Here is some quasi-random about what I’ve been up to lately. Just to warn you, it’s going to be all over the map! We got back late last night from a long weekend in the Wisconsin Dells. We stayed at the Wilderness Resort with some friends, and had a good time (minus the injuries). Pictures […]
I love reading James Lileks. He makes me smile: Yes, I bought a Powerball ticket. And then I ate it. It’s much more interesting than just buying one and waiting to see if you win; now you hope, intensely, that you lose. If you take down the numbers before you swallow it, you get relief […]
I’m in Bismarck tonight for the NDCEL Fall Conference tomorrow, where Mike Eslinger and I will be doing our security presentation not once, but twice. It’s been a long time since I’ve stayed at the Comfort Suites here, but in the mean time they’ve added free WiFI access in addition to the wired broadband they’ve […]
I don’t feel like I can add much to the discussion of the New Orleans disaster. I’m sadden by the tremendous loss of life, by the conditions the survivors had to endure at the Superdome and the convention center, and sickened by the looting, killing, accusations of racism, and opportunism of all kinds. It’s pretty […]
I’m still not sure if I believe this forecast from the Weather Channel: Honestly – I realize this is Grand Forks, but snow in August? I’ll take a few photos if the white stuff actually materializes…
Yesterday didn’t go down as our best Monday ever. I took the day off so Casey and I could attend our third funeral this summer – this one for my Grandpa Fred. We drove back to my home town of Brooks, Minnesota in the morning for the 10:30 funeral. It was touching to see a […]
Right now we’re watching the annual International Hot Dog-Eating Contest sponsored by Nathan’s and shown on ESPN. It’s a little digusting (alright, really disgusting), but I think it’s hilarious. The announcers are describing the action like it’s a real sport! They mentioned how this was a “rebuilding year” for one of the guys, and how […]
Yes, Casey and I made it back from our cruise, safe and rested. A detailed post about it will follow when time allows, which unfortunately isn’t right now. Here’s something else in the mean time. Via Instapundit, here’s an article on Slate.com about the Mazda 3, the great little car we bought almost a year […]
It’s hard to believe it’s already been over a week since I last wrote anything here. Time has been flying by, and I can see that, like always, summer will be over before I know it. Anyway, here are some of the things that have been occupying my time: Work: I’ve been busy dividing my […]
After recently listening to On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins and Sandra Blakeslee and taking the Imagination course with Dr. Stamp here at UND, I’ve become fascinated with the human brain and how we actually think and work. Because of this, I get really excited when I come across some different way of working that takes […]