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  • Happy New Year and Twitter Stats

    We had a lovely time in Mississippi eating way too much fried/barbecued/fatty food (I only gained one pound, and have promptly lost three, so no worries), playing with the dog, hanging out with Jen’s parents, fishing and watching the boys ride around in the trailer behind Grandpa Brian’s lawn tractor. I’ll try to upload pictures tonight.\
    I’m back at work, and having a hard time getting back into the work groove. So, I got my twitter stats instead… yeah, productive, I know (I also cleared out my inbox, remembered my kerberos password, did annual review feedback for folks, updated SVN and set up a meeting for this afternoon).\
    What I found funny is the tweets per hour. Since I got the blackberry over the summer, I twitter more at night while watching TV than I do while I’m at work. I also seem to post a lot around 11AM, which is usually when I take my first break of the day. All in all, I post a lot, which doesn’t really bother me, or seem to affect my work. I love the “noise” twitter generates. After working for almost 13 years with constant interruption, if I don’t get interrupted every ten minutes or so, it feels like something’s wrong.

    number of tweets per hour - it peaks around 8:30PM

    Also, March was my heaviest month o’ tweets, which isn’t surprising since SxSW was right smack in the middle, and that’s where I really “got it”. I’m not sure what happened in May, or why December was so high – especially considering I was at home for almost three weeks and without “real” bandwidth for a week.

    number of tweets per month - march was the highest, with december a close second. May was the lowest, and I have no idea why

    I think I’ve reached a sort of twitter equilibrium. I follow about 200 people, with only about 50 sent to my phone, which keeps the noise on my phone when I’m not near the computer down to a dull roar.\
    (I generated the stats with the very handy script written by Damon Cortesi)

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    January 2, 2008
  • The Book Has Arrived!!

    The Book Has Arrived!!

    Not in stores or anything, but I got my author copy of Adapting to Web Standards from the very nice FedEx guy today. Christopher Schmitt had to convince me over IM to actually take the plastic wrap off and take a peek inside.\
    There’s something really weird about seeing something I wrote in a real book… one that has my name on the cover, on the back of it… etc. But, here it is, sitting next to me on the desk – yep, still has my name on it.\
    I took a look through it, and it’s gorgeous. New Riders went full-color with it, and it’s just plain lovely. My chapter’s been edited to the point it actually makes sense, and the other chapters are stellar (I wouldn’t say anything if they weren’t, but they are really good). What I like about the book is it’s not flowery. There’s real actionable stuff in it, and advice for how to solve not only the technical challenges of a project, but the human ones. There’s a ton of good stuff in there, and I’m not saying that because I wrote a part of it (the good stuff is in the other chapters anyway).\
    I had a lot of help. Kevin Luman, Michael Richman and David Artz all sat through interviews (I’m sorry, guys), and Christopher Schmitt and Victor Gavenda (our editor) were always ready with an encouraging word or constructive feedback. And of course, Jen already puts up with a lot, with travel and long hours. She was very nice about letting me disappear for several weeks after getting home from work to go write.\
    I can’t wait to have people read it and see what you all think. A lot of smart people worked on it, and I think it’s easily the best writing I’ve ever done (and then edited even more to make it readable!). I’m honored that Christopher asked me to help out, and I’m pretty damned proud of the result.

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    December 13, 2007
  • Shake It Up

    Yesterday was apparently Lawver day at Cheeburger, Cheeburger, the new burger place by Wegman’s. Kevin, the kids, and I went there for dinner last night. Their onion rings were so OMG!delicious, Kevin was really happy with his burger, and I was really happy with my salad. The highlight of the place, though, is the drinks. They have over 50 shake flavors, and you can mix and match more than one to create something unique. I didn’t order a shake with my meal thinking that I would get one to go before we left. (I remember rushing my order during my first visit to Cold Stone Creamery last year and how I was horribly disappointed with my choice- plain chocolate and nuts. What was I thinking??- and spent the rest of the visit trying to snag tastes from other people.) This time I knew to take my time. I spent all of dinner going over the awesome shake combinations: raspberry chocolate marshmallow, strawberry pineapple upside down cake, mango coconut cream pie, peppermint smores, caramel banana cheesecake. There are just too many awesome ones to name. They need a little taster menu of three tiny shakes. 🙂 They also had tons of other old-fashioned drinks, like floats, ice cream sodas, egg creams, and sodas. It was too much! I was paralyzed with indecision. I ordered water and didn’t get a shake to go after all. HA!\
    Earlier in the day, Kevin’s mom and sister went there for lunch. Heather waxes poetic about their burgers but completely neglects to mention the shakes! Silly girl.

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    December 12, 2007
  • Oh no!

    Max’s ‘intro to martial arts’ class was canceled because he was the only one signed up. Drat.

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    December 10, 2007
  • Woot-ish.

    The past couple of days, Brian has been sleeping in until 5:30, give or take a few minutes. It’s so awesome, I love it. This is happening just in time for us to go to Mississippi where he can once again wake up at 4:30. (Cries.)

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    December 10, 2007
  • Yay TV

    Dexter really messes with my brain sometimes. The show is so fascinating and yet the character is so self-involved, in a completely unattractive way, he could have been a regular on 30-something. I still find myself rooting for him. It’s crazy. Manipulative tv bastards make some good stuff, though, huh?\
    Who else is watching this show?

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    December 9, 2007
  • Say what?

    One of the kindergarten teachers at Max’s school doesn’t use correct grammar. What’s up with that?\
    While on the phone with the office at the school, the woman who answered kept saying, “Try later,” because she didn’t understand what I was asking. What’s up with that?\
    Grrrrrrr.

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    December 7, 2007
  • You know what?

    I have got to stop feeling guilty about going out to lunch.

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    December 7, 2007
  • These are a few of my favorite things

    • Amazon’s Unbox. No more cheating! Yay.
    • The bathroom in the lower level.
    • My new \$4 purse.
    • Target.
    • My super fuzzy winter blanket.
    • My brown and white polka dotted ballet flats.
    • Stealing Kevin’s hoodies.\
      What are some of your favorite things?

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    December 7, 2007
  • Snow Morning, yay!

    As a parent, I really dislike snow days, unless it is due to a huge snowstorm when even Kevin can’t get to work. But snow mornings? Snow mornings I love!! Snow mornings are when schools open two hours late. It means that even though Brian woke me up really early, I could crash on the couch after I got him some cereal and found a cartoon for him to watch. He mostly left me alone but would come poke me every half hour or hour to get him something more to eat or drink. Also, Max got to sleep in an extra two hours. Lately he has been naturally waking up after 8. School days, though, I have to get him up at 6:30 and then the three of us scurry around the house frantically. But snow mornings are super relaxed and leisurely. Yay for snow mornings!

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    December 6, 2007
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