I woke up late this morning and decided to finish the site design for HoneyB.co.za. This is my wife's site and when I was redesigning Diago.co.za a while back I found a design I really liked. I got a change to implement it fairly quickly, and she designed a new image for the home page in the process.

I decided that it was time for the home network to get an upgrade, since testing the new Visual Studio 2010 TFS, developing 3 new websites, sky rocketing bandwidth usage and overworked machines where beginning to take its toll. Unfortunately I should have seen my wife packing up her MacBook and moving to the lounge as a sign that this was not going to be anywhere as simple as I claimed it would be.

I have not updated my blog for over a week, however the lack of updates where do to moving the domain and all my other hosting solutions to a new provider in the United States. Because of a few new requirements in my development projects I needed to use provider that support Windows Server 2008 and IIS7, as well as Framework 3.5 SP1 and Asp.net Mvc.

Another life update this time featuring information about the response to my role change as an evangelist and community lead, my visit to the doctor and our very pregnant Sharpei Cross.

DevDays has been long and hard and I have been driving the community hard. My wife decided it is time for me to take a sabatical and get some rest.

It's been a while since I posted something about my life, but this is a quick review of the month of February and what I have been up to. DevDays, Mr Price Group and new toys are the highlights for the last few weeks.

The first post for 2009. Catching up on New Year's day, the changes to the home network and the fun created by Guitar Hero III as a Christmas Present. Happy New Year to all!

After my class got cancelled I decided to take a weeks leave. I spend the week with my wife and we were able to complete some activities and tasks which had been outstanding for some time. We also got the opportunity to take the dogs to the beach.

On Saturday 23 August 2008, Michelle and I had our wedding at Illovo Africa Lodge. The weather turned out great, all the guests arrived on time and the whole day was better then either of us expected. After all the stress and planning, the 6 week lead time we had to prepare everything turned out great.

After being engaged for almost 3 years Michelle and I are finally tying the knot on Saturday, 23 August. She has done and amazing job in planning the wedding in under 8 weeks, and with less then 4 days to go the last minute rush is about to start.

I travelled to JHB to attend some meetings with Microsoft and IT Intellect around business and the community. While I was there I was able to meet with various community leads around events planned for the year.

While purchasing licenses for ecto for myself and my wife I made a very stupid mistake when registering, a mistake I did not pick up myself but a helpful support person did.

Another life update this time featuring information about load shedding in Kwazulu-Natal, last days at Bytes and future plans.

Sadly one of our favourite cats was killed by a car early Saturday morning. She will be desperatly missed as she was our model and clown, and the most loving cat we have had.

Another life update this time featuring information about the new Microsoft MVP's, some community activity and plans for SA Developer.net.

A review of 2007and the events listed as my personal highlights.

We were lucky enough to catch Wonderboom and Watershed in concert at the Beach Festival in Durban. This was an awesome evening of good music on the beach.

Another life update this time featuring information about hospitalized parents, visiting cousins, quick movies, SA Developer.net status and speed services still in the mix. We also recieved a new kitten called Spartan.

Another life update this time featuring information about Basil going missing, work overload, new blogging engine for the site and Speed Services being an utter failure.

My parents tried to send my new cellphone via Speed Services but it was stolen somewhere between there and here. We are currently fighting them regarding this issue.

Another life update this time featuring information about tiredness, Michelle being robbed, the pets dealing with the weather and negative opinions of technology and development.

Another life update this time featuring information about outstanding projects, SA Developer.net, development technologies and community credit winner announcements.

Another life update this time featuring information about project statuses, networking hassles and naughty puppies.

Another life update this time featuring information about project deadlines, pet conversations, software via snail mail and weekend plans. Also found a very good Vista review worth mentioning.

Another life update this time featuring information about flat tires on the Ranger, projects in completion for Bytes, our new animals and the status of SA Developer.net.

Another life update this time featuring information about Bytes, Asp.Net Ajax and an update on the pets.

Another life update this time featuring information about project statuses for Bytes, Rose Online, the Meet the Robinson movie as well as a new arrival for an old friend.

Another life update this time featuring information about the Bunny Chow movie, TechDays 2007 in Kwazulu-Natal, Windows Vista myths and issues as well as the first SA Developer.Net KZN talk.

Another life update this time featuring information about projects for Bytes, SA Developer.net events and information about Michelle's blog.

Another life update this time featuring information about tech-reel videos for SA Developer.net, arguments with Speed Services and website optimization.

Another life update this time featuring information about the passing of Zack, the Windows Vista OPK course, the movie Best Friends and some news from the web.

Another life update this time featuring information about a broken ADSL Line and fights with Telkom, the officially new position working for Bytes, settling in the new place in Musgrave and my dad's new car.