First order of business is for me to shamelessly pimp my Uncle’s website. Rustic Workbench isn’t exactly shambot-style wares, but I thought you all might want to look around, just in case. Plus my Uncle’s story is pretty cool. He graduated from the U of M with a bachelors in Middle Eastern Studies. He and his wife Kay lived and worked in Saudi Arabia as translators for the embassy. After my Uncle got tired of that he got his MBA from Harvard and owned a PIP Printing franchise until he retired about 5 years ago. He then learned how to program and builds websites freelance. He’s currently living in the Maine wilderness, and is spending his time updating the cabin and building the things that he’s selling on his website. His wife Kay has been up to some interesting stuff as of late as well. She performs the ‘ud in various Middle Eastern music productions. They’re really cool people with really interesting lives. Fun stuff.

Also, if you remember the Fire Wire videos I posted a couple weeks ago, it turns out campus security was aware of it, and as a result the newspaper was as well.

Finally, I just wanted to update you on my website project. It’s coming together well, but unfortunately I won’t be able to host it on the public CS server, so you guys won’t be able to see it. Just as well too because we decided not to worry about how it looks, and instead concentrate on how it functions. As a result it’s butt ugly. But I am thinking seriously about developing the site further after I graduate, in which case I’ll get some real hosting for it and might talk to some of you shambers about designing it for keeps.