I recently decided that a change was in order and decided to leave my position at Cramer-Krasselt to join the team at Nomadic. They are doing a ton of stuff that I feel that I can be an asset for and honestly, it’s pretty cool too.

I’ll miss all my co-workers at CK but I am moving onto new challenges and opportunities.

Over the past view months, I have not kept a normal schedule with blogging and other things that I deem important in my online life.  I want to change that as well as some other things for the new year.  I have heard people talking about personal re-branding and that has interested me a lot.  My online persona isn’t as organized as I would like.  I have this blog as well as my site at kodedkreations.net.  I have always treated the Kodedkreations site as my techy blog.  I have had it like that for almost 2 years now and I’ve done quite a bit with it.  While it’s not been as successful as I would have liked but I’ve had a few readers stop by every now and again.  Now I feel it’s time to clean some stuff up and make some changes.

In addition to my Kodedkreations blog, I, of course, have this one.  It’s a bit newer as I realized that I was using the same name on every site that I would sign up for, Digijustin.  Seemed obvious that I locked up that domain name so I did.  I have posted some of my personal thoughts but it’s not really that interesting so I thought what better time to reorganize than the new year.

So what I’ve decided to do is get rid of the Kodedkreations site for now and migrate it to this site. So as you can see, all of my old posts are here now and all links from Kodedkreations go here now. I don’t know what I’ll do with the Kodedkreations site for now but I still own it for a while so we’ll see.  I look forward to a fun 2009 and hopefully more blogging.

So the election season is once again upon us.  Every year, there seems to be at least one issue that doesn’t really seem like it makes sense.  This year it’s Prop 102.  I really don’t get the purpose behind it.  Its exact wording it as follows:

Amends the state Constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman. State law already contains that definition.

I don’t see where this actually makes sense.  This is an utter waste of time and resources that this is even being brought up for a vote.  This is already set in law; which in itself is stupid.  The only reason that this is an issue is because the high and mighty homophobes can’t handle a same sex marriage.  It’s really no one’s business what a person chooses to do in their personal life.  I don’t care if your straight, gay or somewhere else, it’s not my business how you enjoy your life.  And it shouldn’t be the state’s either.  

This is basically a form of discrimination.  There’s no other reason to put this up for vote except for the fact that some people just don’t like same sex activities.  In my opinion, that’s not for the government to decide.  What people do in their lives is their business.  

In my mind there is no logical argument in favor of this.  They say that it protects the traditional idea of marriage but what does that matter.  For ages, homosexuals have been discriminated against and suppressed.  Now that they are finally beginning to make strides, there are those who can’t accept that and will do whatever they can to squash them back down.  I just don’t get it.  

What do you think?  I would love to hear from supporters of this proposition.

So all the talk these days is about the government’s potential $700 billion bailout of the failed banking system.  I know that we are in for some tough times but these things happen from time to time it seems.  It’s all part of a cycle.  Ups and downs.  But the government seems to think that they have the solution.  Just write a $700 billion check.

Now the first thought that came to mind was where is this money coming from?  Am I to believe that the government has that kind of cash just lying around?  I kind of doubt it.  They say it’s more of an investment in the companies that they are helping and I do believe that.  I just hope that it works out and they don’t lose it all because if they do, we all do.  

I personally think that the market will self-adjust and fix itself out.  It won’t be painless but shit like this never is.  I do worry about where the money will come from as I’ve said.  The government just can’t make a $700 billion bill and hand it over or else this country will fall into some seriously bad times.  I just hope that these law makers who we’ve voted to make these decisions make the right one.  Not for their personal campaigns, but for the good of the country.  That is what is often overlooked in politics and it’s sad.  The good of the country should ALWAYS come first over anything else and that’s just not the case 100% of the time.

So I guess what I’m trying to say is that I hope that the government’s bill doesn’t pass again.  We have too many issues with other things that I feel are more important than making sure banks have fat wallets again.

Hey everyone. I have neglected this blog for too long. I apologize for that. But I have made it a resolution to try to blog more about things that I have been doing at work (Facebook apps) and other things that I feel like talking about.

I’ve got a couple of posts in the hopper that I am still working on so look for those. I also have a follow up to the popular iPod Touch vs iPhone posts a did a couple of months ago.

