From xml.com, The State of XML, a must read for anyone in the Web development business.

Someone actually bought the FreeWheelz URL used in the Esquire April Fools joke(via Tomalak).

A site that reminds me how much I wish I could draw is Loobylu.(via saturn.org)

I haven’t been updating as much recently because I’m making an effort to spend more of my time away from the computer. I’m also trying really hard to sort out some confusing life stuff that can’t be blogged for a variety of reasons. It’s been a really rough few months for me, with exciting work stuff tempered by some very difficult personal issues. I finally feel like I’m getting somewhere, that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and that I’m going to have been much better off for the experience. It’s all about perspective and what’s important. I went to the pool today, and enjoyed every minute of my time basking in the sun and chatting. I’m a very lucky man.

I’m not missing in action. I was traveling for work again, and had fun things like flight cancellations and unexpected overnight stayover’s in cities like Phoenix. I’m tired.

My first post via my screaming new DSL Internet connection. Badass.

I should have done this this morning, but a happy 30th birthday to my brother Chris today.

Man, I just have to relax a little.

You can add this to the list of things I lust after but cannot afford.

Attempt number one to get my new DSL connection installed this morning failed. They didn’t show up, then called to say they were 45 minutes away. Perhaps they will show up for their next scheduled appointment.

The Sony Palm based device is approaching.

Shaq was just devastating last night. I don’t know what the Pacers can do to stop him from running them right out of the finals. I’ve been a Laker fan since I was a little kid. I didn’t see any real defensive strategy put in place by the Pacers, which is surprising considering they are a pretty solid defensive team. It was also pretty clear that they don’t have any way of accounting for Kobe’s slashing to the basket. Regardless, they are going to have to limit Kobe and Glenn Rice’s effectiveness if they want to make it a decent series.

I think I forgot to mention that I bought a new computer a couple of weeks ago in an effort to move to having only one computer and not 5 computers. It’s the 500 Mhz jammy, and it is actually fast enough running Windows and Linux via Virtual PC for me to discard any dedicated Intel hardware that I previously owned. In fact, it’s faster than the Dell Pentium II machine I have on my desk at the office running Windows 98. I’ve waited a long time to have a single machine that ran every operating system fast enough, and that time has finally come. Add to that the ability to add 25 Gb portable Firewire drives as I need them and you’ve got a great single computer solution for anyone who needs to run everything everywhere at anytime.

A Young Person’s Guide to Simple Object Access Protocol cleared a bunch of things up for me about the value of XML over HTTP.

I finally am getting high speed Internet access at home.

Mailstart lets you check any POP3 email account from a Web based interface. Very handy if you travel or can’t check your home email any other way from work.

Metallica releases Napster proof album

“I never half step cause I not a half stepper.”

The new Kaliber 10000 episode is fantastic.

f**kedcompany.com - the dot-com deadpool Perhaps not the nicest domain and site name in the world, but the idea of a deadpool for Internet companies is a thing whose time has come.