I have not posted personal items here for a long time. There are many things I could mention, and back-date to their proper position in the weblog, but I won't. The Radio UserLand software does not provide this feature out of the box. A workaround exists, which I've documented before, but it is fragile and annoying.

When shut down, Radio still crashes 50% of the time. My hopes for increased stability in the new version went unanswered. This is probably an issue with the underlying Frontier kernel, since Dave Winer's OPML Editor does the same thing.

Although UserLand recently updated the Radio software, the company is getting by on a wing and a prayer. Much of the coding is now done by volunteers. On the other hand, the software is reasonably priced. A painful tradeoff.

When Six Apart releases Project Comet in 2006, I'll have a hard choice to make. I would not be the first to leave UserLand for SixApart, and certainly not the last.

Misty (our chihuahua) turned 10 on 9/23/05. Congratulations to Crystal and Nate, who celebrated their third anniversary on 9/21/05. Crystal and Nate moved back in with us last month. Bryan recently bought his first new car, a blue MINI Cooper, and attended the Black Hat and DEF CON gatherings.

Not to be outdone by Dave and Oka, Mesquite (the chow-lab) decided to dance with a skunk while Nate walked the dogs late last night. Life in the redwood forest isn't always a bed of roses, nor does it smell like one.

On Wednesday, Crystal and Nate brought home a 6-week old jack russel terrier, which they named Turbo. They will housebreak and train Turbo before delivering him to Nate's grandparents in Nevada.

We now have four dogs on the property. Misty, the long-haired chihuahua, stays in the house with Maria and me. The new jack russell terrier (Turbo), the shitzu (Bebe), and the chow-lab (Mesquite) live downstairs in the garage and adjoining bonus room. Now that the rear retaining wall is finished, Nate can finish fencing a small area behind the house for Mesquite.