I still think K&R (The C Programming Language) is a great way to learn to think about programming.

http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/business-of-it/2011/10/13/dennis-ritchie-father-of-unix-and-c-dies-40094176/

We're doing the usual big picnic by the lake, on Saturday, August 13, 2pm - ???? at Loyola Beach (Greenleaf and the Lake).

Usual plans apply:
Come when you can.
Bring what you want.
Toys, Games, Food and Fun For All.

Invite anyone else who would enjoy it too.

Let me know if you need directions or more details.

We're doing the usual big picnic at the lake.
Let me know if you need more info or directions.

We're doing the usual big picnic by the lake, on Saturday, August 14, 2pm - ???? at Loyola Beach (Greenleaf and the Lake ( Read more... )

Opinion request time:

Background: The kids school has a raffle each year.  Tickets are $100 each. 2000 tickets are sold, bringing $100,000 to the school.
Grand prize is $50,000, with smaller prizes down to 20 $1000 prizes.
Raffle tickets cover some of the required fund raising for the school, so each year we buy some tickets.
To make it more exciting, ( Read more... )

During our vacation, we got a Capital Tour from one of the interns for our senator (Richard Durbin).  She also had passes to the Senate Gallery, which we visited on Wednesday evening.  This was during the Sotomayor nomination, where the senators could add their statements to the official record.  We arrived as one of the "no vote" senators was ( Read more... )

We have so little time and our list of things to do is already too long.

But, what do you suggest to see/do?
And what do you suggest to skip?

Thanks!

We're getting the last bit of work done to prepare for the big rocket launch in Sheboygan, WI this weekend ( Read more... )

Activities at M & P's school's Math and Science Club are going well, although with never enough time crammed into the 45 minute before-school Tuesday morning sessions.  We already did lots of weather monitoring stuff (although building the weather station is going to wait until next year), Lego Music Boxes and we're getting ready for the big rocket ( Read more... )

This is pretty political (for me ( Read more... )