What have you all been up to?

Three weeks home and I've hardly seen anyone. I've been so busy trying to "see" everyone before I go back that I haven't gotten to really hang out with friends much at all. Danielle's computer to fix, Tori's computer to fix, my new computer to build, office to redecorate, see the family, work 40+ hours a week.... that's pretty much made everything a frantic rush to accomplish everything I've missed out on for the last three months.

So, I'll share a little of the highlights if you're curious what I've been up to.

Finally Setup The New Office

Yes, after moving some of my furniture from apartment to apartment for the last nine years I finally made the decision to go all out and make the office a "real" place to work. First problem: disposing of, clearing out, upgrading, and otherwise figuring out what to do with my entire life's stash of stuff. Fortunately almost all my important stuff I wanted to find new homes for were able to be relocated to new owners... lol. Mom got a new desk, ray got a DVD player, a VCR, a laptop, etc.

So, want to see what one solid week of evening work looks like? I'll share.

This is basically what it got stripped back down to, not because I'm that obsessive compulsive but more like none of the new stuff would fit with any of the old stuff still in the room. The room is just too small to do very much with, but it's all I have to work with.

This is April's side of the new room (shown below) We got her a new desk, new lamp, and new speakers for her computer.

This is my side.. down with the wall of wired. It's been replaced by organization and contemporarily upgraded.

Well, now that you've seen the upgrade, let me get back to the real work of blogging important stuff... yeah right, huh?

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Same Site: New Face Lift

Since its inception, the Scooby Central web site has become less and less my own possession and more a shared community, though the postings in recent months still primarily consist of my contributions.

To that end, I have rejuvenated the official carolinaregion.com web site with a similar site. As far as the blogging is concerned, nothing will change. I'm still going to do all my work here on the Scooby site: http://carolinaregion.blogspot.com. However, owning the code on my own server means I can do other things on www.carolianregion.com that I can't do in Scooby Central. To that end, I will be re-posting all my old poetry, jokes, and photos on there, in addition to dual-posting on both sites. As always, I love input from anyone, good or bad. Drop me a line on either site and share your thoughts.

Tommy

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{<!--Code Hurts--!>} I have a headache...

Hey all. It's been a busy few days for me. I've jumped back into the code world with both feet with absolutely no warning. After spending half of the last year in Africa with very little time behind the keyboard it was an adjustment when I decided to take on a new project this week.

My mother and myself are members of a non-profit organization called, NCBBA, short for the North Carolina Beach Buggy Association. After years and years of trying to get them to do so, they finally ran into a problem that necessitated the complete rebuilding of their web site on a new host, complete with new forums, online application processing, AND had to do all this using software and protocols that would make it easy for them to edit their own site, make changes to the shopping carts, administer their own company email server, etc.

So, for the last two and a half days, while rebuilding my office at nights, I have done absolutely nothing but code this new web site for NCBBA. Now, after two days without leaving the house, not being sure I've even showered, and the necessary consumption of unhealthy amounts of caffeine, it's completed. Take a moment and check it out at www.ncbba.org. If you're someone who cared about the ability to preserve our national shoreline for the enjoyment of the public, you might want to consider showing your support by joining. There's actually legislature going before congress that could completely close large portions of our beaches to the public forever! Freedoms like the right to enjoy the natural beauty of the beach and the shore are some of the things this organization fights to preserve. As a non-profit organization, they are forbidden from lobbying, so they depend on people like you who care to spread the word. Check 'em out! Want to chat about how they operate or what they stand for? Join the Buggy Board and ask questions!