Apologies
First off, apologies to anybody who reloaded this page in the last 2 months hoping there would be some new content. As it turns out, starting a business, participating in the usual summer hobbies, and working a part-time job can be pretty time consuming. Now that I finally have a moment, I figured I’d write a post. Shockingly enough I have several more coming because I actually have things to write about. Be advised!

updates

• Andrew and I incorporated our business in Delaware. The company is called Char Software, inc. and the company website is www.charsoftware.com. Don’t expect anything exciting there until we launch our first project. We expect to launch at the end of the summer. We have an almost-usable beta version of our technology and hope to have customers soon.
• The Pansy Patrol is gearing up for its most absurd publicity stunt to date. I can’t say too much, but it involves two Proteges. Expect some absurd videos before the summer ends
• I broke down and decided that even though I’m on a budget, I can’t go a summer without some track time so I’m doing the August 18 and September 22 track days with the SCDA. If anybody is interested drop me a line!

Djatmaterra
In college I roomed with Adam Kaufman. He was a great roommate and I have plenty of fond memories of the time: (Absurd arguments at 6am, covering the hallway with cups of water, taking trips to the suburbs, etc). Now he is in a band called Djatmaterra. He asked me to come to one of his shows and I decided to check it out. I was really skeptical about what I would find because my memories of Adam as a singer were not particularly grand. So, you can imagine my surprise when Adam and his band put on an incredible show. They still have some bugs to work out, but I was genuinely entertained and will go to see them again; which is more than I can say about most things on this planet. One of the things that I did not realize was how much like running a startup creating a band can be. They have to drum up interest, get ‘customers’, keep focused, work out scheduling problems, deal with a budget, etc. I guess I can appreciate this angle of things now that I’m in a similar boat and so I hope to watch succeed. If you are even the least bit interested in small bands and local music you should take a look at their MySpace page (yes, I hate Myspace pages. But this is the one of the absurdly rare cases where it is acceptable) and maybe even see them in person.