Author: Kevin Lawver

Rapidly Developing

A few bits of news from the home front: My brother and dad got back from Battlebots a couple days ago and regaled us with lots of cool stories about geeks and their remote-controlled mayhem machines. I think I’ll enter a lightweight next time or the time after it. I’m still working on names (which […]

Little Singing Sensation

Max is two. He’s my son. So, use that information however you need to in order to process this story. Max has been singing a lot lately. Jen got him this little music set with a tambourine, two maracas and a little clapper thing. Max has taken to beating on the tambourine and singing a […]

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Snipe Hunting Dan over at

Dan over at Red Cricket came up with a list of “You Know You’re From North Carolina if…” stuff, and snipe hunting was mentioned. It brought ugly memories flooding back of my snipe hunting days when I was young and dumber. They say Boy Scouts is a good way to learn responsibility, how to tie […]

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Inspiration Complete – Please Close Door On Way Out

I was talking about inspiration the other day. Well, it works. It works so well in fact that it scares me. There’s nothing greater than having a big idea, building it and seeing it come out right. It’s just great. I showed it to my manager yesterday, who promptly realized that I could be writing […]

When asked, most executives say

When asked, most executives say they’re not going to be moving to Linux in the near future. That’s funny. What “executive” really knows what OS their web site or infrastructure runs on? Do they care? Here, we’re moving quite a few “essential” systems to Linux, and folks are loving it. The best part is the […]

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Pondering the Present

I wrote a very long post about the people I work with and what I think of them. I just deleted it and am starting over. Today, I got to spend four hours in the latest “search summit”, where all the business owners and non-technical people get together and talk about what they do. I […]

Take part in the madness

Take part in the madness that is poodle beat poetry (and bonus: poodle astrology). I love Lynda Barry. It took me the longest time to start reading her comic in the Tucson Weekly. I thought it was sloppy and didn’t make any sense. Then, I woke up, and got hooked on Marlys. Now, she’s unleashed […]