitter but because my address book is on my rogers email address Twitter couldn't find any of my friends. If you want to follow me I'm at http://twitter.com/wdawe

It's time to pick my forty emusic tracks for the month. First off was In case of Emergency from the Flat Planet's. One of my friends for the Argonotes is their bass player and we saw their last show and liked them a lot. Next up was White Water from California Guitar Trio. I found this quirky and interesting group by using emusic's neighbour tool. Last up was Love Sweet Love by Lynn Miles. I still have six tracks left to download this month, any suggestions on what is good?

A few months ago I tried installing midpssh a mobile ssh client on my Blackberry. I never got it to work and figured it was because of some blocking done by Rogers. I decided to do a bit more research today and came across the critical information I needed on the Blackberry Forum. Find the TCP menu under Options on your Blackberry and put internet.com in the APN: section. Save and reboot your Blackberry by removing the battery.

Now it's time for me to upgrade to the release version of b2evolution. Wish me luck.