Philly is inspiring each year on this holiday. How you can get involved here.

Blogging while watching game…

I’m not gonna make any predictions… because I don’t want to jinx my team. But I know all of Philly has been looking forward to today. A real game. And it’s going to be a heart pounder. Go Eagles!

My personal posting has decreased as work on Philly Future has increased. I’ve been expecting that to occur sooner or later. Apologies. We’ll see what happens as more help comes on board (help – editors and fellow developers wanted!).

There’s lots of interesting things going on in the world.

Later this weekend I’ll be sure to do some kind of link dump 😉

Almost a double post of what I put here earlier… except I document a few people and organizations I’ve been contacting.

Remember – there is never any harm in asking for advice. That is, of course, if you happen to ask advice from someone that means you some kind of ill. And then there’s rejection… which sucks…

But nothing, absolutely nothing – is worst than not trying.

You gotta keep on knocking on doors.

…If you remember the old six degrees phenomena, anyone is 6 hops or less away from you. In the age of email and social software, I bet it’s more like 4 hops or less (Margret was 2 hops away). If there’s a lesson for other webloggers here, it’s this: if there’s something you’ve always wanted to ask one of your idols or you have an idea for an interview you’d like to see, there’s nothing stopping you from tracking the right person down and getting the answers you wanted. I urge you to give it a try someday.

A Whole Lotta Nothing: Don’t just read the news, make it: 12/8/04

Truer words have never been spoken. These past few weeks I have reached out and have gotten terrific advice and feedback on all sorts of different things. Be brave folks. The only thing you have to fear is a little rejection right?

Thanks to Bill for sending this along. I’ve really taken this to heart.

I have spondylolisthesis. I’ve had constant lower back pain for over eight years. On a scale of one to ten, I’m always between a three and five. Regular exercise reduces the pain level down to a two. My doctor has told me there is an operation I can have, that would probably be successful, but told me to only do this if I can’t live with the pain. I can. For now. But I wonder what it will be like when I am older. I’m bad at doing my exercises now as it stands.

Why am I suddenly sharing this? Well I’m declaring my back pain brotherhood with Al. I’m also coming to terms that this is something that will affect my life in a bad way if I don’t handle it. Like smoking. I had to quit. Done. Now I’m going to do something about my back. I think. I hope. Maybe?

Here’s to a great 2005!

A few hours early, but I’m sure you understand. I’m off the net tomorrow.