Today, work is having a get together at Incredible Pizza. Even though Susan, myself, and the kids are all in varying stages of sickness, we’re still planning to go. Expect pictures later.

Tomorrow I drive to Dallas, then hop on a plane and fly to Boston. I’m driving to Dallas to avoid flying on a puddle jumper. The last time I flew was August, 2004. The last time I flew before that was 1997. I’m not looking forward to the flight, but I am looking forward to the Xanax. I’m also looking forward to the trip. I’ll be in a training class all week. Saturday, I’ll be visiting Funspot, the “largest arcade in the country” according to their website. Then it’s back to the airport for more fun and more Xanax, arriving in Dallas late Saturday night and crashing with Justin before heading back home Sunday morning.

According to my server’s logs, eCoder Ring has now been downloaded over 2,000 times. That’s a lot of people out there playing with my silly little electronic toy. And, to the person who sent me an encoded message without a key … the program does not have a back door or a universal unlock code. Not even I cannot decode your message. In fact, to date no one has cracked my test message that I included in the program’s read me. Maybe next week I will repost the code along with a financial bounty.

I am considering starting a podcast. The podcast will probably be similar to my tech blog in subject — I suspect I’ll be talking about retro computers, videogames, and other technological topics. I haven’t decided on a release schedule yet — weekly makes sense, but sounds like a lot of work. Bi-weekly sounds better, but I wonder if people would remain interested? I’m still working out the logistics, but I think it’s going to happen. I am taking a mic with me to Boston, in case I become inspired.