It’s been a long time again since I posted. I’ve been busy with many things. I’ve spent a lot of time now reworking this website. I added too many things to mention. Nancy and I just finished redesigning the entire back-end administration area of the site. It’s so much more functional now! It still has a long way to go, but I’m planning on releasing this gallery software as some kind of open source project. I’m not sure when yet, but as soon as I can fix some more admin flaws, I am going to release the software publicly. So I’m looking for developers and admin types to help me get this project going. If you know anyone, pass the word.
I’ve managed to process and get a lot of artwork on the site as well. I just added another artist book today. That makes four new books in the last week or so. I’m finishing one more now and that will make seven total on the site. My parents visited a while back and brought a box of artist books I had stored at their place. Thanks for remembering dad! 
Some of the books are a bit dark, don’t get too frightened. I logged my dreams (and nightmares) for a period of years. Some of the images in those books came from recurrent nightmares that I would have. If you are a psychologist, let me know if I should be committed! hahaha. I’ve been working a lot of the video section as well. I added some new videos as well. I’m having a lot of problems with the programming on that page however. Integrating DivX, Quicktime and Flash has been problematic. I have a love/hate relationship with javascript. I do have to say I think it’s a wonderful language, but I’m frustrated because of my limited knowledge. I’ve learned a whole lot but I wish there were better resources out there for handling media files via javascript as well as DOM issues. Which makes me start to think about this whole browser mess, and how frustrating it is to have to test on like 10 browsers on each platform, so like 20… and none of them work the same way twice! UGH! When will standardization kick in??? I know competition is good and all that, but jeez… It may make a lot of programmers out there go bonkers!
We’ve helped Nancy’s parents out settling quite a few things and now I think we’re actually going to buckle down on the job search. I’m having trouble pulling myself away from programming though. It’s very rare to be able to have so many continuous hours to devote to programming! I doubt this moment will come again. So I’ve really taken advantage of it! But alas, we really must be on our way it seems. I’m really going to focus on trying to find an ESP (English for Specific Purposes) job. That way I can teach computer related English, and hopefully get paid more as well!
The changing season has been a wonderful experience. Fall time is my favorite, and it’s the first time I’ve been able to experience it in probably seven years or more. The air is starting to get more crisp and there is a feeling in the air. The light is changing and so are the leaves. I really am savoring this time! I’m planning on trying to take some photos over the next weekend or two. I don’t have any pictures of fall, and I really want some. Hopefully I will have some images to show within the next week or two.
I have been jogging with Nancy about 4-5 times per week. We’ve been going for 3 miles each day for two days, and then taking one day off to recover. My left knee has been giving me major hell though. The feeling of a knife under your kneecap should be a good enough mental image. It’s really my own fault though. I never stretch! Well, almost never… And when I do, I never have pain and feel much better in general… hahaha… My goal is to start doing more yoga. Tomorrow I’m finally going to try out this yoga video. It’s my “off” day from running, and my knee is killing me, so hopefully I’ll be on the mend with some stretching for the next days run. We’ll see!
On that note, it’s off to bed… Once before 2-3am this week, yay! hahahah… Hope all of you are safe and well out in lala land… besos…
