After going non stop all weekend and then school today, I’m starting to feel the effects. I’m exhausted. I did buy some toys today. I grabbed a power inverter for my car so that I can charge and use my laptop in my car. I also ran out and grabbed a USB Bluetooth dongle. My intention was to start work on my bluetooth cell phone proximity script. I got a nasty surprise when I found out that the iPhone is unable to pair with any devices that aren’t handsets. I have searched non-stop for several hours and can safely say that at this point in time, there is no fix. I discussed a few alternative options with my friend Izzie. I may try doing something similar with WiFi. My worry there is that WiFi connects and disconnects rather regulaly on the iPhone to conserver battery power and the last thing I want is my lights turning on and off while I’m at home because my phone is saving power. So, for now this project will have to be placed on hold. I also grabbed a book on my way home called “Linux Multimedia Hacks”. It’s really neat. I found several things that I plan on trying out. One thing I setup and am playing with at the moment is Festival the text-to-speech engine. I’m quite impressed with how versatile the engine is for it’s size. I’m playing with the idea of writing a script to read weather forecasts to me. We’ll see how it turns out. Not sure how much I will get done tonight. I have a bunch of math problems to do, and a small computer job at 9:30AM tomorrow morning. I’ve gotta find some time to get caught up on sleep. I can’t believe I had a 3 day weekend and non of it was spent catching up on sleep. Luckily we only have 4 weekdays as a result and 1 is down with 3 left. Well, I better get going so that I can get some sleep tonight. Oh, before I forget, Monday I went to the Starbuck’s hiring fair. I was lucky enough to have someone interviewing me that recognized me from when I worked there. So, if all goes according to plan I should get a call in the next few days, and I’ll officially be a barista once again. I’m soooo looking forward to that regular paycheck. Goodnight.
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