Archive for the ‘Fun’ Category

My Life, Told By Pins

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

As part of my husbandly duties on Mother's day, I did some cleaning and came across my pin collection.  Yes, I went through a phase (that's apparently over - keep reading for details) where I would collect pins from the places I traveled to.  I kept them in a little ...

Music Operates Directly On Your Abstract Syntax Tree

Friday, May 9th, 2008

I mentioned music in each of the last two posts as a digitizable creation that people enjoy enough to pay for. So what is it about music that is so great? I've been asking myself this question for years, and now seems like the time to try and ...

Lessons Learned By A Second Time Dad

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

I've been quiet since the birth of my second daughter 3 weeks ago.  A little too quiet for my taste, so here's a quick personal post (apologies to those anticipating my usual hardcore technical content). Lots of people write their impressions as a first time parent, but there's not much to ...

That’s One New Year’s Resolution That’s Resolved

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Something very delightful on a Friday afternoon: Go ahead, try it, it's fun! (If I'm not #1 when you click it's YOUR fault for not linking to me more often! :) ) That was one of my New Year's Resolutions that's now resolved (be the #1 search result on Google for ...

Thanks Again, McCarthy

Monday, January 21st, 2008

I'm up at night watching Ice Age 2: The Meltdown and in the special features, there are set of fake 50s style documentaries on the different animals in the movie. The first one is called: Sloths: Natures Loveable Lisper Thanks to a wonderful naming idea from 50 years ago, we have ...

Workaholics Are Just Busy Having Fun

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Once you've read a little of Seth Godin, you feel like anything new he writes is something you could have written. There are just two problems: You didn't write it You're not Seth Godin Here's my latest "I'm not Seth Godin so all I can do is comment" thought on his recent ...

Top Story of 2007 - Kathy Sierra

Friday, December 28th, 2007

With that time of the year where people mail in easy posts summarizing the "Top 10 Posts I've Written" or their "5 New Years Resolutions", there's been something conspicuously absent from reflections on 2007. Kathy Sierra, one of the best bloggers period, suddenly and completely quit blogging and vanished from the ...

Life is Good

Friday, December 14th, 2007

For the first time, I got to play in the snow with my daughter. Sometimes the simple pleasures are the most fulfilling.

A Nerd’s Dirty Laundry

Monday, November 12th, 2007

I just read something that felt like a spotlight shining directly into my soul. Rands in Repose just wrote "The Nerd Handbook", and I didn't know whether to wring his neck or send him a basket of gourmet cheeses. Along the same lines, I didn't know whether I ...

Your Code is Suboptimal

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

One of the many blogs I read is written by Eric Sink, principal in the developer tool company SourceGear. He's a very entertaining writer and his experience as software developer, entrepreneur, Illinoisan, and small-town non-coastal developer, make for a variety of entertaining topics. One of the things that ...