Wow it's been a while since I've updated this thing, but I've been pretty insanely busy. First up, we finally launched the SportsNation redesign a little over a week ago. Considering all of the backend changes we made, I think it went pretty smoothly. And whilst our users are extremely resistant to change, I think not having to refresh the page to update the transcript will grow on them. Below I have some comparisons between the old pages and the new ones. I made sure to take screenshots just before launch. For posterity of course.

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This was probably the most fun I've had working on a project and I think it came out really well. Working with Dodd, Dheerja and Dustin was also pretty fun. A good group all around. Kudos to all!

I also completed my wooden jewelry box as the project of my fundamentals of furniture woodworking class. I highly, highly recommend the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking to anyone interested in taking a woodworking class. The instruction is great and the quality of the shop and machines is outstanding. I'll probably end up signing up for a weekend class if I come back to visit CT for any length of time. Which brings me to my next news....

We're moving to D.C.! At the end of June, Stephen, Zia and I will be packing up our place and moving the whole show down to D.C. Stephen will be working for a company called ProSol, and I will be working for the Sunlight Foundation. While I'm sad to leave ESPN and I will miss everyone, I'm also extremely excited to start my new job and meet a whole new group of people. And CT is pretty, but it's got nothin' on D.C. Great museums, parks, nightlife, monuments, crabs; what's not to love? We found a place in downtown Silver Spring which I think I'll really like living in. It's right next to a metro/MARC station so I can hop on the MARC and visit my old stomping grounds in Baltimore any time I want to. I also can't believe how nice the D.C. metro is. People actually wait to the side of the doors until everyone exits the train, THEN they get on. Amazing! In general it seems like a really nice city and people seem to be pretty polite on the whole. I guess I've gotten used to living without southern hospitality up here in CT. Glad to see it in action again.