Archive for the ‘metablog’ Category

New image

Monday, June 6th, 2005

Not much to report today - no running since it was a rest day, and was awfully busy at work dealing with the vagaries of osCommerce.

I have, however, rotated the sidebar image - instead of the Colosseum, you should now being seeing a pair of horse hitches Lacie and I stumbled across in Siena. Expect horse hitches to become a regular feature over there when I can’t think of anything cooler to show - we saw a ton of them, and they were fun to ‘collect’ while wandering the streets and alleys of the city.

Category feeds ready

Tuesday, May 31st, 2005

Just a quick note to let distinct audiences know of something that might be helpful. I’ve got the blog publishing RSS feeds for each category individually now - if you’re interested in, say, my book posts, just browse over to the books category and subscribe to the RSS link in the page header. Similarly, for running posts, productivity posts, and whatever else might float your boat.

Enjoy!

About the pic

Tuesday, May 31st, 2005

This new design sits clearly in the minimal camp; the only real piece of ornament to be found is the photo over there in the sidebar. My intent is to rotate the pic every week or so, though I might revisit that idea and rotate it by section if the mood strikes me some day.

The pic there now is (obviously) the Colosseum, from Rome. I took it when Lacie and I were there on our honeymoon in September, 2004 (the honeymoon summaries are still being written, by the way - they’re in the Life category if you’re interested).

The big update

Monday, May 30th, 2005

Lots has happened since last I posted regularly to either of my blogs. Heck, it’s been almost four months. Consider this post a brief update on things that’ve gone on. I hope to return to some of these topics in posts to come:

  • The new job is going great. I’m learning new things, and I’m really enjoying working as part of a small, fast-moving company (we’re still small despite hiring two more people since I came on board).
  • Two of mine and Lacie’s friends got married (just last Sunday, as a matter of fact). The groom’s bachelor party was held several weeks ago - we went camping and whitewater rafting in West Virginia. No banjos, though there was some fear going ’round (we capsized in a class 4 rapid). Fun was had by all.
  • I’ve read some remarkable, inspirational books (including Mastery, by George Leonard).
  • I’ve started (finally) playing with Ruby on Rails.
  • I’ve continued to refine how I implement David Allen’s Getting Things Done methodology in my life.
  • I’m involved in an effort to standardize the development process in place at work, and am trying to bring as much agility to it as I can.
  • I’ve discovered the joys of Joss Whedon’s Firefly - the best western in space ever written (and easily the best television series ever cancelled before its time). Can’t wait for Serenity.
  • I’m running again… and I’ve registered for the Richmond Marathon in November. Nothing like a goal to focus one’s efforts, right? Right?

So… that should provide some fodder for the days and weeks to come. Stay tuned to see how it all turns out.

Re-launch

Monday, May 30th, 2005

Well, it’s out there. Assuming I didn’t totally screw things up, anyone visiting culann.com should now be seeing a new, (somewhat) improved, Wordpress-powered blog. I’ve still got a couple of things to work out (including internal links to old posts, which’ll probably never be completely fixed), but the basic framework’s working.

My other blog - fit.culann.com - will be rolled into this one shortly (the archives are already here - mostly under the life and running categories).

Until next time….