Axehomeyg^2.0

I haven’t had the time to set my svn up to be multi-contributor safe (permissions are a pain in the ass, plus, some of the people that I host are massive targets for hackers/attacks). However, I did update SimpleObject with some fantastic auto-sensing mime-type code, contributed by Mark Kufner over at Kufner Futures. Their product is insanely awesome looking, I wanna get one when I move downtown to Chicago.

Speaking of Chicago, I have failed to mention that I work for a great startup downtown. It should turn out to be a fun experience, as I really believe in the product (which shall remain anonymous until its launch). The good thing is, although it might not be as much $$$ as doing the 24-7 contracts that I have been for the last 2 years, the piece of mind of being an employee and getting a monothilic check, having my opinion respected by other developers (instead of those that can’t do a HelloWorld in our chosen language), and working with a bunch of great developers/dudes is fantastic. Between, Thinkhost, this job, and Will at Highend3d, I have the best group of people I could possibly ask to work with. Anyway, sappy ranting aside, I’m commuting around 4 hours a day, making my 8hour job a 12 hour excursion, which is KILLING me!!! So, as soon as I get my next payment from basically anyone, I’m moving my happy ass downtown into a killer condo, or a nice loft. Hell, I’d even rent a house, having kids might mandate such a choice.

The last of my personal updates… My solo album is gearin’ up for a recording. I’m busy charting out my songs so that my drummer/keyboardists can fill in the parts. The only sucky thing is that I wrote these tunes over the course of the last 15 years, and many of them are interesting but lacking in the harmonic/motific development of which I can produce currently. So, I wasn’t prepared to delve back in and start working on all of them, but, hell, I better. I do believe I have WAY more to contribute to the music world, than I do the programming world, even though I love both nearly equally. The time of reckoning draws nigh, peeps. Peace out!