Last night I watched my beloved Arizona Diamondbacks drop another game in the NLCS to the Colorado Rockies to go down 2-0. I find myself getting really upset and the play by the Dbacks so far in this series. Cursing, punching the air and couch cushions, and disbelief are just a few things that I do when we lose big games. During the Dbacks World Series run in 2001, I had a migraine up until Luis Gonzalez’s hit won it for us. This gets me thinking about why I get so emotional about all of this.

In all reality, the outcome of sporting events shouldn’t have any bearing on my life or my day to day actions. But they do. If the Diamondbacks go on to win 4 in a row and go to the World Series or drop the next 2 and end their playoff run, my life will probably go on exactly the same. Probably also exactly the same had they not even made the playoffs. But I have a great interest in them. When they win, they bring the community together. People who would never talk to each other, have something in common the minute they see each other in Dbacks colors. After the World Series win over the New York Yankees in 2001, anyone wearing Diamondbacks stuff was your best friend and vice-versa. This even happens when they lose. There is nothing better than fans talking about “what could have been” with other fans. Look at the Chicago Cubs. They have probably some of the best and most loyal fans of any sport and they haven’t won a World Series in 99 years now. They are the lovable losers but they never have to worry about not packing Wrigley Field.

To some people, sports are just as much a part of life as anything else. Football fans will sit in a parking lot several hours before the game just to hang out with friends and other fans just like themselves. Why? For the love of the game, rooting on your team, and sharing stories (both of winning and losing) with others. Fans will devote an entire day to sitting in the parking lot tailgating for several hours, then spend 3 to 4 hours inside the stadium watching the game. Once the game is over, time to go home and sit around with buddies and discuss the game.

Sports brings people together in different ways that many other things can. A team is something that many different people from different paths of life can share. Sports can also be used to help heal. This is best shown with the Virginia Tech home football opener this season. It was the first time since the tragic shootings there in April that the school had come together like that for something not related to the shootings. While those who were lost were mourned, it was a chance for the community to come together and realize that as tragic as that event was, they are still a strong community and they showed it at the game.

So people who ask why you care about sports may not be able to understand. You can’t really explain it. It’s not like anything else out there. We care about the team, win or lose. We rush home at night to catch a game on TV. We wait in line to buy playoff tickets. People who don’t get it don’t do those things for whatever it is that they love in place of sports. Just like they might not understand our love of sports, I cannot understand their “lack” of love of sports.

So what I’m trying to say is that I can’t tell you why we care so much about sports. What I can say is that it is there and for most of us, it’s not leaving anytime soon. Like it or not, sports are part of the American landscape. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten goosebumps at a live sporting event watching the team and crowd interact. I was at game 1 of the NLCS and to see all the crowd act in unison and wave their Dbacks towels was amazing. Either you are moved by that or you aren’t. I’m a true sports fan and I am proud to admit it.

Hey I know that this is a bit off-topic but I am a HUGE Arizona Diamondbacks fan and I have to say congrats to our boys for sweeping the Cubbies tonight. We get no love from any major media outlets because we are on the West Coast. We did have the best record in a tight National League and did hold on 2 worthy contenders to win our 4th National League West crown in 10 years of existence. All but 2 “expert” writers for ESPN picked the Cubs to win. The closest they got was a base-loaded situation tonight and they choked their way out of that.

It’s about time we get the respect we deserve. The Yankee$ and Red $ox are good but I’m tired of seeing them all the time on national TV. Now it’s time for the nation to see that the young Dbacks are a force as well.

CONGRATS ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS!!!!!!!!

So today I was waiting at the Denver Airport to pick up my wife and saw this at the airport so I had to take a couple of picts of it. Not the BSOD but that’s what everyone thought as they walked by. I found it pretty funny. I guess they were installing some new software in the middle of a busy day. Enjoy…

So I have move my blog to a new home here at KodedKreations.net. My old blog, mythoughtsaboutcode.blogspot.com should be pointing here but just in case, there’s the news. I feel like I have more freedom with WordPress and especially on my own hosting account. Let me know what you think. I’m in the process of getting my own design in here but until I can get it how I like, I’ll be playing with a bunch of themes that I have found online.