I'm just going to bed, but I had to pause and reflect for a moment on the scene outside. There's a little over a foot of snow, and a full moon with no cloud-cover. The light is so bright it could almost be day; and the snow is like a…
Living so close to the bush, I'm often privileged to see things you don't get to enjoy in the city--it also helps that our daughters get us up before sunrise every morning, when wildlife is more prevalent. Take, for example, the morning rituals of the wild turkeys. Every morning for…
One of the best moments from last semester, and my course on Mozilla Development, was the first day. I'd done the obligatory 'welcome', gone over the syllabus, discussed the scope and nature of the projects. Everything was like it always is on the first day. And then I told them…
Today was all about the deer. It started early this morning, as I watched them crossing the field behind our house. We decided to go and walk through the woods to see their runs. While we were tracking through the bush, Laura found a fantastic antler laying on the ground.…
Today in the grocery store, as I strolled past the frozen turkeys, I paused to give a man in front of me enough space to put his bird in the buggie. I watched him balance a bird so large it must have been a frozen ostrich on the side of…
Mergansers fishing, Fox beyond the window pane. White, silent footprints.…
Spending my time teaching Mozilla development, as opposed to doing it, gives me a unique perspective of the process. Sure it's hard watching all the interesting projects going on around me, not being able to get involved directly. And yet in my not-doing I have come to understand one thing…
The only good thing about my lengthy drive home tonight was the fact that I saw not one, not two, but five Kestrels. All of them were hunting and perched on power lines, waiting for prey below. I've never seen so many in one day. I think they are my…
I've often flirted with the idea of getting a print server. Imagine not having to go downstairs to pick-up print jobs. Or not having to run an old box with its cacophony of fan and ancient hard drive. Just imagine... Well, we're moving. And one thing I'll have in the…
Doesn't the fact that there is no ad on there prove the opposite?…