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I am so tired of Word Press and the spam I get. I would blog more if it wasn’t for that. Wondering what blog engine people are happy with

Journey is coming back with a new vocalist and a new CD release this June. Clips from their first couple concerts is available on youtube.

and you can check out the whole story of how they found their new vocalist blah blah blah

I nearly forgot the blog (again). It has been a crazy hectic month or so. More projects, travel, projects, work, work, work.

There are few cool things. Daughter Amanda is in the musical Oliver at HFCC and is really outstanding. They would not let me take pictures, but I have a few from a ‘tease’ performance they gave earlier this year.

Ok Ok I will try to stay in touch from now on

I have been trying to like Ruby for a while now (and I do), but if I can’t turn that into something web based, it is just an interesting hobby. I know Ruby on Rails makes it all easy - but it really is not working well for me. This opened the door for TurboGears and I am instantly more impressed with Turbogears than Ruby on Rails.

The hurdle I have is that I have a lot more experience with Ruby than I have with Python (and the book Programming Python is no quick read). Still I think I would rather suffer through getting more proficient with Python than rails

Scientist are awesome. The latest invention is self-healing rubber - at least in the lab. The BBC Article describes how this particular rubber (made from vegetable oil and urine), once severed will reconnect itself to be as strong as before. It was unclear from the article whether to pieces, who were not once connected, would form a bond if connected.

I have been pretty nervous during the election process this year, but I am starting to feel a little better. It is a far from over, but it is looking more and more likely that we are going to see either McCain or Obama. I have been an Obama supporter since he released Audacity of Hope. McCain is my favorite Republican candidate, which makes even worst case scenario not too bad. Yep, thinking I will sleep well tonight.

I stuck with Textmate for the 2 weeks straight since moving to the Mac. In the end Eclipse is just a far better tool for PHP development. On a side note, I am entering this blog from Textmate

Emma, World; World, Emma. Welcome Emma Ann into the world, all 6lbs 1oz and 19 inches.

Hats of the New York Giants. They beat the unbeaten Pats (and Tom Brady) to prove they belonged to be there.

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Don’t get me wrong, I love the whole street view thing in Google. I just thought the day when google made it into my neighborhood (suburb of Detroit) was at least 5 years off. But here is my house on Google.

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