I realize Mr. Romero of the ACLU probably isn’t able to respond to individual emails, so I figured I’d just toss this out here. Nothing major; I just felt like venting.

On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 08:01:05AM -0500, Anthony D. Romero wrote:
>
> Dear Ken,
>
> Thank you for renewing as a card-carrying member of the ACLU!
>

Thank President Bush, Attorney General Gonzales, and Senator Specter. *grin* They reminded me how important work like yours and the EFF’s is. (EFF is next for renewal!)

> I am glad to know that you share our commitment to defending freedom.  I pledge to you the best 
> efforts of everyone at the ACLU as we work together to protect liberty.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Anthony D. Romero
> Executive Director
> American Civil Liberties Union

I look forward to doing anything I can to help! I expect we have our work cut out for us…

Whew! After a bit of trial and tribulation, I’ve managed to get my site back onto the Django main code trunk again. This involved “removing the magic” — the Django dudes checked in a bunch of backwards-incompatible (but mostly really good) code changes to the Django trunk about a month ago, and I’ve been putting off doing the necessary site work needed to “go live” with the new stuff. Because I’m lazy. *grin* Plus, massive migrations scare the bejeezus out of me (I’ve seen enough go awry in my day job), and I HATE the thought of losing my stuff!

But nothing to fear; all is done, and everything appears to be ok now. Couple of tricky issues with some of the less-frequently used functionality (feeds, mostly), but overall I’m very satisified. If you read this site, and you notice any weird issues, please let me know. I’ve tested everything I can think of (RSS feeds, commenting, etc.)…but I may have missed something.

The good news is that now I can get back to site updates. I held off on new functionality, b/c adding new stuff in the old branch would just mean more fixes when I flipped the switch. I’m over that hump now; joy! I’ve got several ideas I want to add.

Hmmm…after hearing Cam and Rich rant and rave about this thing for two or three podcasts, I decided to check it out. Very cool! I definitely see uses. I’m yet again dumping data into the Google silo, of course…it’ll be REALLY cool if a GData API for Google Notebook shows up.

Backpack has some similar functionality, and includes an API…but loses out on the “no Firefox extension” front. Hm…I should doublecheck that. I haven’t checked the Backpack blog recently; if they DO have a Firebox/Greasemonkey extension now, that would be cool! The API for Backpack kicks butt…I’ve used it before, and it works like a champ. Python wrapper and everything!

Snap! There’s a Backpack It! Greasemonkey user script…let the contest begin! Who will win the notes o’ Kenzoid…Google or Backpack?