Side projects are less masturbatory than reading RSS, often more useful than MobileMe, more educational than the comments on Reddit, and usually more fun than listening to keynotes.
This is pretty exciting. I've been looking for something to program in my spare time, but didn't have any ideas of my own at the moment. Well, apart from Jupiter Reports, but that's kind of part of work...
Great advice for fellow hackers. I probably should've asked about this before I accepted my current job, but at the time, I was just happy someone wanted to hire me. lol