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It took a lot of trial and error to arrive at a place where I was confident that I could get fast, high quality results from dev teams.

If you're not from around here, we get these little critters called love bugs (Plecia nearctica).

Way back in 2000, I bought a Data East Jurassic Park pinball machine, a fun reward for selling popworld.com for $100k.

I'm not a particularly sentimental person.

This has been a great year for me making stuff.

There's a subplot in season 1 of The Newsroom where one of the younger producers pitches a story to uncover an online troll.

One of the engineering leaders at work attended a conference where he could see a trend or theme among the speakers and their research.

I replaced a trio of TP-Link Deco mesh routers/access points from almost five years ago with a pair of Asus units.

It's an interesting time for people in middle age, and to an extent, Millennials getting closer to that time.

It's no secret that I'm a volleyball junkie, especially during the Olympics.

When we first moved into our house, I felt pretty excited about it.

This is, in some ways, a continuation of my previous post, about finding meaning and fulfillment from winning.

We've been watching a few of those "failing restaurant" shows on Max.

Shirley Manson, from Garbage, said in an interview back in 2018, "How bland youth culture has gotten; is it going to be down to the 50-year-olds to do something naughty?"

Last night I finished up watching The Bear, and I absolutely loved it.

There are a lot of tributes and memories on the Internet right now about Dolly.

It's certainly too early to really worry about this, but my recent attempts to break into entertainment lighting on a part time basis have not been fruitful.

I remember in the 90's that it felt like Japan made all of the cool stuff.

It's interesting to see varying degrees, but growing, sentiment against AI, and technology in general.

I got a new phone yesterday.

During our recent staycation at Coronado Springs, we stayed in the delicious Gran Destino tower.

I had a productive therapy session again yesterday.

The dumbest thing about Hyundai's car/Internet thing is that as soon as you get out of the car, it reports a dumb range that's not possible, but is based on like the last ten feet you drove, 2 mph up your driveway.

I don't generally write much about politics anymore, because there isn't anything to say that hasn't already been said by someone else, probably in a more eloquent way.

I had my annual wellness checkup with my new doctor this week.

Back when the last eclipse happened, I looked into the next best opportunity to be under one.

Simon is 16 now, and he's a licensed driver.

Sneaking in a staycation on the Disney property is typically an every-other-year thing, but with Simon hurtling toward adulthood, and difficult work schedules, this was the easiest thing for us.

At risk of having written about this before (and that's Google's fault if so)...