The Windmill project has taken on a following I hadn't expected. However I am really pleased and excited about the whole process. OSAF is now going to be supporting Windmill as an official project, every day we are adding more cool features simplifying the process for setting it up and using it. Currently a cross browser DOM explorer is functional, as well as full on development of a cross browser functioning test recording IDE. The interfaces are still a little rough around the edges, but once the functionality is all there we will get some design input and beautify it.

We will be presenting the project at OSCON on Thursday July 26 at 10:45am.. yall should be there! It's going to be super neato. By then we will have a neato website up with all of the source infos, binaries and the doco laid out in an easily accessible way.

We will be starting the #windmill channel on freenode tomorrow so anyone who wants to get into a BADASS rough around the edges open source project please come by and get involved. Since the inspiration for the project is to test and insure super duper quality of OSAF's Cosmo project we are currently building up all of our needed features for full cross browser support before we go and start adding features for the rest of the world.. but if you have needs or interests feel free to come make requests and we will fit them in when we have extra cycles.

In other OSAF news, we are in the process of smoothing out any issues with Cosmo 0.6.1 before we open it up to the world. The focus of this release is to add the ability for speedy sharing between the Chandler desktop and the Chandler Hub (server) internally called Cosmo.

The man nation out there is super sensitive about hair loss, and you can read yourself to death about what people are saying, these new products that do this and that and I always wondered... what really controls the hair loss problem and I have done an experiment on myself that I think I have finally found some interesting results.

From what I have read, hair loss is a huge part genetic and I have many friends that can treat them selves like garbage without loosing a hair, and I also have friends that live very healthy life styles and loosing at a super accelerated rate and there isn't really a whole lot that one can do to affect or control that. However I do think there is a piece of it that is up to us and here goes my rant.

In college I would drink frequently, averaging probably 6 beers per session thurs, fri, sat and sometimes 2 dollar micros on weds down at "My Office" in Pullman. I was also a Computer Science and Business double major which meant that when I wasn't writing up 30 page papers about marketing and balancing spread sheets for finance an accounting, I was writing code till 4, 5 maybe 6 am with class at 9:10 every morning. A 9:10am until 5:00pm class schedule, combined with a 6-9pm drinking schedule then a 10pm - 4am coding schedule makes for a pretty busy life. Since school is all about dead lines, projects and STRESS with 7 classes things became pretty ridiculous. And naturally when you have essentially no time.. you don't think much about what your eating or exercise so about once a month I would go run on the track and feel like my heart was going to explode from my steady pizza for lunch and canned boston clam chowder with white bread for dinner routine. As awful as this sounds I was having a great time and finished school without any lasting physical damage (I think! ). However my body wasn't in the greatest condition and the poisons by body was excreting were even worse for my hair line. The week I moved to San Francisco I took a picture of my scalp with the built in MacBook Pro iSight so satisfy my research curiosities at a later date.



For a 22 year old guy.. thats a little discouraging, but wasn't a bit surprising when I really thought about it.

In the last 8 months even eating out a lot, I was eating much higher quality foods and drinking less beer and when I was drinking beer it was well made micro brews that really take pride in their beers. Don't get me wrong, Busch light will always have a soft spot in my heart, but the chemicals involved in drinking a case of that stuff is overwhelming. Since I no longer had 7 classes demanding equally with professors who think their class is the only thing that should be important in your world, my stress level has dropped considerably. When people have reasonable expectations and you like a large portion of what you do all day.. the world just feels that much better. In the last month I have started eating by a variation of the Paleolithic diet which entails eating lean foods that humans could have eaten before mass agriculture and we started poisoning ourselves with foods our body doesn't really know how to process. I also have been forcing myself to walk 1 mile and back a couple days a week to whole foods, and hiking on the weekends. I did an experiment on cutting down my beer consumption and have lost 15 pounds in 6 weeks.

Check out this picture I took today, after I was reminded of this whole thing by my episode last night.. that I have documented in my last blog entry.



As a result, it's clear that we cannot control genetics.. but we can control what we put into our bodies and putting some effort towards, trying to feel good. I still have a lot of unhealthy habits like writing code till 3 am, smoking cigars and a martini or a beer occasionally... but moderation really is the key.

There is on other thing, and I don't want to sound like a rogaine commercial but I use a pretty good quality shampoo and conditioner that I have been using for about 6 years that is supposed to be better than your average shampoo. It's called Nioxin but as you can see.. it couldn't compete with pepperoni and beer.

Good luck!

Sunday night Matt Eernisse (fleegix.org) arrived in the bay area to work in the OSAF office for two weeks. Monday night a crew of us went out for beverages to Cato's Restraunt and Pub and were up relatively late talking tech and jumped up at 8:30 on tuesday to head into the office. Needless to say.. this isn't enough sleep for me and I was hurting most of the day but decided to stay up Tuesday night to a reasonable hour to get myself back on a more regular sleep schedule... this is where it gets interesting.

After a couple hours of movies I headed to my room to finish reading some emails etc. and nearly fell asleep in my chair. When I woke up I remember that I had been annoyed with my shaggy hair and needed to get a hair cut the next day.. I actually put this in my cell phone's to do list. As I fell asleep I remember thinking about getting out the shears and doing a trim.

