Where do I come from? Who am I? Where am I going? Past. Present. Future. Seems like those are the questions we often ask ourselves but are often hard to answer. Where do I come from is both hard and it’s easy. I come from Spokane, Washington. I come from Read more…
I’m fresh off the first vacation away from home we’ve taken in a while. This year Christina and I went to Hawaii, Maui specifically. No need to be more specific than that since 80% of the island is less far away than my daily commute to work, so effectively just Read more…
There is no question my life would have been very different if I hadn’t discovered personal computers. My first interaction was in 1978 when a kid in my Social Studies class (the amazing Mr. Fries – pronounced Freeze) brought in his Dad’s computer. It rolled in on a large AV Read more…
It wasn’t clear how it happened. Looking back at the records, we know that there was a large electrical storm that took place over our town and, at the same time, somewhere in southern California. After things returned to normal, scientists proposed a variety of explanations. Those explanations went far Read more…
Well, I’m already late on getting started with this, but at least now it’s started… Sometimes, as the years comes to an end, I get sucked in to the notion of reflection and resolutions. Usually I’m pretty rational. I know that most resolutions fail. I know that most of us Read more…
[Link to photos here] I’m back from my trip to Yellowstone National Park. In the end, I drove just over 2000 miles to get there, poke around and drive back all in about five days. I had a great time. The goal was to go off and explore someplace that Read more…
Today is day one of my 2011 Road Trip Adventure to Yellowstone! The last time I was in Yellowstone was when I was 12 and we drove through it on the way back from West Virginia where we lived for a year back to Spokane. I really don’t recall much Read more…
Christy Tyson was not the first librarian to make a significant impact on my life, but she certainly made the largest.
According to Wired, the Web is dead. This has the Internets all abuzz. Someone noted that Wired was trolling the entire Internet, meaning it’s saying something sensational simply to get a reaction. As with many thing, there’s probably truth in both camps. Wired wants traffic (both to their magazine and Read more…
So, it’s a bit early to call this year complete, but for my purposes, the year I’m going to review is from mid-November to mid-November (more or less). For these purposes, we’ll call that 2009. The year that was 2009 got an early start in mid-November of 2008. The startup Read more…