My curling club, originally uploaded by astoriahermit.

Yes, you read that right. The wife and I joined a curling club tonight.

I'm not going to tell you what it says... You have to get a QR-Code Reader yourself.

special thanks to the folks over at kaywa.com

W.A.D.N.A.I is one of my best, most favorite acronyms. I came up with a few years ago in the face of... well.. a W.A.D.N.A.I. situation.

Definition:

W.A.D.N.A.I. - Works As Designed Not As Intended. (Pronounced Wad-Nye)
When the software you've written does exactly what it is supposed to do - it works as designed.  But, it does not do what the end user (or the fool who wrote the specification).  Does not work as intended.

It's a pretty easy to blunder into a WADNAI.   Either the client did a lousy job of telling you what they really wanted, either because they didn't know or because you didn't get to the heart of the requirements.

The only advice I have from my own WADNAIs is:  Don't accept all the blame, they helped you get here.  But don't think you're going to get off scott free - you gotta fix it.

I don't really know how to set this up other than, The Muppets:

Hanging a the Tiger drinking Six Poimt, originally uploaded by astoriahermit.

Just stepping out of the Blind Tiger after enjoying some really great Six Point beer. The Blind Bengali Tiger, a cask served IPA with a smack of peaches was just over throat moon good. May have had one pint too many but I'm feeling good. The Six Point brewers are great guys.

Dean & Britta at the Zipper Factory, originally uploaded by astoriahermit.

Catching a really good show. My friend Dave suggested we catch them. Definately worth a check out. Especially great is the guy in the back who is playing air guitar. Still, nice intimate comfortable space with good sound - definately a keeper,

I was surfing forgetfoo.com while waiting for a build to complete. This video caught my attention and I just thought it was seriously cool.

Here is the resulting commercial

and now you just watched a 2:45 ad for Sony... you hear that Sony... send me a check.

This is really exciting stuff in the mobile space. I recently got an iPod touch, and I have to say it is a pretty compelling device. I interested to see how two players in the web enabled smart phone space drives innovation.

NYTimes: Technology: Smartphone Is Expected via Google
By LAURA M. HOLSON and MIGUEL HELFT
Published: August 15, 2008
T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone powered by Google’s Android software, according to people briefed on the company’s plans.

T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone powered by Google’s Android software, according to people briefed on the company’s plans. The phone will be made by HTC, one of the largest makers of mobile phones in the world, and is expected to go on sale in the United States before Christmas, perhaps as early as October.

Executives for T-Mobile, the nation’s No. 4 wireless carrier, declined to comment on the new phone except to say it was on track to offer it in the fourth quarter. HTC, which is based in Taiwan, also declined to comment, although executives there have said they expected to deliver their phone by the end of the year.

Alley Insider is on about this as well.

So now we know that the first GPhone is indeed coming this fall.

Will it be a hit? It's hard to tell much from the supposed spy photos we've seen floating around on the Web, like the one to the right.

I have been taking swing classes from a very generous and excellent teacher for the last 8-10 weeks.  We have moved from 4 count to 6 count and finally to 8 count swing aka the Lindy Hop.  In case you're curious it looks something like the following:

I'm really enjoying the lessons and have been practicing with my wife.  One thing we realized right away was good music to practice by can really make a huge difference.  So at the recommendation of the instructor I purchase Lionel Hampton:Tempo & Swing which has an excellent mix of straight up solid swing tunes with a lot of different tempos.  In addition to being great dance music it's just really awesome music.

Unfortunately Tempo & Swing isn't readily available new or for download (that I saw) and so I opted to buy it used off an Amazon Seller.  I managed to get a copy for $6.95 plus shipping.  If you haven't checked him out you should definitely head over to Pandora and punch him in as a seed for a station.