Yes, already.  Things are still happening.  I’m still doing stuff, but just not in quite the way I wanted.  It’s amazing how much life gets in the way.  Here are the things I’ve done consistently and/or that I’m target for this month: 1. Meal planning.  The last two weeks, I’ve planned 3-4 meals.  Last week, [...]

What kind of computer should I get for my (parent/kid/aunt/me)? Should my kid learn to type? Do you teach typing in tech class? Do you teach (name your basic office application)? That’s about it.  Here’s what I wish people would ask: What should I be doing to educate myself about the Internet? What skills do [...]

So the last few days, I didn’t get to my daily decluttering.  At first, it was because I was recovering from the robotics tournament, but on Sunday, Mr. Geeky started a process we’d been talking about for months: moving the office to the attic.  This was a multi-step process, involving first cleaning out the remainder [...]

I’ve spent the whole day at our first official robotics competition.  One of our teams ended up as part of the winning alliance of teams that won the tournament.  In a way, they got lucky.  Their robot was good, but was only capable of scoring so much and mostly could do defense.  The teams they [...]

Jackie and I have been having a bit of back and forth via our blogs and Twitter about keeping up with our resolutions.  She writes: Newsflash: resolutions also often involve stopping doing things that are easy, and replacing with things that are hard. Yep, yep, yep.  Decluttering has been hard but I’ve managed to keep [...]

At least for today.  I put in 11 hours today.  I barely have brain cells left.  I think, but I’m not sure, that I made it to the bathroom at some point.  I sat down for the first time at 3:00 p.m.  Thankfully, these days are few and far between.

I need a reading list.  I’ve read some weird things lately.  The Big Roads, for one, which I liked and I like that genre of book. I’d love some books like the one to the left, which came across my radar this morning.  I like reading about how people learn.  I’m not much of a [...]

At some point in my adult life, I began to work harder than I know I did as a teenager or even a college student.  Some of this was by necessity.  A 9-5 job is a very different commitment than 4 or 5 classes in college. Even though I have worked at “real jobs” since [...]

I’ve been good so far, decluttering every day for 15 minutes.  But man, it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed.  I’m moving from the front of the house to the back, so I started with an enclosed front porch that has been the catchall room for years.  Some things I’ve thrown out: diaries from 2nd grade [...]

In a recent Georgetown University report on employment, one of the key findings is that those who invent and create technology do far better unemployment-wise and salary-wise.  This is something I’ve been touting for a long time and which organizations like CSTA and NCWIT try to emphasize.  Sure, it’s good to know the ins and [...]