I have a baby boy! He's 7 lb 11 oz of awesomeness.

At the old office. I miss this place. Giant lofted ceilings, timber beams, light windows with trees outside. Beats fluorescence & taupe.

Documenting documenting documenting Cassandra

RT Nat Friedman Best visualization I've seen all month http://bit.ly/mLiQG

For all of Thrift's failings, I've been able to connect to any Thrift-using project w/in 20 min. Let's make it better, not just dump on it.

EveryBlock has been acquired by MSNBC. That's huge for hyperlocal news! Congrats Adrian Holovaty and company

So much packing to do. Every time I move I tell myself I must {find a place to live for 10 years || invest in plastic & linen furniture}

Third day without Internet. I don't know how much longer I can go on like this.

Should I get married tomorrow? Check all that apply. [ ] yes [ ] no

America has spoken, getting married. T-3.

I am totally married. Weird. Party!

Honeymoon is over, back in Grand Rapids watching football before return to Chicago. Honeymoon was a blast.

Fireworks (off Strawberry Jam) is the only thing I can find to complement the shrieking 4 year old terrorizing this tired bus.

I've spent more in the last 2 months than in the previous year. Things they don't tell you about marriage.

In 2 weeks both office & home will be quad-core, multi-hard-drive + ssd, dual 1920 monitors, current OS, & fancy chair. I'm expecting magic.

Remember cigarette vending machines?

You all now know an apple pie baking contest finalist. Top 10 out of 120. While hungover at 7am his morning. Didn't get to eat any though...

bottle.py + jquery through google url's is amazing for simple proof-of-concept web ui work. I can usually get full working demo in minutes.

Go looks alright, but another programming language? And one whose developers trade off compilation time over runtime performance (via Ars)?

IMAX 3D tickets for Avatar @ Navy Pier are now available... hurrah python + cron job