1. Cross-country move.

   Back in February, My wife (ecox) and I moved from our apartment in Mars, PA to San José, CA. All in all the move went smoothly, there were some slight hiccups where the cats were involved, but they came through unscathed.

   I'm pretty satisfied with my new home, and really like the fact that I am now actually within biking distance of most things that I need, and am within walking distance of (real) mass transit. In PA, if I wanted to go into Pittsburgh, it meant getting in the car and driving for upwards of 30 to 45 minutes on some of the worst interstates I have ever seen. Here, if I want to go to San Francisco, I walk or bike a half-mile or so, get on a train, and I'm there in an hour.

   The only thing that I really miss so far is weather (I'd kill for a good thunderstorm), but I'm told that that is common with transplants to the area.

2. New Job.

   The reason for the relocation was a change in employment. I now work for Apple, Inc. For the most part, it is pretty much what I expected, and I seem to have settled in nicely. It's also nice to be working on the very software that I use personally; it gives one a sense of control. This is in stark contrast to working on cancer treatment software that, $DIETY willing, I'll never see any direct benefit from. Leopard and Xcode on the other hand are software in which I spend nearly every working minute using (and would were I not working for Apple).

   Speaking of Leopard, I highly recommend that you go out and get it come the 26th. There are a ton of new features, and many great new technologies; Of course, I'm not allowed to discuss any of them until Leopard is actually in customers hands, so for the next week, you'll just have to take my word for it and trust that this is a solid upgrade to the Mac OS and it's principal development environment. A lot of work (and a lot of time away from spouses) went into making this the best Mac OS X yet.

3. New Child.

   Last, but most assuredly not least: On April 10th, just shy of 2 months after moving to California, Clark S. Cox IV was born. He's now 6 months old, and is growing like a weed (that is, he's well on track to being as tall as or even taller than I): he fits into clothing designed for 1 year-olds despite being barely half that. If you'd like to see any pictures of him, there are plenty on my flickr page, and Elizabeth has posted quite a few to her livejournal.

Perhaps, I'll have a bit more time to post here, but I can make no promises.