Peter’s Soapbox

All Hands, Brace for Impact!

Harlem mentioned my blog on this week’s Fresh Ubuntu podcast. I wonder if I’m going to get a ton of hits from our listeners…

Sugar-free for a Month. Sick for Half a Month

30 days ago (wow, time flies) I stopped adding sugar to my beverages. Within a couple of days I noticed how sweet everything I usually drank was. So, armed with this newfound knowledge, I started to buy no-sugar-added drinks or “lightly sweetened” teas. To my surprise, they were quite palatable!

So now I am thinking I want to add a little sweetness back into my drinks, but intelligently, so as to avoid turning everything I drink into some calorie-laden syrup.

Fresh Ubuntu’s Newest Co-Host (that would be me)

I just wrapped up recording my first appearance as co-host of the Fresh Ubuntu podcast. Check it out!

Harlem Quijano, the host and creator of the podcast, and I have been corresponding for over a year, since his first episode, and when he decided it was time for a change, he chose to bring me on board to liven things up. Hopefully I can do that without turning off any of our listeners.

iPhone, Wiimote, or newborn baby: which has the best built-in accelerometer?

After reading the title of this post, for the first time, I think I may have missed something by not being around my stepson until he was two.

Gaming at Work – Good for Stress?

According to this post, a huge chunk of us white-collar types are playing games at work. I find this number rather high, and somewhat hard to believe. One in four? The way I figure it, this means the entire IT industry (and I mean everyone) is playing games in the server room at lunchtime. I just don’t buy this number, unless you count Solitaire, in which case the number is pathetically low.
Either that, or we really gotta play more games at Paradigm. We used to do this on our lunch break, almost every day, but things tapered off over time. In the late 90’s, we played lots of RTS games like Age of Empires and Starcraft. A few years ago, it was GuildWars and World of Warcraft. Now that I employ a former guildie of mine, perhaps we should do this again. I’m sure our clients would love to hear the sounds of dying Fel Orcs and Shadow Council Warlocks when we answer the phone on our lunch break.