The past two weeks have been nuts. I had to work last Saturday and it looks like I will be working this Saturday and Sunday! Damnit!

This release cycle is nothing short of a power cycle death march. We had a few weeks to add functionality  and do yet another redesign on some stuff. It was kind of crazy to begin with but hey, add the fact that the production system has been a little spotty and you have a recipe for watching the release deadline fly right by without fail. So there is that right now. I am struggling to not die.

Also this past couple of weeks, I have been working towards getting better with Java. I have been reading up and experimenting in the Java realm. I want to broaden myself from Systems Admin to Software Developer… I got involved in some java projects and Sean and I have been working on a new application called JAmba. Well, mostly Sean right now but I am learning. If you want to know more about JAmba go to www.jambagroup.org (I built the whole site…I am proud damnit). Sean and I are planning on using JAmba for the production site in this next release, provided we can work the bugs out. We hope to release the source code and the package on the JAmba site by next week for anyone to use and play with.

The next update comes from the little bit of personal life I have managed to sneak in to this crazy release cycle. At Karate,  as of Wednesday, I learned all four Kata I need for the test in May.  All I need to do is practice and polish and hopefully by June Lisa and I will be donning some yellow around our waist. Also, last Wednesday we had to do a birthday workout because our sensai turned 61, so we had to do 61 pushups, 61 sit-ups, 61 leglifts, 61 crunches… you get the idea. I am so sore still, though it was fun.