Between work, life, overtime, and other stuff, I barely get any time to myself let alone my blog. So my posts from here on will probably be at best rather intermittent yet hopefully more frequent.

I currently rely on HSDPA to connect to the Internet. I don’t care what any of the networks say… it’s slow. I think the only time I might have a possibility of getting 1.8mbit is if I were sitting directly beneath a cell tower in the middle of nowhere where’s there’s only about 2 or 3 other people on the tower — except then I wouldn’t have HSDPA coverage. There’s two nice things about my current setup: it gets paid for by my company, and it’s portable. If it weren’t for those two points I would never consider getting HSDPA.

I’ve put down a deposit on a new place to stay, so I’ll get DSL installed there as soon as Telkom deigns to allow me onto their sacred network. Who knows how long that could take; fortunately though there’s already an installed (and activated) phone line. Hopefully I won’t have too many headaches transfering the billing of that line though. Let’s just pray that it’s actually in DSL coverage… it’s in the middle of Randburg so I’d be a bit worried if it wasn’t. Alternatively there’s always the chance that there and any free ports on the DSLAMs. Waiting games.

In other news, I’m currently writing this post from my old room in Cape Town. I got here on Saturday, and I’m here till Sunday morning. My company flew me down to work on a project on Sunday and decided I could stay at the office for the week. That’s all fine and well, though what it means is that I don’t really have much free time. Hazards of the new job I guess.

The job, though so far away from what I used to do as development, is actually a lot more enjoyable and rewarding. Putting the long work hours aside, I’m really glad I made the choice to move to another city, change career entirely, and essentially alter my lifestyle in its entirety. There’s a lot of work to be done and too few hours as well as people to do it. But the nice part is that I’m enjoying what I do; I can’t say the same thing about programming and development.

So I head back home on Sunday and then I’ll spend the next week and a half furiously hunting for furniture and appliances. Not exactly a cheap and enjoyable endevour, but it has to be done I guess. Hopefully I’ll be able to pick up 1 or 2 things I actually want, rather than just the things I need.

One of these days I should elaborate on what I actually do. I’ve been judged by quite a few people for changing from development, mostly programmers themselves, though… each to their own I would hope. Too many people work for money, and the chances are I probably won’t be able to earn as much as a developer in my current position. I accepted that long ago and don’t have a problem with it. Also moving from Cape Town to Joburg has been rewarded with quite a few comments. I’m actually quite liking JHB :)

That’s all for now, I’ll elaborate on my choice one of these days.