I Got Rhythm

Yet Another Upgrade

I've upgraded to Community Server 2007. Unfortunately, the entire theme model is changed, though for the better, I don't have the time to update my Aero theme, so I chose Kid Congo right now. The main reason for upgrading is the built-in FeedBurner support. It's an excellent service that gives you a bit more information about your readers.

I love getting responses, so don't be afraid to drop me a line if you got the time. :-) BTW, it seems there was some problem with the mail settings on the server, so if you did try the contact form and never got a reply, I'm sorry. You can also reach me at aelija via gmail.

New York, New York!

I've recently visited New York City for the first time. I had an awesome trip; strolling around in the streets, visiting museums and checking out the gay scene. I did not get to see Lady Liberty, because as it turned out, you have to pre-register to get inside her.

I took a few photos. The worst thing about traveling alone is that you're dependent on strangers' graces to get yourself photographed. :) But it wasn't that bad, and people have been very nice. I uploaded the entire album:

http://picasaweb.google.com/aelija/NewYorkCity/

The trip was my "between-jobs-vacation". I don't think I ever mentioned it on the blog, but I used to work for Amdocs. After almost three good years, I've decided a change pace was in order, and so I moved to a startup company named Varonis.

Lastly, I know I don't normally write about personal stuff on the blog. That's mostly because I don't have anything interesting to report, and also because this blog has a more technological nature. I'll consider opening a second blog, should the situation merit it. The inspiration for this came from Kevin Moore, when I recently saw his "2006 Year in Review". He sure got a lot done that year. :-) Kevin is a program manager on the WPF team (and if you're a WPF developer you should subscribe to his work blog.) For the time being I'll just add the tag "personal" to posts of this nature.