I was told by a coworker the other day that computers don’t know how to tell time. Specifically, they have no idea when something will finish downloading, rendering, or installing. They make fictitious estimates based on arbitrary data and they recalibrate every half-second. In other words, their ability to predict …
My wife has a friend that she has known since the fourth grade. This friend, Mandy, also married a Ben. She also has two kids. She also understands the value of passion and family. We are staying at her home, and my daughter is trying to sleep in the bedroom …
I don’t believe in absolutes. I don’t believe in martyrdom. And, I don’t believe in regretting what we have chosen. I chose to get on an airplane with two children under 4 today. I don’t regret any moment of my son sitting and squirming on my lap. Not even when …
Cover of Spellbound Along with the finals for the NBA and NHL going on this weekend, there was also another kind of competition that garners far fewer onlookers: The Scrips Spelling Bee. Tonight, on network teleivision no less, a girl from my home town of Cleveland took the prize. She …
Nearly all of the houses in my neighborhood have fences, many of which are in severe need of repair. They are coming down because they were all built in the early 80’s. So, every few days I see new fenceposts being dug and placed. Pretty soon, all of the fences …
I have pretty consistently told others that nothing bad ever happens to me. I say this becuase of my generally positive outlook on the events that unfold in front of me. So long as I can see the end of them or rationilize them in some way, they are not …
There is a disturbing trend in sharing. We share with others (as we should), giving them the ability to edit and observe. This allows them to contribute and for everyone in the collaborative process to move forward. However, this is where the trend emerges. Once this becomes a norm within …
Image by louisvolant via Flickr Everyone is trying to devine the next big thing. Reading the tea leaves on Twitter or letting the alerts drift in to the inbox of your choice. We are all looking to get in on the ground floor of the next version of the web …
Image via Wikipedia I spoke at my high school graduation. Along with our valedictorian and a few other people who applied for the job, I gave a speech that was mostly a rehash of my application to get into college. I reprint it here to make sure that the absolute …
The wind must have grabbed it while we were out. It must have taken hold of the oversized umbrella and flipped the entire table, shattering the glass top directly on the deck. It must have done this because when we came home we found the thousands of pieces and the …