How's your summer?

I realized today that my last post was in early May. Oops. I guess I sorta dropped off the face of the digital landscape for a while. I even stopped updating Twitter and Jaiku. You could still tell I was around because my presence feed was still being updated with last.fm, Wakoopa, Netflix, and LibraryThing updates, but it’s not the same thing, right?

At any rate, I finished with finals and sort of mentally collapsed from exhaustion. We had decided to try a format change on Bits of Silicon Hell, but even that fell flat. I just ran out of steam. Mostly because it was a long and tough semester, but I’ve recharged my batteries a little now. I’ve spent most of my time playing Travian and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and literally not trying to think too much.

I also spent some time writing a paper for the CMG conference which will be in San Diego in December. The paper was submitted last week and I’ll know in late July if the paper made it through the referee process. If it’s published, I should be invited to present the paper at the conference.

Most recently, I’ve been dealing with a very bad sunburn from a trip to the lake for my brother-in-law’s 30th birthday party (photos are up on Flickr). I could barely stand for two days due to the burns on my legs. Also, this week my daughter has had pneumonia and a bladder infection. We had to go to the emergency room twice in one day (don’t ask). She’s doing well, but her immune system is completely taxed and we have to keep her still and away from other people (try that with a 3 year old).

Next week is Cub Scout Camp for my son and this year’s theme is Dinosaur Discovery. Dinosaurs have been his absolute favorite thing in the world since he was about 18 months old. I think he’ll have a blast. I’ll probably end up working at the camp on Thursday and Friday which should be fun too.

Until next time (hopefully sooner than this time)!