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Probably one more day until I have all my email back on line. Sorry if I owe anyone replies. Most likely I haven't even seen the original yet. The inch account is already back, so use that one if you need to get me today.
I'm not making this up. From the zend.com website: "This gives the added benefit of improved code obfuscation."
Oh yeah, Apple sent me the $30 rebate coupon for OSX (since I bought the public beta for $30.) Clearly this was the right thing for Apple to do, but they don't always do the right thing so it was nice to see the email in my in box.
The Apple (Pioneer) "Superdrive" DVD-R/CD-R/RW is now available in an external firewire case from all4dvd.com. $990.
O.K., I'm back. Thanks to the Wheel's new viao I am the proud new user of a graphite iMac. Nice little machine so far. Not quite the dual 500/radeon G4 I had been using, but that is really MB's machine and I guess the time has come for her to start using it. And frankly, for surfing the web and writing PHP scripts in BBEdit I'm not sure I need all that power.
While from the outside it may look like I have taken a little break from the computer world, I can assure you that this was not the case. While I wasn't actually using a computer for a few weeks, I was very busy thinking about them. And about this site. All previous plans at a system wide rewrite have been suspended, and a brand new plan has been put into place. It is all layed out in the most abstracted way (pen and paper flow chart type stuff,) and only awaits the new server to begin the birthing process. I think I'm on to something this time. Details to follow.
I've been pretty out of the loop for the last few weeks (web-wise that is.) I see that blogger is having some serious problems. Too bad. I hope Ev keeps the servers running. Losing all those blogs would be a huge blow to the web world I know. Hopefully all the people who got started with the supremely easy to use Blogger will stick with it even if the service does eventually fold. I hope it works out, but if not, they still did a great thing.
Took my monitor into the shop this morning. Should know by midweek what the deal is. Trying to convince my friend (who has a monitor but no computer) to lend me hers for the week. Meanwhile I'm stealing a few moments on the spare machine in the office.
Sad news. Tarzan (the bird) passed away yesterday. Unlike Angel, his partner who died many months ago without warning, we noticed something was wrong with Tarzan yesterday morning. As the day progressed it became clear that it was pretty serious. MB and I took turns holding him all day, but around 6:00 pm he died in MB's arms. Services to be held today. The building is going to be a much more quiet place. For all the complaining I did about his early morning squawking, I loved him a lot. Bye bye birdie.
Another great space picture. That's the MIR orbiting the earth with the moon to the right. (via robotwisdom.)
