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Just some stuff I picked up along the way…

• The popular Aptana IDE goes 1.0. I used some of the previous milestones and really enjoyed the javascript debugging and syntax highlighting. Not to mention, it comes packaged with jQuery.
• Wireless SD cards for your digital camera. Do you know how much fun I could have with one of these? Not to mention your 14 year old 1337 “hacker” neighbor.
• IMAP for gMail. Sadly, not for me yet, I’ve tried every trick in the book.
• Prosper announces second loans and rate cap increases. Prosper forums are “Code Orange: Escalating Tensions. Heavy-handed Mod./Irrational Thread-Locks/Acts of Defiance.”
• Web Application Security by Joe Walker. Great resource coming out of The Ajax Experience.

…or ‘the web as an application’.
Creating a distractionless environment is getting harder with the latest browsers. When creating or browsing normal web pages, I would hate it if a site stripped my browser. In certain circumstances, like internal web based applications, I’m finding it more and more necessary. Keep reading to learn how I do it now and what I see for the future… Continue reading ‘Distractionless browsing becoming a reality’ »

The screenshot to the left is from a recent email I received from Expedia.com. They wish to know about the great unknown. I guess I should point them the way of the Oracle or Yellow Pages. Perhaps they heard about my rant over the Arizona Golf and Conference resort.

Sarah had to go to the emergency room last night for about five hours. She was having a sharp pain behind her knee and her foot was tingling. The doctors quickly diagnosed a blood clot behind he knee with an ultrasound. Tourniquets were placed above and below her knee. A laser was then used to destroy the clot. She is feeling better today, but will be sore at the treatment site for a few days. If you follow this blog (RSS), you may know that we just returned from a three day trip to Phoenix. Economy Class Syndrome is the likely culprit. She was anemic before the pregnancy and at this stage of the pregnancy her blood is 25-40% thicker then normal. All of this compounded to a trip to Salem Hospital with , luckily, a good outcome. Here are some resources about blood clots in general and DVT in particular:

• Economy Class Syndrome.net
  
• Deep vein thrombosis @ Wikipedia
• DVT kills David Bloom, NBC reporter, in Iraq

Stay safe out there everyone!

*This public service message brought to you by my sleepless night and concern for a loved one

We celebrated Alex turning three yesterday with the family. Can anybody guess the theme?