At some point during the night, my brain decided that it was time for me to do some sleep walking, and the next thing I know I come to and I'm in the bathroom with hair clippers a bottle of olive oil half spilled on my shirt and a hand/sink full of hair. I lost my balance and sort of panicked and sat on the floor to recover from this twilight zone type experience. When I got up I rubbed my eyes and looked into the mirror to see that I had been asleep and shaving buzzing my head military style. This was shocking, and I got sort of sick to myself, some adrenaline rushing and stood there for a few minutes trying to convince myself that I could fix it, that it isn't a big deal etc etc. The dreaded idea of shaving my whole head to finish the job came over me... but I decided against it. I decided that since I do work in San Francisco, no one would even notice and that ill just act like I MEANT to do this. Anywhoo I trimmed the sides and back really short to make it look a little less bizarre. I've never had experiences with sleep walking and I kind of remember having some thoughts during this whole process, but it never registered that this was actually going on in real life.

I googled "sleep walk hair cut" and other variations and didn't get any responses so I decided to document my strange incident in the case that someone else out there has a sleep hair cut episode and doesn't want to feel alone :)

However I am a little big concerned because a hair cut is a relatively involved process, what else am I capable of in my sleep?



Nice huh? Hopefully a couple weeks should do disguise it... just think if I hadn't awoken - I probably would have finished the job.

1. Padron 1964 Maduro

This is the top sirloin of all the cigars I have had a chance to enjoy. It's a mild to strong smoke but you don't notice it as its so smooth and has a barely noticeable but pleasant after taste, which is very hard to find. It is the most expensive of all the cigars in my list, but if you can afford it I would recommend you give it a go just so you know how cigars should really look, smell, burn and taste.

A good price for this cigar is 15-16 dollars for the imperial or torpedo, however if you go to your local cigar shop it will be tagged at closer to 19 or 20. Additionally if you go somewhere that has any kind of decent alcohol or atmosphere they will charge somewhere between 21 and 25... so I would advise ordering off the internet.

Size: 5 1/2 x 50
Cigar Shape: Robusto
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Wrapper: Nicaragua
Country: Nicaragua
Cigar Rating: 91

2. Rocky Patel vintage 1990, 92

As a newbie in the cigar world, smoking the 90 and the 92 made it extremely obvious to me that the 90 is a much better smoke, for not much more money. A good price on this cigar is around 8 to 10 dollars, you can easily pay 16 and I would advise you not to. The cigar I felt was a between mild and strong but stronger than the 1964. I found it to be a little thicker smoke with a little more bite and occasionally you get a hint of an after taste but for the smoke and the taste its a fantastic cigar and I wouldn't smoking these regularly. Since it has been a while since I smoked this I can't really remember exact tastes but I will update the next time I get a chance, as you see I rate it number two on my list because it was clearly a favorite of mine.

Size: 5 1/2 x 50
Cigar Shape: Robusto
Wrapper: Honduras
Binder: Mexico
Filler: Dominican. Republic., Nicaragua

3. Carlos Torano Exodus 1959

I would feel comfortable paying around 5-6 dollars for this cigar. It's a medium to full body, noticeably peppery. The reason I really like this cigar is because of the enjoyably and sold draw and it's affordable. You probably want to smoke this one with 3 fingers of rum and a piece of 87% dark chocolate. It also helps if your smoking it in a comfortable lawn chair in your yard on a warm sunny night. However it can give you a buzz if your a newbie so take it down slow and stand up occasionally so you don't wind up surprised and nauseous.

4. Olivia G series, CAMEROON

This cigar I must admit is good in the Maduro but the Cameroon wrapper is very light bodied, 5 bucks, no aftertaste and a nice relaxing but mild amount of tobacco. The draw is great, and you don't have to eat a meal before you smoke this cigar. The cameroon flavor keeps it light while allowing you to experience all the interesting and enjoyable flavors. This is a must for anyone who wants to start smoking.

Thats all for today.. as I will be revisiting and updating these as I get a better understanding of cigar tasting. I will try to maintain a top 10 in the future.

HOWEVER, I constantly hear about the Arturo Fuente Hemingway... people just raving about it. I completely disagree, I tried one and the after taste was gross, the draw was bad, and the flavors weren't appealing. Can someone tell my why this gets such a favorable recommendation?

I have been lucky enough the be able to review and recommend two bed in breakfasts in California that are completely different, but luxurious and relaxing in their own special way. The first is from a few months back Meg and I were down in Monterey for the day and we decided to hang around and look for a place to stay for the night, we accidently ran into the Martine Inn and had a chance to stay in the Jenny Lind room. This turned out to be a fantastic experience, you're right around the corner from the city of Monterey and it's world famous aquarium. There were coffee, tee and cookies provided all day, at 5 every night there was a wine, fruits, meats and various other goodies. There is endless exploring, a beautiful beach walk right across the street and the smell of an old warm victorian house which is always comfortable. I would advise that you all go there, pick up some sparkling wine and clear your mind.

Secondly, if you are looking for a slightly different experience.. but still involving wine in fact much more wine you should read on! The Apple Wood Inn is a very nice get away north of the bay area to the Russian River where you can enjoy countless wineries, the small towns and the relaxing hot tub and pool overlooking wine country. We spent a couple days here and the most impressive part is actually the food. Probably the most delicious food I have had (besides the home cooked gourmet at moms). I would recommend everyone go up there, visit Korbell


...and learn how to be a professional wino.