When you get a MySpace friend invite… from your 10 year high school reunion.
The added irony is I added a friend from high school… and they didn’t believe it was me. If that’s not funny, I don’t know what is.
I know, MySpace is horrible. I actually use Facebook more, but I keep the old MySpace around for I don’t know what reason.
As for everything else, no I’m not dead or have given up on the site. It’s been heads down at Helium and we’re helping my brother with my niece nearly every night. That plus other stuff has caused my site to drop in priority unfortunately. I do have some new templates photoshopped – I just have to code them up. They’ll probably go to OSWD or OWD as well.
Random Tidbit: Use WordPress to host your site/blog? Check out Smashing Magazine’s WordPress Plugin and Tutorial article.
I have been lax in my postings but I am working on several revisions, templates and a reskin of the site. That, plus personal commitments has kept me away.
I did want to announce that I am the proud uncle and godfather of one Victoria Madison. She was born around 5pm. I have never been more proud of my little brother – which is saying a lot because though I may not tell him enough, I have always been proud of him.
No random tidbit today. Possible pictures once I get permission and my Flickr integrated.
My good friend from work Jason just recently donated his kidney to a friend of his. Didn’t ask for anything, just heard his friend needed one, got tested and gave it up. The more I get to know him the more I like Jason. He really is a good guy. I’m probably going to try and jet down to see him and play (lose) a few games of magic with him. Until then, check out his sites. If even half of my visitors go there, well, his traffic will be bumped up one visitor. Maybe I should ask him for a link instead…
Anyways, the sites are:
Get well soon Jason.
April 13, 2007 at 1:37 am
Today will be six months to the day when I lost my last ferret Mugsy. Sometimes, I find it hard to even realize that she is gone. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized being sad will not honor the memory of my furry friend. Ferrets are a misunderstood pet and many people are misinformed about them. So I decided to post the top 5 reasons why you should welcome ferrets into your life.
5. No other pet will be more loyal or make you laugh more. I’ve had dogs. I had a very good dog. But my ferrets were the best. They knew me by name and face. They were always happy to see me. I was the best thing in their eyes. Their antics and the stories I have still bring a smile to my face.
4. They are always happy. When I let them out of their cage it was like I was giving them the greatest gift in the world. When I chased them, they only liked it more. My only regret is that I thought I would have more time and didn’t do more of either.
3. The only thing more fun that one ferret is two. Or three. Or four. I had only planned on getting 3 ferrets and ended up taking a fourth one in. He proved more work than the other 3 combined. But he was awesome.
2. You can’t help but smile when ferrets get going. I have so many stories of them tackling each other, of the smallest dragging the largest by the scruff after he tackled her, of them getting so agitated by my sister putting their toys away that they’d actually come over and dook (scold) me, and of them teaming up on my cat that I can’t even go into detail on them. I still smile whenever I think about it.
1. You can’t say you’ve lived a complete life until you’ve seen a “weasel war dance.” When a ferret gets extremely happy and/or excited they hop around, tossing their head and expending energy frenetically. It’s extremely hard to explain the weasel war dance. But I dare anyone but the most cold hearted among us to see this in action and not want a ferret in their life.
I cannot get more ferrets at this time. But after much thought I’ve decided that when I do get my own place, I think I will get more “carpet sharks.” I’ll never be able to replace my original foursome, but that’s not really the point. I hope after reading this you give ferrets a chance. They’re not stinky rodents – it’s more like having a kitten that never grows up, but many times more energetic.
Random Tidbit: A collection of weasel war dances found on YouTube: one two three
My ferrets in a happier time:
April 11, 2007 at 5:58 pm
I had seen a recent article about 8 things intelligent people, geeks and nerds need to work and I began to realize that my job has nearly all of them. They’re pretty flexible as long as you get your work done, they have good benefits, most of us share our iTunes (legally on the local network) so we can jam while we work – though some of my co-worker’s collections are questionable, they let us work from home when we need to – the big winter storms we had for example, and they dress code is pretty lax. Plus it’s a small company, so you pretty much know everyone else and I can’t name one person that I don’t like.
So if you’re a developer looking for a great company, feel free to come on over. We could use the help and we’re definitely going places. You won’t be sorry you did.
Random Tidbit: I found an interesting article about how Microsoft is dead after fighting with a Vista box that wouldn’t behave (or maybe it was and the behavior it’s supposed to have is illogical, who know’s right now.) This article takes a different slant than others in that they still make a lot of money, but they’re no longer the big scary monster they used to be – Google is – and the only way to get back up there is to acquire a lot of the top quality startups. Pretty interesting.