my short vacation is up. my wife's parents came out to visit. trey is their only grandchild so he had plenty of attention. my father in law graciously helped put the finishing touches on a complete plumbing overhaul of our house that we started 2 years back. we now have all copper and a new drainage system. next up ... tile and finish the second bathroom in our house including installing the claw foot bathtub my wife and i recently picked out. again, thx to my father in law, the hard part is behind us.

i like diy. i live diy. a new skill, or two, is learned during the course of events. collaborating on ideas and discudding the potential the magic ingredient. it is the journey, after all, not the destination that matters and choosing travel companions wisely makes for smooth sailing. lastly, simply the "do it" part is key. hmmmmmmmmm, i wonder if do it yourself is more appropriately phrased do it ourselves. anyways, it is always rewarding, if not bruising as in my case, to accomplish needed tasks and begin planning for furture projects. this go around i do wish i had kept up w/ my work our routine as i was mondo sore ... but that wore off once the dust settled.

i believe a principal reason as to why i like diy is directly proportional to what attracts me to oss. that is, given a few primitive tools and a couple of like minds there are virtually no limits.

community.

i have learned more about a handful of folks i collaborate with on various projects and have yet to meet then many i encounter in the "real" world. amazing and i consider these folks i have yet to meet friends. truly. nothing like hashing out ideas on a significantly sizeable codebase whilst balancing multiple user bases to bring out the true "do it ourselves" collaborative spirit.

collaboration.

mutual exchange of ideas. openess. learning. trying. doing. asking "why not" more often then "why." amazing.

anyways, vacation is up ... just about ... now.

MyJXTA :: use it - learn it - do it

Java == platform independence
XML == application independence
JXTA == network independence

Secure End-to-End Computing

in my ears: Moby/Hotel/Beautiful