Personals

We have spent the last several days moving way too many boxes and things from columbus, oh to louisville, ky. We a glad to be donea nd back at work… well… mostly.

The “lil’ nug” inside Anita is currently the size of a kidney bean. The organs have all begun developing and the heart is beating strong, at 142 beats/min. Bloodwork and whatnot seem fine. We’ve got very uninformative ultrasound images which I may get scanned and post sometime… We’re still both pretty attached to the name “Ruby” for a girl. Not sure about a boys name.

After several years of marriage and putting off having kids till we were more financially stable… we are now pregnant. Due in Jan. or Feb. 2008. We have no data, but “think” it’s going to be a girl… Apparently, a few days ago, anita woke up from an amazingly realistic dream where she was holding “our baby girl”. We didn’t really think she was pregnant but after the dream, she had to take a pregnancy test and it turns out we are.

From “Shoes” to “Muffins” to “Text Message Breakup” Liam has been keeping thousands of video watchers entertained… ok… so “Muffin’s” was a little less entertaining than the other two, but all three are great. I also found his youtube profile, with some other video’s I’m not yet familiar with… researching…. Here are the three video’s, for the convenience of any who need to watch (again).

I’ve switched all my personal email to gmail, and have been using it for a couple of years now (i think). But, I have work emails which I can not just forward (or would get confusing if I did). So, of course, I use Thunderbird – which is perfect… but it doesn’t have a calendar. Well, now it does. Check out this tutorial which gives an overview of 2 different plugins which allow 2-way communication between thunderbird and your google calendar.

I haven’t been posting a lot… partially to keep the blog a bit more official while looking for employment and partially because I’ve been busy. work updates: So I’ve been working at Via, from home, as a contractor. I’ve been doing that since Feb. Working with friends and doing mostly LAMP development (thankfully). The only downside is that it’s a smaller company and can’t afford to pay me what other places can.

This video involves a not-so-subtle analogy…. I give it a clever rating of 3.8 stars (out of 5), but I liked it enough to post. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGHty_S0TU0

fantastic video! good geeky thinking…. Human Computation – Google Video

Five questions that will dictate your personality for the rest of your life. I don’t get it. It’s like those people who go around with those t-shirts and stickers that say “you laugh at me because I’m different, but I laugh at you because you’re all the same.” How different are you if you’re wearing a mass-produced t-shirt with a registered trade mark sold through one of the largest clothing franchises in the world?

I have never been sucked into WoW like so many of my friends (because I’m too cheap to spend $15/month) but this article is still great. (It’s so well written, non-geek should enjoy) johnaugust.com » Seven Things I Learned from World of Warcraft