Jen and I went to see the DC Roller Girls roller derby tonight! I wouldn’t call us roller derby people, but we had a lot of fun. I’m thinking of taking Max to the July 21st double-header!\ My favorite thing about the roller derby was the diversity of the crowd. There were, as Jen put […]
I’ve been writing ficlets at night after work as a way to unwind and do something creative outside of writing code. It’s been fun! I’ve been trying to write sequels to other peoples’ stories as an exercise in trying other styles, genres and voices. I think I’d call the results mixed, but fun.\ Here are […]
Max just finished his first week at Summer Camp for school-aged children at the AOL Daycare Center. He had a fun time and was glad to be back. This week’s theme was Deserts. They learned about people and animals who live in the deserts and got up close and personal with a variety of real […]
I am tired of CNN having some reports only available through a video clip. What if I want to read about the damn thing, which is, you know, why I am on the computer and not freaking watching the tv show. Grrr. I get the appeal of video clips, but it should be a second […]
AOL’s sponsoring TopCoder again this year, and one part of the promotional materials stood out:\ bq. Over the course of the three hour webcast hosted by ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap, viewers will be able to watch the high stakes software competition unfold through live views of the arena, entertaining coder profiles, and interviews with contestants – […]
Kevin took some fun pictures of the boys goofing off last night and my first thought upon seeing them was, “The house is so clean! My mom will be proud.” Heh. (You can see them by clicking the Photos link above.)\ In other photo news- Only a year and half late, I finally took my […]
It’s finally official and I can talk about it… so I am! My pal, Arun, who has served as AOL’s representative on the W3C’s Advisory Committee for the past three years, has been elected to the W3C’s Advisory Board. That’s a huge honor, and very cool, both for Arun and for AOL. That means he’s […]
Early Friday morning, I received a visit from an excited friend who wanted to show off her new van. It was pretty and shiny and we traded gushes about our vans. Later, Brian and I went to kiddie class while Kevin and Max went to Lowe’s and Wegman’s. Then we all met up for lunch […]
Ficlets has been around for a few months now, and while it was a blast to build and launch, I honestly haven’t had a ton of time since it launched to actually enjoy my own product. I’ve been busy fixing bugs, responding to feedback or working on other projects (the nerve, people making me work). […]
The estimates on the various house projects are about the same. So, how do I pick someone? The people themselves all kind of seem the same too. They all speak English and work for local companies. They were all men, who wore pants and shoes and shirts and wrote with pens on pads of paper. […]