Discovered Joomla

I discovered Joomla yesterday. I haven't stopped playing with it since.  It is going to be the foundation for every company website I do from now on.  it is such a brilliant base application!

Martini Tuesday

Last night I went to the 400th week of the SOBE Social Club Martini Tuesday at the Sagamore Hotel.  Unlike many of the past events, this one was a great networking event where my business partner and I met several good contacts.  We were beginning to grow jaded from the transient population of Miami and have made it a point now to grow roots with the native population.  

Prop 2 Appeal?

It is strange that Florida voted for a republican president but still managed to vote for the state constitutional amendment to ban domestic partnership rights.  Perhaps the injustice of civil rights is not appropriately held in disgust by the media as much lesser crimes emphasized by our beloved press today.

Eye mask

Traditionally I have always had a bedroom I could keep dark but my one now it is very hard and I have a huge glass door facing the sunrise. I've started sleeping with an eye mask to prevent waking up too early and I find I really like it!

I saw the first strikeoff today of our company's new line of hand-painted fabrics.  It was breathtaking.  I will have it all over my home.  Had a thought today regarding marketing materials and we have begun a starter book to give to clients.  It works with the website, but allows people to print out our product lines and have them in a bound book that they can customize to their specific tastes and projects!

Today I created my first wiki entry.  I am trying to create a wikipedia entry for Richard Holton to help expand our media and marketing coverage.  I also started my intial groundwork for my artists' collective for fine art representation.  More to come on this later, but I was influenced by the ArtReview top 100 most influential artists list.

Who really celebrates Columbus day anymore? I know that I didn't.  I knew it was there and who Columbus was, which is more than I can say for the majority of the country, but what more is there?  Are we going to start losing holidays that aren't pertinent to our societal values now or will Hallmark create a new commercial purpose for this day that used to find everyone together with families and at home relaxing.

Stormy day here on the beach so I worked most of the day.  It is odd how quickly coding theory comes back after going so long without using it.  I'm very impressed with the work that I have done on our company website so far.  Our French vendors are talking about coming to visit us when we get our first order placed, but I think it would be a good idea to visit with them as well.  Paris here I come!

I just put the aquarium widget on my laptop.  I definitely miss my aquarium I used to have!  Fish are so peaceful

Up Early

There must have been a major pressure change since I woke up at 5:00 AM this morning restless and shortly after it started raining. Life at the mercy of the sea! But at least I can walk down to the beach and watch the sunrise this morning. I'm not sure what all has prompted this, but I've initiated a major undertaking to bring myself back online after years of trying to keep myself off the Internet as much as possible! I guess working in network security tends to keep you paranoid. Not so much with home decor.