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A 4-year-old’s sudden interest in German monorail 2 Aug 2013 | 02:52 am
Today, Oliver and Jacob heard about monorails. I showed them a wikipedia article about monorails, and it had a picture of a monorail in Germany. Oliver, age 4: I have been on that monorail! Me: Sorr...
Development Freedom in New Platforms 25 Jul 2013 | 07:45 pm
I started writing code when I was somewhere around 1st grade, hacking some rudimentary BASIC on a TRS-80. Since then, I’ve used more programming languages than I can count; everything from C to Prolog...
Spring Always Comes 25 Jul 2013 | 09:25 am
“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.” – Louis L’Amour Last year, I wrote about the difficult times in my life and hope for future, but never r...
Sometimes, it’s best not to know 4 Jul 2013 | 10:24 am
Jacob, Oliver, and I were driving back home, about an 8-hour drive. At one point I heard Jacob say from the back seat, “Oliver, you can’t have my book. It has a bookmark in it!” Aside from the appare...
Two boys, shrimp, and stars 3 Jun 2013 | 09:36 am
I recently made a routine analysis of my kitchen. (Of course I make a routine analysis of my kitchen; don’t you?) In it, I discovered these items, still usable, but approaching that magic “throw it ou...
Amazement 18 Apr 2013 | 01:46 am
One of the benefits of working from home is that I have a great view of Kansas from my desk. While I work, I have seen sunrises, snowfall, birds, rain, ice, and all sorts of wildlife. I heard this ver...
No Hate 28 Mar 2013 | 08:01 am
“God hates people that are…” I heard a sentence that began that way on an interview with a protestor outside the Supreme Court yesterday. It is a deeply sad, and deeply wrong, statement. If someone re...
It’s Warm Enough For Mud 15 Mar 2013 | 04:10 am
Today the outdoor temperatures got to nearly 75F/24C. The boys had this idea to go play with their “streams”. Here’s one of the cleaner moments: I had set up an old pipe and a hose, with the water com...
Catching the mudball 12 Feb 2013 | 10:33 pm
“Dad, can I bring my mudball inside?” – Jacob “Ooo, dad, I need a mudball too!” – Oliver You’d have to have been there to see how excited Jacob was about his mudball. We had been out hiking down by th...
The Superbowl Pirate Bus 5 Feb 2013 | 05:25 am
I’ll forgive you for not noticing the bus full of pirates at the Superbowl. Because, well, unless you saw my 6-year-old, you have a pretty good excuse for missing it. I’ll give you the Goerzen Superbo...
