I found this new program that converts regular pictures into ASCII art. It’s surprisingly easy to use. You load a picture and boom, it’s done. Check out the sample I just made. It even saves in color. I love it. I used to be totally enamored with ASCII art. It seems such a neat cross…
I noticed a quote from Bobby Knight. Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win. I thought it was a cool quote, but then I played tennis last night. It was some of the best tennis I have ever played. It was with my new Wilson 6.1 Team…
The kids sang to me this morning: Happy Birthday to you. You live in a zoo. You smell like a monkey, and you look like one too. Good boys. Today is a beautiful day. Predictions for Glen’s 35th year: Blake wins American Idol. Jets win Superbowl Glen wins Pulitzer for best non-fiction book.
Exciting news: The book publisher has green lit my book. I am starting to write it now. It is about jQuery and how it empowers designers. I will give a better summary after I work on it for a little while. I get an advance and everything. The book will be made of physical paper…
Ok, I know I posted 10 minutes ago. But I have been looking at YouTube. WOW. There is some amazing stuff here. Look at these kickass athletes! The guy at the top in UNREAL! Less cool, but very clever. Did you know this was possible with a guitar? Cute, but Ethan is cuter. And Jared is…
My whole body hurts. It hurts to type. I played tennis yesterday and today for 2.5 hours each. I joined a 4.0-4.5 league. The competition seems right. My physical game is ok, but my mental game is horrible. I am constantly trying to STOP thinking about my game. Whenever I am thinking about my game,…
I was checking email this morning with Matthew on my lap. He slid off and sat under Katie’s desk. I immediately recognized this action. He needed to go #2! So I jumped up and said, "Come on Matt, let’s go sit on the potty." I put him on the throne and he looked at me…
It was 12 years ago tomorrow, St. Patricks Day. I went downtown in NYC with my cousin Andy. We hit Jack Dempseys Bar. Is that the right one? I saw this girl across the room smiling at me. I asked Andy if he knew her. he said, "Her name is Kathy, and her friend is…
Something is definetely going on. Bees have disappeared all over America.http://digg.com/environment/Earth_Life_Threats_Alarming_Disappearance_of_Honey_Bees This is not cool. A third of all of our agriculture depends on these little creatures. We are not ready to deploy millions of nanobots either! We are not far enough along to make “The Age of Spiritual Machines” a reality. I knew Bush…
I shaved the beard. I like the way it looked, but I just couldn’t get used to the way it felt. I was constantly touching it and playing with the whiskers with my tongue. It was a fairly bad Cher impersonation. This is me WITHOUT the beard. This is me WITH the beard. Which is…
Matthew has made me sick. His cough and stuff nose have worked their way over to me. I didn’t used to get sick before these little germ factories were born. I used to have to “pretend” to be sick, just so I could stay home from school. I don’t ever remember actually being sick or…
The trip was a comedy of errors from start to finish. Original plans: SFO to Dallas to Indianapolis then drive to New Albany Indiana (near Louisville). Return Friday.We get to the airport LATE as usual. They tell us, "Doesn’t matter. Indianapolis is closed. Don’t go to Dallas." We comply and get rescheduled for a few hours…
Alice (Katie’s grandmother) died this week. She was a feisty old woman. She would would have turned 100 this year. I remember so vividly he telling Ben at Christmas, "I’m a wrapper!!" and crossing her fingers in a gang sign. She told great stories like when the first car arrived in town. She spoke alot…
The three of them are doing great. Ethan is reading chapter books like The Hobbit! He is also doing 3rd grade math, like long multiplication. I taught him how to read a clock in one sitting. Jared is starting to read phonics books. Katie tells me the other parents think Jared is naturally gifted in…