My hiatus
Well it has been a long while since I last posted a blog entry, 54 days to be exact. A lot has happened in that timeframe. On a technical level, I'm in the process of dumping my current website which is written as a model 1 JSP app and moving over to Tapestry. I have the shell created but the hard work is still to come. I think I'm going to scale it back since most of the pages that are currently out there are not even interesting to me :)
On the Ruby front, I've been involved with the St Louis Ruby User Group for about 3 months now. The 3rd formal meeting is tonight. Hopefully I'll have more time to dive in soon.
On a personal level, our first child, Alex, was born June 1st so the past 4 weeks have been a whirlwind. It is an awesome experience but very time consuming. Things like learning Ruby and redesigning my site have been put on the back burner. Hopefully now that Alex is sleeping more I will have additional spare time to work on those things. Fall/Winter have always been my most productive seasons anyway since summer tends to be nonstop.