Signed up for Sunrocket

Tired of misplacing or failing to charge my cell phone, I ordered Sunrocket service this evening and look forward to having a fallback phone.

On Friends

A good friend of mine is visiting this weekend.

What would life be without friends? They make all the difference in the world.

iPhone Shuffle

The new iPhone is neat, but I'm going to hold out for the smaller iPhone Shuffle, which presumably will have no display but will allow me to dial a random contact.

Phoenix Art Museum

I spent the afternoon at the Phoenix Art Museum, adding to my arty weekend.

IT does matter

IT does matter. Software quality matters. Good practices and reasonable care and just doing a good job matter.

No, I don't catch criminals for a living, or heal the sick, or minister to the doubting, or litigate for the oppressed. I work in a cube and write code and troubleshoot web software that often seems more luxury than necessity.

But getting IT right can be the difference between helping someone cope and making someone miserable.

IT does matter.

On Democrats and the Golden Rule

"What we really expect out of the Democrats is for them to treat us as they would like to have been treated." - Senate Minority Leader Boehner

As they would like to have been treated, but not was they were treated, sir. Perhaps this sums it up: what one really expects of Democrats is that they will treat others as they wish to be treated, whereas, one doesn't really expect that of other parties.