Most of you probably know that we recently moved into a new house.  (If you don't, sorry about that -- I've been  meaning to write a catchup post to talk about it).  One of the biggest things we wanted in a new house was a library.  We had one in our old house, but had to turn it into a playroom once the kids were old enough.

I am fortunately to ( Read more... )

If you are so sick that you can't stop coughing and sounding miserable, maybe you should have stayed home and avoided spreading your plague.

Much funnier than it sounds:

http://www.iywib.com/birds_with_arms.php

I'm very tempted to do this.

I'm seriously starting to consider getting an iPad.  I can't decide if this is because I actually have a use for it (I have a lot more travel coming up where it would be handy for both entertainment and light work) or because I'm just succumbing to the cool factor of the technology.

For those of you who are in the Detroit area or are already planning to attend, I will be giving two talks at this year's ConFusion the annual Detroit-area science fiction convention. It is being held this weekend (1/21 - 1/23) at the Troy Marriott, just off of I75 at Big Beaver Rd ( Read more... )

Once again I find myself listening to my Carolina mix, a mix album of songs about North Carolina thoughtfully given to me by legocoach" and sarahf for Christmas a few years ago.  A great set of music for the cold, gray winter months. Thanks again, guys.

This is a must-read article about who is funding a lot of the tea party/anti-Obama activism:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer

It's very well researched and I found it most interesting.

I just found out that the first patent I was part of filing, patent No. 7844696 -- Method and System for monitoring control signal traffic over a computer network -- has finally been granted.  We applied for it in June of 2002, and it was actually granted in the UK in 2004, but it took until last week for the USPTO to approve it.  I have a couple ( Read more... )

I was listening to some of my favorite music while cleaning up the dishes earlier this week and Alex told me he really liked it.  I pulled it out in the car on the way to work this morning and again he said he enjoyed listening to it.  This makes me very happy, since music has been such an important part of my life.  And the fact that it was my ( Read more... )