(e:Paul) (e:Terry) (e:yesthatcasey) and I missed The Buffalo bike party ride, but we were able to stop by dreamland for unconventional measurements. Mickey had built an amazing minecraft model of downtown buffalo on an Xbox (without scripting). He called it 'Views of Buffalo' I think. It included a Byron Brown sphinx complete with a cart ride through his butt.

I am not an arty person but computer art and data is something I can get into. Unfortunately some of these charts made no sense. I guess I am not an artist though because I couldn't get a clear picture.

Just to further document to (e:paul)'s. Its full of asbestos but the workers aren't wearing lung protection. Can someone say OSHA?

It almost looks as if they're saving the facade but I think not. I hope it doesn't become a parking lot.

I really think between this lot, the parking lot next to it and the warehouse behind the Firestone, a really cool building could be built. I think a four or five story apartment building similar to the Linnor with a front courtyard would be awesome and add more residential density to Allentown.

The best square of the summer so far, and the most packed.
(e:yesthatcasey), (e:libertad), (e:heidi), (e:diann), (e:flacidness), Tanya, and later Big Steve met up with us and came over for pizza and bocce.

They also got a UFC grappling match between Casey and I. I want to practice more. I'd rather not get my face punched though.

I can't believe it's already halfway through July.

My first week contracting at Roswell has been amazing. I actually feel like my job is challenging and has a measurable impact rather then mindlessly copying and pasting between excel documents.

For a first project I've started working with the group on a appointment reminder system for the patient portal, so patients can get text, voice and email reminders when they have an upcoming appointment. I love that I get to program for a full workday now. After a week I feel that I can do well here.

One of the best parts is now I can eat lunch with (e:paul) and (e:terry). I feel bouge going out to lunch instead of bringing one, but I think it's also a good time to talk about work and figure out what I need to do.

This lunch was a a hummus wrap Washington Market. Paul's tea tasted like fish. I tweeted Honest Tea but no one ever answered me.

So as luck would have it, the day before I got laid off, (e:Paul)'s team at Roswell got to hire a programming contractor to help them with having too much work in too short of a time. It works out because I've been hearing about the patient portal project through him, and learned a lot of my programming workflow and practices from him. so I was unemployed for almost no time at all. Guess I landed on my feet.

I started this Monday. Already I committed code and it seems like there are always going to be interesting things to learn and do. Paul and his team seem awesome and to work really well together. My contract is only for four months but I can't wait to see what I can do.