A pic of the whiteboard across the way from Whit's hospital bed. Notice how they remind you of your name.


So, it's been a week since Whit's surgery, and I must admit, it's been a crazy, crazy week. I am super happy January is almost over, because this has been a ridiculous month. CES, MacWorld, surgery, work...I mean, I guess that's how life goes, but jeez, 2008 needs to chill a bit.



Whit's doing great, walking around and gaining strength. It's truly awesome how fast her recovery has been. She actually ended up leaving one day sooner than we had originally thought! She's still in some pain in the mornings (nerves growing back), but even that is beginning to subside a bit. I am really proud of her--I know it's still going to be a while before she's at 100%, but this is a good start.

Unfortunately, the construction on the apartment across the way is still in full swing. It's really loud during the day, with all kinds of drills and hammers and jackhammers and yammer(ings). Whit's actually going to leave for a bit in February to hang out with her family, which is going to be good for her.



the view across the way. pardon the screendoor effect caused by an actual screendoor

I am working from home part of the time, but work is back in full effect, after a bit of a break during CES and MacWorld...MacWorld was surprisingly good this year. I am not sure why, but it just "felt" better than the MacWorlds of the past few years. Apple is obviously growing like crazy, and this is getting a lot of people to get more interested in developing for the platform (and making cases for the iDevices). I actually ended up get a nice backpack from STM...my last bag lasted me something like 7 years, so we'll see how this goes. It's a terrific bag, I gotta say.

What else? On the nerd side, I finally received my "do it yourself birthday present" -- Absolute Sandman Vol. 2 and the Ultimate Blade-Runner HD-DVD set. I know, why bother buying anything on HD-DVD when Warner announced for Blu-Ray? Well, I can always get the actual 5 disk movie on Blu-Ray at some future date, but for some reason, the collector nerd in me wanted the whole "super sized" set. And you know what? It's not really worth it, I gotta admit. The movie is worth getting--it's awesome--but the set is kind of "eh". I mean, it's cool and everything and I am glad I got it, but I wouldn't recommend it. The movie itself, the 5 disc version, is fantastic - I will talk about it once I watch more of the full movie package...but I popped it in two nights ago and watched it for awhile...it looked and sounded insane. So clear, so clean, so amazing---really, the whole idea of being able to watch an HD signal that is not compressed by the cable company, it's mind boggling; it totally makes a difference. I am sad that it looks like HD-DVD is on the outs, but it's still a great upconverting DVD player and I am not about to get a Blu-Ray player any time soon. So, I can rent stuff in HD-DVD until it all shakes out, but I must say, I have been very impressed with the format so far. True, it's not the insane leap of quality that we saw going from VHS to DVD, but it is still pretty intense. I got Zodiac as well, which is similarly amazing.


can I just say that the SF skyline seems to change every time I visit?

What else? Acting is going well, a few auditions this week but not really that busy. We're all waiting for the strike to end.

Okay, I know I am forgetting a few things, but I will post now and try to update this weekend...