Wow. Although it wasn't called blogging in March of 1999, I was doing it. I just noticed tonight that I've managed to save all my posts since March 1 of '99. And here it is, April 2009.
Did you hear that? It's the sound of the Internet yawning.
Anyways, it's been a fun ten years, triple-dubya. Here's to ten more. I'll have nearly two teenage daughters then...
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That's a scary enough thought to sign off with.
- Scott
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Blog on hiatus
As you can tell, updates to this blog have come to a standstill. I've basically turned to microblogging on twitter for technical musings, my tech blog for long-winded technology articles, and facebook. Oh, fb how I love thee. If you've added me there, you have a much better idea of what's going on in heabdogg-land (hint hint).
Perhaps I'll fit another post on here in '09...
- Scott
Perhaps I'll fit another post on here in '09...
- Scott
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Is this thing on?
Wow. Has it really been that long since I've blogged?
We're gearing up for birthday party number three this weekend. Going to try our hand at hosting a party full of toddlers and parents (now why did I get the carpet cleaned *before* the party??).
The girls continue to amaze me. Tonight, Cayleigh was crawling around on my back (makes for a pseudo massage, and a topsy-turvy jungle gym of sorts for her) and said "Daddy, I'm going to put my left hand down right here." The other week she told Becca that two sets of sippee cups sitting on the counter were in the same order as each other. A little knowledge sponge, I tell ya.
Lauren is no slacker either. She is trying her absolute hardest to speak in two or more word phrases. And attitude! Oh my. That one has a t-e-m-p-e-r. A foot stomping, teeth gritting, red faced temper. 90% of the time she's sweet as an angel... but watch out when you cross her! It's so over the top sometimes it's funny. For now, at least.
Over the summer, Dad and I built a privacy fence using most of my George Dubya tax refund. We took it slow, but it's pretty much done now and it looks fabulous. We even had a guy park his car in the road one day, hop out, and ask us if we'd have time to give him an estimate later that day. "No way!" I exclaimed. But that made us pretty proud, I think. It was a blast to work with Dad on a big project, to spend Saturdays with him.
Work is interesting these days. I'm working under a great new manager on one of the company's cutting edge web products. It's early, but there is a lot of potential to grow the system and add all sorts of bells and whistles. I'm still on the path to architect certification, but the past few months have been uber-busy, so I need to get going again.
My latest side project is software development for Apple's new iPhone. I have a product that I'm hoping to get placed on the App Store - before the end of the year, or perhaps early '09. So I'm fairly excited about that.
Mostly these days my online presence isn't on this blog, it's on Facebook.com. A terrific site that has gone from off my radar to my favorite website all in 2008. Add me if you're on there; I enjoy quick blurb statuses far more than I do blogging here (does it show?)
I'm planning on dressing up as a good 'ol boy for Halloween this year. Mullet wig and all. Check out Facebook for photos; you never know who'll snap one and tag me.
- Scott
We're gearing up for birthday party number three this weekend. Going to try our hand at hosting a party full of toddlers and parents (now why did I get the carpet cleaned *before* the party??).
The girls continue to amaze me. Tonight, Cayleigh was crawling around on my back (makes for a pseudo massage, and a topsy-turvy jungle gym of sorts for her) and said "Daddy, I'm going to put my left hand down right here." The other week she told Becca that two sets of sippee cups sitting on the counter were in the same order as each other. A little knowledge sponge, I tell ya.
Lauren is no slacker either. She is trying her absolute hardest to speak in two or more word phrases. And attitude! Oh my. That one has a t-e-m-p-e-r. A foot stomping, teeth gritting, red faced temper. 90% of the time she's sweet as an angel... but watch out when you cross her! It's so over the top sometimes it's funny. For now, at least.
Over the summer, Dad and I built a privacy fence using most of my George Dubya tax refund. We took it slow, but it's pretty much done now and it looks fabulous. We even had a guy park his car in the road one day, hop out, and ask us if we'd have time to give him an estimate later that day. "No way!" I exclaimed. But that made us pretty proud, I think. It was a blast to work with Dad on a big project, to spend Saturdays with him.
