Here are a couple quick snapshots of what V’s been up to lately when she’s not practicing her walking. Needless to say, I’m ridiculously proud that she’s figured out how to snap her “Lego” bricks together

(Sorry for the terrible photo quality, these are from the phone camera.)

So we had nine inches of fresh powder on Sunday! This was my first time skiing or boarding in a couple years and I had a blast. The last few days we’ve been getting rain which I’m hoping translates into lots more snow for this weekend. Glad we got gutters on, makes the rain much more bearable. If anyone’s interested in a recommendation, we worked with Brett Jarnes at Rain Master Gutters and have been happy with his workmanship.

One of my coworkers brought this bizarre creation to work today from Voodoo Doughnut in Portland. I opted for the Oreo donut: a moist, rich donut topped with beefy chunks of Oreos drizzled with peanut butter and chocolate.

So, the new version of Wordpress broke all my widgets and no longer shows captions on my photos. Looks like I’m going to have to break out my text editor.

*Bam!*

If you’re using FireFox, you should check out the Ghostery plugin. It allows you to see what web bugs are tracking you around the web.

*Splat!*

If you’re interested in Google Wave and haven’t been invited yet, post here and I’ll send you one. It’s neat: a distributed open-protocol for collaboration that in its current form works like a cross between email, discussion forums, and social networking sites.

*Crunch!*

I still owe the Internet a write-up on my netbook experiment. Long story short, netbooks are great for some people. But I’m not one of those people.

I installed the WPTouch plugin today which optimizes the site specifically for iPhone/Android/etc. smart phones. It definitely makes things faster and simpler for those of us on smart phones. But I’m not convinced it’s really necessary. What do you think? Should I keep it?

Here are a bunch of photos of Veronica’s first birthday week. Guest-starring my dad!

We’ve had a couple days of 60 degree weather this week so we figured a trip to the park was in order.

It is official: I am going to the San Diego Comicon, the single second largest convergence of nerdiness in the galaxy. Now, pardon me while I shriek like a 13 year old girl at a New Kids on the Block concert.

*Squeeeal!*

Okay, I’m better now. Honest.

*tee hee hee!*

They haven’t announced the full line-up, but they have announced that Berke Breathed of Bloom County, Outland, and Opus fame will be there. I’m pretty sure that a I’m a liberal today is because I grew up reading his scathing (and hilarious) critiques of 80’s-style conservatism.

And in other news, I think I’ll be heading over to Emerald City Comicon in March as well (you know, so V has a chance to see her grandma Gaylene). David Mack is back as well as Jhonen Velasquez who created… dum, Dum, DUM… Invader Zim!

*wheeeee!*

We’ll see if i can make these trips pay for themselves. Typically I spend around a couple hundred bucks on art and limited edition collectibles which I turn around and eBay.

If you’re into arguing (and really, who isn’t?) Heather is taking on the entire Internet (well, all of FaceBook) in a political argument. If you’re into that partisan rage that’s going to make everyone mad and not change anybody’s mind, join the brouhaha.

Technically, Heather didn’t start it. But she’s determined to end it.

Beware: the wife and I are simmering cauldrons of white-hot political fury right now. And we have a one year old who’s teething. I pity the next fool who makes some dumb crack about socialism, tea-parties, or Glenn Beck.

You have been warned.