m.a. is doing a few chapters for a p2p book coming out (p2p should be pronounced "pap" - or maybe "hype"). i agreed to help him out by doing the chapter comparing and contrasting (mainly) distributed object protocols with p2p protocols . . . what the hell, it'll get me a nice resume bullet, a few bucks, and i don't mind helping out. god knows he's helped me enough over the last couple of years.

i am seriously considering the possibility of returing to [big, conventional, old-is-new-again technology company]. it's a safe place to hide out for a year or two or three, maybe recharge a bit, live a pseudo-normal life for a bit, then look for something fun (read: risky) to do again. or maybe [other big silicon valley tech company] or [slightly less big silicon valley tech company], since i've done [big #1] already.

some small amount of progress on [mhm/idea]. i really need to crack down and write - i don't know what's holding me back, i have some kind of block or something. anyway, all i want to do is play writing shell scripts or do some coding on dcserver (still got to do that dynamic service loading thing, and i haven't worked on the CA at all except for some design).

regardless of how much i write or code, i must not commit to doing anything until grampa finds his peace and lets go. until then the wall stands before me.