.: aaron vanderzwan :.

I am wondering why I have been so lethargic about going to, being at, staying at, and performing ‘duties’ at work lately. I’m not entirely sure lethargic was the correct word either. I would use agnostic but I want to save that one for a later post, so I will just stick with lethargic. Basically I just have had no motivation. It could stem from one or all of the following

• I go to bed too late,
• I have had a limited amount of exciting projects,
• I have been working one year now and the ‘new job’ excitement is beginning to wearing off,
• Joel recently bought an XBox 360 so I have been playing Halo 3 (a video game) a lot and honestly, work seems sub-par compared to it.

Ugh, the answers seem so easy, but to actualize them is so hard. I guess motivation to become motivated is really my biggest problem; its just unfortunate that they both share the same four ‘lack of motivation’ stems. Whoa, circles are all around us aren’t they. Maybe I just have to sit around and wait for an external force to move me out of my circular boredom, just have to wait for the next sex-rock-tv-show-website that needs to be developed and I will be rolling again on the ‘excited about what I do’ train. Doubtful. The only reason the doubtful comes so suddenly is that I know that even if I do get an exciting new project, one day, that project will be finished and I will be back over here and then what, more? If that is what I rely on to find excitement I will eventually be doing coke off of the toilet seat at the nearest 7-11. Let’s be honest, only one person wants that… I love you too Joel.

I don’t have answers, only questions. So for now, one day at a time. My Halo 3, night/social life, and strong coffees in the morning will have to allow me some sanity during the week, then some full breaths on the weekend.

Just a little of where I’m at…

Apparently, now you can order Papa John’s pizzas with text messages. You have to sign up online and save up to 4 favorite orders. Then you can text ‘FAV1′, ‘FAV2′, ‘FAV3′, or ‘FAV4′ to 4PAPA. They will reply with your order (title) and you can confirm or change it. Then, 30 minutes later, it arrives or is ready for pickup, whatever you choose in your online settings.

Seems great, but I can’t figure out how to order specials (i.e. “The Calvin Special”), and honestly $13 for a Large Papa John’s Pizza with one topping is far too expensive in my mind.

If anyone learns how to setup an $8 pizza w/ 1 topping as a ‘FAV’, please let me know.

This is more for myself than anyone else; so that I remember it again in 6 months. I was having trouble connecting to the internet using IE6 when I loaded it in my Virtual PC. This is a two step process.

First step:

1. In the Virtual PC Console click ‘Settings’.
2. Click ‘Network’.
3. Change the ‘Adapter’ to the way you wish to connect to the internet, be it Wireless card or Ethernet card.

Second step:

1. Open Internet Explorer from the VPC Console.
2. Follow ‘Tools’ > ‘Internet Options…’ > ‘Connections’ > ‘Setup’
3. Follow ‘Next’ > ‘Connect to the Internet’ > ‘Set up my connection manually’ > ‘Connect using a broadband connection that is always on’ > ‘Finish’
4. Back in the ‘Connections’ tab select ‘LAN Settings’ and turn off the ‘Proxy server’ if it is ticked.

Thats it.

Thanks to Rob, I found out today that Paste Magazine is following in the footsteps of Radiohead and are giving subscriptions for a price determined by the buyer (full story). It seems like an awsome idea. As stated in the article though, paste readers do not have the same devotion that Radiohead fans have. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

This is only a promotion that is going on for 2 weeks. You can sign up here: https://sfsdata.com/PASTE/PAGNYOP.aspx?key=9ISO114

Let me know if you sign up. I did… $7 for a year of Paste = GREAT DEAL!