Archive for March, 2008
He wore those St. Patrick’s day socks for a week
The Lovely and Talented Wife brought home new Easter-themed socks for The Boy. “It’ll get him to change them,” she said.
Now seeking: socks for April Fool’s day, National Poetry Month, Thomas Jefferson’s birthday, Arbor day.
Weather forecast for kids
I’m just Mr. Software lately. Every morning my kids ask me about the weather so they can get dressed. This is my first attempt at building a simplified weather forecast page for them.
It’s the weather report for today and tomorrow in a kid-friendly format. Once you’ve got it bookmarked, your kids are just one-click away [...]
Review: The Music Man (2003)
This is a remake of the classic musical The Music Man (1962). It is faithful to the original with strong performances by Matthew Broderick and especially Kristin Chenoweth (who I was first introduced to as Olive Snook on Pushing Daisies—now I see her everywhere). The supporting cast (Victor Garber, Molly Shannon, Debra Monk) does a [...]
Send To Flickr: a Flickr photo uploader for the Gnome desktop (Linux)
I’ve been searching for the “perfect” Flickr photo uploader for a long time so I finally broke down and decided to write it. Of course, my idea of perfect may be different than yours. (I am but a simple caveman programmer.)
A video demonstration of version 1.0 along with downloads in various formats are available. Huge [...]