Yesterday, Sandy suggested ways that I could be less hard on Frankie and more playful. This was her reaction to our weekend in DC. I was somewhat put off because I thought the weekend had gone well. In the end, I was upset and she felt bad for hurting my feelings ( Read more... )

I was driving home from Sandy's place. I stopped at a stop light and as I waited, I heard a crash and saw a waft of dust splash across the street. My first thought was, did a building collapse? I drove up to where the dust was cautiously. It took me a moment to recognize a lamp post laying across a suburban lawn. I wondered what made it fall. The ( Read more... )

What is one thing that you complain about but don't want fixed?

I recently found this article (by luck) and all JavaFx developers should probably read it:

http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/2009/09/09/javafx-121-out-fixes-binding-leaks-and-performance

I'm noticing that I'm using this more as a development blog than a personal one. This seems like it's likely to continue. For those looking for personal updates, you may or may not find them here ( Read more... )

Also, I'm beginning to regret having Gary do the back end...

You see, that lets him cheat.

I've been having a heck of a time getting some (seemingly) simple things running. The tall poles lately have been ( Read more... )

I read an article which I got from kottke and had some thoughts. First, what were the parents thinking? Second, is science really the prime explanation for everything ( Read more... )

This is a new thing I may do regularly or may only do once. A post about technical work stuff ( Read more... )

So I was thinking today about how many little annoyances many people (myself included) put up with on a day to day basis. I had an idea that we could share some of our solutions and some of the annoyances which we have found answers to ( Read more... )