While I was at work the other day, I was the proud recipient of StarGirl’s very first e-mail. And here’s what it had to say: “m, mmkkk/ bvn bu nmr b 6fcb ,mmm” Brilliant eh? Seems she was happily pounding away[…]
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3 a.m. Eternal
I love my five-month-old daughter StarGirl greatly. But that’s not to say that she can’t be very, very trying at times. Like last night. Or should I say yesterday morning? I put her down at around 11 p.m., then headed downstairs[…]
Read moreFleeing the Modern Radio Wasteland
Radio is dead. Well, maybe not quite dead, but definitely dying. I first noticed the decline a year or so after Clear Channel bought two of the Lehigh Valley’s radio stations: 95.1 WZZO (a rock station) and 104.1 WAEB (a[…]
Read moreSpammed By Dean
On the 14th of August I saw my first annoying political ad of the 2003 presidential campaign season. And it wasn’t on TV … it was in my inbox. The message was from Gov. Howard Dean (but don’t look for[…]
Read moreRediscovering Science Fiction Through Netflix
There have been a lot of changes since the baby came, but one of the biggest is that we rarely, if ever, go to Blockbuster any more. Instead, we rent movies from Netflix. For about $20 a month, we can[…]
Read moreThoughts from a Four-Month-Old’s Dad
Keyboards are Fun: Stargirl loves pounding on computer keyboards, and has already managed to send a few e-mails (with a tiny bit of help from Mom). Seeing that she enjoys hitting the keys, we wisely decided to get her some[…]
Read moreA GPS for My Keys?
Anyone who knows me knows that I have a terrible time keeping track of my keys (though I’ve gotten better). Now there’s a solution that could end my lost keys scramble forever: GPS locator tags Steve Wozniak — who started[…]
Read moreAcquiring Acquire
Acquire is one of those board game’s that I’ve heard about for years, but never got around to playing. The basic idea is to transform small start-up companies into massive conglomerates. Players have the opportunity to buy stocks, which can earn[…]
Read moreThoughts from a Three Month Old’s Dad
Smiles are Addicting: I can’t get enough of StarGirl’s smile, whether it’s the wide, gum-filled happy grin or her crooked little “ain’t I cute?” smirk. Even when this smile is the result of her having just peed all over her[…]
Read moreLessons Learned in My War with Perl
It’s a battle between Man and Machine … and while the Man’s not winning, I’m not doing all that badly. My first encounter with trying to get my Perl scripts to execute on any Unix box was a brutal massacre[…]
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