Well well..  how time flies huh?
I haven't much felt the call to blog lately for some reason.  Still haven't got my blog chops down perhaps.

Also, I've been busy behind the scenes spending more time on my Zaadz development box than here on the actual site.

Recently, I helpe Obi out with the mass message call for ambassadors.  You know that message that you received and then perhaps followed the link only to find the server down and the link to the application pointing to the wrong place?   That was me!  :-P

So that pretty much launched me into the next order of priority which was building a more robust messaging system which I am happy to say seems to be working much better now.

Still so much to do though before we go fully and officially Beta on the 20th though..  Only 12 more sleeps!   Better get back at it.

I'll do my best to not forget about spending more time with the product of what we are building while I am down in the trenches..  

Peace

For those of you who have been watching your Zaadz mailboxes grow and grow, waiting patiently for the ability to delete..   

Your day has come!!

Yes, thats right!   You can now use the checkboxes in your inbox to delete those old messages that have no doubt been piling up.

play with the little "toggle checked" link too!  

To delete all but a few first select the ones you want to keep and "toggle all" to then select all except those.

enjoy!

Has anyone else been noticing more computer, internet, travel, or general communication issues of late?

Mercury Retrograde refers to the 3 or 4 times of a year the planet Mercury appears to stop it's regular path of motion across our sky to turn around and move backward for aproximately 3 weeks.   Of course Mercury isn't actually changing it's orbit at all for that period of time but only appears to in our sky.    A little lesson in perspective perhaps.

The Mercury retrograde we are currently in started March 2nd and will go till March 25th..  But we aren't said to be completely out of it until April 15th when Mercury will actually pass the point where it was before it turned around to go retro.  Next one is July 4th - 29th.

So what does this mean to the astrologically alligned?  

Because Mercury is said to govern communications and travel typically these are the areas where you can expect to see trouble with it goes retrograde. 

Another factor in this equation is the astrological sign that Mercury goes retrograde in.. This time it's Pisces so if you have alot of Pisces in your chart you'll likely be feeling it more than most.    I'm pisces moon which is perhaps why i've been noticing this as a particularily strong introspective time.   The next one will be in Cancer.

I find generally the key to getting through is patience.

Here's a link with some nice information..

http://www.astrologycom.com/mercret.html

O thou with dewy locks, who lookest down
Thro' the clear windows of the morning, turn
Thine angel eyes upon our western isle,
Which in full choir hails thy approach, O Spring!

The hills tell each other, and the listening
Valleys hear; all our longing eyes are turned
Up to thy bright pavilions: issue forth,
And let thy holy feet visit our clime.

Come o'er the eastern hills, and let our winds
Kiss thy perfumed garments; let us taste
Thy morn and evening breath; scatter thy pearls
Upon our love-sick land that mourns for thee.

O deck her forth with thy fair fingers; pour
Thy soft kisses on her bosom; and put
Thy golden crown upon her languished head,
Whose modest tresses were bound up for thee.

- William Blake  (1757-1827)