I’ve dropped iWeb in favor of wordpress, which has gotten incredibly robust and is so easy to use. I remember way back when I first started my own website I had contemplated using wordpress but it seemed so basic. Now there are hundreds of great themes and plugins available. Two plugins I really like are podpress and Flickr Photo Album, which basically give me the same functionality that my iWeb site had.

Speaking of Flickr, this is a great website that I just found out about recently. You can store all your photos and share them with friends, even total strangers. There are photo groups that you can join, and there’s also a geotagging system that allows you to see photos from all over the world. I love this kind of technology that brings people together. YouTube, podcasts, del.icio.us, digg, even craigslist. These technologies are what make the Internet great! Wouldn’t it be great if the next revolution took place on the Internet? We could overthrow governments and fight evil corporations from our laptops!

Well, I’m relieved this update is finally finished. It took the better part of this weekend. Now I can get back to practicing and, well, let’s just say a promise I made a long time ago and need to complete.

Wow, Tower Records is going out of business. Well, here are the albums I got today:

Sonny’s Crib, Sonny Clark
Whistle Stop, Kenny Dorham
Out To Lunch, Eric Dolphy
Point Of Departure, Andrew Hill
Desert Winds, Illinois Jacquet
The Eminent, Volume One, J.J. Johnson

Went swimming today in the rain. It was a great choice and grounded me all day. I got a lot done too!

We visited Onassis and Anh and got to meet their second daughter Sophia for the first time. Athena’s grown up a lot since we last saw her and can say interesting things like “There’s water in there” when she needs to go to the bathroom and “It’s not a drum” when you pat her behind. I’m not sure it was a good time to visit, since Sophia is only two months old and requires a lot of attention, i.e. she likes to be held constantly and will wake up if you put her down! It was a major eye-opener and we recommend anyone contemplating parenthood to spend a couple of days with friends. You can see what it’s like and change your mind before it’s too late!!

Kyoko’s pregnant!