Heard and gave a brief Review of "Jarhead"

Click for a brief review: Jarhead

Alabama State Closed 2005 Players List

I've spent some time getting the Alabama State Table Tennis
Championships page together in anticipation of this weekend's
tournament.
Alabama State Closed 2005 Players List

Added Page Landscaping 2005

Added a page showing our current yard work: Landscaping 2005

Non-Pro: North East Deciduous Forests and Online Bill Paying

Northeast Deciduous Forest Stamps Review and Rambling

I'm quoted on Joel on Software - Friday, August 20, 2004

Hey, my friend Todd just pointed out that my Amazon.com review got quoted on “Joel on Software”:

Joel on Software - Friday, August 20, 2004.

I'd missed that.

Report from Engine Co. 82 Reviewed

Review: of "Report from Engine Co. 82"

Developer Testing Review Posted

I posted a review of Kent Beck's recent talk on
Developer Testing.

Review of "Dinner with Persephone" Posted

Dinner with Persephone reviewed.

Sparkling Turtles Salt Shaker

I recently received a set of these crystal turtles: Lenox Sparkling Turtles Salt & Pepper Set

I'm trying to class up my table a bit, it looks good sitting on our black stone lazy susan, filled with pure white salt with gem-cut green eyes.
I recite a little rhyme when I add salt to my food:
"Turtle, Turtle,
From your vault,
Please may I have,
A little salt."

Followed by "Thank you." when I've finished flavoring. The kids think I'm nuts but its the kind of thing that may get remembered as home.

TalkBack: Autolink is bad for publishers | reader response on| CNET News.com

I haven't done much editorializing within this blog (thus far) but Google's AutoLinks have me a bit incensed (after reading bits from
Dave Winer and folks he's pointed us to.) All the more so since Neil Gaiman keeps admonishing us to "make good art."
And then Charles Cooper over at CNET.com puts up an article belittling the issue. I added my 2 cents there:
TalkBack: Autolink is bad for publishers | reader response on| CNET News.com

(I hereby confess to not only using Google's Toolbar but to using the "Blog This" button on their toolbar to post this entry. Sigh.)

Charles R. "Chip" Patton Jr., Software Professional Page

I added a sub-page to
The Chipster Zone
web site for job related stuff:
Charles R. "Chip" Patton Jr., Software Professional Page

Neil Gaiman's "American Gods" Reviewed

American Gods Review

Other Reviews: PowerPod

Review of my new Griffin PowerPod universal auto charger.

Hiring Technical People, Top 1% Comment

I added the second comment to Johanna Rothman's Blog entry on Hiring the Top 1% (1/31/2005): Hiring Technical People

The Chipster Zone

Did a little overhead: bought the www.chipsterzone.com for 5 years starting January 28, 2005. Moved the "What's Here" list to the top of the home page and added "Professional" (need to add a page and rearrange my job history, reviews, IFS Award, etc. to there).

Chip's 2004 Christmas Note Photos

Chip's 2004 Christmas Note. It's just the photos so far.

New Audio Book Review (Narwhal)

"The Voyage of the Narwhal " reviewed.

David Rawson's Top 200 Albums of the 1990s

David Rawson's Top 200 Albums of the 1990s, freshly created, freshly posted.

Review of "Comments on The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing"

Posted a review of Eric Sink's Comments on "The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing".

Refactoring Reviewed

Added a
review of Refactoring by Martin Fowler.