http://www.joshcrews.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:43:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en a business-and-personal monthly newsletter from Josh Crews How we're doing We had a baby, it's a girl! Chanhassen Grace Crews born on December 23, 2009.  She's a cutie. This picture from Josh Oakes:  see more of her that he took at http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshoakes/sets/72157623142157086/ More pictures we took: http://www.flickr.com/joshandstephie Helpful section: How I increased my productivity 50% What ... http://www.joshcrews.com/2010/03/january-2010-newsletter/ a business-and-personal monthly newsletter from Josh Crews How we're doing The neighborhood: a commercial property is for sale right across the street Baby landing well.  She loves sleeping in the bed and being worn in Stephie's moby wrap. Went to Jacksonville Beach after Josh's grandmother's funeral.  It was great to see the ocean again. Helpful ... http://www.joshcrews.com/2010/03/february-2010-newsletter/ a business-and-personal monthly newsletter from Josh Crews How we're doing Stephie is 34 weeks pregnant.  The baby is due so soon (Jan 20) that we don't expect to travel for the holidays. We re-booted our old 97 Ford Escort that we had parked in the backyard.  It's running great now.  We'll need it ... http://www.joshcrews.com/2010/03/december-2009-newsletter/ a business-and-personal monthly newsletter from Josh Crews How we're doing We got to go the beach for a week We love going in the fall because it's cooler, cheaper, less crowded The best website you can make for free Free, or for $20/year if you want your own .com If you've got a business/project/band/non-profit that needs ... http://www.joshcrews.com/2010/03/november-2009-newsletter/ Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. How we're doing We're expecting a baby in January That's pretty cool.  We probably won't know the gender until the baby is born. Still working on house renovation Very slowly with a focus on baby's room. Changed churches We now go to Immanuel Church, a new church in south ... http://www.joshcrews.com/2010/03/october-2009-newsletter/ It seems that the US government has hit a turning point where its never going to have a balanced budget again.  Obama says it won't happen in the next decade, and after the next decade Medicare costs, interest on the debt and Social Security costs will take off too fast ... http://www.joshcrews.com/2010/03/making-the-most-of-unrighteous-wealth/ ...facing fines eventually totaling over $11,000, threats that they would lose custody of their children and, one morning, a visit by the police, who took the children to school in a police van http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/us/01homeschool.html?em A federal judge in Memphis has just granted political asylum to a Christian homeschool family from Germany. I am ... http://www.joshcrews.com/2010/03/us-receives-german-homeschooler-refugees/ Who are the Ruby developers in Nashville? I don't know them all, but here is an informal listing: OG Consulting - has most Ruby and Rails experience in town Pixelgrazer - My top recommendation outside myself.  Professional, experienced, long client list. Cogwise - Ruby/PHP agency looking to expand its Nashville client base Daniel Nelson - ... http://www.joshcrews.com/2010/02/nashville-ruby-developersagencies/ Chanhassen, 7 weeks, originally uploaded by joshandstephie. Look at this happy baby! http://www.joshcrews.com/2010/02/chanhassen-7-weeks/ I worked on a great project under Pixelgrazer (www.pixelgrazer.com) called niceSERVE. niceSERVE is a bimonthly/quarterly mass volunteer project started in Orlando by Summit Church. On selected Saturdays the church volunteers at lots of different opportunities across their city. This app turned browsing and sign-up for the different ... http://www.joshcrews.com/2010/02/new-project-niceserve/