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Whirlwind

Eddie — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:03:40 +0000

Tonight I am packing for Boston. Red Sox ALCS game 2 is tomorrow evening, and I wouldn’t miss it for the world. I was looking forward to visiting my friend Kacy, but I haven’t been able to get in touch with her yet. Kristen, my other Boston cello-playing girl has been in touch, and we’re probably going to hang out while I am up there.

Alas, because of my (stupid) XSLT class Monday morning, I have to leave on Sunday evening, so I don’t really get to see much. This is upsetting, as I haven’t been to Boston in YEARS. The part that makes it especially upsetting is that I still remember most of what I did the last time I was there.

catching up

Eddie — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:16:00 +0000

This is my appropriately named “catching up” post. As most know, I’ve moved over the last month. Despite my early action, I still had to do a lot of work at the end of the month. C’est la vie, that’s what moving is. Aside that, I’ve also been focused on various work related things (css, xslt, and the “portal” system), as well as the end of baseball’s regular season and the beginning of the post season.

On my list of things to touch in full… 1) Advanced DOM Scripting. I finished the book (a while ago) but haven’t had a chance to review it yet. At the risk of ruining the surprise for my one (hopefully) reader, it was teriffic, and I highly recommend it. I will do a full write-up later. 2) My comments on The Little Schemer. This is simply an amazing book that’s opened up a number of paths in my brain. I’m afraid that any review wouldn’t do it justice. Maybe some thoughts on the book everyone should read. 3) Random thoughts on Bethesda, Kensington, Rockville (my new home!), riding my bike again, the Tchaikovsky concert coming up, my xslt class coming up, my recent css exploits… as you can see, I’ve got a lot of things that I am thinking about, but nothing to put down on paper… yet. (Yes, I know, really, there is no paper… shut up!)

Contrast that with the time that I MUST spend with friends, and the potential Boston trip coming up… and I’ve got a lot to do!! Better get started. Washing my clothes now…

TBS broadcasting the Red Sox playoff game

Eddie — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:40:41 +0000

Alright, so I would be willing to admint that this is TBS’s first year covering the playoffs… but come on guys, can’t you do better than this??? You have cut out during first pitches, missed plays, repeated common Red Sox knowledge… and worst yet, you put Don Orsillio on the Rockies game. You’re on the clock guys.

Playoffs

Eddie — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:07:46 +0000

The Red Sox start the playoffs tomorrow at Fenway against the Angels. I will be rooting for them (as always), but with added urgency since I have the chance to go to Game 2 of the ALCS, when they advance.

Getting tickets is rather unpleasant, but I managed them somehow.

Guess I’ll have to start planning a trip to Boston.

Red Sox sweep White Sox

Eddie — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 21:19:08 +0000

The Red Sox just swept the Chicago White Sox, outscoring them 46-7 in four games. I’m happy that they distanced themselves from the Yankees, and that their bats heated up before heading into New York. This series, however, was eerily similar to the 5 game series where the Yankees swept the Red Sox last August, so I can’t get particularly excited about it. Chicago deserved better.

Oh sweet irony…

admin — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:40:57 +0000

Day after the Orioles make their interim manager permanent, they lose 30-3. First time any team has scored 30 runs since 1897, when Chicago (I assume the Cubs) scored 36. Way to go guys…

blog software

admin — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:47:40 +0000

Upon seeing a few different write-ups in the last few days (that I stumbled upon without searching for), I think that I’m going to [already] change this blog software to ExpressionEngine, which I hear is the most customizable tool out there. It’s not that I am planning on doing crazy design things here, but I would like the chance. We’ll see what the programmer in me says when I see it.

I did find a tool called Symphony that sounds rather interesting, and it uses XSLTs for the backend (somehow). Since I have been learning XSLTs at work, I am probably going to give that a look as well. Plus I like the musical reference.

Was going to do this yesterday, but my sister got her hands on free Nationals tickets. Boring game until the 8th, when they hit 2 HRs (Dimitri Young was one!), but then stupid Kerns got caught off second on a fly ball to right. Way to go.