Well my current pair of shoes are just about done given the fact that my soles are just about to fall out. So I recently picked up this pair as seen here:

You can see the link to amazon here: link

My camera also came to a premature end due to some Tucsonian dust that got inside the lens, leaving nice spots on all of my pictures. Deciding then that it was time for an upgrade, I splurged a bit for a camera that should last a few more years until the end of grad school:

You can check out the review here.

My progress on the upgrade is progressing nicely. My testblog is getting closer to production status, which is a good thing. All that I really need to do now is modify the CSS file, something that shouldn't take too long, God willing. My biggest concern now is being able to import my posts correctly. When that happens, my main site will likely be offline for a bit.

In a weird most likely unrelated development, my gallery appears to have developed a quirk of not being able to view the full size images. I'm not exactly sure what went wrong, but given that I slated my gallery for an upgrade as well, this is not too bad. We'll see what happens.

-Trevor