Finished (?) moving

Well, we’re living in the new house now – and it’s awesome.  Much bigger, great neighborhood, closer to Sydney’s school, and just all around happier.  There are still boxes – goal is to get them all unpacked by end of week – and then there are a million other things to do.  Gotta get stuff on the walls, set up the office completely, and the media situation is a must.

No cable – I promised I would try and cut the cord with this move – but live TV is handy sometimes.  So the antenna will have to work.  I used it to watch golf today – and it was really awesome.  The picture is unbelievably clear, and I get pretty much all of the key local channels.  Very lucky.  More as it developers.

See?  Told you I would post more.

 

Pretty busy ’round here

A new year, and lots of changes now.  In summary:

• New baby on the way, due July 11.  It’s a girl.
• Siteboss 2.0 is awesome.  Tell everyone.
• Moving.  New house in Woodland Hills.  Keeping the old house.  Need renter.
• Brandissimo! is awesome.  Released iPad storybook, rebuilding NFL sites, all kinds of good stuff.
• In general, everything is pretty good.

I promise to update more frequently now.

So NOW…

Pi Software has launched.  It’s called SiteBoss, and the feedback from customers is awesome.  Version 2.0 is already underway, and that is when things will get really interesting.

Sydney is done with school, and going to high school (at Louisville) in mid August.  I am OLD.

Going to Atlantis in the Bahamas for vacation this year.  It cannot happen soon enough.

Brandissimo, EcoTripper and Stiffs are all still doing well.  Crazy well in every case, in fact.

The airplane I flew back from Mississippi had a small problem after it returned.  The engine ate itself, requiring a complete overhaul.  3 days of flying it home, with no problems.  Charmed life indeed.  Plane is fixed now.

Another mass update

Sorry – but busy doesn’t even cover it anymore.  Highlights:

• Sydney got into the two high schools to which she applied – LACHSA and Louisville.  LACHSA is very strong with the performing arts, but far away (on the campus of Cal State LA) and NOT as strong academically.  Louisville has a very solid performing arts program, we know people there, has great academics.  Downside:  Louisville is an all girls (fine by me) Catholic school (not fine by me).  I have great faith (ha!) in her ability to manage it though.
• Pi Software is gathering lots of steam now, and feedback is good and getting better.  It’s happening just as I always knew it would.  Trust yourself, and never ever give up.
• Pam and I celebrated 1 year of marriage.  In Vegas.  Of course.  It was crazy fun.  Of course.
• Flew a Diamond DA-40 from Greenwood, MS to Van Nuys, CA in 3 days, with Claudio.  Great adventure, even if it was into a 20 knot headwind and light to moderate turbulence the WHOLE way.
• Ecotripper.com launched – hotels and other travel for the eco-friendly traveler.  Go look.
• Refining things in my life – relationships that were one-sided, jobs that had no long term value, activities that weren’t healthy.  OK – not ALL activities.

I’ll post more now.  I swear.

 

Must. Update. Blog.

Too long.  Therapeutic for me to blog, so I shall do it more.  Updates:

• Got married
• Sydney excellent, teenager, 8th grade, danced in Boston all summer
• Working more if that is even possible
• Pi launching – finally
• Working with Brandissimo, NFL, USOC, maybe PGA someday
• Over 1000 hours flying
• Golf WAY less than I want

Summary:  life not too shabby, and getting better all the time

Sydney at the Grammys

Insane.  A spectacular evening that included seeing every star imaginable, sitting in the 4th row (right by Beyonce and Pink) and even walking the red carpet.  If it were anybody else, I’d be jealous.  I’m just happy.

In other news, she also got accepted to dance in the summer program at the Boston Ballet.  She’ll be there for 5 weeks during the summer.  Back before her birthday, wherein she becomes an actual teenager.  Crazy.

The Greatest Program Ever Written

Although I actually played with a Sinclair ZX-81, I never wrote code for it (assembler was the only thing you could write for it, which I DID in fact write for the TRS-80), I can still respect the fact that someone could write a chess program – including simple AI to select moves – in LESS THAN 700 bytes.

The Season

It’s brutal.  The crowds in the malls (especially in the parking lots), the rough attitude of a lot of people (I heard three threats of death today alone), the cost of getting gifts (why not just give cash?) and the propensity for overeating (going to squeeze in another workout just in case) makes for wondering: what is so great about the holiday season?

But I love it.  I do.  If you have kids, it’s great – they are so excited, that it drives you to the mall.  The family getting together for a tradition – we do my mom’s place on Xmas eve, kids open all gifts from relatives (obviously the Santa stuff has to wait until morning) and eat absurd foods.  The creme puffs she makes really should be illegal.  They are killing people.

I think it’s just a great break from the crush of daily life that EVERYONE takes.  I’ve got killer construction software, work for an unreal gaming company, and a super-fun celebrity contest on the work side, and golf and aviation on the rare occasion that I have the time.  This is a great break, and a chance to spend time with my girls.

I love Christmas.  And New Years.  And of course, Kellsmas – which is January 7. 

The 2010 stiffs.com Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool

Yep.  It’s accepting entries.  On a whole, brand new site.

TOTAL rewrite.  From ColdFusion to PHP, and with a database designed to take us into the future.  Fan-f’ing-tastic.  Going to be a big game.

Tell all of your friends.  Hell – tell strangers.

Windows 7? Yeah. OK.

Less than two weeks after Windows 7 launches, a whole article outlining some of the most common problems with Windows 7 is already out.  Mac. End of story.