The Portland White's

For the first time in four years I won't be attending the MIX conference in Las Vegas.  I'm sad, sort of... You see, for the first time in 25 years there will be opening rounds games of the NCAA Final Four tournament played in Oregon.  It's been 34 years since a tournament game has been played in Portland.  This ...

Tim O'Reilly wrote a blog post today on why he's supporting Barack Obama.  I've known Tim for years, though not personally, and not that well.    I met Tim in Las Vegas at MIX06.  That was fun.  FYI, he's a little shorter than I expected, but don't tell him I said that.  Tim's got a presence ...

Have you been watching the Democratic National Convention?  Did you watch Michelle Obama speak?  How about Hilary Clinton?  Bill Clinton?  Joe Biden?  Al Gore?  Barack Obama?  Did you watch the entire speeches or just catch the sound bites on the 10:00 news?  Don't worry if you missed it, you can watch ...

Yes, I'm still here.  Things have been busy.  PDXUX.Net meet last week.  Earth Class Mail keeps me busy (and happy).  I'm finally getting back into some Silverlight dev projects at home.  I've been digging into Amazon's S3 API, and Basecamp's API.  It's amazing that I'm just now digging ...

Yeah, I've been busy and I need to catch up on my blogging.  Well here's a start.  Last time I mentioned how I'd been super busy.  That hasn't changed too much recently.  Here's why... Last Friday was my last day at White Horse.  I was only with them for a short time, and unfortunately there were ...

(Jan. 16, 2008) - Sun Acquires MySQL AB. Huh. This is interesting. MySQL was the first relational database I was ever introduced to, back when I was going to school in 1999. Wow. That was a long time ago, but not really because I was using LINUX and playing Starcraft and when I wrote my programs I used GCC and not punch cards. Heh, I just ...

Have you ever seen a wreckless driver speed through a red light (or do something else that is generally UNSAFE) and say to yourself, "Gee, I wish a cop was around"?  I'm sure everyone has probably seen something like that at one time or another.  Did you ever think about calling the cops to report it?  That would seem ...

Eureka!I don't know why I said that. My wife decided to laugh at me yesterday, saying she read my entry on how I was going to post at least one entry a day this year. Then she laughed and said it only took me two days to fail. Haha, very funny, yes I failed, everyone look at me. How many of you have made a new year's resolution and then ...

As many of you have noticed I've taken a break from this blog during the last couple months. In my mind the break was well deserved, though perhaps a bit over-extended. I've been able to relax,play with the kids,go out to dinner with Carrie,watch movies (The Golden Compass),play the new Lego Star Wars on the Wii with Jasmine, play ...

Hmmm, looks like I haven't posted in a while.  Must be because I was one of those folks who waited in line at midnight last Friday to get a copy of the new Harry Potter book.  Well, I finished it today during lunch.  Wanna know who dies?    If I said Voldermort, would you be surprised?  What if I said Harry?  ...