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Moving Mom

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:02:43 -0600

Ted Drewes

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:11:47 -0600

I'm in St. Louis right now to help with moving my mom to Boise. We hired some good folks from Labor Ready today to come help clean out the house,…

Zy-Uhn

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:19:15 -0600

My wife and I just took a vacation down to Cedar City for the Shakespeare festival, followed by a full day to play in Zion National Park. While the…

2 Liters Of The Good Stuff

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:39:35 -0600

My wife's family came to visit us for the 4th of July. After they arrived and got settled in, we began to think about what we had been up to. My…

Résumé or not to Resume

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:54:17 -0600

I don't know what my problem is, but I really don't like to dust off my résumé. I know that from time to time it is a good idea to pull it out and…

Updated Square Foot Garden Information

Mon, 26 May 2008 21:37:01 -0600

For those of you (all 2) who read this little blog regularly, you know that I have planted a garden this year. Well, I finally finished all the…

Invisible Shelves

Wed, 14 May 2008 11:42:54 -0600

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…

Wheeler Farm

Tue, 06 May 2008 22:54:27 -0600

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!

Tue, 06 May 2008 22:43:32 -0600

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!

Tue, 06 May 2008 22:24:02 -0600

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

Tue, 06 May 2008 21:58:59 -0600

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

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:34:01 -0700

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

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:08:02 -0700

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

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:05:08 -0700

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

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:59:41 -0700

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

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:46:00 -0700

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

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:56:15 -0700

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

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:19:13 -0700

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

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:05:08 -0700

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

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:45:28 -0700

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

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:38:18 -0700

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

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:25:47 -0700

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

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:36:45 -0700

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

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:37:34 -0700

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

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:34:28 -0600

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?

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:56:46 -0600

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

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:52:39 -0600

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'

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:20:05 -0600

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

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:49:52 -0600

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

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:59:32 -0600

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!

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:08:05 -0600

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

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:04:57 -0600

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

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:24:36 -0600

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!

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:24:36 -0600

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

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:24:36 -0600

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

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:24:35 -0700

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. …

Birthday List '07

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:24:36 -0700

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…

lshw

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:24:36 -0700

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…

Santa is Coming To Town...

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:24:36 -0700

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?

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:24:35 -0600

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

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:24:35 -0600

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

Sun, 05 Feb 2006 00:24:35 -0700

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

Thu, 13 Oct 2005 00:24:35 -0600

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

Sun, 29 May 2005 00:24:35 -0600

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

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:24:34 -0700

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

Thu, 03 Feb 2005 00:24:33 -0700

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

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:24:34 -0700

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!

Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:24:33 -0700

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

Tue, 04 Jan 2005 00:24:34 -0700

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

Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:24:33 -0700

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!

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:24:33 -0700

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!

Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:24:34 -0700

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

Mon, 29 Nov 2004 00:24:34 -0700

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

Mon, 29 Nov 2004 00:24:33 -0700

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

Fri, 19 Nov 2004 00:24:32 -0700

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.....

Thu, 18 Nov 2004 20:24:33 -0700

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

Mon, 15 Nov 2004 00:26:34 -0700

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!

Mon, 15 Nov 2004 00:24:35 -0700

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…