There is only one Spry...
Today's picture of the day comes from Ben Nadel:
Awesome. Now I just need to dig up a picture of the KIA Spectra. ;)
And while I'm linking in pictures, for those who couldn't make it to cfObjective, or the Geek swarm (*) at Iron Man, here is the group photo:
* What do we call a group of geeks? Nerd Horde? Dweeb Dominion?
Quick CFBL update and a minor LighthousePro update
Two quickies for the lunch time crowd. As folks remember, I ran a "We are too dang fat" contest back in January. I was proud to say I went from 230 to 211 during the 10 week process. Today I went to the doctor (not for anything important) so I took the opportunity to use a 'real' scale.
Yes, I used the blink tag. Sue me. 6 more pounds and I'll be at my goal weight.
Secondly, I released a small update to LighthousePro. This was work done by Ron Stewart and involves some minor cleanup in the project view area. Not a critical update, but I'd grab it anyway.
I'm not a programmer
Well at least according to Tiobe. I guess this makes me a unicorn herder or some such. I'mnot going to bother linking to the drivel that these guys used for logic as I'm on my iPhone, but please Forta's blog and many others for linkage and better responses.
If anything is "dead" now I'd say it is Tiobe's credibility.
New month, new job. I've joined Broadchoice
I hinted around at it the last few days, but this morning I made it official. I've joined Broadchoice as the VP of Software Development. I've been working with them for a while now, and frankly, I've developed quite the geek crush on the company, both it's product and the developers. As you know, Sean Corfield joined a few months ago, and it is an honor to work with him (and the many other extremely talented folks there).
I've been solo for over a year now and I've enjoyed the freedom and the variety. But I just couldn't resist this offer. The more I worked on the product (see the site for more info) the more I wanted to work with Broadchoice in a fuller capacity, and now I have the privilege of doing so.
So - that's it. My big announcement. I'm pretty darn happy (ok, I'm giddy) and I hope folks understand why I made this move. If anyone has any questions about this, just let me know. Obviously I'm not going to stop blogging anytime soon (blog addiction - it's not a problem, it's a way of life) and I'll still be working on my open source projects. (Actually, my recent youtubecfc update was directly related to work I did for Broadchoice.)
My current least favorite Mac 'feature'
Time for a quick rant. In general, I love that I've left the Windows world behind. I love OSX. But - like my own software, it isn't perfect. Today I want to complain about something that has bugged me since I first switched.
Why is it that every time I install software, the Mac does a volume check? By that I mean this screen:
The fact that it asks me what drive to install too doesn't bug me. What bugs me is that it immediately finds my main hard drive, but then I wait for 3-4 seconds while it searches for other volumes. I know 3-4 seconds isn't a long time, but it just annoys the heck out of me. I want to immediately hit "Macintosh HD" and hit next to continue on with the install.
Anyone know if this is a configurable setting?
I hit level 35 today (IRL)
After grinding through various monsters and quests over the past 365 days, today I finally gained enough experience to hit level 35. Or in other words - it's my birthday! I don't quite feel 35 though. Something tells me I'll be getting a few Star Wars related presents today which means I can't be too old, right? My biggest present to myself though will be skipping the treadmill this morning and just taking it easy for a day.
These are not the search results you are lookin for...
Wow, be careful when you search for dates.
Believe it or not (you can see the color of the link) I actually fell for this.
cf.Objective Birds of a Feather Sessions
If you are attending cf.Objective, please visit Sean's blog post on BOF ideas and vote for the sessions you would like to see. Please do not comment here - post on Sean's blog.
You know your plane is safe when it's running Linux...
When I flew out this week I noticed something cool. Every seat had a small LCD screen running some type of 'entertainment' system. I wasn't too concerned as I had my iPhone (loaded with Ultimate Avengers 1 and 2, Iron Man, and Bourne 3), but I noticed something funny as we were about to take off. All the screens rebooted, and showed...
That's a bit fuzzy, but in case you can't tell, it's a Linux boot screen. Of course, my joy at seeing Linux was diminished when it began to reboot repeatedly. They didn't get it working right till about 30 minutes into the flight.
CFBL - Week 10 - The End
10 weeks (or so) ago I started the ColdFusion Biggest Losers Club. The idea was to simply see how much weight we could lose over a 10 week period. While participation went up and down, there was a good core set of folks who stuck it out through the end (I'd say through thick and thin, but that's too obvious). The CFBL is now officially over, and here are the final stats.
First off, for week 10 alone:
Week 10 weight total: 3,248
Week 10 weight average: 232.00
Week 10 lowest: 180
Week 10 highest: 383
People this week: 12
Biggest Loser (Pounds): Curt Gratz (5 lbs)
Biggest Loser (%): Curt Gratz ( 2.59 %)
Total Weight Lost: 23
For the entire 10 week period, our biggest loser percentage wise was:
Chris Peterson at 15.66 percent.
He was also the biggest loser weight wise at 39 pounds. He wins the WACK (and the Nike Chip that one of my readers offered). Chris, congratulations, and I'll be in touch next week when I'm back home. (If you know what's good for you, you will send me a friendly reminder.)
Personally, I did great. I wanted to hit 210, and made it to 211, so I'm not going to complain. I feel about a hundred times better now then I did this time last year when I was 255, and I'm sure I'll hit 200 soon. I especially love the feeling of pants now. I know that may sound silly - but having to worry about tightening my belt is much better than worrying about popping a button!