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Pictures from when Lila was a newborn
I just ran across some photos we had of when Lila was born. They’re on my old web space at MSU. Chey still had dreads at that point.
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Comment problems
FYI, I updated this blog software to the most recent version of Movable Type, and the comment features aren’t working right. No matter what I set the preferences to, every comment submitted is help for approval — which I don’t really want. I’d prefer that the comments just went up and if there is something…
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The best vitamin for a Christian
Can you guess what it is? B1 I actually saw that on a church sign tonight. I’ve got a confession to make. I am not a good Christian. And don’t worry. I’m not leading any small groups or mentoring anyone so the health and wellbeing of the flock should be secure. But I did a…
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a bittersweet end.
The Folk festival was a blast. I forgot the camera. Don’t be upset. I remembered the children. We went Sat and Sun and I think the music has been better in other years. But it is so much fun to be outside with lots of people and to be able to let the kids run…
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Catch 22 (what does that even mean?)
So I was reading this book. . . “He passed streets full of houses just like his own: Victorian brick dividing him from mothers unable to hear the white noise in their heads over crying babies and demanding toddlers, in their self-imposed luxury prisons. When they needed a community, each one would switch on the…
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Beauty of a web site
Tractinsky, N., Katz, A.S., and Ikar, D.
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I’ve got friends in low places . . .
Hey, I’ve got a question again. How do we feel about the “it could be worse” gospel? I think I have sufficiently recovered from the “Prosperity” gospel (you know, follow Christ and all will be well and you’ll get to drive a mercedes) so now I’m struggling with the “it could be worse” gospel. You…
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Cutie-Patootie
We went to the Ingham County Fair. Hot. Blasted Hot. But we had fun. More pics coming soon (soon as I figure out how to size ’em and junk. Ha.)
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Fitt’s Law Applied to the Web
Fitt’s Law Applied to the Web by Scott Berkun, Microsoft Corporation. The basic idea in Fitts’s Law is that any time a person uses a mouse to move the mouse pointer, certain characteristics of objects on the screen make them easy or hard to click on. The farther the person has to move the mouse…
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FUNNY: Weapons of Mass Destruction
Go to Google.com, type “weapons of mass destruction” into the search field, and click the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button. Note, though, don’t click the link about the t-shirt at the bottom of the page. I got pop-ups about online gambling.