We decided to take the boys bowling today. Sally participated in a bowling tournament with some co-workers last week and the boys were super excited to watch her. They have been talking about it all week so it was finally time. The bowling alley was quite busy with a birthday party and probably some February …
My Retina MacBook Pro
I finally took the plunge and purchased the 13" Retina MacBook Pro that I've been talking about for a few months. After briefly considering 16 GB memory and 512 GB SSD upgrades I decided to go with the standard mid-tier model: 8 GB memory and 256 MB SSD. I've been using it for a couple …
Potty Training Update
WARNING: This post contains a lot of discussion about poop. The boys have been without diapers for about three weeks now and overall they are still doing well. As expected, things have shifted a bit as they moved back into their normal routine at school during the week. We found that Adam was having trouble …
Mac Museum Year in Review: 2013
The last year has been a quiet one for the Mac Museum, at least in terms of articles, photos, and other materials posted to my website. In total, I only posted about seven articles. The boys became much more active this year and I started taking on extra responsibilities at work which severely limited my …
Changes
We've gone through some major changes at home in the last couple of months. First we took back some of our house by removing the gate between the living room and kitchen as well as the gate at the bottom of the stairs in the living room. We decided that the boys were good enough …
2013 Clean Out: Memories
This is part of my end-of-the-year cleaning of draft posts. This was written over a year ago when I was in a reflective mood. As soon as the boys were born it was as if a clock started ticking on my life. Every moment and every milestone of theirs represented a passage of a certain …
2013 Clean Out: Being a Parent
This is part of my end-of-the-year cleaning of draft posts. I wrote this at the beginning of the year with the intention of adding to it and posting it later on. I never really finished it but it's all still true. Being a parent means: rolling on the floor in your work clothes looking for …
2013 Clean Out: My Next Camera
My current camera is a Canon EOS 7D. I upgraded a couple of years ago from a 50D because the 7D had more professional features that I could use. It is a fantastic camera. The build quality is great. The image quality is great. It's pretty much everything that I'd want in a camera except …
2013 Clean Out: HP TouchPad: Dead Product Review
This is part of my end-of-the-year cleaning of draft posts. I wrote this two years ago about HP's severely-discounted self-imposed failure that was the TouchPad tablet. I intended to review it thoroughly but never finished the review and never will. I'm posting it here in its draft state for anyone interested. I still have my …
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2013 Clean Out: Surviving the Ups and Downs of Toddlers
This is part of my end-of-the-year cleaning of draft posts. I wrote it when the boys were about two and a half to document some of the chaos. The dinner/bath/tantrum thing still happens but the biggest issue we deal with now is them bugging the sh*t out of each other. Enjoy our pain from …
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