life together (a friends & family update blog)
I endorse Barack Obama for the office of the President of the United States of America.
To change the face of American foreign policy. To reward hope and intelligence instead of fear and manipulation. To the first presidential candidate I’ve ever actually wanted to vote for.
I may be young and naive still. But somehow I feel it’s more naive to believe anything that’s being spewed by McCain, Billary, Romney, Edwards, Giuliani, and the rest.
Yeah, about that fun I mentioned. That’s for me. Oh, don’t worry, some fun is coming your way too. But that’s later. See, I recently got myself a ’slice’, courtesy of SliceHost, which is a catchy name for what’s known as a virtual private server. Basically, it’s like a sandbox - in which I can do whatever I want, without any of the limits of cheapo shared hosting.
So I’m going to be putting some of my newly-buffed skills to work on developing a Rails-based site that will totally kick the pants off what I did six years ago in PHP. Anyone remember that? Logging in to see pictures, blog posts, and personal info? It was a grand dream, but alas, a poor implementation.
If you’ve never programmed something useful… imagine creating a little robot, that would follow you around and be your servant. But it’s really you too, as you made it all yourself! Eh… push that analogy around in a few directions and you’ll get close. So I’m excited to have fun making exactly what I want out my personal website. Maybe even some things that help Becky’s teacher-parent communication. And by taking control of privacy issues, we’ll be able to put more of ourselves online, improving the long-distance relationships that are the whole purpose here.
I am at a workshop all weekend. Seriously. Thursday 4-9, Friday 4-9, Saturday 8-6, Sunday 8-6. All weekend. That could have something to do with the new website stuff Jamie’s working on. 
But if you’re reading this, you’re seeing the site in its new location. The fun begins tomorrow.
