Nothing to See Here
June 27, 2009
All right. So previous attempts to maintain a more active web presence continue to be met by increasing periods of absolutely nothing. I would love to say I have been working hard on something that is meaningful but alas, that would be a lie.
I am currently reading A Short History of Nearly Everything by the great Bill Bryson. I happened to read the abridged version of this book earlier this year by mistake, abridged books blow by the way, so I decided to read the full thing. I can tell you the full version is worth it. I have not come across anything that was left out of the abridged version that I thought deserved to be cut. If you have not read it and you can stomach a high level view of the topics of science with minor forays into, at times, technical matter I think you should grab a copy if you can find it. Mr. Bryson approaches the history of science in a way that makes this book hard to put down, at least for myself. But then again, I love science and have found joy reading science text books so I may not be the best judge on the delivery. The topics run the gamut from the Big Bang, to Cambrian Explosion, to the KT Line, the swine flu outbreak of 1918, to just how big our universe is. There is quite a lot crammed into the book, and what you learn will amaze you.
If science is not your cup of tea, then grab A Walk in the Woods, also by Bill Bryson. You can learn a little about culture, our natural resources, and the human spirit set against the back drop of a innocent walk along the Appalachian Trial. It too is a wonderful read, and some parts are down right funny.
Other than that, I have been continuing work on my web based helpdesk software I have been coding called IT Event and Asset Manager, iTeam for short, and it is coming along quite well. I’m still a ways from releasing it to the world, but we are getting close. All the major bugs have been worked out (I think) and the once never ending punch list is shrinking everyday. I will work on getting some screen shots up.
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June 26, 2009
As you may have noticed, I had a bit of an issue. Not real sure what happened, but apparently in the migration from the old host to the new host my database got corrupted. I decided to take the opportunity to create a theme, or at the least modify one.