The Friends of Dave name has served me well on my blog since March 31, 2004. The idea for the name "Friends of Dave" came in a conversation with my sister. We were talking about possible names for my blog and we came up with that name.

The other day at work, the idea of using a domain name involving torches and pitchforks came up as we were discussing a future project. That got me thinking. I've posted a number of times about the lack of outrage over the slow pace of education reform in our state. Many times I've used the pitchforks and torches phrase. As I was thinking about variations on the pitchforks and torches idea, the notion of the angry villagers came up and my blog's new name was born.

While the name has changed and the visual theme I'm using has changed as well, there probably won't be a lot of other changes. My interest in technology, politics and education reform remain. My narcissism which leads me to post personal tidbits here will also pop up from time to time, although most of that now exists on my Facebook page.

I hope to add some graphics to the heading of the site soon. An artist of my acquaintance is going to create some imagery that goes with the new name of the site. Hopefully that will be online soon.

Thanks for reading my ramblings!