reductions

I'm having fun doodling on the computer. I wanted to make a logo for a made-up corporation so I did a Google search for 'symbol of industry'. The favored result is the bee, followed by beavers, ants and spiders. Another site claims red clovers are a symbol of industry. Frankly I was hoping more along the lines of gears and mechanical things...

The Malibu had whatever leaky part fixed, so the air conditioning might be fixed now. It was damn hot today, and it was good to have the A/C.

I went through some boxes of stuff today to get a better idea of what's going and what can stay. I'm in a big purging mode. Getting rid of boxes of stuff I don't need. Selling off what I can. Even on Freeman, I'm offloading what I can to the external hard drive so I can free up precious primary hard drive space. I got several gigs back by offloading big folders, like all the episodes of Red vs Blue (1.5GB) and some multi-hour Oakenfold mixes I don't listen to (2.5GB). I also offloaded a bunch of old Outlook Express email, which can be deceptively large. Thanks to my data setup I haven't lost files since early 2002. The flip side of that is that I keep accumulating files and I don't clean them out. It adds up. I also need to purge what's on my iPod, because it's about 95% full. At least I decided to go big and get the full iPod, that's a big help. Even in Gran Turismo 4, I went through my garage and sold $5,500,000 worth of cars. That's how much I'm into getting rid of things I don't need. I guess I'm just trying to get ready for life on a tight budget.

I got paid for Riemann Mk. II today, and combined with garage sale money I've got over $500 to drop off at the bank tomorrow. Despite my unemployment (which I am enjoying thoroughly), I'm almost making money this summer.