Nov
8th
Sun
8th
My mom and my uncle Doug
A Walk in the Park
Amy and Cameron took advantage of the nice weather today and met up with some other moms/kids to walk the trails at a nearby park.
Nov
6th
Fri
6th
Makin' a Pizza Pie
The baby-sitters daughter was selling these Little Caesars pizza kits for a school fund raiser, so Amy was nice and bought one. Cameron really wanted to help make the pizza, so Amy agreed. It turns out that Cameron’s idea of helping mostly consisted of eating the cheese while Amy did everything and he watched tv.It tasted about like you’d expect a fund-raiser pizza kit to taste, but it was fun to make and it helped raise money for the kids/school/whatever…
Halloween Recap
We had a really great Halloween this year.It’s amazing how much better it is when you live in a house, versus an apartment. Tons of people were out in the neighborhood. Everywhere you looked there were parents out walking around, trick-or-treating and having a lot of fun. Our street in particular seemed to be a pretty happening place. There was a haunted house, a pot-luck, and a barbeque.
Chris and Kim came over to hang out with us, and so did our friends Paul and Larisa with their baby girl. We spent the entire evening hanging out on the porch, having a few drinks and chatting it up. I don’t think we made it inside until nearly 2am.
I think Cameron had a lot of fun. He and his Uncle Chris were both dressed as Star Wars characters. I think he really like seeing all his friends from school out in the streets. The laughed and played and compared costumes.
We voted on our favorite costume that evening, and it was unanimous. My neighbor Sheldon, who’s from India, was dressed as a Native American with a big feather headdress. When I saw him, I just laughed. He said, “I’m an Indian, LITERALLY!!!”
To top it all off, the weather couldn’t have been any better. It was in the low 70’s, and there were no bugs out that night, so it was a perfect evening to hang out outside.
Oct
31st
Sat
31st
Hangin’ with Kim while Amy and her brother take Cameron out trick-or-treating…
Oct
29th
Thu
29th
My green grass
Oct
27th
Tue
27th
IE7's Accept Header And Rails respond_to Bug
Earlier this afternoon, I was debugging an ajax call that consistently resulted in an error, but only in IE. Checking the log file, I found this:
Processing ApplicationController#index (for...
Access Your Passenger App From Windows
Eww, Windows?
Yeah, I said it. As we all know, there’s a million and one schmucks out there still rockin’ Internet Explorer as their default browser. That means if you want that…
Oct
25th
Sun
25th
Dillan's 1st birthday party
Dillan’s birthday was last Tuesday, so we had a bunch of family and friends over to celebrate this weekend. I think everyone had a pretty good time.
We had a bunch of food, like crab dip, bacon-wrapped scallops, BBQ meatballs, pigs in a blanket, and a veggie tray. I mixed up some punch with blueberry vodka, sour mix, and sprite with frozen mixed berries. Chris and Kim were nice enough to bring over some devilled eggs and a variety of beers. Oh, and I made Dillan a pickle cake. For those that don’t know, my Dad gave Dillan the nickname “Dillan Pickles” and it just kind of stuck. So now he’s often referred to as Pickle or Pickles. Cameron had a few friends over from the neighborhood and his school. They all played upstairs in the playroom. Family showed up from all over, like my Mom from Vegas, Amy’s Dad from West Virginia, and more of her family from NoVa. By the end of the day I think nearly 30 people had shown up. Dillan ended up with a pile of gifts, all of which I’m sure he’ll enjoy. Thanks everybody! Thanks to Regina, Kim, and my Mom for all the help. Also, thanks to everyone else for showing up and having a good time with us.
Oct
23rd
Fri
23rd
Installed a soap dispencer
The touchless electric soap dispencer that my parents got us for Christmas last year finally died, so I went to Lowe’s (again) and picked up this sink-mounted dispencer. The sink wasn’t predrilled so I got a 1” drill bit also. As it turns out, I should’ve gotten a 1 1/8” bit instead, but I just ended up using the Dremel to open it up a little bit. Anyway, it was easy to install and it looks a lot better than a big bottle of dish soap sitting on the counter.
Exciting stuff, I know…