I started blogging on December
23, 2002, and have had various levels of success in keeping up with my blog. Because
my blog-iversary falls close to the new year, it's nice to use it as a good summary
and look forward.
2005
What a great year. Some tough stuff, but overall a great year. I worked with the Eastlake
Robotics Club (hardware, what a concept), started writing a book, traveled to Italy
and China, got my advanced scuba diver certificate, bought a boat. All fun stuff.
We started our adoption paperwork as well as began the IVF process.
I made the resolution for more balance in 2005, and I actually think I hit it. I've
spent a lot of time at work, with the family, with friends, and on my own. I've been
camping, snowmobiling, boating, diving, and traveling this year, a great balance.
2006
Looking forward, this is going to be an exciting year. We are almost certaintly going
to have a child this year. Vista will ship this year. I'll publish a book this year.
We are building a big covered dining area on our house.
At work I've already started to look forward at the future of Avalon and WinFX. I
think there is some amazing new areas for us to investigate, and great new opportunities
to really raise the bar for the platform for building smart client applications.
OK, a few goals, objectives, resolutions, etc:
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Get a baby
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Finish the book on time (well, the new schedule at least)
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Use the boat - goal of 3 trips through the locks, and 50 hours on the lake
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Dive more - lets set a goal of 24 dives in 12 months
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Get the dining area built by July
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No new hobbies (04 I started diving, 05 I started boating, lets have 06 be a neutral
year of hobbies)
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Do more work on the house (fix the molding, buy furniture, etc.)
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