I've been working at home for almost two years now. I disagree with the parent post -- I have a three-year-old at home, and I find that for the most part he's much less distracting (and more entertaining) than the random coworker who wants to talk about the big game last night. Having a door and a solid internet connection are both very important, though.
There's also Microvision, who already have head-mounted displays that scan a laser across the retina, as well as bar code scanners; they are developing cell phone projectors as well.
"We had an Internet bottleneck and the servers couldn't handle the traffic," said Mark Stencel, who went on to run the site's political coverage through the 2000 election. "We learned a major lesson -- neither your server nor your vendor should be so far away that you can't kick them."
A similar system has been in place for a few months on W. Glebe Road in Arlington, VA. I haven't found it particularly burdensome, but it has made me slow down a bit. I think of it more as positive reinforcement than negative: I get to go through the intersection faster in exchange for obeying the posted speed limit.
Heinlein wrote a short story involving this concept back in the '40s -- a businessman convinced one company to back his privately financed moon shot by claiming that a rival company was planning on painting their logo on the moon's face.
The poster says he plans to watch more DVDs instead of listening to CDs (like the MPAA is your friend). Another idea: go out tonight to the local pub/bar/venue, and listen to some local musicians playing because they love to.
If you look through the fine print, CD Baby will accept CD-Rs, as long as they "look nice." If that includes home-printed labels, the barrier to entry is well below $3K.
Include in that list of hobbies playing music, as well as listening to live performances of local artists. I have to wonder whether the 20th and early 21st centuries will eventually be seen as an aberration from the normal view of music as something you actively participate in, rather than passively listen to.
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I've been working at home for almost two years now. I disagree with the parent post -- I have a three-year-old at home, and I find that for the most part he's much less distracting (and more entertaining) than the random coworker who wants to talk about the big game last night. Having a door and a solid internet connection are both very important, though.
If you're wondering how he eats and breathes
And other science facts,
Just repeat to yourself "It's just a show,
I should really just relax"
We should stop mentioning them by name right after they bring back their victim. Some actions have permanent consequences.
Include a laptop with the CD.
There's also Microvision, who already have head-mounted displays that scan a laser across the retina, as well as bar code scanners; they are developing cell phone projectors as well.
"We had an Internet bottleneck and the servers couldn't handle the traffic," said Mark Stencel, who went on to run the site's political coverage through the 2000 election. "We learned a major lesson -- neither your server nor your vendor should be so far away that you can't kick them."
Too late.
A similar system has been in place for a few months on W. Glebe Road in Arlington, VA. I haven't found it particularly burdensome, but it has made me slow down a bit. I think of it more as positive reinforcement than negative: I get to go through the intersection faster in exchange for obeying the posted speed limit.
Heinlein wrote a short story involving this concept back in the '40s -- a businessman convinced one company to back his privately financed moon shot by claiming that a rival company was planning on painting their logo on the moon's face.
That's one of the theories. Scientific American has a writeup of several current ideas in cosmology.
The poster says he plans to watch more DVDs instead of listening to CDs (like the MPAA is your friend). Another idea: go out tonight to the local pub/bar/venue, and listen to some local musicians playing because they love to.
If you look through the fine print, CD Baby will accept CD-Rs, as long as they "look nice." If that includes home-printed labels, the barrier to entry is well below $3K.
Include in that list of hobbies playing music, as well as listening to live performances of local artists. I have to wonder whether the 20th and early 21st centuries will eventually be seen as an aberration from the normal view of music as something you actively participate in, rather than passively listen to.