This week, I’m on a blog-cation! So I’m reposting some of my top posts. I may be able to sneak some quality WiFi time in when my husband isn’t looking, but probably not. So please feel free to discuss amongst yourselves! Showing Emotion: Boys vs. Girls (original post April 13, 2011) Picture credit On Monday (April 11, 2011), I talked… Read More
Worm Burner, age 10 and resident Tech Support, asked if I would teach him C++ this summer. Sure, no problem. Except that the last time I used C++ was during my Ph.D. dissertation and my summer plans did not include hours in front of the terminal re-learning how to program. Normally, I’m all about fiction, but today I want to… Read More
Thanks for voting this last week about the comments. Results below: Pop-Ups Win! Wait, that’s not what the poll says … Sadly, Blogger ate a bunch of votes in the middle of the week, or Embedded would have had more votes. But Either is fine was a strong contender all along, and since pop-ups seem to work for everyone, I’m… Read More
I’ve been reading Kristen Lamb‘s book Are You There Blog? It’s Me, Writer and thinking a lot about blogging, branding, and author promotion. (I discovered Kristen via Laura Pauling, whose mere mention of her name sent me scrambling for more information. Laura’s just that good.) Kristen’s writing style is fun and goes down easy, and it’s fair to say I… Read More
First there was the flood. That was looking bad when the water was coming in faster than I could bail it out, but we recovered and only the ugly basement carpet was sacrificed. Then there was the power outage. That was looking bad when the temperatures were rising and the kids were hot and antsy, but we were back out… Read More
It was brought to my attention that some people have trouble with the embedded comment option, i.e. they have to click through a bunch of times, switch browsers, do a small dance, and make an offering to the Blogger Gods … just to leave a comment. Now I think it’s terribly important that everyone leave comments, but really, Blogger? It’s… Read More