Martin has been itching to climb anything he can find at the playgrounds near our house. Last week he finally figured out the rope ladder, video after the cut.
August 30, 2008MartinNo commentsMatt Haughey talks about how weblog comments have become nothing more than 1-up showmanship.
His post gets to the heart of why I’ve disabled comments on my personal weblogs for the last couple year. When we started up this blog, I decided to enable comments because we do enjoy talking with family, friends, and strangers. Additionally [...]
August 28, 2008Technology4 commentsI’ll start by saying I’m by no means an accessibility expert, etc etc etc and this is just a general summary of the state of things… not an endorsement of any one proposal, method, group/faction/junta/cabal/etc.
If you were following but dropped out of the <img> & @alt discussion going on in HTML 5 for the last [...]
August 26, 2008TechnologyNo commentsSeattle Transit Blog pointed to an interview in the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce with current Bellevue mayor, Grant Degginger (the article is behind a pay-wall, boo):
Q. How do you make Bellevue more walkable? A. Bellevue was laid out as a suburban city and one of the legacies of that [...]
August 25, 2008SeattleNo commentsLook at me, with my fancy new camera and my picture-uploading dependability! Highlights of this upload include:
Martin’s first dress-up outfit: a rubber finger toothbrush, an oven mitt, and a vinyl smock over his cut-off pajamas. Classy! A bike trip to Mighty-O for donuts, followed by a very messy trip to [...]
August 24, 2008MartinNo commentsVideo Link: The Beatles – Golden Slumbers. Performed by Gerry Phillips, Manualist.
I found this piece when earlier today Steven Frank linked to Gerry’s Star Wars Cantina Song rendition.
What I like best about Gerry’s work is that he takes his craft seriously but also seems to humbly accept it is a gimmick. The material he covers [...]
August 21, 2008EntertainmentNo commentsBecause I’m avoiding yet another resurgence of the @alt debate in HTML 5, here’s an article from the Wall Street Journal about how one San Francisco citizen is attempting to halt improvements to the city’s bike infrastructure: (emphasis mine)
New York is wooing cyclists with chartreuse bike lanes. Chicago is spending nearly $1 million [...]
August 21, 2008Fitness, SeattleNo commentsA new batch of pictures are up on my photo site! The newest ones are from our trip to the Children’s Museum with Alexander and his parents, as well as a couple from last night and this morning showcasing Martin’s awesome new cheesy fake smile that he likes to flash every time he sees a camera.
(Also, [...]
August 19, 2008MartinNo commentsEveryBlock is available in Seattle now and it is perfect for sifting through online records by local street address. For instance, I was able to easily look up our favorite grocery store, PCC Natural Markets in Fremont. From the EveryBlock detail page I bounced over to a list of recent inspections and I could see [...]
August 18, 2008Seattle, TechnologyNo commentsWhat can I say? The trouble with getting out of the habit of posting is that the longer I go, the more I feel like I need something Big and Monumental and Exciting to be worth of my first post back.
I don’t have that. But we’re going to try to get back in the swing [...]
August 18, 2008Martin, Medero.net1 comment