I've spent the better part of today (and I do mean it was better ;-)) out in the soon-to-be-no-longer-mine garage, cleaning and packing and seperating the valuable shit from the ditritus. The valuable stuff get's either packed or put into the moving-sale pile. The ditritus goes into the Big Black Can. Rockin out to the radio (oh god for a portable MP3 player) and futzing around the garage. Heaven.

Hillary Rosen of the RIAA:

I'm really tired, and the above title will have to do. Suggestions can be sent here.

I'm working full-time on the house now - partly packing, and partly wrapping up last-minute repairs and projects. I went to the neighbvorhood coffeeshop this morning for a leisurely cuppa before beginning the day's tasks. Nice.

I was just listening to Rush Limbaugh - something I hardly ever do anymore, since he's more of a blowhard now than ever... but I was in the car running errands earlier, and tuned in. It turns out Rush is going deaf, and has been for many months. He's wearing hearing aids now, and if his current medications do not help, he will probably be 100% deaf in a month or so.

Until making it out to Phoenix, I've been set up with the First Class client, so I can access U-Haul's email system and groupware environment. I've never used First Class before, and I'm pretty impressed with it so far. From what I hear it's been this good for 12 years. Soooooo, why is Exchange even on the radar?

Ev has an R.E.M. moment. Exhuming McCarthy

Nate (aka LEGOMAN) is the best: He gave me a going-away present - a U-Haul plaque made out of LEGO. Now that's awesome.

I've started cleaning up here at Compass. Unsubscribing from mailing lists... handing off reams of documentation and design work... inventorying software. It's sad and yet, I can't wait to get to Phoenix.

Ten Mistakes in Site Planning: I saw a couple pointers to this out there, and it's a good brush-up for those of us that sometimes feel like we've got it down pat. There are a lot of things to consider when building a new site.

Well, I can finally get this off my chest. After working with Compass for 3 years now, I've taken a position with U-Haul in Phoenix, AZ. I'm emotionally exhausted right now, after turning in my resignation today, and explaining it to my project manager, supervisor, and the somewhat flabbergasted HR department.

Today is going to be a big day for me, one I've been waiting for -- for months it seems. Bet you're wondering what it is...

I used to follow Robert Scoble's blog: Scobleizer regularly, when he was a conference organizer and respectful M$ apologist. Since joining Userland as Marketing guru, it seems like every other day is a Userland ad.

Rate your intranet sucky if it is not based on Manila.

Nooooooo: Jodi tells of an email exchange she had with network services regarding the forced migration of a LOT of Linux servers in her school system to Nt4/IIS. The people making decisions over there are ignorant of the events they are setting in motion.

playlist for today: misc R.E.M. favs

In Up For Air, I commented that I could only absorb Dave McCusker's writings in short bursts. I've been following him more closely the last couple days, practicing as it were. I can "hold my breath" in his parallel universe for longer now - a couple weeks worth of postings. Maybe one day I'll be able to breathe there?

This page from the Washingon Report has a very enlightening review of a book published in 1998: The Origin of the Palestine-Israel Conflict. It touches a bit on salient facts about the establishment of the nation of Israel by the British, and the removal of the indiginous Palestinians. Hard stuff, and the current conflict comes as no surprise.

Ok, I found an infected site. (I notified the webmaster, who was already aware of the situation. The site is now down.) Anyway, here's the skinny: