Rare Random Musings....
Invisible Shelves
The other day my wife mentioned an article on wikihow that explained how to make "invisble shelves". I have to admit that I am a sucker for simple…
Bloggity Blog, Blog
Wheeler Farm
On a recent vacation in the Salt Lake city area, we took the kids to Wheeler Farm. It's a real, working farm with places to have a picnic lunch,…
This horse needs a dentist!
I admit it. I'm not from the country. I was raised in suburbia, USA, where seeing corn still on the stalk involved a 40 minute ride on the…
Ohhhh - Sparkly!
So, as you may know, I'm building a pretty large garden this year. Some of what we want to grow needs a sturdy trellis to climb, so off to the…
Square Foot Gardening
This is the summer.
We're finally going to do it right.
The garden is almost complete.
In years past we have tried several times to grow a decent…
Dog Tags
Tonight was a full lunar eclipse that was visible at the perfect time of the evening for me to enjoy it with my kids. So there we were - hanging out…
Full Lunar Eclipse - Feb 20, 2008
Recently Erica has become very interested in all things astronomy. We took her to the library and picked up Charlie Brown's Encyclopedia of Earth…
Kimball Birthday List 2007
Ugh. Birthday time again. At least the pain of turing 31 is to be offset by the relative joy of receiving doodads from folks who care about me. :) …
Golden Rule of Computer Programming
I recall a certain professor of mine proclaimed:
"Computers are dumb, and programmers are lazy"
I've since come to call this the golden rule of…
The Piano Man
Some time ago, Christine posted a note in her blog about our piano ordeal. To sum up, we ordered a piano in June of this year from the folks at the …
Illegal Immigration Rant
I typically am not a horribly vocal person when it comes to politics and current affairs - heck, I don't even watch much TV. I get my news online or…
Nerd Handbook
I found this via a quick note that Hans wrote in his blog, but found it to hit the mark so astonishingly well that I learned quite a bit about…
Kimball Christmas List 2007
I've actually had a bit of a hard time coming up with items for my list this year - but here is the list, such as it is (All links are to provide a…
As Usual, Scott Adams Is Right
This is particularly funny to me as I've recently begun to read up and attempt to practice some of the agile methods. The basic gist of agile…
Christmas Lights
The turkey has been cooked, consumed, and caused us to go into a coma. The pie is almost gone. The relatives are getting ready to head back home…
Wouldja Pass Me That Spoon? It's Time For My Sandwich
At work I occasionally get so involved in whatever I'm working on (usually really ugly code) that I don't realize just how long I've been at it. …
Split Personality Blog
For those of you who have attempted to wade through all the technical goop I wind up blabbering about in this blog looking for anything less....…
Shopping with 2 Year Olds
Sometimes when I'm at the store to pick something up, I get to see the most entertaining things. Ever watched people try to pick out vegetables? …
Real Programmers Don't Eat Quiche
Upon reviewing my story about Programmer Mel, I took the time to read the following article about how Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal, and nearly…
Homemade Helicopter?
When I hear "Nigeria" my mind automatically fills in "scams", as it has been one of the single largest sources of attempts to defraud on the…
Cambria
So, I found an article today on the new core web fonts that Microsoft is bundling with Windows Vista. The full write up is here, but anyone who…
Coughin'
I like to pretend that I know a little something about woodworking, and occasionally even try to build something that won't be condemned by the urban…
2007 Sysadmin Of The Year
Last week there was a story on slashdot pointing to www.sysadminoftheyear.com, a site where folks can go to nominate their IT staff for Sysadmin of…
The Pedal-to-the-Metal, Totally Illegal, Cross-Country Sprint for Glory
So, a few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to drive from St. Louis to Salt Lake in a minivan. We did the trip in a little less than 19 or so hours,…
New Website!
Spiffy - so I've finally finished converting my old (roughly 5 years old) website into a new format. I'm pretty sure nobody ever even reads anything…
Huge Grocery Savings
Ok, so Christine has figured out how to save mucho, mucho bucks at the grocery store by using coupons and watching for the killer sales. She’s had…
Programmer Mel
So, I was just getting settled in for my workday (aka getting my daily fix of /.) and I ran across a link to a neat article about Mel the Programmer.…
Finally Moved; Server Alive!
Ok, so we finally loaded up all our stuff into the biggest U-Haul money can rent, and headed north to the sunny climes of Boise, ID. While the drive…
New Home
So, as I have accepted a new job working for Miridia Technology in Meridian, ID, we headed up this weekend to find and purchase a house. Turns out…
Joel on Customer Service
I have tuned in to Joel on Software (the blog of the owner of Fog Creek software) from time to time, and have always found his opinions refreshing. …
lshw
Have you ever needed to know the hardware configuration of a linux box that sits halfway across the country? I recently needed to determine exactly…
Birthday List '07
Ok world, here it is: Kimball's birthday list - 2007
This year I'm pretty much into the same stuff I'm always looking for (in fact, much of this…
Santa is Coming To Town...
Ok world, here it is: Kimball's Christmas List - 2006
I'm a geek. I like geek stuff. I'm also a guy. I like typical guy stuff like movies and…
How Much Optimizing Should I Do?
With the ever-increasing speed of consumer computers, frequently developers decide that it is much more important to get their applications shipped…
New(ish) Web Server
So, quite some time ago I picked up a newer used machine than my current web server. Over time I have gradually moved bits and pieces of things over…
Kimball Birthday List '06
Ok world, here it is: Kimball's birthday list - 2006
This year I'm pretty much into the same stuff I'm always looking for (in fact, much of this…
Family History
For those of you who are looking to do a bit of work on your family history,
I have set up PhpGedView on my server - click here to get to it.
Isaac Henry Larsen
Isaac Henry Larsen
Congratulations to us! Isaac Henry Larsen was born today at 9:46 am in the Alta View Hospital. He weighed 9 lbs, 9oz, and mommy…
New Job
Can you believe it? I bailed on Convergys and got a new gig. I now am the "Extremely Intelligent Executive Information Officer" (you know...…
Birthday List '05
Ok world, here it is: Kimball's birthday list - 2005
This year I'm pretty much into the same stuff I'm always looking for - digital devices of some…
Baby Boy Names
We found out just before Christmas that we will be the proud parents of a baby boy this June. :) As with Erica, we need some help figuring out just…
Happy Birthday Erica!
Erica had her second birthday on the 21st, and she had a blast! :) We decided to not have a party with a bunch of people over (can you imagine a…
Back From Vacation
Well, we are finally back from the extravaganza known as Christmas Vacation. If anyone out there has yet to experience the pleasure of dealing with…
Christmas Wish List
Ok, it's that time of year again, and we have a few items on our list that we would love to find under the tree...
Board/Group Games
Cranium -…
Christmas is Finally Here!
Well, we finally got around to hauling out all the decorations. We wound up discovering this year that we had a lot of stuff we really don't like at…
Snow!
Well, it snowed a few days ago, so today we got Erica all dressed up and went out to let her explore a bit. Of course, I had the camera.
Since we…
NewBaby
Erica has some big news....
Give up?
That's right, we're having a new baby. :) The due date is June 2 (which for those of you who know us pretty…
Elmer And The Bear
As I was growing up, every summer my family would make a pilgrimage to Nauvoo, IL to participate in the City of Joseph pageant held there. As part…
Restored AG
Well, it took a lot of work and pulling hair, but I finally think I have AG 1.1.4 source restored.
What a pain.
Yes, I have now made a backup, and…
I can't believe I lost the source.....
So, the other day I finally decided to refactor the source for AG (anyone who knows me knows what that is, others who dont... well, ask!) and break…
About Me
For anyone who has stumbled across this blog with no idea about who I actually am, here's some stuff you will probably not find all that interesting:
Welcome to my Blog!
Ok, it's not all that impressive, but I finally got around to setting up a weblog.
Yes, it's likely useless.
No, I'm not planning to write stuff…