I ordered my starter kit yesterday.  I should be online this week.

Update: my gamer tag is: notyourboss

My wife an I just got back from our 2nd trip to Walt Disney World this summer.  By far the coolest thing we did this time was taking the Around the World at Epcot tour.  It's a two hour experience which gives you an opportunity to experience the World Showcase before it opens to the public.  Oh, and it takes place entirely on Segway's.  Too Cool!

The tour starts out with a 45 minute training session which covers the basics of Segway riding that you will need in the park.  After that, you quickly ride through Future World and into the World Showcase.  From there on, you get to ride around all of the countries.  There is even an opportunity for photographs and videotaping outside of the Italy pavilion.  Highly recommended.

I really enjoyed the experience of riding the Segway for an extended period of time.  By the end of the tour, I was really getting the hang of it and was doing fairly complicated manuvers.  It took a surprising amount of time to get proficiant with turning and going up and down inclines.  I wish I had a reason to justify buying one.  Do I think it will change the world?  Probably not, but it was fun.

I have 65464 6 to give away.

Like many people, I keep lists of goals that I would like to achieve before certain milestone birthdays.  My “Before 30” list has been mostly unchanged for the past few years.  With the exception of “Meet Chris Sells” and “Get Married”, I have not made much progress on my list.  “Buy a House” still seems reachable, but “Have a Kid” is looking less and less likely as the time remaining before my 30th birthday rapidly converges on the gestational period of a human being. 

The other two goals on my list have never been revealed publicly.  Sure, my friends know what they are, but that's about it.  One of them was a long shot to begin with, so it will simply have to roll over onto my “Before 35” list along with the “Have a Kid” thing.

The final item on my list is still not something that I am ready to reveal, but I have taken an important first step towards reaching it (or failing miserably trying) in the near future.  Stay tuned.

Update:  It's been a month.  I'm guessing that it won't happen after all.  Life goes on.  :(

Happy Birthday to Me!

The surgery last week didn't go as expected.  The doctor didn't find any stone, which either means I am insane (possible) or I passed it without realizing it (unlikely).  I guess it's back to the proverbial drawing board.

My birthday is next week.  It's perfect timing that Apple announced the new iPods yesterday.  I just ordered one of the new 20GB models.  According to the Apple store, it should be here by the end of the week.  I'll post my experiences later.

It's a hell of a lot easier to code in VB.NET on a Tablet PC.