i'd like to be a machine, wouldn't you?

I read on slashdot today that Sirius is talking to Apple about putting XRM into iPods. I wonder how long it will be before I can have a audio/video recording and playing iPod. Just think: you strap it around your neck and record for a few hours. Combine that video recording with some podcasting and the ultimate reality TV can be broadcast to the world. I'd setup an automator workflow and then when I put my iPod Video on its dock my video is burned onto DVD (Blu-Ray?). (A new chapter is automatically created from the snapshot on each hour, perhaps?) It would be Andy Warhol's dream come true: then we can all be recording machines.

If these guys installed podzilla on this XRM iPod maybe someone would develop a traveling XRM ripping app.
Or maybe some XRM editors would pick out a few audio podcasts and broadcast them back over to all other XRM users on an all-podcast channel.

my autobiography

I'm starting to write my autobiography. It's interesting, I find that I really remember very little from my childhood. When I try to place an age on each of my early childhood memories I always refer to it as 'when I was seven.' My Jr. High memories as when I was twelve or thirteen. There is a little bit of accuracy once I get to be a teenager because then I started going to a school that had other people. But compared to the massive amounts of events in that time period I still can remember very little.
I think I need to discover some childhood-memory-generating heuristic devices. Any suggestions?

Spatial Anomaly

Only four more days of astronomy. I signed up for post-session astronomy a week ago monday. It meets for 2 weeks (10 days) from 6-10. So here's a snapshot of my day: go to work at 8 am, leave at 5, go to class at 6, come home at 10 pm. Ash and I went to San Diego this weekend. We stayed at the Lafayette on El Cajon Blvd. It was probably the best weekend trip ever. On Saturday night we went to Croces and listened to live jazz.
I applied at the city today. I'm hoping to get a web-programming internship there. It will be nice to get paid to study and execute things that I already love doing. It's almost comical, it seems no matter how much you proofread and tweak resumes and cover letters you always find something that bugs you with them. As soon as I showed up to the HR Dept. I realized that I had added an extra space in the second sentence of my cover letter. So I had to make a choice: drop it off with the extra space or wait another week until tuesday when I would be able to get time off work during business hours. I decided to risk it and drop it off earlier than later. At least I didn't spell any words wrong.

my resume

I have the first draft of my resume finished. You view the pdf here if you're interested. Ideally I'm looking for an entry level position where I can learn C++ or Java. However the market is extremely competitive and I may have to hone my skills in those areas before anyone will give me a position. I'm also considering finding a position in web design.

job searching is fun

I'm just about done with my resume. School is over so now I am on to searching for a real job. This is definitely in the top ten "Least Fun Things to Do" list. I'm searching for a software company in northern LA area that wants to give me an entry-level position. Any ideas? Drop me a line. Paul Graham has an excellent new article that feels like it was written for specifically for me.