Finally, we have finished writing our wills. Perhaps, dear reader, you’re in them, but you’ll have to wait and see. It’s a strange experience, thinking about what happens are you wander off the mortal coil. For me, the hardest bits were figuring out the edge cases, such as if we both die, and their godparents…

Our dear friend Sydney had a surprise birthday party this evening. Her grandmother, who is now a great-grandmother, had made the trip from Austin to be there. I used to think older people were gross, but these days, you realize they’re living treasures. What they have seen in their lifetime, and the changes that have…

To celebrate Bastille Day, I made Coq au Vin for dinner. It’s a classic for a reason. It isn’t a particularly difficult dish, it just has a lot of parts, and takes a while. The result is spectacular. It’s probably like most things in life; a combination of time, consistency, and getting the small things…

I read today that apart from the ultra high end stuff, antiques have essentially collapsed in value. One person estimated it at a 90% drop, which seems high, but it could be true. It certainly feels directionally true. I can’t remember the last time I went to a peer’s home and saw some serious, made…

Scraping LinkedIn for info is really useful. It’s also really difficult. The company knows that they need to walk a fine balance between showing people information about Jobs, Businesses, and People, and making sure people don’t just replicate all that information themselves. They do this by focusing probably 80% of their dev team on this…

I learnt the hard way today that while you can always add salt, you can never really remove it. Act accordingly.