Matt Luce

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted to my blog, but I thought I’d get back into the swing of things with a major life event. I finally got married. Leah and I were married on July 24th in Aptos, CA. It was at an amazing bed-and-breakfast: Sand Rock Farm. If you are in the area and looking for a greate B-and-B, I’d highly recommend it.

I’ve been using the Evoluent Vertical Mouse for a month or so at both work and home. I have to say, it has definitely helped the pain in my arm when using my computer. I’m glad I picked it up. A few things about it I don’t like:

1. The precision is not great. It can be difficult to zero in on what I’m trying to click on.
2. It does put a bit of pressure on my thumb.

Overall, very happy with it though.

No God, No Master is filming in Milwaukee right now. They have wardrobe trailers set up just down the street from my condo. Unfortunately, they wouldn’t let me take pictures while they were shooting.

I’ve put my condo on the market. You can find all the details on the dedicated web site: Buy Matt’s Condo.

Photos from out trip to Montana in October. Also ran across the border into Wyoming to see Yellowstone.

I found this great company called Green Disk that will recycle my technology trash. Unfortunately, their site is a bit klunky. When trying to place an order, I received the following error:

Credit Card Authorization Failed. The following field(s) are invalid: (totalGrand)

For some reason, the items I had ordered did not save to my shopping cart. I was able to overcome this issue by clicking “update cart” before checking out. This saved the items in my cart, and allowed me to place the order. I’m posting this because I get the sense that many users are experiencing the same problem (based on my conversation with green disk tech support). I like what they are doing at Green Disk, so I am hoping this post will help someone else to use their site. Maybe Green Disk will read this and actually fix the problem.

I’ve got the photos from our trip to Seattle organized into a set on Flickr. Take a look.

For those of you who haven’t heard, Tom Crean has left Marquette for Indiana. Though he will be missed, it does open up an opportunity for me. I’ve decided to enter my name as a candidate for the position. I know that the average basketball fan probably thinks that I’m not qualified. Well that’s not true. There are two similarities between myself and Crean. First, Tom Crean never had a head-coaching position at the collegiate level before Marquette, and neither do I. Second, he was only 33 years old when he started, just 1 year older than me.

While I have no formal coaching experience, I do have a lengthy basketball resume.

- 4 years of basketball at St. John’s Lutheran Grade School (5th through 8th grade)
- 1 year of freshman basketball at Baraboo Junior High
- 1 year of junior varsity at Baraboo Senior High
- 4 games of varsity at Baraboo Senior High
- 2 years of intramural basketball at Baraboo Senior High
- 2 summers of 3-on-3 basketball in the Noah’s Ark Employee league
- 4 years of Intramural basketball at UW-Whitewater (3-on-3 and 5-on-5 full court)
- countless hours of pickup basketball at UW-Whitewater and the Baraboo Civic Center

As you can see, my credentials are quite impressive. So, Marquette, I’ll be waiting for your call.

Sorry to go off on a rant here, but I’m so tired of seeing the word “definitely” misspelled. There is no “A” in the word. I can’t believe how many people misspell the word. I find it funny when spell checkers suggest “defiantly” and the author accepts. Anyway, if I can help just one person to start spelling “definitely” correctly with this post, I’ll be happy.

Well, I’m changing jobs. I’m headed back to the world of high finance. This time it’s hedge funds. This was the shortest tenure I’ve had at a job, but I know that making the change is the right thing to do.