Happy Birthday to you.

Ted's a friend who works as an open source developer. Writes a cool blog too.

Today is the 13th day after the Iranian New Year, or Sizdah Bedar, which means Iranians get out of the house. It marks the return to ordinary life. It is believed that joy and laughter clean the mind from all evil thoughts, and a picnic is usually a festive, happy event.

Today is a nice day here in Seattle land, so I'm taking Maryam to the Tulip Festival. But first we're going to Maltby's cafe for lunch. It's a great place. Has the world's largest cinnamon rolls.

Hope you get away from the computer and have a good day. I'll post some pictures on my Flickr feed later.

 

So tonight Maryam and I were out to dinner with a bunch of Adam Kinney's friends and coworkers (it was his birthday) and Jeff was there. When I first got there he said "congratulations."

"Thanks, you know it was a joke, right?"

"Oh, it was? We already cleaned out your office and I have everything in boxes in my truck and your email is being shut off, cause the lawyers considered your post written proof that you weren't a Microsoft employee anymore."

"Good one Jeff!"

Of course I wasn't completely sure if he was pulling my leg or not until I got home and checked I could still get on email. Heheh.

Oh, I thought it was funny that Nick Carr won the annual hypocritical April Fools' Day "Dark Cloud" award.

Anyone notice that Hugh Macleod has been on fire lately? (He got a new Tablet PC and he's been kicking out cartoons at a much faster pace). He's the guy who did the little cartoon above.