February 2011
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You go, world.
Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, now Croatia (and rumors of North Korea). The people are speaking and it’s both amazing and terrifying.
I wonder where we’ll be in a year at this rate?
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A Spanish-speaking teddy bear in space.
No, not LSD. Dora.
I remember being a kid with my Apple //c and green-on-black monochrome monitor. Each had a handle so I could take them places, and I did. I took it to my grandparents’ house and back home, to programming competitions and back, and so on. It was a really portable computer. Two pieces, two power cables, display cable (just a simple composite RCA-style cable).
What did I do? Well, I played...
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From Jessie Char’s What Your 16-Hour Workday Says About You!: You’re a really hard worker
Your time is poorly managed
You don’t know what to do with your life
Your boss knows you’re gullible
At least 40% of your diet consists of pre-packaged food
You send out work emails at…
Amen.
I’ve gotten so used to napping with the boy I almost passed out at my desk after lunch…
Oooo goodie. A real software company.
I’m at McDonald’s (Round Rock, TX)
“Wheeeeee”
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I’m at Chili’s (Cedar Park, TX)
“Dinner with my boy after a long, hard playtime!”
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I’m at The Big Bounce (Cedar Park, TX)
Inflatable playground
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AAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!
If I never see another alloc, init, or release, I’ll die happy.
if (self.retainCount==0) sleep(9);
AKA too much code, good night.
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Ash woke up screaming in the middle of his nap, as kids do sometimes. I went in there to hold him and put him back down and just as I figured he was out and put him in his bed again he turned over as I left and said, “Bye, daddy.”
My little boy’s a boy.
Greatly disappointed in myself…
Been coding since 9am. It’s almost 1am. Not done. Not happy. Not awake.
Why didn’t I go into car sales again?
Mac App Store annoyance: entering two different account passwords to do anything. Stupid.
It gives me an existential pause when coding to say “if (self) { do_this; }” â especially when there’s a chance it could not be when it asks if it is…
I … I can play music on my phone and Apple TV will pipe it through my speakers? Oh my. Ooooh myyyy. This changes everything.
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I’m at The Big Bounce (Cedar Park, TX)
Inflatable playground
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Asher likes to call things “daddy” or “baby” based on size. So, when drawing letters there are “daddy” ones and “baby” ones (upper-case and lower-case).
This morning he saw a G somewhere and wanted me to draw some Gs. So I drew a series of them, big and small. He looked at them and yelled, “Gs!” Then he saw the little ones and said,...
There are few things more awesome than watching a video on your phone and then pressing a button and having it appear on your TV. Go tv!
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Someone gets it.
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Ash: A. S. H. E. R. Asher!
Me: Yeah!
Ash: Asher ... daddy's ... baby.
Me: Yep! But you say. "Asher's daddy's son."
Ash: Moon! Daddy moon!
Me: sigh. Yeah, you're daddy's baby. :)
Ash: Daddy baby. -hug-
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Fish sticks with the boy. Awesome.
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We’ve gotten Asher interested in Facetime chats now. He asked Leah for me to read him a book before his nap and so I went to his room and grabbed the book he wanted then flipped the camera to the main one and showed him the pictures as I read it, watching him smile the whole time. We did this last night too (and I read that book three times).
We might just survive this in the end, and it...
I forgot how good Third Rock from the Sun was. Pure win.
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I’m at Moonies Burger House (Austin, TX)
“Laaate dinner with Ash. But he’s not complaining. ”
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I’m coming to the realization that I’m no longer blond. Dunno if that’s a good or bad thing…
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iPhone Tethering Plans →
Every time the AT&T tethering tax comes up, someone whines “it should be included!” Well, yes, it should. But it’s not. Does that instantly mean it’s a bad deal? Not really. Don’t look at the cheapest possible interpretation. Instead, look at what it would cost to get the feature any other way (which is, of course, how they’re pricing it to get the most out of you).
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Leah was putting Ash to bed tonight and he told me as I walked out of his room: “Love.” Oh, melting heartâ¦