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Max Gets a New Belt

Max took his tae kwon do gold belt test last Saturday and today he received his new belt.

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More Information About Kids Online

On January 25th I had a good conversation about issues confronted by young people online as part of St. Paul’s Hot Topics discussion series.  One thing that became very clear is that there is too much information to cover in an hour, so I’m following up with some posts about this topic.  I’ll begin by offering a few links to more information.

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Powerpoint Considered Harmful

Today, as we inaugurate a new president known for, among other things, his oratory I’d like to point out this example of how a good speech can go off the rails.  Enjoy.

Josie’s First Podcast

Josie can say a handful of words now.  One of her latest is “yeah”.

Listen for yourself.

Halloween Kids

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Software no Longer Patentable in US

A federal appeals court has overruled a decision that allowed business processes and software to be patented.  This terrific news and should go a long way in helping to protect high tech innovation in the United States.

Some Pictures from Vacation

I haven’t taken many new pictures lately, but I have a lot of pictures from our summer vacation so I thought I’d share a few of those.

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First Day of School

Today was Max and Adair’s first day of school, and for Adair it was her first first day.  The kids did fine, but mom did tear up a bit as she put her baby on the bus.

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Kids Enjoying Summer

Today I have a couple of pictures of the kids having fun outside.

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Playing with patterns in Python

I’ve been reading Design Patterns by Gamma, et al.  because it’s a somewhat interesting and influential book, and because programmers are widely expected to have read it.  But you don’t become a better programmer by reading about programming, in the same way that reading about running doesn’t make you a better runner.   You have to write some code.  I decided to implement some of the patterns in Python, first, because I like Python, and second, because I wanted to compare examples in Python with the C++ examples in the book.

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