http://cleverswine.net stuff about stuff, and stuff... Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:14:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 2009 is upon us. We as a country have a lot of improvements to make this year. I, as an individual, don't have a lot of change in mind. My only big resolution is to lose some weight and get back into shape. I've let myself ... http://cleverswine.net/2008/12/31/happy-new-years/ Since I'm pretty much stuck in the house due to the snow (and lack of a job), I've decided to learn something new. I've begun writing a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application. WPF has some insanely cool UI features, including declarative UI effects. My first project is ... http://cleverswine.net/2008/12/22/learning-wpf/ .flickr-photo { } .flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } The yard, originally uploaded by cleverswine. This is our back yard. I have no idea how many inches we have so far, but I'd roughly estimate 12". It's still coming down ... http://cleverswine.net/2008/12/22/the-snow-keeps-coming/ Like most of the U.S., we're getting our fair share of frigid weather in the Northwest. We got some snow on Sunday, and there's plenty more to come in the next week. I'm excited, but I can definitely see why some people don't want to live ... http://cleverswine.net/2008/12/16/a-lot-like-christmas/ Technorati Tags: Hacking,Personal I just installed Windows Live Writer as a tool to publish stories to my web site.  It has some promising features, and works with Wordpress (yay MS). I also just installed DropBox because I've been meaning to find a way to create offsite copies of ... http://cleverswine.net/2008/12/03/testing-windows-live-writer/ Tonight we bought and installed an over the stove microwave oven. The most impressive part (or, the part that I'm proudest of) is that we wired up and installed a new electrical outlet. There was an old (70s) vent hood above the stove, and we severed the cord ... http://cleverswine.net/2008/11/29/handy-man-and-woman/ The awful economy has finally hit home. Razorfish was forced to lay off quite a few people to deal with hard times, and I was one of those people. Fortunately, they gave me a good severance package and then there's unemployment pay if it comes to that. ... http://cleverswine.net/2008/11/20/unemployed/ I'm at the Chicago office this week, helping out on a .Net web project. I haven't seen much of the city yet, but my first impression is that it's big and old (old != bad). I'm staying about .75 miles from the office, so I might walk back ... http://cleverswine.net/2008/11/10/first-impressions/ .flickr-photo { } .flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } WW Election Night 08 Party Invitation, originally uploaded by wweek.media. I might be here tonight. http://cleverswine.net/2008/11/04/ww-election-night-08-party/ Someone of mild importance has finally given Lance Berkman a shout out for his insane month of May. For six glorious days, Lance Berkman was the best hitter anyone has ever seen. This will go down as one of the best weeks anyone has ever had in the history of ... http://cleverswine.net/2008/11/03/berkman-gets-some-recognition/