Posts from — September 2008

If you follow me on Twitter, you know I got laid off from my ASP.NET developer job last week.  Thanks you everyone who has reached out to me.  I never knew I had as strong of a network as I did. I guess the big lesson I’ve learned (and not the hard way) is always be maintaining your professional network.  You’ll never know when you might need it. I’ll probably post on my post Northwoods life soon enough, but I’m waiting for a few things to shake out. 

My big obstacle right now is I’m losing my main Exchange account that I used for my Mail/Calendar/Contacts sync for my Windows Mobile Device (first generation Samsung Blackjack).   Mail I’ve got covered via IMAP access to my Google Apps for Domains.  What I’m really looking for is an over-the-air solution for Calendar and Contacts. Since it integrates nicely with my email, I’d like to use Google Calendar, but haven’t seen too many options on the Contacts front.

For calendar, there seem to be a few options, including an official one from Google, but it syncs with Outlook, then I’d be syncing my device with my desktop. After living the sweet life that is OTA sync, I don’t know if that an option.  There are a few others I’ll try out.  If you’ve got some solutions that you’ve had success with, leave it in the comments below.

[Update 10/6/2008] I’ve had a couple people mention hosted exchange solutions, which might indeed be right up my ally.  It costs a little more (especially since Google Apps is free) but it isn’t horrible.

We bought this piano from the previous owners of the house with every intention of learning to play it, yet it still sits there in our living room.

My oldest son turned 6 today and wanted to go bowling. My youngest got his first chance at throwing the ball down the alley.

We were at my neices 1st birthday party and these two were being goof balls while watching TV.

Part of the record library at WMSE-FM. Yes, they still do play vinyl on the air.

I have to link to this wonderful post by Rachel Hulin on the current financial crisis. It is genius.

Spam of the Day. Or Not. [A Photography Blog]

Fallen horse

Just after sunset the sky turned purple.

I finally had a chance to read a longer post by photographer Joe McNally. If you’ve read his book The Moment it Clicks, you get a sense that he’s been around the block a few times (and has the pictures to prove it). There is a great quote at the end of his article that I took a few seconds put on the less than flattering image of his also near the end of the post.

While I still can’t call my self a full time photographer, this still speaks to what I love so much about it.

Image & Text © Joe McNally