While reading over old posts last week, I came across one here, from 2011: "Internet homeless." bemoaning the protracted exodus from the site and my dissatisfaction with the available social networks (specifically Facebook, Twitter and Google+).

The recent acquisition of Twitter and the uncertainty surrounding it does not represent quite the same ( Read more... )

To avoid confusion for anyone unaware (including future me) this is in reference to the BGP records for Facebook disappearing on this day ( Read more... )

I have a new icon! I haven't uploaded one of those for years. Must be special for some reason.

Just some random kid things:

• Nathan is such a dork. He's made up his own lyrics to "Where I Want To Be", from the musical Chess. They includes the line, "I feel like I'm in Waterloo."
  
• Bastian lost his first tooth. And then lost his first tooth. Nonetheless, he has been far less anxious since then.
  
• Nathan isn't the only one who likes Chess. ( Read more... )

I should really go through and respond to comments on the last few entries. In the mean time, random updates:

• Haley has become quite the little chatterbox. Her conversations usually go something like this: "What's that?" "A web browser." "What's that?" "A chat window." "What's that?" "A terminal window." "What's that?" "A Dell logo." " ( Read more... )

Christmas is very tiring with four kids. Christmas Eve was surprisingly tranquil though, thanks to a video from Santa informing the boys they weren't on the nice list yet. Nathan was in such a hurry to get to sleep that we had to call him back downstairs twice to get ready for bed. Didn't hear a peep from any of them until the next morning, when ( Read more... )

Last night...All the children were clustered behind me on the couch, laughing hysterically while pretending my head was a plate and my hair was a turkey. When I asked what they were doing, I was informed that I was a "Thanksgiving feast ( Read more... )

Difficult morning today. Started off fine - kids woke up without much difficulty, breakfast was eaten, clothing was donned, everyone loaded into the car, drop off Nathan without incident. Then I get to Cantalician, where the rest of the kids go ( Read more... )

But this one has particular relevance to me: Synacor files for IPO of up to $75 million.

Would you be as supportive if pro-life activists flooded into abortion clinics and shouted at workers and patients over bullhorns, led marches against the private homes of doctors and clinic workers, vandalized businesses thought to be sympathetic to pro-choice causes and hurled epithets at anyone who expressed disagreement with them ( Read more... )