Archive for the ‘life’ Category

Yes sir, that’s my baby

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Lacie and I went for a third-trimester ultrasound on Thursday, and we came out of it with both a new appreciation for the technology involved and a couple of neat, three-dimensional pictures of our baby's face. This one's my favorite. Less than two months to the due date now!

Ben in Italy

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

That's right - after a mere 16 hours from (home) door to (hotel) door, I'm settled in Pisa for a couple of days of Rails (that's Italian for Rails, btw). I'm excited, but also dead tired - so I think I'll take a nap. Expect a conference recap soon!

It’s a girl!

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Lacie and I went to the hospital yesterday for an ultrasound, and we found out we're having a girl! We're very excited, as you might well imagine. And now, my daughter:

Busy Busy Ben, redux

Monday, October 1st, 2007

And here I thought I was busy a month ago... Over the weekend, I finished the first draft of my presentation for Rails to Italy, drew up a detailed outline of my presentation for Rubyconf, and started in earnest on the first chapter of my book. Oh, and I found out ...

Went for a run

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Wow. It's been way too long since saying "I went for a run" was sort of unnecessary. Since I updated the blog and changed the theme, I've been looking back through some of my old posts - in particular, the running ones. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed getting out ...