-- well, there is very sad news. i missed last months newsletter because there was a very unfortunate death in our family. my seventeen year old cousin, Nicole, passed away after being involved in a horrific automobile accident. she was a truly passionate, and rich minded person. she was open hearted, and not afraid to stand strong by her beliefs. we have setup a memorial site in her honor, nicolejohnson.lavertue.com.

-- in other, more cheerful news, upon my return to new england, the place i was working part time, asked me to come on full time. well, actually they told me i had to! it's a great job, and they are great people. and, even more important, they do some really great work. we recently put together a new site of our work. please check it out if you are interested to see what we do l4b3l.com

-- esin had a terrific year ending at yale. with the exception of the bombing incident at the law school. now, i know she probably doesn't want me to mention it, but she really did do well at yale. in fact, each year yale puts a fairly decent publication out of the students work. three of her four professors selected her class work to be part of the publication. this is quite an honor, as some students go through yale without submitting any work. i'm sure she would have had the other class work submitted as well, but it was a theory class and i suppose they weren't going to publish her ten page paper! she really is an intelligent woman. she will be spending the summer with her family in istanbul.

-- i added two new espn projects to the work section. one for the fantasy football league promotion site. the other is a flash game for espn and volkswagen.

-- please visit the newsletter archive to read previous ramblings from me.