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In about 30 days - CodeMash 2010 has  sold out!!

CodeMash is an event designed to expose developers to current tech, methods and trends across a variety of platforms and languages…it’s also held in Ohio’s largest indoor waterpark!!

See ya there!! >:0)

Alan Barrett

My friend Alan Barrett died from cancer this week.  I’ve only known him a couple years – but I knew he was mad cool when he ordered a gin and tonic at the Christmas party…that’s my drink! A fellow east coaster and awesome at bar music trivia, he carried the classic rock/punk questions like a champ!

I can’t imagine telling my daughter I’m not going to be around to see her grow up, yet Alan had two daughters he thought the world of.  I didn’t get to say goodbye.  He was my friend and I wanted him to win this thing, we had more bocce ball to play, Xbox, and bar trivia to conquer. I wanted him to win.

I’m no lecturer. You all are aware of the American Cancer Society and you know you can help. You also know you need to get THOSE check-ups – ladies and gents. Get ‘em early.

Do it.

Why Gnomes?

From Wikipedia:

A gnome is a mythical creature characterized by its extremely small size and subterranean lifestyle. The word gnome is derived from the New Latin gnomus. It is often claimed to descend from the Greek  gnosis, “knowledge”.

Growing up gnomes were never the lawn ornaments they are today. Gnomes were secretive creatures of tinkering with things arcane and things mechanical.

That’s Digital Gnomes – tinkering, prodding and creating with the digital arcane… since the days of the Radio Shack TRS-80 and a tape deck. I wouldn’t say secretive – but I do my best tinkering and learning late nights into the early dawn.
Now I’d have to drop the subterranean part – I kinda like living above ground

Turkey bits

• Thomas Jefferson thought the concept of Thanksgiving was “the most ridiculous idea I’ve ever heard.”
• The traditional cornucopia was a curved goat’s horn filled to brim with fruits and grains. According to Greek legend, Amalthea (a goat) broke one of her horns and offered it to Greek God Zeus as a sign of reverence. As a sign of gratitude, Zeus later set the goat’s image in the sky also known as constellation Capricorn. Cornucopia is the most common symbol of a harvest festival. A Horn shaped container, it is filled with abundance of the Earth’s harvest. It is also known as the ‘horn of plenty’.
• Turducken, a turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken, is becoming more popular in Thanksgiving (originated in Louisiana). A turducken is a de-boned turkey stuffed with a de-boned duck, which itself is stuffed with a small de-boned chicken. The cavity of the chicken and the rest of the gaps are filled with, at the very least, a highly seasoned breadcrumb mixture (although some versions have a different stuffing for each bird).

and note – The first Thanksgiving lasted for three days, so we’re all being shorted a day!!

Happy Thanksgiving from Digital Gnomes!