Tag: jacob
Really Dark Blue
August 5th, 2010, 2 Comments
As we were walking home tonight, Jacob started singing, over and over: Really dark blue, really dark blue, really dark blue… The tune changed a bit, but the words didn’t. Terah and I wondered what was really dark blue, until finally we heard: Really dark blue, really dark blue, really dark blue sky. Really dark [...]
The Best Place of Ever
August 1st, 2010, 4 Comments
Jacob and Oliver have enjoyed our recent train trip, and our stay, from Kansas to New York City for Debconf. All told, that’s a 40-hour trip, including the layover in Chicago. When we got on the train, in the middle of the night as usual, Jacob couldn’t stop chattering about how “great”, “fun”, and “exciting” [...]
Once, We Were Makers
July 21st, 2010, 15 Comments
I saw an article on Wired today: The Lost Tribes of RadioShack. It is well worth the read even if you’re not into electronics. A key quote: [H]is shop is a lone outpost; in a single generation, the American who built, repaired, and tinkered with technology has evolved into an entirely new species: the American [...]
Perfect use for broken technology: Give it to a 3-year-old
June 26th, 2010, 3 Comments
I last wrote about Jacob’s new computer back in April. He has had fun with it, but is still a little young to appreciate it a whole lot. It’s a fun thing, but not yet a favorite. Yesterday, though, I introduced Jacob to several bits of technology that really got him excited. We have a [...]
Boys
June 7th, 2010, 6 Comments
Yesterday afternoon, it was nice outside. Terah, Jacob, Oliver, and I went outside. I had my camera to take photos while Jacob and Oliver mostly played. We did try to pose them a bit, but the overall plan was to just take some photos of them doing their own thing. So I wound up taking [...]
Jacob has a new computer — and a favorite shell
April 9th, 2010, 34 Comments
Earlier today, I wrote about building a computer with Jacob, our 3.5-year-old, and setting him up with a Linux shell. We did that this evening, and wow — he loves it. While the Debian Installer was running, he kept begging to type, so I taught him how to hit Alt-F2 and fired up cat for [...]
Introducing the Command Line at 3 years
April 9th, 2010, 23 Comments
Jacob is very interested in how things work. He’s 3.5 years old, and into everything. He loves to look at propane tanks, as the pressure meter, and open the lids on top to see the vent underneath. Last night, I showed him our electric meter and the spinning disc inside it. And, more importantly, last [...]
Being a Dad at Thanksgiving
December 10th, 2009, No Comments
Over Thanksgiving this year, we took a train trip to visit Terah’s family in Indiana. Here’s the story of the trip. The Train to Indiana Our last train trip (to Chicago) was in May, before Oliver was born. Jacob always has enjoyed the train, but this time — wow. We told Jacob about the trip [...]
Change
August 4th, 2009, 4 Comments
There’s a lot of change going on lately. Jacob used to go to daycare twice a week, but with Terah being a full-time stay-at-home mom, that’s not happening anymore. Thursday was his last day there, and I think he and I both are going to miss it. Jacob always got to ride with me to [...]
Oliver
July 10th, 2009, 8 Comments
Some of you may know that Terah and I have been expecting our second child. Terah had been scheduled for a C-section, but the day before it was to happen, she woke up at 1:30AM with contractions. We made some hurried phone calls (I was supposed to pick up her mom at the train station [...]
