Today Kerry and I went to my first Michigan game at the Big House. Spending 8 years in marching bands I’ve been in a few stadiums, but the Big House is truly unique. It was absolutely perfect weather and of course Michigan won. As you can tell from the pictures we had great seats and a great time. If you are ever in Ann Arbor and enjoy football, I recommend you attend a game. Coming from Baylor, it was also interesting going to a game that was packed with fans.
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Just another night at the Duty’s
You would think, having a two story house, that there would be plenty of room for the Duty family. Obviously this photo shows that theory incorrect. Just another night at the Duty’s.
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Remote Debugging JBoss in Eclipse
When I’m not thinking about the baby on the way, I’m writing java code for Harris & Baseview. I usually focus on server-side java code using J2EE with jBoss. There are many wars going on in the technology market today, and one of the largest is the IDE war. I’m of the mind developers should be able to use whatever they want, thus the developers will always drive the direction of product development, not the constraints/features of an IDE. For the last year I’ve been using Eclipse for my java development and I’m really falling in love with it. Each release seems to get better and better and its developer community (made up largely of corporate sponsors) are very motivated to keep improving it. One if the things I love the most about it is its remote debugging feature. I usually write code on a Powerbook and I like to run and test the code on a Dual G5 tower in the corner of my cube. Eclipse allows me to remotely debug a JVM on a separate machine, including stepping, tracing and setting breakpoints. I love it. Here are instructions on how to setup JBoss for remote debugging with eclipse. Its that easy!
Of course the other great thing about Eclipse is that its free. That is a benefit especially when JBuilder goes for a measly 5K per seat.
Monday, November 07, 2005
Saturday, November 05, 2005
Friday, November 04, 2005
Arms and legs everywhere!
Just got back from today’s ultrasound and I’m totally amazed how much things have grown! Last visit (4 weeks ago) the baby was 7mm long and looked like a grain of rice. This time we saw it moving with arms, legs and a head. As the doctor positioned the device around we could see that the kid was really putting on a circus. At one point I could really make out a hand (being able to identify body parts is really eye-opening). I’ll post pictures tonight.
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Baby Technology
Kerry and I have her next OBGYN appointment tomorrow and I really can’t wait. Last time was so much fun seeing the baby (even if it was the size of a grain of rice). Tomorrow Kerry will be 11 weeks and it should be about the size of a peanut (I find it interesting that all the books compare the size of babies to food items). People tell me that we may be able to hear the heart! Got to admit, technology is too cool, especially when it lets us connect to our unborn child.
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
The cat… or Baby is out of the bag!
That’s right, if you haven’t already heard Kerry and I are having our first baby. As of today she is 10.5 weeks along and doing great. We have already had one OBGYN appointment and will have another this Friday. I’m really excited because we may get to hear the heart! As of our last appointment, which was when she was 7 weeks the baby was 7mm long (looked like a grain of rice). Can’t wait to see him or her again this Friday! Currently her projected due date is May 27, 2006.
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