In 2014, my career went a new direction. I wasn't sure that I wanted to give up programming and become a manager. In fact, a few years back I was more interested in Product Management than People Management. However, 6 months in I feel engaged and love this new role.

The view from our Hotel Room, during our 1 day staycation! Wow what a great view, and a much needed night away!

Our education system pic.twitter.com/JXXxvdPZPe

— Secret World Stories (@TheWorldStories) June 30, 2014

I love this tweet! This is so true!

I recently purchased a travel trailer for the family as the cost of plane tickets has made it so we don't travel nearly as much as we used to. I plan on writing about the hopefully many trips we take and this is the first, Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills.

Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice.

Charles F. Kettering,

For awhile I have wanted to start doing more with my Raspberry Pi than just XBMC. So I decided to build a wireless temperature sensor to monitor the temperature in my kids' rooms.

What a pain! I was on the way home and thought I had a flat tire, so I stopped and saw nothing. Looked closer to see one tire covered in tar, would have rather had a flat!

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

Maya Angelou,

I wanted a reason to play with RabbitMQ and D3 for awhile. So this seemed like a good way to do both. I animated a tag cloud that is filled with words from a single twitter topic fed in realtime.

I recently replaced my Nikon D3100 with a new compact mirrorless from Samsung, the NX300. I wanted a camera that could take great photos like my Nikon but in a much more portable form factor. I am loving my NX so far, here is my review.