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10+ YEARS


Over 10 years ago, I wrote my first blog post. Since then, I've authored books, had kids, traveled the world, found Trish and blogged about it all.

Recovering

Yesterday I got inspired to get myself out of this funk and go to a local VW Show with the fam. I woke up, took a shower and almost passed out. Probably from standing up more than I'm used to - or the dizziness that constantly surrounds me. After resting awhile and popping a pain killer, we jumped in the car and headed out to Golden. The show was awesome and I saw lots of nice buses and bugs - and even joined the Colorado VW Bus Club. I felt dizzy most of the time, still no appetite - but nevertheless - I was active. It felt great. I spent the rest of the day on the couch with passing fevers.

This morning I woke up determined to go to work. After waking up, I headed into the living room with breakfast. Julie took my temperature and said it was around 101. So I popped some Tylenol and decided to rest for an hour before heading into the office. After resting and taking a cold shower - I got dressed and headed into the office (40 minutes North). I was sweating so bad - I guess from the fever breaking - that I had to take a towel with me for the trip. Anyway, to make a long story longer - I made it to the office and worked most of the day w/o any issues. I also managed to submit my two weeks notice to my current client. He wasn't surprised and said he'd been expecting it sooner or later.

So where am I off to? EJB Solutions - the inventors of Out-of-the-Box - for a 3-month contract. I grew to love Out-of-the-Box after my last Linux install and I'm very excited about working on a product I love. Here's the best part. I asked them what I might be working on for the first month. Here is their response:

...updating sample applications, especially those using Hibernate, XDoclet, and Struts to bring them up to date with the latest versions, recommended idioms, beef them up, etc.

Sounds like fun, eh? I'm pumped and can't wait to start in two weeks! Another intriguing factor for me was I can ride my bike into the office (when I do go in) and it's shorts and t-shirts all summer. Denver summers + riding bike to work + shorts and t-shirts allowed at work = a very happy Java Developer. The contract is scheduled to end when Raible #2 is born (Labor Day Weekend - September 3rd). After that, I'm taking a month off to be a good Dad and hopefully I'll be able to find another contract starting in October.

As far as my illness and contributing to open source, I've come to realize that my body is capable of amazing feats. Sleeping 2-3 hours a night, coding 20-some hours per day. But it's no life for me. However, it was a life I was planning on living all the way until Spring Live is finished in late June (right before JavaOne). I'd still like to finish the book by then, but it's going to take a serious shift in priorities. Which basically means, drop everything and work on the book.

I'll probably still try to get AppFuse 1.5 documented and released by the end of the month - but then I really need to virtually abandon all my open source contributions. It's just the only way I can see to pump out 150 pages of Spring stuff in 1 week off + a bunch of late nights. I still plan on blogging a lot b/c when I'm busy I tend to blog more. I think AppFuse could use the lack-of-development for awhile - it wouldn't hurt to stabilize the code-base over the summer.

Posted in General at May 17 2004, 08:56:54 PM MDT 6 Comments
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Funny, for some reason I thought Out-Of-The-Box (EJBSolutions) was based in Florida. I've no idea why I thought that, just did. Congrats!

Posted by Lance on May 18, 2004 at 03:08 AM MDT #

I am using roller version 0.9.8.2. I have updated the velocity properties as input.encoding=UTF-8 output.encoding=UTF-8 default.contentType=text/html; charset=utf-8, included the utf-8 query string in mysql url and the meta charset in the roller theme. The Asian character displayed correctly on the blogger. However, I found the actual generated html source displayed the character as something like & # 20013; & # 22269;instead of the actual 中国. Same problem appeared in the entry input form when I wanted to edit the entry. I want them to be displayed as the actual characters instead. Is the problem caused by not changing the input form to include request.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8")??? What is the file name of the input form I should change??? I found this commenting worked for utf-8. Is there any patch to make commenting to work for utf-8??? I am a staff in The Open University of Hong Kong. I am trying to find a Java based blogger for our student study. Thanks your advice in advance. Herman

Posted by Herman Cheung on May 18, 2004 at 08:09 AM MDT #

I may have put my roller question in the wrong place. Sorry about that. Your blogger and wiki have being one of my favourite where I have learnt a lot. I am amazed with your fanscinating work on the roller. I wish you the quick recovery so that you will start working on the roller again. Oh, I am too crucial. And it is nice to see your pretty daughter and your new house soon. Herman.

Posted by Herman Cheung on May 18, 2004 at 08:17 AM MDT #

Nice one matt. Glad to hear you are feeling better. I think you gave it to me though (dont think you can catch anything on dsl but you never know) the last 5 days I have been floored and it sucks. Look forward to your book and good luck with your new job ;)

Posted by bren on May 19, 2004 at 04:14 AM MDT #

The "Asshat Virus" is indeed a bad one. In fact, it's the worst fricken ailment I've had in my life. Sorry to hear you've caught something similar. Enjoy the time off and sleep as much as you can (since it's the only time you feel good).

Posted by Matt Raible on May 19, 2004 at 04:24 AM MDT #

What a cool gig! Congrats Matt.

Posted by Dave Johnson on May 19, 2004 at 03:44 PM MDT #

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