Mike Rundle's Weblog

What To Do On Christmas

A bit ago I heard my neighbor outside raking leaves in his yard and I couldn't believe it... on Christmas? There's nothing better to do?

I remember when I was younger being totally bored the rest of Christmas day because no stores were open and I couldn't do much besides just sitting around with my friends. Now that I'm older there's not much to do (since we live so far away from our families) so we'll be cooking a turkey most of the afternoon to use the time. I could play some video games, but for me that's not really an all-day activity like it is for some people. Our gym is closed so I can't workout, the malls are probably closed so we can't walk around, and the turkey will be keeping us preoccupied most of the day so going to the movies is probably out too.

It's times like these that I should just sit down and read a book.

It's Been A Long Time

I'm starting in on one of my New Year's Resolutions early this year, and that's to pay more attention to my personal brand on the web, mainly as it relates to old sites I no longer update. I haven't updated this blog since July 2006 and now it's about to be January 2008! Better late than never!

It was very nice of TypePad to simply keep the account in suspended/deactivated status instead of deleting all the content. I hopped back in (username: "mike" since I was one of the first people to have a TypePad account!) and spent about 20 minutes deleting comment spam by the dozen. Then, since my old design was tied into CSS files and images that were residing on a server I no longer maintained, I downgraded my account and threw up a generic design.... at least for the moment. My new personal site (not a blog, but it will aggregate content I write from other sites) will be launching in a few weeks, so after that's done perhaps I'll put up a custom design here. Either way, I'm going to try to get back to posting but only about personal things, nothing about technology. It'll be hard for me but I used to do it for so long that I'm sure it'll be like riding a bicycle :)

So to people hitting this from your RSS reader, stop by and say hi! It's been so long that I don't think anyone is still subscribed, but hey, you never know.