new pitcher

mark hewitt’s winter kiln opening was this morning. traveled with jane, chloe, and christy in two cars down to pittsboro, which made for very spacious in-car dozing when we arrived just after 6am–the fifth and sixth cars in line. and…

oh, the carnage! vegetarians look away!

yesterday, in a battle of oneupmanship with a previous bbq birthday, patrick and i combined forces (and birthdays) to throw a pig pickin’ that can only be truly appreciated in pictures. jonathan, from The Barbecue Joint, unveiled the pig and…

on programming

there’s this groove that i experience only when i’ve done absolutely everything else i could possibly do, when i’ve already been staring at my computer for way too long, when i haven’t gotten enough sleep for a number of nights,…

developmental stages of a computer programmer

if there were stages marking one’s growth as a programmer (aka hacker, coder), i’d be in the one where the programmer enjoys writing code to do low-level backend tasks that someone has probably already written. i started working on a…

searching for strong’s

strong’s was a laidback coffee shop on franklin street with good music, decent sandwiches, and wireless internet from campus that reached into the front half of the building. i spent countless hours there during grad school, people-watching and computer hacking.…

hanging rock state park

this weekend jane and i had nearly 7000 acres of hanging rock state park pretty much to ourselves. we hiked. we found a country-living-style bed and breakfast for the night. we feasted on baked spaghetti, fried chicken, and hushpuppies at…

my all time favorite christmas movies

it’s a wonderful life is not only my favorite christmas time movie, it’s also one of my favorite movies, period. it was on tv tonight, and i got so into it, and so choked up at the end. i think…

the year in blog posts

my favorite blog posts from each month during the past year. january: where in the world is carmen sandiego? one of the few memes i’ve participated in, and after traveling to killington in march, i can add vermont (and new…