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I’m proud to announce that my latest book, Web Development Recipes{.popup}, is available in print directly from the publisher.

Today marks the start of PragProWriMo, where the fine folks over at the Pragmatic Bookshelf{.popup} are encouraging aspiring writers to write a technical book over the course of the month.

For those that don’t know, I am a Development Editor for PragProg and have written a couple of books, but I’ve kept this list pretty objective.

For those that don’t know, I’m back to writing again.

Well, here we are with just two days to go before the end of the 2011 RPM Challenge and I’m basically done.

I’m participating in the RPM Challenge{.popup} in February.

It occurred to me that since I tend to do a lot of stuff on Twitter (and occasionally on Facebook), I don’t use this blog for much.

This week I start my new part-time job as a Development Editor at the Pragmatic Bookshelf{.popup}, the publisher I’ve worked with on my last two books.

My current book HTML5 and CSS3: Develop With Tomorrow’s Standards Today{.popup} is now available as a “beta book” download from the Pragmatic Bookshelf.

Some students and friends of mine have been out looking for jobs lately, and as developers, it’s not always clear what you should wear.

I’ve given the following presentations.

Reading my book, just received from the printers.

I got a new toy for my birthday this year, and have been spending a little time getting to know how it works.

Well, almost.

I’m on schedule to have my book indexed and ready for one final beta before printing.

I miss being in shape.

My two-year-old DLP television died around April 18th.

First off, apologies to my cousin Kevin and his lovely wife.

This site’s theme (and some of its content) hasn’t really changed since 2005, and with everything else going on right now I figured it was high-time I change that.

For those of you who watch this blog and wonder what I’m up to, I am a lot more active on Twitter than I am here.

Lisa turns one year old this Saturday.

My book Web Design for Developers is now available in Beta form.

Yahoo thinks you should.

Lisa has surgery on Thursday morning.

I’ve been busy.

So Lisa’s more than four months old already.

Carissa’s getting in on the internets action.

I can’t believe it’s been over 8 weeks already!

It’s been a month now since Lisa was born and we’re still balancing everything.

Last week, on the 13th, Lisa had her first eye surgery and it went very well.

I’ll be heading to Portland again this year to go to Railsconf 2008.

I’ve been putting off writing an update about Lisa’s eyes and legs for some time so I could deal with everything personally.

It’s been confirmed that Lisa has cataracts in both eyes.

More photos available for viewing and downloading at Flickr.

The pediatrician and the nurses want to keep Lisa for one more day.

The pediatrist was just here and explained Lisa’s condition.

Lisa’s here, and she’s really a cutie, but I’m still extremely nervous.

Welcome, Lisa Lin Hogan. 20.1 inches, 7 lbs 14 oz, born at 9:52 PM on January 24th, 2008

You can follow mom and baby’s progress at Twitter.

Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch!

It’s only six days until Carissa’s due date.

Really cool and fun… First, download the 360 drivers for Windows.

Chris and I have been trying to connect to eachother over XBOX Live for a little over a week without success.

I just wanted to say thank you to our friends and family for the extremely generous gifts.

It’s getting closer to baby time.

This week is about tying up a bunch of loose ends.

The average blog has about one reader, and it’s usually either the blog’s owner or Google.

This has been a really crazy month.

Sorry, Dad!

Show your support for fighting cancer research and come to the Light The Night walk tonight.