Don't you hate it when

Don't you hate it when one site rips off another site so blatantly? And has the gall to then advertise the site, in a place where the original is sure to see it?

While I agree with others

While I agree with others in their dislike of the word "content" (instead of saying, for example, graphics or writing), I'm left with no good way to describe the concept of something that appears to have no content whatsoever.

Tracking the Internet Economy: 100

Tracking the Internet Economy: 100 Numbers You Need to Know
, from the Industry Standard, September 1999.

Courtesy of Joe Crawford, it's

Courtesy of Joe Crawford, it's the nice fuzzy duckling version of Microsoft.

We've lived here less than

We've lived here less than 6 months, so we're still trying to find new places. The Sonoma County Independent lists The Best of Sonoma County. We'll have to check a few of these out.

Tim Bray covers Perl Whirl

Tim Bray covers Perl Whirl 2000 for the O'Reilly Network in Big Ship, Many Geeks. For those who've read point #13: I'm pretty sure that Larry brought along several more than 3 tuxes; I only have 1 long dress, but that and 2 blouse/skirt combos got me through the fancy-dress requirements; anyone who was along who's attracted to men would also have mentioned that Tom Negrino looked damn good in a tux; and finally, anyone who's attracted to anyone should have mentioned that Lauren Wood wore a killer red dress one night, which looked much better on her than anyone who gave birth less than a year ago should be allowed to look. Or maybe men don't have to mention in published pieces that their wives looked great?

Oh, and I loved being referred to as a "JavaScript goddess"!

My cat is sitting next

My cat is sitting next to me as I'm working on my Powerbook, and he asked me to add two things to this weblog:

First, that in his opinion, I am the absolute best, most wonderful person in the world, and he loves me very, very much.

Second, that the previous statement has nothing at all to do with the plate of sushi sitting in front of me. Nothing at all. Nothing whatsoever. Honest.

For those who want proof

For those who want proof that PerlWhirl 2000 actually occurred (and wasn't just an excuse for me to not read my email for a week), here's Randal's pictures. We're hoping to have some up soon also.

Happy birthday, Todd! (And how

Happy birthday, Todd!

(And how can any brother of mine not have a web page?) (And it's the geek brother, too!)

As promised, it's been a

As promised, it's been a while since we've updated, because we've been on the cruise to Alaska. But I thought that I just couldn't miss out on the chance to post an update from the ship, over the satellite Net connection (for which they charge a mere $45/hr). We're heading back to Vancouver at the end of the trip, and we'll be back in the office on Tuesday. We'll tell you more about the trip then; we've had the opportunity to meet lots of Perl wizards.