I’m happy to announce that I’ve asked Mary to marry me and she has accepted. We’ve set a date for the end of September to be maried here in Chicago. For more information go to our wedding website at http://wedding.busha.net.

School starting again and its back to the grindstone for me. I’m really excited about the classes I’m taking this semester: Operating Systems, Intro to Algorithms, Software Design, Computer Ethics and Scientific Presentations.  I usually have high opinions of my classes when they start and through the semester those good feelings begin to erode. I’m holding out for this one though, with two semesters left I’ve got to enjoy ‘em while I’ve got ‘em.

School finished up this week and I’m scott free until the end of August (Work full time free, not summer vacation free). There’s a lot on my to do list, most of it vague and unachievable - stuff like: read more, exercise, become a better person - and I don’t intend to accomplish much of it, but I am looking forward to knocking a couple things off the list.

First and foremost, reading for pleasure. There’s a pile of books that I’ve been meaning to pick up and now that I’m not burried under text books I’ll take a stab at some of them. On the top of my list: The Last Samurai, Midnight’s Children, The Translator and The Omnivore’s Dilemma. We’ll see if I can at least get through those, hopefully more.

I’ll be moving in June to a new place with a little more space and hopefully I’ll be able to set up a little workshop/office/not my bedroom space where I can tinker a bit. I’ve been meaning to work on some simple electronic projects (CVS camera hack, TV-B-Gone) and maybe I’ll finally get a chance to. This may be pushing into the not-truly-achievable part of my list, but we’ll see.

Did I say tomorrow? I really meant three weeks later. I don’t know how Alec does it, but with school and work I can’t seem to find the time or the energy to update this thing.

I’m learning about all sorts of cool things at school and I’m starting with another company shortly. The previous one was pretty good to me, but I think the opportunities will be better for me at the new place.

See you around…

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