Thanks to everyone who emailed and left comments with kind words in my absence.

This blog has never had pictures of my cat (as cute as she is). I have nothing against 'diary' style weblogs— there are many great ones out there. Super Fast Computer primarily is about, funnily enough, computers. I suppose I can tell ya'all about why I disappeared, as it has everything to do with the little beasts.

It is perfectly normal for me to spend 10 hours a day on computers, 6 or 7 days a week. Sure, I might be a little dizzy, but what the heck. I have learned recently, however, that 12-14 hours a day is too much time for me to be staring at a monitor.

It all started when I downloaded the free online multiplayer expansion to the video game Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. I do not recommend downloading this game! Simply put, the game is just too good and hence it is dangerous— I have subsequently uninstalled it.

After 3 days of very little sleep, I realized that my breath stunk, I was unbathed, my life was a mess, my business was going down the drain, I wasn't even answering the phone half of the time it rang. I had sunken to the pits of pathetic internet addiction.

It does not help that my office and primary computer are in my bedroom. Shhh. Don't tell anyone. My busniess site is designed to give the impression that my company is some big interest. Actually, right now its just myself and a part-time bookepper.

Typically, I wake up at 9am, make some coffee, diddle-daddle around the house, and surf the net, reading blogs, "starting my day". Next thing I know, its 11am and I haven't gotten any work done. Then I wonder why I am still working at 2am. And thus, the pattern continues.

After my 3-day video game binge, something scary happened. I found that I didn't even want to look at a computer for a couple of days. Not a good state of affairs.

I ended up asking a couple of buddies of mine (who really are competitors if you stop and think about it) to let me move into their office temporarily. On Monday, I moved my desk and gear into their shop and I've been keeping regular hours every since. Getting up at 7:30am, at the shop by 9am. Quit at 5pm, have some dinner, and if I choose, back to the shop for a while and then bed at 11pm. Normal. Healthy.

As a result, I've gotten lots of stuff done this week. Business is going really well. There are many advantages and disadvantages to working out of the house, and now I know what they are. People advise me that, if I keep my office in my house, it would be better to have it in a seperate room— which isn't possible at the moment.

But that's my story. I've got more to tell, and I'll poke my head back in here from time to time and let you all know the interesting computer-related things that I've been mulling over. Such as...