Well after a lot of back forth with myself, I finally purchased an iPhone. So far so good. I’m impressed with it’s functionality and usability.

It’ll be interesting to see what kind of webapps I can find to run on it. Hell I might rent a movie sometime!

So I am weeding through a web service at work and I find this comment in the code.

// REMEMBER: A local variable is in scope until a closing brace indicates the end of the block statement or method in which it was declared

‘Nuff said. If you know you’ll appreciate it and maybe even chuckle.

Last night we also held the End of the Year Banquet for Volleyball. We served out 9 cans of beer. It was also Scoop’s retirement party. I think he’s got a little Rocket Roger in him though. Juice him up a little and he’ll be playing again. Farewell Scoop.

Finally pulled into my second nearest gamestop and reserved myself a copy of Guitar Hero III for the Wii.  For whatever reason my local gamestop doesn’t do the midnight release thing.  It’s all good tho.

I’m pretty pumped as I have been a fan of GH on the PS2, but since I don’t own one I’ve never been able to just jam away at my own discretion.  Well that’s all gonna change come Oct. 28 at 12:00:00AM.  Although I have a prior engagement I’ll make my way up to gamestop for the release.  Since I won’t be able to do the early registration I may have to stand in line for a bit, or so says the local nerd with whom I negotiated a copy of Gh3.  Jason
says he’s coming over at 12:30 with his guitar.  We’ll see what happens since we (he more than me) has a certain little b-day to function at the next day.

I did find it interesting how much more nerdy the employees where I purchased GH3 vs my local shop.  No wonder Jason likes to go in there and shoot the shit and ruffle their feathers a bit.  Not so much the case at my home location.

Come Sunday let the red bull flow!

I just need to post and write a few things down, so here it goes.

1) Tina got a new car tonight. A 2004 Mitsubishi Endeavor. It’s a nice mid-sized SUV. It makes me want a new car, but I’ll wait a bit and save some more cash. Good for her!

2) If you didn’t already know I am moving on in my career. I am leaving President Homes and going to a place called Penchant Software. They are a true IT company, something I’ve always longed for. They are smaller (12 people) but with half of them being developers, it’s gotta be good. I am excited about the change and the opportunities that will arise there.

3) I swear I came up with one of the greatest ideas (albeit, it’s strictly hobby and won’t make me a millionaire). Look for announcements in the coming months. Granted when it comes to outside, DIY type endeavors, I am not the greatest with execution as I tend to have many things going on, but this one might really be fun for me too.

4) I’m really hoping to hit the powerball tomorrow night. That will negate #2 and leave me plenty of time and yearning for #3, as well as facilitate #1. Sounds like a win win win.

5) Speaking of wins, I am looking forward to volleyball playoffs which being this Thursday. Hopefully we can do some damage. Problem is two of our players are gone the second week… Hutch? You around? We need you and a girl

6) Oh yeah, I’m pumped about my first ever Fantasy Football money league. It’s a keeper league, I guess I walked into an open spot. I am lucky enough (hopefully) to keep Joseph Addai and Ocho Cinco, along with getting the third pick in the draft. Hopefully LJ comes to his senses, I’d hate to have to pick Frank Gore or Sean Alexander.

7) I’ve enjoyed watching the Brewers and Cubs battle it out in the NL Central this second half of the season, but mark my words, St. Louis will win the division.

In closing… Go Pack Go!

With the Wedding day fast approaching I was reminded of many a conversations back in the day arguing about who would be the next to go. Well it’s pretty much official and it’ll be me. Don’t get me wrong, I am excited and can’t wait to get started on a new journey with lbt.

I’ve been spending my last “free” moments doing the finishing touch-ups and paying off the final bills for the wedding. Let’s just say it’ll be good to get it over with and on our honeymoon, which if I do say so myself will be another story in itself.

Well.. I’ve gotta go find something to keep my nerves calm. And I’ll see most of you on Saturday!

Later.

P.S. I’ll be sure to keep twittering, or is it twitting, or tweeting during the honeymoon. I’ll keep everyone apprised. Just stop by the site and you’ll have your update.

At work today, I noticed (not for the first time, but it’s under my skin now) a severe lack of documentation.. of ANYTHING.  Servers, our environment, procedures, policies, code, applications… you  name it, you won’t find it.

I won’t deny that I have been a tool in the lack of documentation.  It just so happens I came here there wasn’t any and there still really isn’t any.  During 8 months and countless projects that I have been working on here I have had some opportunity to write documentation, but it never seemed a priority in the project timelines and was never required as a deliverable.  As time has crept on I admittedly haven’t been as diligent as I should have in completing or creating appropriate documentation.

Now that it’s really under my skin and I have some freer time, I’ve decided to get back on that train.

I’ve implemented trusty  Trac as our/my project management tool.  My goal was to use it for bug tracking, wiki, project timelines, roadmaps, and source code browser. Alas this small company mentality just doesn’t seem to see the value in it.  I’m not sure what it is…. does it scare them, do they think “it’s not for me it’s an IT thing”.  I feel I have clearly communicated it’s importance and benefits.  While it has caught on with a few for bug tracking at least, it’s still (for me) very beneficial in doing what it’s supposed to do.  It keeps me sane and without it I’d  probably be lost.

I am hoping to make a good dent in it over the next week or so, although there is so much to do I’m not sure how far I’ll get.  I guess I look at it as a opportunity to freshen up and extend my documentation writing skills.

Holy nerd batman… I couldn’t resist when I saw this headline posted on reddit.

int i = 5; i = ++i + ++i; Question: i = ? ; ( PHP: 13; C: 14) Why?

It effectively turns into one of the most nerdy conversations I have ever read. I did enjoy reading it, probably because of some of the nerd humor.

I re-discovered podcasts the other day. I admittedly haven’t listened much since Digg started to bore me and Ricky Gervais started charging for his podcast. I found one of my all time favorites - “Car Talk” with Click and Clack. Cars aren’t my hobby, but for some reason I enjoy listening to those two. I also found a few other NPR shows that have kept me interested as well; “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!” and “Fresh Air”.

LBT and I are progressing on the wedding plans. We are getting closer and closer. Soon we’ll have nothing more to worry about except showing up.

We are also going to be painting our garage… and then the house next fall or spring in preparation of putting the house on the market. I think we’ve out-stayed our welcome there and figure it’s time for an upgrade. So if you want to donate or show off your prep or painting skills give me a call. I’d be more than happy to evaluate.

Volleyball is going well and we have in fact launched our own website… mostly for shits and giggles and because we won’t be outdone by suckandblow.com. We are going to have to see if we can’t get into a couple of tournaments this summer. Perhaps the Friendly City Days tourney, and maybe one or two at Mama G’s. Although the summer weekends are filling up VERY fast.