Lack of Updates
Between taking care of my now neutered puppy and having to deal with all of the pipes bursting in my house, updates have been less frequent than usual. So - here’s a quick update on what’s going on in my world:
- Figaro Interactive is now a contributing member in the Apache Foundation - thanks to a project full of geocoding Brit threw together a CouchDB script for storing Google Geocoded JSON data and it is now included in the CouchDB wiki
- Brit’s also posted a nice review of Mint.com - a financial service that he got me into that’s really helping stretch out the paychecks (and help save up for that vacation to Greece next year)
- Figaro will be going to Seattle for the Google Hackathon and Penny Arcade Expo - first time for me to spend any time in Seattle - looking forward to the rain and the coffee. Hit us up if you’re going to be there… we really want to meet some App Engine developers. Also - App Engine docs for download - gotta love it.
- Watched my hero, Brett Favre, play his first preseason game as a Jet… looked young and decisive. Really hate to see him in green and white but it’s better than purple and yellow.
- While couped up with the puppy I’ve been watching a lot of (bad) TV… interesting facts:
- The former lead singer of Presidents on the United States of America is now an adult film composer - didn’t even think they used composers in porn movies… shows how many I’ve watched (can’t find his alt name for a link… but he said so on VH1’s 100 Best Songs of the ’90’s so it must be true).
- Krist Novoselic (former Nirvana bassist) is now a politician - an interesting move for a former grunge rocker
- Bobbly Flay never wins throw downs… is it rigged or does he just suck? Guess you can’t really go to someone else turf and tell them that they aren’t that great and still get them to sign a release.
- Way to go Michael Phelps - although it’s ridicuolous how meaningless world records feel this year… I think all of the atheletes should go back to swimming trucks and mustaches.
