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The summer is in full swing now and with three days left before holidays, I am determined to at get some sort of tan this summer. On that note, I will be cutting back all internet use to the bare-bones until after labour day. I will only be using the net for email, school and necessary searches/work. No RSS Feeds, Blogs, Google News, CBC, NY Times - I might even cut out Pitchfork!

Before I stop blogging for a few weeks, I'll give a quick update on things going on with me or catching my attention. Here goes the categorical list:

Music

Best Album of the Summer (so far): The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema

Besides working, friends and the girlfriend, my time as of late has been taken up by trying to launch my own eBay consignment company. It has been a great learning experience so far. The main thing that I have learnt is that starting any business, no matter how simple, is a huge time sinkhole. This is especially true of me, as I like to research every little last thing and end up getting distracted in the process. Here is a bunch of things that I am looking into as of right now:

#1) Accounting software for a mac. This is harder than it might seem. There are plenty of options out there, but I am looking for something that is very mac-centric, meaning that it will integrate well with things like my Address Book, iCal, OS X etc... The big name software (Filemaker, Quickbooks, MYOB) seems to be horrible. The other options that I am looking into include iBiz, Studiometry and Money. See the discussion at Hicksdesign for a good synopsis of the problem.