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A roundup: Thanksgiving visit from my folks, college football championship season, winter means house work ends. And I’m still not brewing.

Recent trip #3: Educause Midwest 2009. With Richard Chamberlain and Rebecca Fauvie, I presented on Western’s response to the IITAA, summarizing a lot of my release-time work to improve web accessibility at WIU. We had pretty good attendance and good questions. I was pleased with the session.
I stayed at Club Quarters, which worked out well: [...]

Recent trip #1: to San Francisco for CCCC 2009. I booked a quick trip: Wed PM to Sat noon. On the one hand, I wish I’d stayed Saturday night. On the other, I didn’t want to be away from the girls any longer than I had to, and with more travel coming up, it was [...]

It’s been a while. With two girls and the usual end of semester business, free time has been short, and I’ve been pouring my writing time into other things.

Last night as I was helping Madelyn get ready for bed, she picked a very bad time to jump, and caught me in the eye socket just [...]

I recently attended CPTSC 2008 in Minneapolis: pretty good conference, damn good beer.

Mary Beth and Glenn are coming to visit. We’re ready with a fridge full of local produce and good beer.

Yep, that’s hops. I biked to Good Hope Gardens this morning to pick up a few things. On the way I found some hops growing on the side of the road, and clipped a few sprigs. [...]

Erin and Madelyn are in Colorado visiting Aunt Dee with Erin’s mom. So I’m trying to make the most of my solo time. Today, however, is a bit of a day off.
I ran a 5K this morning: 22:10 (7:09/mi) which is a personal best. Flat course, no wind, and decent weather. After I returned home, [...]

Yay, Jeff, Jenny, and Vered are visiting. Jeff has posted his inventory; here’s mine:

I recently traveled to Chicago for excellent beer and a course by Edward Tufte.