• Secret In The Myths

    Secret In The Myths

    Over the weekend, we were fortunate enough to see the “Behind The Myths Tour” showcasing the awesome Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of Mythbusters. The show was held at the Orange County Performing Arts center in Costa Mesa. My mom heard about the show coming into town and asked if we wanted to go. Andrew…

  • I Have No Idea What This Is

    The school that my kids go to has a wonderful garden program. Once a month the kids get to come to the garden and experience one of five programs: Planting, Maintaining, Exploring, Worm Composting (2nd grade only), or Hot Composting (4th grade only). To my parents’ delight, I have come to my senses and found…

  • The Road to Success Is Long and Winding, and I’m Just Getting Started.

    These days it’s so easy to fail. Everywhere I turn there are distractions that I’ve inadvertently created for myself that, without keeping in check, will lead to my demise. Even though some very basic scientific principles contradict me, I feel like there are fewer and fewer hours in the day to get things done. It’s…

  • On Becoming A Better Blogger…

    I’ve been watching this guy evolve over the course of a year in his campaign to blog every day. The growth that he showed in his traffic statistics was eye-opening. Just recently I spent a weekend at a conference called Pressnomics. Pressnomics is a conference that is unlike a WordCamp in that it doesn’t focus…

  • New Jokes By Andrew

    New Jokes By Andrew

    Now, I’m not saying that these jokes have never been thought of before, but Andrew assures me that he came up with them on his own. I think they’re pretty awesome coming from a 5-year-old. This kid never ceases to amaze me. What state has the most pigs? PENNsylvania What state can you wear? North…

  • Optimizing jQuery

    Optimizing jQuery

    Albeit a little old, these slides contain some great jQuery optimization nuggets with jsPerf data to back them up. Check it out! http://addyosmani.com/jqprovenperformance/