Archive for November, 2009

Over there on the right

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Have you ever noticed the little title over to the right in bold called “Tweets…”? Tweets is a real time feed of my Twitter updates. Whether you know what Twitter is or not, suffice it to say that it’s another way that I’m able to share what’s going on in our lives, in 140 characters or less. So, if you come to this site and you don’t see a new post, which would have been the case for the last couple weeks or so, you can still glance at my tweets for relevant news.

Overdue Update

Monday, November 30th, 2009

The above video gives you some idea of the patience that Woody has developed over his many years of living in our crazy house. Jack is arguably the most “physical” of our children. He loves banging on things, pushing things, and just exploring the myriad ways that he’s able to affect his environment. Will enjoys watching Jack wrestle with Woody, and will likely grow to torment Woody in much the same way that Jack does.

Are you sure?

Friday, November 13th, 2009

After making changes to my benefits via our company intranet, I clicked on a link named “Save Changes”. After clicking the link, the following message popped up…

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Really? I just clicked a link called “Save Changes”, and this is the smartest thing you can think of to ask me? Come on.

Somewhere, a programmer needs to be taken out back and have his hair pulled. This message is the sort of insult to the users intelligence that have made people hate their computers.