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The hole above the fireplace in the living room still bugs me. I guess you’re supposed to put your TV up there, but I think it creates a terrible viewing angle. The shelves that I built work nicely, but I’m not a huge fan of having stacks of DVDs as decoration...

A recent program contest at work challenged us to find as many Pythagorean triples as we could that contained at minimum of one prime. We had about a month to work on it. The first question was whether to write up a quick brute force attempt or to take...

I start off every Year in Review post by reading what I wrote last year . My first thought was, "Wow, I was busy!" For 2008, I requested more of what 2007 had brought. It turns out, something better was in store, but more on that later. It's...

On the way back from church on Sunday, Megan and Tyla spotted this monster snowman about a block north of 8th St on 164th in Bellevue. I have no idea how they pulled this off. Either there is some supporting structure underneath or they used some type...

Everyday, Microsoft sends out about three or four emails telling us what services are being cancelled because of the weather. We have a small office in Fargo and they have been getting a good laugh at our inability to cope with the snow. This fake email...

One hundred and one days ago, Tim and I sat at my kitchen table and conceived of the Hokey Pokey Swamp bet. I have paid more attention to this season of fantasy football than any other. For sixteen weeks, Tim dominated the league. The fact that the bet...

It has been an abnormally long wait for the Seattle area, but snow has finally been falling in the mountains. I decided to make my first turns of the year on Saturday when Summit Central opened up. Seattle is in the midst of some pretty nasty weather...