Dystopian Paradise

I’ve been debating a lot lately how much information I share publicly, vs the things we should be keeping private. Kassy definitely takes a much more cautious approach to online information sharing. Ever since I had an old college buddy track me down via this very blog, I’ve definitely given a lot of thought to how much information I post here. On top of all of this, I’m starting to take a much more public role at church, and so now I’m weighing everything out before we get too far along and I regret some early decisions I’ve made. One of the biggest questions surrounds just how much information I post about the kiddos. I have friends who use pseudonyms for their kids, and it’s something I’ve considered in the past. I’m not even sure what the questions to ask, and what I would change if I could, but it’s something to think about.

So I’m about to get a hiring bonus for recruiting some friends to come work for the great company I work for, Bazaarvoice, and I’m trying to decide what to do with the extra funds. We’re still HDTV-less, a feat growing quite rare here in the US, so that’s almost a given, but what I’m really thinking of doing is getting a new laptop.

The big question is whether to get some big iron that can do my photo and video editing, or a simple netbook fr what I do most: web browsing and email. Thoughts?

I had to share:

Anyway, things are good here. About to turn another year older, so I’m doing some introspection. But honestly, Kaden’s not sleeping really well right now because he’s sick, and so I’m just trying to survive.

I’m not really sure what hulu.com is up to, but it looks interesting. Full length episodes on-line, full length feature films, really? OK. Sure, I’ll watch “Monty Python’s Meaning of Life,” thank you very much. Waiting for the shoe to drop.

[Edit:] Apparently, Hulu is a joint venture between NBC(Universal) & Newscorp(Fox), and they’ve signed agreements with several other production houses.  I’m pretty impressed with it overall. We watched a bit of “The Meaning of Life” tonight, honestly just from about 22 minutes in to around 35 minutes (nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more), but the resolution’s pretty good (not fully DVD quality mind you, but full screen is watchable), and it’s able to very quickly scan to wherever in the show you’d like to pick up.  All in all the web site is well done, and if they get more content I can guarantee that I’ll be back.