In case you didn’t understand my neat little title, I really do miss not having my iPod. I let my dad borrow it for a week long trip to Virginia and it has only been three days without it but I really hate not having it.

There are certain points in my day when having some music playing really helps and I have been forced to listen to streaming radio, which just doesn’t cut it.

Another item on my to-do list is to reorganize my music and photo libraries to make them completely run off of external hard drives and backed up via Amazon S3. I am currently encrypting all of the data I pass on to S3 and though JungleDisk works well on OS X, I’d like to find something that does not require so many steps to start, use, and close.

We all love the weekend. It is the break we need from the grind of work, school, and everyday life. But, have you ever had one of those weekends that, when it was over, felt like it went by extremely fast, but during it seemed to last a long time?

The kind of weekend where everything that happens is great and even the smallest little details that no one else would notice make it even better. Those are the best weekends.

I spent this weekend with Jessica. Her birthday is tomorrow and mine is somewhere in between tomorrow and Thursday (Leap Year), so this was our birthday weekend. She got me two tickets to the Astros vs. Cardinals game at Minute Maid park and said that she is “treating me to a game, some hot dogs, cotton candy, and cold beer”. So I get to spend a day at the ball park with the girl who makes me happy enjoying the little details.