Okay! Worked on a real VB.Net project - I converted a JTO XML parser (VB6) which previously converted it into HTML tables into a JTO XML parser (VB.Net) which posts to a MS-SQL database, using INI files (because System.Configuration seems to be a rather screwed up namespace, I don't like it), and it works just great...

I hafta pay taxes! Argh. Specifically, I have to pay this year, instead of getting a refund like most years. I think Signal didn't take out enough... so I get to make a check of $120 or so...

Work is fun. I'm SOOOO delighted about MS XML 5.0 (very, very sarcastic). I've seen better CSV parsers, not to mention XML. Ugh. I'm almost tempted to write my own.

Journal

Okay, I haven't been updating the journal much. I'll see if I can start doing that more.

I've got .Net (vb), but I don't know what I want to make with it. I haven't found any project that appealing that I wanna get on it and really work to make it work. I'm still waffling on making a calendar thingy that would do iCal-like stuff and work with shadskitty's (wife's) palm. Maybe, maybe no. I had some code before I lost everything by being stupid and accidentally deleting my XP partition - unbacked up. There's a reason FreeBSD and Linux tell you to back up your drive BEFORE installing. Oh well, life goes on.

well...

Well.... how am I? Doing alright. Almost done building the server. Now, just got to get a video card for it.

I'm hoping that in a few weeks, I'll meet with the Rabbi and talk about the possibility of studying under him for awhile towards a conversion. The stickler will be Kristin and the Rabbi agreeing on how I can raise kids. We'll see.

nineteen inches!

Yes! Okay, I got a hand-me-down 19" monitor from my inlaws. Loving it. Just wonderful. I must get a new one if this one breaks.

Installed

I just finished installing a fan over at my mom's house. Also found out she has a digital camera. Not the greatest, but good enough to take pictures of me. I'll have to put them on the web at some point.

Mandy called while I was away, so I'll have to forward the phone so that when she calls later she gets my cell...

Well, gonna start a new program, I think. A .NET calendar program

palm

Man, I like Hanukah! Okay, I got a Palm m130, just like my wife's got. Nice..... I'm gonna like this. Much more useful than my 2MB casio.