West Coast Tour 2008

Melissa and I just returned from West Coast Tour 2008. We flew down to Arizona, and drove back to Idaho; taking a meandering path through California. Thanks to all the friends whom we stayed with and visited. The whole trip was a 1720.3 miles long; and was fun, exciting, and exhausting. On Valentines day, Melissa and I went to Napa valley and visited the Castello Di Amarosa castle & vineyard.

Wedding Photos

We received our wedding photos back from our excellent photographers: Azzura photography. I give them two thumbs up; as they captured wonderful photos and helped make our wedding day especially enchanted. Check out our photos here.

eeepc

Last year, Asus released a linux based sub-laptop called the eeepc. It is very reasonably priced, a flash based device (very speedy file system), and has all the amenities one needs with a basic laptop. It does have a small screen, and requires an acquaintance with linux in order to customize. I picked one up as a stress relief toy before my wedding, and have been enjoying it ever since.

Ten Years of HTML Mangling

This year, 2008, marks ten years of my creating websites for groups and organizations. I've cobbled together a portfolio of some of the websites that I've worked on. The internet definitely looks alot better these days than it did ten years ago.

Hot Springs Section

I've added a new section of content to my website. It is entitled Hot Springs. It's pretty self explanatory, but I am finding it really fun and useful. I'm still working on it, but if you like hot springs, you'll want to check it out.

Dreamhost

My website hosting company accidentally overcharged its customers $2,100,000. That's an expensive mistake.

Reading 1-17-8

I've been reading The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter. It was a wonderful Christmas gift from Melissa. It was written in 1810, and fits wonderfully into the literature of that period. It clearly seems to have some import on the eventual making of the movie Braveheart. I've been reading a little less as I got married in November, but still working through multiple things at once (as usual). I am interested (per Rocky Wing's recommendations) in reading The Picture of Dorian Gray, and What's So Great About Christianity, by Dinesh D’Souza.