I noticed this when I left the house this morning. Le Wife dislikes the roses due to the maintenance they require and this isn't helping matters at all.

Joel Spolsky (of http://www.joelonsoftware.com/) and Jeff Atwood (of http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/) selected my audio question on their new podcast, episode #6.

Stackoverflow is a new property created by a joint venture between these two blogging juggernauts.

http://blog.stackoverflow.com/

So far, their podcast is interesting like Paris Hilton. She’s famous for just being herself. Nevertheless, I am now famous.

I really do look forward to each new episode. Its a nice change of pace from the others that decorate my new iPhone. It's a little like a Seinfeld episode too, its a show about nothing, but in that span of 30 minutes, something interesting always happens. I love the history that Joel sprinkles in and the minutia that intrigues Jeff so much.

My question picked a little bit on Jeff, but hopefully the core of it came through. It was essentially a version of the eternal buy vs. build issue, or in this case "use what's in the box" vs. "build your own" scenario. Jeff had a respectable answer that centered on what he felt was important and what he was happy to inherit from the .Net Framework.

These are the types of debates I have every day building software. Its fun to ping someone outside your normal group every now and again and see what they have to say about it.

Ok, so I'm not sure I've posted about the dog and the Thai food on this blog before, but I have been preoccupied lately with the newborn.

I was the proud poppa of an 8lb 15oz baby boy on April 29th, 2008. I'm still at a loss for words. This is arguably the cutest, smartest baby in the world.