Wordpress Zen: The Morning After Theme

Wordpress Zen: The Morning After Theme

Friday, February 26, 2010 No Comments

After my son, Jared, was set up with his own website, we began talking about what his goals for his new URL. We started writing manual HTML and basic CSS in an effort to understand the basics of creating one’s own website. We followed that with the benefits of Wordpress (or ANY Content Management System [...]

Top 10 Viral Clips of 2009

Top 10 Viral Clips of 2009

Monday, February 22, 2010 No Comments

Once again, it is time to reflect on 2009 and the the hilarity that ensued with these viral videos. I will not presume to have compiled the ultimate list, but these are the clips that gave me the most sincerest laughs of 2009.

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Category: Comedy, Featured, video

Christmas 2009 Draws to an End

Christmas 2009 Draws to an End

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 No Comments

Christmas 2009 draws to a close as I spend Saturday driving my kids from Iowa City to Chicago for them to hop a flight back to Nashville. This holiday season was spent  with the family at my folks place in Van Horne; along with Jared, Haley, Beth, John, Emmett, Christine, Dave, Larry, Lou and my [...]

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Category: News, Personal

Skype API and Chat Bots

Skype API and Chat Bots

Friday, January 1, 2010 No Comments

Over the last few weeks, I have been working on a chat-bot that acts much more than a simple echo server. With the plethora of Instant Message clients on the market (Yahoo, AIM, GTalk, Pidgin, Adium, etc.), it was difficult to determine which IM client suited my needs. First, the client needed to be available [...]

One of Those Days...

One of Those Days…

Monday, December 28, 2009 No Comments

Following the disappointing defeat of The Vikings at the hands of the Chicago Bears, I wrote this cartoon strip using a fantastic online strip-generating tool: Stripgenerator.com

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Category: News, Personal

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