In a previous post I wrote about my father being an inveterate card sharp. He loved playing cards and was very good at just about any game. There was one game, though, that haunted him his entire life. That card game was Uno. Dad couldn't accept that there really...
Then we got a new client, one that would change the trajectory of our company and my career as a developer. Our client was a growing company that delivered cooking oil to restaurants. Their system consisted of two big tanks behind a restaurant filled with oil (one...
One of the things everyone asks about when you get back from visiting Japan is "are the toilets really that awesome?". The short answer is "Yes". It is a rare event where you are forced to shit like some Western Barbarian into a normal porcelain toilet. The good news...
Get off my lawn! This is going to be one of those articles where I rant about how things used to be so much better. The old heads here will all nod along with me and the kidz will all wonder what the heck I am talking about. In the days of Yore, the web was a...
Duluth is at the very westernmost tip of Lake Superior. It has always been an important port. Whether it was Native Americans, fur traders or miners, people have been shipping stuff out of Duluth forever. A lot of people needed a place to live...
Some of the Zoomsters have seen the prototype of my Japan Beard (and the Post Beard Era), so you can safely skip over this post. Or you can start shit-posting right away, no need to wait 30 minutes. The impetus for my Japan Beard started last year when my wife and I...
His Holiness takes us on a tour of Minneapolis’ iconic Stone Arch Bridge. History. Boys fishing. Mudlarks.
Jimbo takes us on a trip down memory lane.