Super Ginormous

Month: April 2007

  • Cold Turkey

    I deleted my Twitter account last night.

    To some this was an odd and unexpected decision, so I’ll try to explain my rationale a bit…

    Some time ago, I mentioned reading a book called “Choosing to Cheat” by Andy Stanley. The basic premise behind the book is ‘Who wins when work and family collide?’. Andy talks more about finding a balance between work and family, but I think it can be more far-reaching than that. Every little thing we do in life takes time from something else. Twitter, for me, is one of those ‘little things’. It is a great web app that I have truly enjoyed using. It is, for the most part, a wonderful insight into other people’s lives.

    But, Twitter takes time, and that isn’t something I have a lot of these days. Time spent using Twitter takes time from work and it takes time from my family, and that’s not fair to either of them. So, my account is gone… but I am not.

    In all honesty, this has made me reconsider my usage of a lot of ‘Web 2.0’ services. Signing up, just for the sake of signing up, is really counter-productive. But that’s a post for another day.

  • WordPress 2.1.3 Released

    An update to WordPress has been released for both the 2.1 and 2.0 branches. You can get the 2.1.3 release from here and the 2.0.10 release from here.

    According to the WordPress announcement, these releases “include fixes for several publicly known minor XSS issues, one major XML-RPC issue, and a proactive full sweep of the WordPress codebase to protect against future problems.”

  • Masters Week

    Traffic was heavier than usual this morning, which can mean only one thing: the Masters is here. I drove by the main entrance to the Augusta National and parking lots along Washington Road were seeing pretty impressive activity. I’m so glad I don’t have to be anywhere near that area this week… it’s going to be a madhouse trying to get in and out of the National Hills area.

    Even if you’re not a golf fan, it’s worth it to at least see the course once in your life. (I went in 2001.) Of course, seeing as tickets are going for anywhere from $2500 on up… it’s probably not feasible for most people. I was lucky enough to marry into a family that’s had tickets since the 60’s – when the club had to basically beg people to come to the tournament.

    UPDATE: Looks like my boss got two Practice Round tickets for tomorrow. Too cool!