As a parent of two soon-to-be-asking-for-the-car-keys tweens, I came across this post the other day and found it struck a chord with me. I’ve gotten the eye-rolls from my daughter for everything on that list by now. My son is younger but I am certain he will also hit a point where everything on that list will earn his … Read more
It’s that time of year again. The time when we find many “year-2014-in-review” and “what-to-expect-when-you’re-expecting-2015? articles littered about the series of tubes known as the internet. It’s only natural for folks to wax nostalgic as 2014 fades into the sunset one final time. I, however, have never been one to follow the crowd. So as we … Read more
“Baby, you believe what you want to believe.” – Tom Petty This past weekend there was a report that the mysterious case of Jack the Ripper had been solved. Not by Scotland Yard, or INTERPOL, or even the Smithsonian Institution. No, the case was solved by an amateur detective and a university professor. While I … Read more
I’ve said it before but it bears repeating: I work with some amazingly creative people these days. Happy Sysadmin Day!
I’ve written before about the idea of parallax with regards to your career. But parallax, or perceptions, can be applied to anything. Just for fun, let’s think about the different perceptions we can have regarding a cup of coffee. The classic perception, of course, would be “do you see the cup as half-full or half-empty”. … Read more
Recently our town completed a sidewalk to one of the schools. I saw the sidewalk as I went for a jog today, and it got my mind wandering and thinking. We moved here over 10 years ago. At the time we had one fifteen month and one minus-2 week old baby. There was no sidewalk across … Read more
