I’m trying to decide about setting up a weblog (or just piping this one through someplace else) and I want to figure out what engine to use.
(Duncan)[http://duncandavidson.com/] uses MovableType after a brief flirtation with ExpressionEngine. Other people swear by WordPress. If I thought I was motivated enough, I’d try to set up typo.
Any opinions?
We’re heading out tomorrow after work for a much-needed week long vacation. After taking the red-eye from SFO to JFK, we’ll eventually land in Syracuse, NY and after an hour and 40 minutes or so on the road and a short boat trip, we’ll wind up here.
I usually leave my watch on the dresser, sit on the dock, and watch the river go by. If the sun is overhead and I’m hungry, then it’s roughly lunchtime. That’s about as complicated as anything gets up there.
I can’t wait.
Enjoy your cookouts & fireworks, everyone.
I’m very excited; the pool guy came by today to do the startup and said we could swim tomorrow. This rocks.
- Get specific dates and penalties for the contractor not hitting their dates.
- Be clear about your landscape (“Don’t break the plants. Don’t dump out your water next to the house.” Stuff like that.).
- They will be late.
- Something will get broken.
These probably apply to general contracting, but I haven’t done any of that yet.
WWDC is over and it was a good show. The iPhone SDK has clearly attracted developers who have never worked on developing for the Mac.
I had a brief heart-stopping moment when the demo machine didn’t come up on the projector during my talk. The technician had to come out and tinker with the switches and the configuration. He got it working and then the two demos I did went perfectly.
It was fun, but now it’s time to get back to work building the next cat.
The big show is next week, and we’re all getting ready to give talks and answer tons of questions.
The run-up to WWDC is always pretty stressful, but this year isn’t so bad. That’s partially because the show’s main focus is the iPhone. I’m still obsessing over the details of my talk, but that’s par for the course (and the same as all the other years I’ve done this).
Hopefully, there will still be one or two people who remember there’s a desktop OS and who will want to come hear about it. :)
Today was the Villa Montalvo Food & Wine Classic. There were some fantastic restaurants and wineries there, including one of my favorites, Restaurant Sent Sovi in Saratoga, CA. All the dishes served up as samples were great. The wine was a bit more hit-or-miss this year.
After the event, we were invited to celebrate with the staff of Sent Sovi and a number of other restaurants whose staff had been invited as well. The party after the event was as good as the event itself; great people, and a lot of good food and wine.
I’ve been trying to do some more cooking lately, and one of the places I find recipes from is Cooking for 2 (which is appropriate because that’s usually how many I’m cooking for).
The recipe for Quick Chick is a bit spicy out of the gate; if I were going to do it again, I’d probably put about 1/2 the cayenne than the recipe calls for. Of course, it has bacon in it, so it’s good from the get-go.
Our friends Subrata and Susan went into labor early today and their son was born just a little while ago.
Congratulations you guys, and we’re looking forward to seeing all three of you soon!
