Coffee cups on flickr

I usually don’t cross link from digg but this was too cool to not mention it. It’s better than throwing the cups away?

So my nephew went and had the audacity to turn 30 this last week (I know I’m barely 30 myself but still) and instead of having any regular kind of party decided a whole bunch of us should head down to VIR and attempt to do some racing on some awesome go karts. Up until this point my only experience with karting has either to do with those load smokey things they toss you into at miniature golf courses and the various incarnations of Mario Kart that I’ve played throughout the years. Unlike the mini-golf places these things were fast. I felt every turn, I was drifting into corners (which gives you lots of points in most games but really just kind of slows you down in real life) and I was making tires squeal on almost every turn. You’re probably going to ask how I placed and before I tell you I came in last on all three heats I will defend myself by saying a.) I was arguably the heaviest person there (no, I was not the theoretical Bowser on the track) and b.) my driving skills when it comes to racing…well…I’m just not that good.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun – I’m totally bruised and sore – I can’t wait to go back. Happy Birthday Jer!

Fogbugz:

So, a little while ago I created this little AIR app that I used to explore the fogbugz API – nothing special but it’s been pretty handy to have around as we do more and more with fogbugz and integrate into my working life. Interestingly enough, I got a comment from one of the guys over at FogCreek asking if I’d like it included in the fogbugz ecosystem wiki…obviously the response from me was a resounding “Hell yes, that sounds awesome!” Since it might be looked at by a few more people than before (which was all of 2 people….or 1…including me) I decided I might want to make a page where I could put updates and stuff so you can now find it located here. I’m not officially supporting it but I could be persuaded to add some improvements if anybody finds it useful so feel free to let me know. Still no kiwi icon though.

FogBugz API Explorer

Dropping Joes:

Not much to report here as far as code change – although before it was a password protected post so if you want to now play a rousing game of dropping joes you can feel free to do so here. I would like to publish the source code in the future if there is any interest so if anybody feels like they would like to see it let me know!

Play Dropping Joes!