Time is always the issue...

[jdhalfrack]

Well, bad news on the time front (well, good news actually, but bad news as far as time goes):

My wife and I are expecting our first child!

Unfortunately, this most likely brings to an end, over the next few months, my time as any sort of lead utility guy. [:(] I really haven't had time this year anyway because of coaching and even MORE extra curricular activities at my school and my wife's school. So, what I would like to know is who can program in visual studio 2008 (Visual Basic 9.0, specifically) so I can hand over code to him/her. I will gladly let them take credit for any new advancements with my programs (it's the same sort of thing I did over at Football-Freaks.com with my Madden utilities).

On a side note, I tried to convince my wife that if it's a boy I want to name it one of the following names (in no particular order):

1) Worf Alexander Dixon
2) Jean_Luc Picard Dixon
3) Gary Sorrell Dixon
4) Romulan War Bird of Prey Dixon

She didn't like any of them....sorry Gary. And she threatened a divorce if I brought up #4 again. Too bad...

JD

[garysorrell]

Well, although im partial to #3, I would say James Tiberius Dixon is a cant miss.

[simmer]

Congrats to both of you.......God Bless

[therhino]

I know VB, but I am not great at it and well a better way of saying it would be to say I stink so I could try, but I wouldn't expect much and the best of the luck with your new kid JD. If you want you can send me the source code at therhino5@yahoo.com and I will see what (if anything) I can do. How about Peter Moore for a name?

[dreamtheatervt]

Congrats JD...nice name choices, although wouldn't it be Klingon Bird of Prey?  And if you want to go the Klingon route, I can think of no finer name than Kahless

[DAWUSS]

She didn't like #3? That's one that could easily grow on her

[redwolf1]

Congrats Josh!!!!!!! Best wishes and best of luck to you and your wife!! [8D]

...but trust me, you'll need some sort of sanity break and complete immersion into something other than wife and child (even if it is just a wee bit of time here and there) - I know from past....and present experience (my littlest one is 11 weeks old now)...and coding just might be a total escape for you, so I bet you won't be completely done with it. [;)]

[long_time_fan]

Good Luck JD!  My first just turned 6 months old and everything else moves to back.
Warmest Regards,
LTF

[bbmike]

Congrats!

[Mykal]

Congrats JD, all the best to you all

I'll have to agree with Redwolf, after a short break you'll be back
I'd rather sit tight and wait for you to finish the editor anyway
and like redwolf said, in time you will need something else to let your mind escape

Kids are great, I highly recommend them but you do need to escape them once in a while [;)]

[jdhalfrack]

Congrats JD...nice name choices, although wouldn't it be Klingon Bird of Prey?

Well, I was trying to combine all aspects of Star Trek. [;)]

Thanks everyone for your congrats! If you all agree with Mykal, I have no problem finishing the editor. I just think you'll have to understand that instead of an update a week like it was last year, it'll be farther in between.

I really do love programing, and I love programing for this site. And, as some of you have said, programming may be my only escape! [;)] So, I guess we'll just have to wait and see!

JD

[Mykal]

there's no rush, this is a final release anyway
so you take all the time you need on it
we all understand man (and those that dont, well - tough, they'll have to wait anyway)

you enjoy your new life, cos thats exactly what happens when a little arrives
everything changes and your life becomes something much different to what you had in the past
I actually have 6 children, thankfully most are grown and dont need me to look after them (well not as much anyway[8|])

[BigSmooth]

I'm shocked JD. Where did you find the time to procreate?[:D]
Congrats!

[Old Coach]

How about Old Coach Dixon?

Old Coach

[mbsports]

Hey hey congratulations!!!!

[jdhalfrack]

I'm shocked JD. Where did you find the time to procreate?[:D]
Congrats!

The funny thing is that my wife jokes about that. "With all the time you spend on the computer..."

How about Old Coach Dixon?

I'll add it to the list! [;)]

JD

[Brockleigh]

Come on. Brock Leigh Dixon has a great ring to it.
 
Congrats, JD.

[DAWUSS]

ORIGINAL: Brockleigh

Come on. Brock Leigh Dixon has a great ring to it.

Congrats, JD.

That it does. [:)]

[Magnum357]

I have pretty good knowlege of VB 6.0 programming, but I never really got into VB.net (I guess that is VB 7.0) because I didn't like the way Microsoft changed the Syntax structure of VB.  Not sure if VB 9.0 (they are up to that number now?) has similar Syntax as VB 6.0 so I don't know if I would be of much use to continue your project.
 
I can only run Max Football 1.3149 so any Utilites I write would only be limited to that version of the game.  Again, another limitation to what I could contribute to the Max FB community.  But I figured I would just let JD know that there are a few other VB programers on the board.
 
JD, nice picks of names.  [:)]  I use to be a Star Trek fan long ago too so I got a little amusement out of those suggestions.

[GlennN]

Congrats! Yeah, as mentioned above, you may need the mental health outlet of gaming every now and again!