And time, it passes slowly
Still too fast to catch my breath
And it won’t ease this aching heart
That beats within my chest
Yesterday’s a memory
Tomorrow’s just a wish
While the present moment holds on tight
To people that I miss
Yes, I have neglected my site/blog for a long time now. I’ve been scattered and unfocused. But…I am working on changing that.
As you can see, I’ve updated the site and am going to reorganize the information here and make my Fountain Pen Music site mostly obsolete. I’ll leave it up, but I have to decide how I will handle the redundancy.
So, I wanted to get a quick update in. I’ll leave you with a thought. Something that struck me as I said it. I said it to explain physical limitations to my 3 year old son, but immediately realized the more far reaching implications of my words:
“Your hand is smaller when you hold it closed.”
In a previous post I mentioned my disappointment with the workarounds needed to enable CalDAV and calendar sharing on my iPhone 3GS. It seemed intentionally obfuscated to get the general public to spring for other (redundant) services. But, even after the workarounds, I found CalDAV to be a 99 yard liner, so to speak. It worked most of the time, but sometimes you had to load & reload the calendar app to get new or updated appointment to show up if they were added/updated via the web or iCal. I couldn’t help but think that there was, again, some intention behind the flaky support for a protocol that worked 100% in their desktop counterpart (iCal).
I am happy to say that Apple has not only fixed this (at least where Google accounts are concerned), but also made life even easier for everyone with iOS 4. Now if you setup any Google account (like a Gmail account or a Google Apps email) via the account setup interface it automatically allows you to enable calendar and notes for that account. And the calendar syncs instantly to changes made via web or desktop. This is a huge boon for my mobile lifestyle. I can’t be worried about missing an appointment because I set it up on the desktop or via the web interface when the iPhone wasn’t in my hands (or convenient).
But here’s a tip: do not enable a CalDAV account for the same calendar. It will send you back to the flakey sync behavior. Delete your Google CalDAV accounts first and then add the Google accounts with the Account Setup > GMail selection.
So we are experiencing the solstice (sol = sun, stice = to stand still). The longest day of the year with the shortest night. In more rural communities and in times when we weren’t so separated from the earth and our environment midsummer would be celebrated with a big festival. Easting, drinking, dancing. We don’t do those things anymore, but I always fee like I should. There is some distant subconscious memory that makes me want to celebrate these turning points. Perhaps it’s just what’s left of my primitive nature, but maybe next time I will.
A good friend of mine once told me
Close your eyes, and try to feel at ease
I thought I was flying like a bird, so far above my sorrow
But when I looked down I was standing on my knees
We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked.
Well done is better than well said.