Marcus Hamaker is The Sleepy Geek

I am in the office, working on some computers. Of course I check twitter to see what’s doing. I land on a twit from Chris Pirillo linking to an artist by the name of Geoff Smith. First I don’t want to limit his talent to techy geeky stuff, he really is bigger than that. But he really has a cool repertoire of songs about tech. He has a new album coming out called One’s and O’s. That’s obviously a binary reference but his songs say so much more. One I have heard is about the link or relationship that blog or website owners have with their readers, more importantly how to deal with their possible negative comments.

I listened to a “concert” that he put on for his fans on uStream.tv. In fact I am listening to it now, because he seems to have gone on for about 3 hours. He is a very talented singer and guitarist. He is currently playing the Beatles as I am typing this.

I encourage all of you to check out his ustream link here, or his website here or a commercial venture he involved in here.

Thanks for the great music Geoff!

Today is one of those days. We had a busy weekend. It was a great weekend and I am not complaining at all. But even though the cottage is a place of relaxation and peace, it still takes a lot of work to get it up and running. Saturday I woke up to the sound of the water pump running. Still in a daze in the wee hours of the morning, I went downstairs to find that the pipe connecting the pump to the tank was blown. Time for a trip into town. We got the docks in and the boat in after lunch. The boat ran well but by the time it was in and parked the rain moved in. It wasn’t a big problem because it was time to cook supper, one of my favorite things to do.

Sunday was a slower day but by the end of the day our daughter of 17 months was not feeling so well. We decided to stay the night up north and see if it was maybe something she ate, but no luck. So we headed home early on Monday morning.

Last night was long. My wife gets the worst of it though, babies always want mommy when they are sick. Can’t blame them really :)

So I am at work, sleepy… doing geeky stuff. I believe that when I get home it will be supper and then get the kids to sleep. Then I will probably have to work on some repairs I have.

Aaaackk, what a question! This one is a thinker folks. I was in the midst of computer anarchy; what with three systems on the repair list. Then there is my eternally incomplete computer which resides near to where the repairs take place. In this middle of all this I was thinking about how difficult it is to come up with new and exciting marterial to write about on the blog and *BLAM*; it came to me.

I am surrounded by the technology that I love for myself and love to share with others. My reason for blogging is just that. My desire to share any knowledge or insight that I may have with those interested in hearing about it in my own particular style. SO! This is where the subject of normalcy or regularity comes about. I am in the middle of a pile (literally) of computer junk and techy parts and I find it so ‘normal’.

Is that just me? Do we as a society think of technology as normal? I guess we can point a finger at the computer if we like. If we need to define technology we can go there first. I know people still to this day that do not know how to even power on a machine, much less use it.

Am I so imersed in my own garb that I don’t see that most people are still on the other side of the fence on this one? There is so much technology in everything that we do, every day! It stands to think that most people would be used to it by now. I remember back in the day when people were afraid to make a mistake on a computer for the fear of corrupting something or having it stop working.

So I ask you! Do you feel like the computer is still this cloud in the room that is used out of preassure? Or do you embrace this tool as a part of everyday life.

I hope it’s the latter because then, and only then can you appreciate what it really can do.

Connect people!
Think about it, feel free to comment.

It’s done. I have decided to officially go with The Sleepy Geek as a persona. The website is http://www.thesleepygeek.com and that’s where I am going to host ‘le blog’. Yay! It’s an exciting moment because this is a big milestone in the quest to build The Sleepy Geek world.

Now all of you need to come and read my fun articles about my lack of sleep. Maybe you all need some Valium to slow down to my speed. We’ll have to see.

Enough fluff! How did I do it? Well I went with my domain hosting company who offers great rates for registration. I am using Dreamhost currently. I haven’t found any better out there and I don’t have any sponsors yet so it’s an unbiased plug. Currently they are hosting this site and a couple of personal sites that I have for family pictures and what not. “Yeah, yeah, yeah… HOW MUCH???”. They are offering domain registrations for $10 USD per year right now. I have heard of some companies charging $6-8, but ease of having my domains and space hosted by the same people is worth the couple of dollars.

So welcome to one and all. This is really the first post to the blog with the new domain. You are witnessing HISTORY! Okay, we’ll see ’bout that!