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I just got back from the Open Web Vancouver conference with a friend from work. It was pretty interesting. We found out about a few new and useful web toolkits, learned some AJAX tips and tricks and got a general feel for all the new "webby" things people are working on these days. We also helped a few people with mapping related websites since that is our area of expertise. Overall it was a great trip.

Elsewhere, things are looking really good right now too. Asuka and I are still looking to buy a condo somewhere near downtown whenever the right one comes along. Work is continuing to be busy and interesting. The weather is getting nicer by the day. I'm continuing to enjoy mixing music and moving forward in that area of my hobbies. I'm able to hang out with my friends and wife regularly, even though we're all so busy. The Office is finally back on TV now that the writers strike is over, and the last season of Battlestar Galactica has started up (pretty much the only two cable TV shows I watch right now). My Xbox 360 is continuing to entertain me with great games like Rock Band. I've been winning money at my regular poker games lately. And I could probably go on, but you get the point.

To even things out a bit, what are some things that are annoying me right now? For one, the renters living above me have been extremely loud after midnight at least 3 times this week (but they got a lot of complaints, including from us, so hopefully that will stop now). Our small and cramped condo continues to be growing even smaller by the day. I still can't afford to stop doing contract work on the side, which continues to take up much of my free time. I keep meaning to start going to the driving range and golfing again, but haven't been able to yet. My camera, which is now about 6 years old, has been having problems for a while which makes me want to get that new Canon 40D SLR now rather than later. Also, both my desktop and laptop computers are really starting to act slow and show their age. But these are pretty much all things that will get sorted out over time.

So in general, things are going well. Summer is coming, along with a lot of great events, birthdays and vacation time. And life continues to be busy, complicated, enjoyable, frustrating and exciting. Nothing new really :).