http://twitpic.com/1h4s3m – More poetry found in the nooks and crannies of Alkek library today. # http://twitpic.com/1hdtiw – At Emily's culinary class dinner. Yum! (She did the centerpiece veggies.) # Just got my first issue of Make Magazine. Squeeeee! #fb # Grocery run, paid bills, took Maggie out for parent time, now off to the river. [...]
I wrote a piece about a year ago called Workplace Motivation and Game Mechanics which summed up some of my ideas for bringing some of the compelling character of video games to the office. Since then, some much smarter people have been doing some thinking and experimenting with similar ideas. Jane McGonigal gave a terrific [...]
I’ve had intermittent access to an iPad for about two weeks now through work, and finally feel like I have a grasp on what it is, what it’s good at, and what it lacks. First off, the iPad doesn’t do everything. It’s not a full-on replacement for a computer. In fact, you can’t even get [...]
Date night. While driving, the power steering went out, followed by overheating and power loss. This may be the van's last night. #fb # Looks like the van is a goner. We'll archive the bumper stickers in some way. (Emily is *strongly* against stickers on the new van.) #fb # At the Pat Metheny Orchestrion [...]
Kathy and I attended the Pat Metheny show in Austin last night. We’d never gotten to see him before, and were familiar with very little of his music, but I was crazy to see this show once Barry Brake brought it to our attention. Why? The Orchestrion! What is the Orchestrion? It’s a huge assemblage [...]
http://twitpic.com/1dq943 – Landa Park and Friesenhaus date night. # Well, according to this morning's doctor, Dad gets another six weeks with the cast and wheelchair. Rats. #fb # http://twitpic.com/1ebgtk – Work is getting a bit silly today. # Fun day at the river with some of our UK relatives! Passed pot smokers, a wedding, live [...]
Just saw Abigail's pre-UIL band concert. They did a great job. Hooray Miller band! #fb # http://twitpic.com/1ca28n – Kathy among the bluebonnets. # Argh! What do I have this stupid brain *FOR*? It certainly doesn't remember things for me. #fb # http://twitpic.com/1cdrs2 – Memento Mori with bluebonnets. # http://twitpic.com/1cdw7m – I found this on my [...]
I’ve been having some interesting talks with my friend Ben Mengden lately. He graduated with a Geography degree, has been delving into architecture over the past few years, and is really interested in the developing world and how those disciplines can be applied there. I have a deeply rooted interest in computing, the Internet, and [...]
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