Feeling nostalgic, I’ve changed the default template for my weblog to look more like the original weblog I created with a homegrown CMS last summer. If you don’t like it, you can switch to another layout from the drop-down box in the upper left corner, or click here to switch to “traditional” layout.
I spent most of the weekend playing with MoinMoin, a Wiki clone. I’m considering using it to open up a collaborative sandbox for collecting tips on OS X, similar to my Dive Into OS X FAQ, only editable by all. The sort of people who post at Forwarding Address: OSX would be part of the potential audience, as well as the students I teach, and my fellow Apple Certified Trainers who currently swap tips and answer each other’s questions via an email discussion list with no archives. And probably lots of other people who would come along and not understand what it was and shit all over it and ruin it for everyone else. So it’s still up in the air.
Also, I learned how to use .htaccess files in Apache. I already knew how to set up all the options in httpd.conf, but I’d never worked in an environment where I wasn’t root. ;-)
I jogged five miles today, er, I mean yesterday (typing this at 1 AM, and still a bit discombobulated from the time change). I’m back on a health kick after getting a bit too thick around the middle over the winter, mainly because I was eating too much food. And by “thick”, I mean a body mass index of 24.5, which is not overweight even by the federal government’s ridiculous standards, but still considerably thicker than the 23.0 I was two summers ago at my peak. So anyway, I’m back into jogging full time now, which means at least 10 miles a week. And I’ve gotten to the point where if I run at a slightly slower pace than usual, I can essentially run indefinitely, which is what I did today, around past the local school, down the jogging path behind Pearson Farms (hi Joe!), over to Olive Chapel, and back up Kelly Road past the elementary school. The 2 or 3 locals amongst my readers will be impressed with my route; the rest of you, probably less so.
In the past year, I’ve moved to a new state, continued working for my employer remotely after changing states, changed jobs, rolled over my 401K, bought a house, sold virtually all of my stocks and mutual funds, set up a home office, and used my car for unreimbursed non-commuting business travel. My taxes suck.
Oh, and in case you haven’t figured it out yet, the $300 tax rebate you got last summer wasn’t really a rebate; it was an advance. It comes out of your refund now. I actually knew that last summer, and I tried to educate anyone who would listen. But it was like telling people the millenium, er, millennium (thanks Steve) didn’t really start in 2000; everyone was too busy partying to pay any attention. I must say I now feel somewhat vindicated, in a we’re-all-equally-screwed kind of way.
