Christian, husband, homeschooling father of five, software craftsman, entrepreneur, Mac addict...
We were able to catch Mike Huckabee stumping in Maryland today. I am really excited about Huckabee as a candidate, and I can’t remember a time where I have had an opportunity to vote for a candidate that so fully reflects my political sensibilities. Funny thing is this year, Maryland actually makes a […]
This year we have implemented a systematic approach to memorizing scripture. We have an index card box (that we call the “Treasure Box”) that holds forty or so index card dividers. The dividers are labeled as follows:
Daily
Odd day
Even day
One for each day of the week
One for each day of the month (31 in […]
Our whole family went to the local Apple Store for the release of Mac OS X Leopard. Mindy and I, and our four oldest kids all got snazzy OS X t-shirts, and we got to play with the new operating system. We forgot our camera, so we took pictures of each other with […]
The new parental controls feature in Mac OS X Leopard are definitely worth the upgrade price. The parental controls will:
Establish accounts with independent settings (so you can be more restrictive with kiddo accounts).
Give you a dynamic content filter that blocks objectionable material (like Covenant Eyes or Safe Eyes services)
Allow you to log and monitor […]
Today is a red-letter day for Mac folks…the day that Leopard is released. (Leopard is the new release of Apple’s Mac OS operating system)
Since I am among the Mac zealots, there is only one way to celebrate such a venerable day…the whole family eating dinner at the mall food court, standing in line outside […]
Yesterday we celebrated Justin’s 5th birthday. He was dead set on a superhero theme, so I developed my patented crash course in super-heroics–Professor Mayhem’s School for Superheroes ™. Justin and co experienced the rigors of “brick wall bashing with style,” battled Mr. Freeze tag, practiced super strength with a mighty pinata, had […]
I was eight years old when I started programming. My folks bought an Atari 600XL console computer and never really seemed to use it. I got ahold of the thing and realized that there was this language called BASIC that was preinstalled. I poured over the manuals and found a magazine at […]
I remember reading a few years ago a sermon by John Piper where he reiterated some of the lessons that he learned from his father. I was moved by this sermon, and greatly encouraged in my own work of fathering my own children by looking at the example of William S. H. Piper. […]