Albuquerque 2013 We headed to Albuquerque to visit site Charlie’s grandparents on Eli’s side. The drive has been good so far, and we’ve spent 6 hours on the road already since surprise Arizona. We really have the best kid. We passed through flagstaff and I think if I had
Coding Understanding Express Middleware in Node.js Middleware is one of those interesting concepts that once you get it is very helpful. I learned this from making an autominify middleware for express. The concept goes like this: Express is initialized. Each time you add an app.use call, it appends it to a list of things to
Thoughts Reflections on 2012 I’ve always found that even-numbered years are usually more fun, looking back, than those of odd years. I’m not sure why that is, if it’s psychological, or if it’s something to do with 16, 18, 30, etc. appearing on even years, but this year was no
Woodworking Changing Table Plans With our son on the way in less than three weeks, and with a pair of reasonably successful bookcases under my belt, I’ve decided to tackle making a changing table. We’ve been looking into lots of different options and, while some of them are very nice, I don’
Travel Hasta luego, Costa Rica, y gracias por todos los peces We spent the last couple of days driving back up the coast. We broke it up into smaller chunks of driving, which allowed us to take our time and have a really relaxing trip. We stopped off in Manuel Antonio, just outside of Quepos, and stayed at the Costa Verde
Travel Last Night in Zancudo The last two days have been all about relaxing, which means they’re not so much about things that we’d usually blog about. Most of our experiences that we want to share are about exciting adventures, danger lurking around occasional corners, interesting places, neat animals with horrible stomach ulcers,
Travel Panama? Close enough. Well, after our last experience, we decided to try Panama again with our neighbors who go every once in a while themselves. We figured that they would know how to deal with the cars and paperwork issues. Turns out, they don’t go IN to Panama, they just park their
Travel Panama? Last Monday we decided to try to make the trip to Panama on our own. We had heard that the prices were much lower than in Costa Rica, and we thought we’d do some souveniring and maybe pick up a guitar to play. We got up at the crack
Travel Osa Wildlife Sanctuary We woke up early this morning because we had a tour of the Osa Wildlife Sanctuary scheduled for 9am and the boat would take 45 minutes to get there. We couldn’t drive because apparently, there’s no road, so boat was the only option. Apparently the usual person to
Travel Life’s a beach Every day during Morgan’s lunch break we go down to the beach for a little swim. The water is so nice, but the waves are kicking my butt, I’m so ungainly! It’s hard on my back to stand in the crashing waves and get pulled by the
Travel Usual life in Zancudo We’ve been here in Costa Rica for about a week now and we’re starting to get a routine. One of my favorite things about staying so long in a foreign country is that it starts to feel like you live there. The biggest difference between Zancudo and home
Travel At the beach house Saturday was a day of hanging out, napping, and more napping. There were dozens of monkeys hopping through the trees at around 7 or 8 am. We didn’t get any pictures, but we sat on the porch and watched them try to get at the green bananas in the
Travel We found a toad On our way home in the car, the headlights show the way in front of us and this excites the frogs who have been waiting to be able to see well enough to hop across the road. In addition to producing swerving while we’re on the highway, it also
Travel Working from the Costa Rica Tomorrow, I begin my week of work in Costa Rica. I still feel like I planned this whole thing pretty well. By working this first week then having the next two weeks to vacation, we’ll be able to get a good feel for the area, learn about it first,
Monthly Resolutions An Entire Month of Good Mornings Fearless month has proved to be one of the most difficult to stick to. The entire notion that I face my fears seems simple enough, but where do fears have a purpose and where do they have a detriment. This morning, I’ve faced one of my major social phobias.
Monthly Resolutions February Monthly Resolution – Fearless Month The plan: February is Fearless Month. Many of you know that I occasionally do Monthly Resolutions instead of yearly. This means less of a commitment than usual. The last yearly resolution I did was to eat vegetarian at restaurants for a year. It was eye opening, and I was very
Travel Holidays! Down South Today we are headed back up the coast. We are coming from a holiday trip to visit family in Southern California. We spent Christmas Eve and Day In Costa Mesa. It was nice to be back there. I knew where everything was, and even if I didn’t, chances are
Travel Thanksgiving in Arizona with the Pre-In-laws Arizona is about a 12 hour drive from our place in Oakland.. We left after I finished work, (and finished packing) at around 7or 830pm.. We drove all night. I kept trying to think of the drive like I did in Ireland, all scenery. ..and that worked sometimes. But really,
Travel Souveniring! We cut out of work a little early on Friday to see the downtown of San José and get some lunch and souvenirs for the trip home. We headed to a little cafe called Kalá that had amazing salads, sandwiches, and desserts. I had all three and was suitably stuffed
Travel Jet Blue, Thy Name is So-So Well, that was an experiment in futility. I decided that because I’d never flown JetBlue before that I’d give it a shot. The people weren’t the nicest, the terminal wasn’t the nicest, the price wasn’t the best, but hey, people say it’s great right?
Travel Costa Rica, the Co-Star I Can’t Ignore About 4 months ago, my company came to me and said, “How would you like to go to Costa Rica to help us teach a company to use the software you write?” After I finished choking on my coffee and nearly strangling the man to say yes, I didn’t
Travel Work Work Work, All the Time So many things around me are in English that it’s easy to forget I’m in a foreign country, and not just in Hawaii or San Diego. The differences can be subtle, though, like trying to turn on the water in the morning. My whole life, I’ve known
Travel City of Angels We left SF last night and drove through the night to Hollywood. We narrowly missed an accident in San Jose, then took 152 to the 5. Traffic was decently light for most of the drive though people were taking up the left lanes for no reason. Why do people do
Travel The Adventure Continues We got through security support fast and easy.. didn’t even have to take our shoes off, but then! Customs! I got through okay, but they room Morgan into the room with the mirrored doors. “To pay a duty tax” hope its not a booty tax! Haha. But, actually, I