RSS Weather
Found Winer: RSS Weather. Our local news says snow this weekend, RSS Weather just says it's going to be cold. Lows in the 20s, highs in the 50s. Today - mid 80s.
The Angular Mini-Book is a
guide to getting started with Angular. You'll learn how to develop a bare-bones application, test it, and
deploy it. Then you'll move on to adding Bootstrap, Angular Material, continuous integration, and authentication.
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For book updates, follow @angular_book on Twitter.
The JHipster Mini-Book is a
guide to getting started with hip technologies today: Angular, Bootstrap, and Spring
Boot. All of these frameworks are wrapped up in an easy-to-use project called JHipster.
This book shows you how to build an app with JHipster, and guides you through the plethora of tools, techniques and options you can use. Furthermore, it explains the UI and API building blocks so you understand the underpinnings of your great application.
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10+ YEARS
Over 10 years ago, I wrote my first blog post. Since then, I've authored books, had kids, traveled the world, found Trish and blogged about it all.
RECENT ENTRIES
- Cruising the Danube on the Riverside Mozart
- A Not-So-Fond Farewell to the 2025-26 Ski Season
- 2025 - A Year in Review
- Happy Birthday, Abbie!
- The Summer of Travel (2025 Edition)
- Happy Birthday, Jack!
- Farewell to the 2024-2025 Ski Season
- Paradise in Puerto Rico
- 2024 - A Year in Review
- Life Update: New Job, Same House, and Same Awesome Family!
New Jobs and School starts November 3rd
When we had Abbie last year, Julie took a year leave from her job at Qwest. She was never planning on going back to work, but her old boss called her up last week and they've been negotiating. To make a long story short, she's going back to her old gig part-time (3 days per week) and starts on the same day I start my new gig (Monday, November 3rd). Because of this, Julie went searching for day care providers today. After seeing a couple nasty ones (she actually left crying), she visited a Montessori school across the street from her office. They have a 6 month waiting list for infants - Abbie's not a toddler because she can't walk unassisted nor drink from a cup on her own. Luckily, Julie was able to sweet talk them into accepting Abbie as an infant and she starts school in a mere week and a half. The place is damn expensive, but hopefully she'll learn some cool stuff. We have some friends who's daughter is going to a different Montessori school in Broomfield and she is almost potty trained at 15 months! She also knows 4 or 5 signs (sign language) and helps clean around the house.
I'm sure this will prove to be an interesting chapter in our lives - Abbie cries every time we leave the room now - so that Monday will probably suck for her. Should be a good winter though - Julie is planning on working Tuesday through Thursday and I hope to work from home on Monday and Friday.
As for the move to San Diego? We still want to, but the weather has been so nice here (80s) that Julie hasn't been motivated lately. The biggest reason for moving is to be closer to family (her sister lives there), but the job market is hopping here right now, so neither of us is that motivated to leave. I think my best bet is to get a telecommuting gig and move during that contract, but those are pretty tough to come by. Who knows - there definitely seems to be more Java opportunities in San Diego than there is in South Florida. I love it here, especially with ski season just around the corner ... I wonder where we'll be next year at this time? I predict California or in a new house (our current one is only 675 square feet).
Last year on this weekend
Last year on this Saturday, I had just finished Erik's Java Development with Ant - and I was struggling with OS X. It's disappointing to think that I haven't read any inspirational tech books this year - not because the books aren't good, but because I don't read much. Abbie and coding are just more fun.
Missed my flight
Damn. I figured leaving here an hour and 45 minutes early would be good enough. The airport is usually a half hour away. I left at 3:45, flight was at 5:35. I didn't reach the airport until 4:45 and found the long-term parking was full. Taking the shuttle bus (the only option) put me in the terminal at 5:05. I figured 30 minutes would still be enough time - definitely close - but enough time. Nope, Northwest has a policy that you must check in 45 minutes before the flight, no ifs ands or buts. What the fuck?!
I admit that it was mostly my fault for being late, but I'm willing to bet I could've made it. They said because I had a Hotwire ticket, they couldn't to anything for me. They did offer another flight tomorrow for a small fee (they never specified). I didn't want to go for only 24 hours, so I'm stuck at home. $200 bucks out the window, and I'm one of the 3 people that is missing Paw's 80th birthday (out of ~20). I feel like a moron.
I'm outta here
I'm off to Indiana for a weekend of family, fun and booze. If this site goes down while I'm gone, don't fret - there probably won't be any new content over the weekend. I'll be back late Sunday night and up early Monday morning to teach the JSP class that got cancelled last week. Mini-vacations rock!
I just discovered a sweet Safari feature while writing this post: highlight a word, right-click and voila - there's a spell checker!
Washed and Dried
I accidentally washed and dried my CommuniCam this morning. Judging from the picture below, it doesn't appear to be affected that much - blurry as ever.
Raible Designs' HQ