Just because I felt like it.
I’ve done lots of podcasting in the past. Interview shows, topical education shows, advice shows, etc. Just a few weeks ago I started something new with a couple local friends and I’m absolutely loving it. The background: Last year (2020) two friends of mine and I started a group text in which we would talk […]
I run operations at a software company called Sandhills Development and one of my responsibilities is planning our occasional team retreats. I wrote about some of them before including our 2017 All Hands and our 2019 All Hands. For the past few years our fully distributed team has been getting together in-person at least once […]
This is a weird time. For all of us. Fortunately for myself and my family, we just so happen to live a lifestyle and have personalities which are well suited for surviving periods of mandated isolation. My heart goes out to the many, many people who have it so much harder than we do. I’m […]
I am currently employed at a distributed software company and work most of my days from my home office. During my work days, I am taking part in frequent virtual meetings and also podcasting a little. For a while now, I’ve wished for a way to conveniently and clearly signal to the rest of my […]
Yesterday at WordCamp Ann Arbor 2019, I hosted three rounds of WordPress Jeopardy as a fun way to conclude our event. To make it possible I created a beginner, an intermediate, and an advanced Jeopardy game using a free tool I found called Jeopardylabs. I worked pretty hard on the questions and so in the […]
My wife and I were enjoying America’s Roller Coast this past weekend and at one point found ourselves in one of the many gift shops present there. Her dad was browsing for a ghoulish sweatshirt because he had misjudged the forecast by a few degrees so we kept ourselves busy by trying on sunglasses. Or […]
Every fall Ash and I head down to Cedar Point with her father and step mother for Halloweekends. Its always a fun time and never really gets old. We have just concluded the first day of our weekend trip and had a great time. We rode the Gatekeeper twice and walked through every haunted attraction […]
There are many causes I support. There are many I do not. As I’m sure you know, sharing affiliations to such causes in non-constructive, provocative ways is a very popular pastime of many people on social networking sites such as Facebook. Personally, I am tired of being subjected to hundreds of ignorant, obnoxious posts from […]
The Numbers I Live By Not sure if this makes any sense to anyone, but I am just reflecting on all the metrics I encounter in my daily life that excite me. I’m sure if we all reflect a little we may be able to think of some. Let me know what numbers you watch. […]
Today we hosted Thanksgiving for the first time. It was a very enjoyable experience and I am glad we were able to. We did not have a large number of guests but it was still very nice and we felt privileged all the same. Right now, I am home alone while my wife is working overnight at […]
The way we watch movies has changed in so many ways over the past several decades. When everything switched from VHS tapes to DVDs the experience of watching films at home took a huge leap forward. But…..not quite far enough. I think we are experiencing a new transition now with Blu-Rays and streaming and I […]
