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Well! Another February 14 draws to a close, and (luckily, thankfully) it’s been a very, very good one thus far.
On the work front: we weathered the storm with aplomb, our site never faltering under the onslaught of the greetings industry’s biggest day, while our competitors dropped like flies. W00t! A side benefit […]

- Spanish wine class/dinner rocked last night! I was a bit worried about it since Spanish wine can be a bit quirky, but it rocked.
- Another Valentine’s Day done, will Mike be back to normal soon?
- I have been really sucking it on studying during the week so far and it’s only Tuesday! […]

Keeping busy. More than a little stressed. The next couple of days are (as usual) critical. So far so good, though…
I’ve graduated from being assigned weird shifts for monitoring the farm during Val to being on call 24×7 for the duration; I’m not sure if this is an improvement or not, but it […]

There is just something about the Olympics that glue me to the tv every 2 years. Maybe it’s because as a kid my family always watched the opening and closing ceremonies, or maybe it’s watching sports that never get much tv play are center stage for 2 weeks every two years or maybe it’s […]

I have really missed my morning runs and if I’m really serious about doing a half-marathon, or even a simple 10-K, I had to get off my ass and start running. And since I’m a wimp and don’t like running outside in the cold (it also doesn’t help my asthma), we rejoined the rec […]

Another fun night at Clepy, the Cleveland Python group. David Stanek and I did a trial run of our PyCon presentation (and we thank everyone for the feedback, it’s very helpful!), and David gave us the lowdown on the Kid templating system.
We welcomed a lot of new folks this meeting; it’s really great to […]

It’s weird how life is sometimes like the Norah Jones song.
Started studying for my next exam. Exam isn’t till June, but I have A LOT of material to cover between now and than, so studying is in high gear already. This exam has no tasting. Just pure multiple choice. […]

I’ve been totally stressed out by work lately, which means that, at some point, my head exploded and I found myself with a desperate need to play with Photoshop for a while. Thus: a crapload of new LJ icons!
Art of Noise x3
Mike Oldfield x5
Firefly/Serenity x9
Princess Bride x17

Art of Noise(because I had no music-related […]

Twisted Network Programming Essentials
Author: Abe Fettig
Published: October 2005 by O’Reilly
ISBN: 0-596-10032-9
236 pages
When Twisted started to explode onto the scene, I was really intrigued by its varied capabilities and asynchronous model, but I was turned off by the then-scant documentation and the webapp framework transition that was just beginning (Woven was deprecated and Nevow was […]

Some of you have met my friend Talitha.
This evening I found out her Uncle suddenly passed away in a coal mine accident.
Especially since it has been in the news for much lately, it’s weird having a personal connection to it all.

Mood: depressed