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May 22, 2006

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St Johns BridgeWe've been getting some Texas style rain in the last 24 hours or so. I dropped the car at the mechanic so they could investigate the Check Engine light, and walked to work— maybe 15 blocks at the most, but I was soaked to the skin by the time I got there.

It's amazing to see the difference in the plants. Yesterday morning, I could see my neighbor in back's kitchen window, and she could see my back porch. Now, it appears the trees and shrubs have all put on a foot or so in every direction, and there is only barely a suggestion of neighbors.

It's been a big week and a big weekend. It was great getting to meet Lara, and hanging with her for a few hours. We did a little walking tour of a portion of the city. The weather was impossibly good, so I did lots of scootering and cycling. I got to meet Todd, the maker of Stokemonkey, and shoot the breeze about all things Portland and cycling.

On Saturday, I hosted a hot dog crawl, and on Sunday, I watched our local nuclear power plant implode. And then I spent the most of the day writing.

The goal was to get five reviews done for the guide. I was not going to allow myself to work on anything new, or reschuffling what is there, or doing card-sorts, new mockups, etc... I was just going to write five reviews. Five reviews! How hard can that be?

Well, it seems, very hard. I managed to get three-and-a-half done (and I finished the other half this morning). On one hand, it's clear why trying to generate a review in the morning is painful, and why it seems I am never up early enough. On the other hand, having to do one after another was also painful.

Posted at May 22, 2006

Comments

Glad you had a good weekend. We've been getting loads of rain, but we're down several inches on the year, so I guess its a good thing.

Posted by: neca at May 22, 2006 1:06 PM