I just got rid of my first email address: hoggardb@panix.com, circa 1993. It had become too spamalicious.

James and I just switched to AT&T, and got new phones.

I'm not used to holding it still yet. He was checking out his new phone when I took the picture.

A friend working at an unnamed company told me about the (widely unloved) CEO bringing in yet another IT consultant, probably on a search and destroy mission to get more control over their tech people. He hired them to come in while the CIO was away on vacation. Nice.

Here is what they had to say:

The web site is fine, technically and architecturally. Your IT guys are quite competent -- save you a great deal of money -- and are 'probably more competent than you deserve.'

The good guys (and gals) should win more often.