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For information regarding the March 2005 murder of Laura Winterbottom in Burlington Vermont, see my consolidated index page on the new Redwood Asylum TypePad site.

Let the word go forth to all my Radio weblog category sites. And let the word likewise be cast upon the RSS waters that those both near and far may hear the news.

This incarnation of Redwood Asylum has been retired. But let not the news weigh heavily upon thee. Know ye that nonsense and drivel spring forth anew in these TypePad locations:

• Redwood Asylum: same old stuff with a new RSS feed
• Random Analytics: web analytics and a new RSS feed

Oh, and the Elvis expression?

Upgraded my TypePad trial account from Basic to Plus.

Spent a lot of time troubleshooting problems with Radio UserLand post exporting. Finally decided the issue was probably not in Bill Kearney's exporter tool, but in the Radio UserLand database.

Deleted several old posts from an unpublished category and deleted the category. Deleted several other old categories which were no longer needed. Ran the TweezerMan script to rebuild internal category story lists. Used the Radio application option to save a new copy of weblogData.root. Shut down Radio, swapped in the new copy of weblogData.root and restarted. Bill Kearney's exporter ran fine, dumping over 1700 posts into a Movable Type format file.

Re-worked the TypePad test site several times, dumping the earlier partial import and loading the full 1700 post file. TypePad isn't nearly as flexible as Movable Type, but I don't think I need extensive customization. However, I do have an account at Total Choice Hosting where I could test Movable Type.

Many have moved to (perceived) greener pastures after Radio UserLand. Will I follow The Shifted Librarian, TweezerMan and Phil Windley to Movable Type? I watched Ernie the Attorney move from Radio to TypePad. If my TypePad testing proceeds without major incident, maybe I'll buy the first year. If I don't like the Project Comet evolution, I can always jump to Movable Type later.

Time will tell.

After three and a half years with Radio UserLand, I'm testing something new. I opened a 30-day free trial TypePad account this evening, starting with the Basic version. Using Google, I located Bill Kearney's exporter tool for Radio UserLand. Although I'm having problems, I was able to export enough Radio posts to test the TypePad import feature. Time will tell.

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.

Maria and I just spent several pleasant hours with our friends Craig and Nancy. If you're looking for a home, and want to deal with honest hard-working realtors in the Santa Cruz county area of California, check their site for recent listings. During the evening, the topic of weblogs was mentioned. Maybe Craig and Nancy will enjoy one of the weblogs which mention house flipping that I found after they left. 

Craig might find the Microsoft OneNote software interesting, along with Chris Pratley's weblog. He may also be interested in the weblog of Greg Papadopoulos, Sun's CTO or that of Sun president and COO, Jonathan Schwartz.

They may both be interested in the many real estate weblogs such as Toronto At Home (Toronto, Canada) or The Real Estate Blog (La Canada, California ) or Real Estate Law (New York, New York) or Telluride Real Estate Weblog (Telluride, Colorado) or this wonderful list of real estate blogs at Grow-a-Brain.

Contrary to popular opinion, not all weblogs are written by teen girls with a crush on their brother's best friend's girlfriend.

"Not that there's anything wrong with that!" - Jerry Seinfeld

Recent article on the murder of Laura Winterbottom in Burlington Vermont. If you have trouble viewing the PDF, right-click on it and use "Save Target As..." to download.

• Burlington Free Press
  • 2005-04-17 (html) (pdf)

Condolences to Dave Trowbridge, Deborah J. Ross, and Rose Wheeler on this sad day.

Goodbye, Rosie. We euthanized Rosie today; this is her a couple of hours before she died. As recorded earlier, she had lost... [Redwood Dragon]

Recent articles on Laura Winterbottom murder in Burlington Vermont. If you have trouble viewing the PDFs, right-click on them and use "Save Target As..." to download.

• Burlington Free Press
  • 2005-03-27 #1 (pdf)
  • 2005-03-27 #2 (pdf)
  • 2005-04-05 (pdf)
• WCAX-TV
  • 2005-03-30 (pdf)
  • 2005-04-04 (pdf)

Update from Burlington Vermont on Laura Winterbottom murder suspect. If you have trouble viewing the PDF, right-click on it and use "Save Target As..." to download.

• Burlington Free Press (html) (pdf)