sugarsync

I'm currently trying out sugarsync.

I like it, but it scares the hell out of me. I chose it because it works more like I do. I like that you can choose whatever folders and that you can see computers as they are. It just seems technically way ahead of the others. It looks like they solved a lot of difficult problems. At least it seems that way.. Which is what scares me.

When I think about what I want it makes me think of how to actually implement it. There are just so damn many things that can go wrong. Sync seems simple on the surface, but it really is damn hard. That's scary.

So say I put all my family pics in the cloud and have it sync to my directory. No say sugarsync gets confused because my drive letters remap because I have a USB stick during a reboot. Sugarsync sees the files missing and goes.. Oh.. I guess I should delete them from the cloud. NOOO!!

I think the real problem is that everything is backwards. What you really want is everything in the cloud and anything on your disk is just a local cache. The cloud also has unlimited storage, so if I want 20 copies of something just in case.. Fine. Except I can't because that would be damn expense.

So my plan for my critical data is to get the data into the cloud and then manually every once in awhile sync everything down to a new directory/partition/drive and then turn that machine off. It's kinda like my backup of the backup.

New plan is to go back to the old plan

So not trying to work is actually much worse than working and being frustrated about not having enough time work. While working still is a waste of time at least it does not feel like a waste of time most of the time.

I finally figured out the magic word that I am not. Fulfilled. The little lobotomy stirring I get each day from childcare is just not fulfilling.

At least when the kids where younger I could occupy my brain with predicting future events so that they would not get hurt. Now that they are older I still play that game, but they almost always out of arms-reach now and there is nothing I can do about it except watch the prediction come true and that's kinda disturbing.

I guess this is why other people play Sudoku or crosswords. Too bad I hate that shit because I see it for what it is.

So the new plan is to go back to old plan. I'll work when I can and I'll try to not get frustrated when I don't have enough time to do shit.

Sounds so familiar

http://www.adam-mcfarland.net/2009/06/02/patience-is-a-virtue-i-dont-have-flashback/

Time fail

The plan for June was to switch over to iphone shite app dev. That's still the plan, but it's been a total fail so far. After Janel gets home I am out the door within 10 minutes. The coffee shops around here all close too early so I need to go downtown. I really should drive, but there is no way I am going to drive because it is too nice outside. So I walk downtown to Starbucks and get there about a little before 7:30 .

I screw off for a half hour on the inet and finally start working at about 8pm. After I start I soon realize that there is no point. What the hell am I going to accomplish in 1.5 hours? Nothing. There is no point.. So I just get pissed off and walk home.

New plan..

I don't even try or bother working during the week. That'll at least give me some time to do other things. Maybe I'll even see Janel for more than 30 minutes a day and have a real conversation with an adult. That'd be crazy.

So I need to do all my work on the weekend. I still typically have the kids for half the day each day, but at least I'll get some contiguous hours.