Archive for February, 2007

Outgrowing the teacher

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

One of my favorite side hobbies when I lived in Pasadena was working one-on-one and in small groups with a handful of “kids,” teaching them about computers, computer science, and computer programming, mostly, with a dash of math and other random stuff thrown in for good measure (and oftentimes necessity). Alex came to me [...]

How not to change an interface, and the results thereof…

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

Greetings from sunny Columbus, Ohio. Well, it’s not sunny, but it is Columbus!
I’ve been here most of the week, and I haven’t had a lot of spare time, but today I have had an enjoyable sequence of mistakes and delays, so I am currently relaxing in the airport Starbucks listening to some obnoxious neo-Opera [...]

Ice, Ice, Baby

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

Welp, just as soon as I finish posting about how warm it is around here, another wave of chilly air moved in, and some moisture along with it. We’ve had our second beautiful coating of ice around here… from the deck:

That’s a full-color image; it’s safe to say it looks pretty black-and-white out there! [...]

Warmth and the Road

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Howdy folks,
I’ve been traveling quite a bit lately, and it seems like each time I’ve come home I’ve had so much on my plate (including the need to catch up on sleep!) that the blog ends up low on the priority ladder. The good news is that I haven’t been wasting much time, and [...]