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I'm back Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:07:41 -0400 EST

Hey Everyone

Sorry about this but you may have noticed that the site has been down for the last week or so. I didn't have the money on hand to renew it so it expired. Lucky my best buddy Kris Bailey was able to fund our shared account and renew it for me. Thanks again Kris ;)

So lots has been going on, lots and lots of changes I've moved back and forth on a few projects. I have been using a lot of django and python (sorry PHP) and am now thinking about rewriting this site using the django framework. Sorry just like it _THAT_ much.

A few other new items I've been up to:

Installed Ubuntu Hardy Heron on my laptop
Dropped the Gentoo install that I had on it, I had originally installed that in 2002!!!! (that's 6 years!)
Using emacs as my new default IDE
Using irssi instead of xchat

I think what this is all coming back to is migrating to a more stress free method and faster development environment for me. It may not work for everyone, but that's OSS, freedom to choose.

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Moving... Wed, 07 May 2008 21:58:39 -0400 EST

Okay, So I just moved. I moved from the seedy underbelly of the inner city, into the trendy hipster neighborhood where I suddenly find myself leaving the door unlocked after I immediately enter the house. An odd sensation, but not a bad one. I still don't have blinks on my windows and all my stuff is right out there for everyone to see, yet I still do not find myself as concerned with it as I was carrying my groceries from Whole Foods in from the street at my prior residence. ... I mowed the yard the other day ... first time it wasn't such a chore.

Anyway ... I've begun development on a new top secret project. The main application is written in C for a massively distributed systems solution and a web interface to the system that I am using the Django Web Kit based in Python. This is my first stint into Python beyond using the Python interpretor for a fast calculator when on the CLI or a quick CLI client application for management consoles over local Unix Sockets. This is about all the experience I've had with Python up until now. I must say as a PHP developer this is a very different world. In the 1 day I've been messing with it I've already written most of the core framework including front-end html. I really love the ability to layout the database design and define the relations and in a single command have SQL built or a database synchronization to occur immediately. I love this application already!

Anyway this application will have some cool stuff involved with it including external API communications and export features. Which I'm sure Django will be able to handle in short order.

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Earth Day Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:57:51 -0400 EST

Welcome to Earth Day

To bring it home, a friend of mine Mary Liz sent me an email today that outlined just how un-safe the average home is. To give you a little insight, I no longer eat processed foods, or conventional vegetables, fruits or meats. Sure it means I pay a hell of a lot more for my food, but it also has changed the way I feel and think about food.

---- Exctracted from Email ----

For Earth Day, I'm making a pledge to rid my home of cleaning
products that contain harmful chemicals.  I encourage you to
do the same:

Purchase a 100% Natural home cleaning kit here:  http://store.eco-me.com/echoclkit.html

Why?

* The average home contains as much as 25 pounds of toxic
cleaning products. 

* Companies are not required by law to list the contents of their
products and testing for long-term health effects are not
enforced. Toxins, even trace amounts, can be absorbed into
your body and organs within seconds of exposure.

*The air in our homes is 3 to 7 times more chemically polluted
than outdoor air, pollution and all.

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San Francisco Bound Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:42:19 -0400 EST

So today I began to compile a list of conferences that hopefully (if approved) I may be going to. First on the list is the very soon to be Google I/O conference that will be held in San Francisco May 28 and 29th. Although short it, it hopefully will prove to be an excellent learning processes and hopefully I don't be jet lagged so much that I will be able to suck up information like the sponge I am

Looking forward to this trip of course conjurers thoughts of how lucky and truly blessed I am. Really I am, I have a beautiful wife and make enough money to be comfortable. Sure I don't have a BMW or a house for that matter, I at least am better off than 99% of the human population and there is something to be said for that I am sure.

So these little perks are great for me, I haven't had anyone before be so interested in my thoughts and expertise as to send me somewhere like Google to learn. I suppose it's an accomplishment? That's possibly debatable Along with this sort of thing I also get to work on cool projects like DNZoom and a few other things I can't mention. However when they launch I will be blasting what happens. Also on my list of things to play with in the iPhone SDK (for some reason Obj-C with Posix support on a mobile platform just really thrills me) and a few other C projects. Remember gang, I'm really a C developer who fell into PHPland ;)

So here I go, I need to work on some articles for CNet before someone decides to put a hit on me!

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Too awesome for words Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:54:56 -0400 EST

If anyone is reading this blog, then you should know that I am quite obviously a PHP developer. As such I wanted to show off this nice piece of internet history made way back years ago. Enjoy

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