Boy, I've just not been keeping up with my blog.

It occurs to me that some people I know check my blog just to know what is going on in my life.

Professional:
Well - a while back I started a steady paying gig with another company. Like Be Circle they work primarily with not for profits and, in fact, are a non profit themselves. They also happen to be a Drupal shop - so the fit is nice and I'm glad to join their team.

Programming:
I've been playing around with Zend Studio Enterprise and must say that I am very impressed. Having a debugging session with code on a server is very handy. And all the integrated tools/features are nice too.... CVS - FTP - SQL etc. Its a bit sluggish on my desktop machine - since that machine doesn't meet the min requirements (800mhz+) - but it works beautifully on my laptop.

Play:
I've been halloweening with my girlfriend for the past couple of weeks. She's done most of the work, but I signed on for a couple of projects including a "neon" sign I made using EL wire.

EL wire (Electro Luminescent wire) is fun stuff. Now that I've played with it, I think I have a couple of ideas for some other non halloween projects (though there are tons of cool things that could be done for halloween too).

Computer Studies / Cultural Studies:
I've been listening to every episode of Nerd TV on the morning commutes to the office. The last two weeks (episodes 5 and 6) have been really great. Tim O'Reilly's story was quite neat - and Dave Winer is always fun to listen to... so very down to earth and very real - if I ever have the chance I'd like to sit down and have a beer with him.

This post doesn't even come close to bringing the world up to speed on what I'm up to, but its something to let the world know I'm alive.

andre