Here I am, in Berkeley, 12 miles from the heart of San Francisco. I rented an apartment for a month while I look for a long term place. The drive up here was an interesting experience. I usually give away or sell most things before I move. This time, however, I decided to take many things as I wanted to focus more on finding a place and enjoying the area rather than spending time buying replacements for things I gave away.

While driving, I saw and experienced a few things. Nothing was divine or spiritual, so I apologize if you were expecting something similar to those. I saw a few analogies to how to run and do different things while driving, which I will share in the next few week with you. A few things that prompted me to realize those things were truckers getting together to take a rest, cars going up and down a hill and staying in specific lanes most of the time and changing lanes sometimes, and having a car driven by a total stranger drive with me for a while just to pass time. I will explain these things as time passes.

I realized yesterday that waiting for over an hour and 50 minutes for Gaim to download over PeoplePC means I should start looking for ways to optimize the time I spend on different things. Even though I will be moving soon, I ordered Comcast to be installed in my current apartment. They allow for a monthly contract, so it will be easier for me to move to a more permanent house and have the internet service moved along with me. I found out that Comcast is one of the few broadband providers that cap your downloads. That means there is a limit on the number of megabytes you can download in a month. If you reach that limit, you may get suspended from using Comcast for upto a year. I will try to talk about that more later this week.

I am getting a steady flow of gmail invitation requests along with a few other emails that I will respond to soon. If I do not respond to your email within 48 hours, I probably overlooked your e-mail or did not get it. Either way, please use the contact form to contact me and let me know that you sent me an e-mail. I will try to look for it.

Thank you.