Work is interesting these days. I'm working under a great new manager on one of the company's cutting edge web products. It's early, but there is a lot of potential to grow the system and add all sorts of bells and whistles. I'm still on the path to architect certification, but the past few months have been uber-busy, so I need to get going again.
My latest side project is software development for Apple's new iPhone. I have a product that I'm hoping to get placed on the App Store - before the end of the year, or perhaps early '09. So I'm fairly excited about that.
Mostly these days my online presence isn't on this blog, it's on Facebook.com. A terrific site that has gone from off my radar to my favorite website all in 2008. Add me if you're on there; I enjoy quick blurb statuses far more than I do blogging here (does it show?)
I'm planning on dressing up as a good 'ol boy for Halloween this year. Mullet wig and all. Check out Facebook for photos; you never know who'll snap one and tag me.
- Scott
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Mobility, Toddlerness, and 3G
So, Lauren is walking now. She's been doing so for a few weeks. It's obvious she's been able to for a while because she only walked for a day... and now she just runs everywhere. She's so proud of herself. Her big thing now is to climb; she's already racked up an impressive share of tumbles off the couch. Fear is not in her vocabulary yet in more ways than one.
Cayleigh is full-swing into expanding her autonomy. She amazes us every day with her extreme attention to detail and a memory of which we older folk are very jealous. She also experiences what I like to call rogue waves of attitude. Somewhere in that little angel is a Mr. Hyde who opens the shutters and roars from time to time, only to slink back into the depths and not be heard from for days.
On a non-kids note, Becca and I made the switch from Verizon to AT&T recently by picking up 3G iPhones. Both of us are enamored with the devices and wonder how on earth we ever survived without them.
Work for me is heating up as a few key deadlines loom near and a large scale rewrite of a system is lined up to begin in the Fall and last likely through 2009. I have a new manager, a new team, new technology framework, new deployment platform, and a new source control system. And all without a new employer... quite a feat.
- Scott
Cayleigh is full-swing into expanding her autonomy. She amazes us every day with her extreme attention to detail and a memory of which we older folk are very jealous. She also experiences what I like to call rogue waves of attitude. Somewhere in that little angel is a Mr. Hyde who opens the shutters and roars from time to time, only to slink back into the depths and not be heard from for days.
On a non-kids note, Becca and I made the switch from Verizon to AT&T recently by picking up 3G iPhones. Both of us are enamored with the devices and wonder how on earth we ever survived without them.
Work for me is heating up as a few key deadlines loom near and a large scale rewrite of a system is lined up to begin in the Fall and last likely through 2009. I have a new manager, a new team, new technology framework, new deployment platform, and a new source control system. And all without a new employer... quite a feat.
- Scott
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Another two month silence...
Here's a quick update on things around here since my last post.
- Lauren still isn't walking, but she'll stand up on her own - no assistance or pulling up on things, and she'll take about a step before a controlled crash-landing and high-gear crawl to her destination. She loves climbing the stairs though.
- Work is busy but not too stressful. Lots of technology changing all at the same time. I'm a little disappointed in how the "new role" turned out. Without going into too much detail, I ended up opting for a different role than I originally thought; the one I had been going for evolved into something I don't think I would have enjoyed... nor did it come with any mention of higher pay. So I'm officially a "software designer," as the "architect" title was apparently reserved for... well... less than technical (don't ask) individuals. I am excited to be focusing on software design and oversight. I'm going to see if they're still interested in paying for JavaEE certification (since they have after all paid to train me for it).
- Cayleigh and Lauren are both enrolled in gymnastics which is a riot to watch. Cayleigh's come so far, and she amazes me every day with something she says. No paid entertainment necessary at our house these days.
- Just in time for the triple digit heat I'm going to be self-installing a wood fence in my yard in the next few weeks, with Dad's oversight. I just hope it comes out straight.
- Next week we're traveling to Nashville to visit the Heaberlin crowd there. Looking forward to being there but not so much the 8 hours of driving with toddlers.
- Oh, and I've saved up money for an iPhone, so I can't wait 'till the new version comes out. I guess I'm fully vested in Apple now.
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