Woo Hoo

1 year of weight watchers. 33 pounds. 5 Jean sizes. Thanks! Also, thanks to
Wii Fit, running, power to the people, kettlebell, hot yoga, Strong Lifts 5x5, vinayasa yoga, intermittent
fasting.
20 lbs to go.

2009: Products I Can't live without

So far, Google is grabbing the lion's share of my internet time. So , web apps:

picasa web

gmail

amazon

google calendar

igoogle

del.icio.us

netflix

jajah

google chrome

blogger

Other:

Eclipse

Sqwirrel SQL client

MS Word

bash

Tapestry 5 final is out

Welcome to the future

Квашеная капуста

2 чайные ложки соли на половину кочана, и горсть клюквы. И неделю в подвале. И хорошо.

Writing it up

Writing it up, it's part of your job now. That's what he said.
As well as speaking up.
As well as shutting up
As well as stepping up
As well as being Mr Wolf, solving problems
As well as not being negative
And adjusting
And keeping trying
And not giving up
And sticking around
And loving it all

I love it all. I do.

Only the Paranoid Survive - it was written 12 years ago.  Makes sence now more then ever.

Dynamic languages-not too recent but noteworthy news

Groovy and Grails were purchased by Spring

Python 3.0  final is out

Google App Engine supports Django

Force.com is interoperable with Google App Engine

and did I mention Talend? ( so far only two code generating options: java and perl )

Do you know of Enterpise Integration tool that generates Python?