RE: Reading Blogs
Well said Chris. I enjoy the personal side of blogs more than the technical side to be honest. I view the java.blogs community like a group of co-workers. I'd much rather hear about a co-workers weekend over their use of an I or Impl to name their interfaces ;-)
Give us the good stuff - talk about your families, the parties, the birthdays - we're listening... eagerly. I'm looking forward to Christmas morning with Mimosas (Orange Juice and Champagne) - a family tradition of Julie's. Her mom and sister, Stephanie and Holly, are in town for the week and festivities. Abbie's first Christmas - I'll post pictures by the end of the week. I'm heading out to do some last-minute Christmas shopping (typical guy right?) and then we're going to see the Twin Towers later this afternoon.
I guess you could say I won't get the chapter/sample app done today - maybe later this week. I've got all the writing done - 38 pages, but need a good app to go with it IMO. A good friend told me yesterday to just "get it out" - he mentioned that the last technical book he read had code that didn't even compile! It should be nice not worrying about writing this afternoon and tomorrow - first time in weeks. I feel like I've somewhat missed out on Christmas with writing and the new job. I can't wait until I get to do 50 hour weeks again!