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Jon asked me to post this essay written by our friend. Life as an Immigrant By Marc Brands From 1993 to 1996 I did an apprenticeship in Electronics Engineering at Siemens. In Switzerland apprenticeships are very common, students attend about 16 hours of classes... (More)

Posted by joyful on October 17, 2007, 3:59 pm
Category: General

Canadian Thanksgiving 2007

We headed out Friday morning, listening to The Nutmeg of Consolation by Patrick O'Brian on the way. At our first stop, for gas, Jon realized that he hadn't brought his wallet. One of our stops was at our "usual" rest area, the one with the pedestrian walkways over the... (More)

Posted by joyful on October 12, 2007, 2:47 pm
Category: General

Fairly Mindless Entertainment

This game would be better if it were random, but still kind of fun. I think 17 seconds was my high score on my desktop, and I just it again before posting on my laptop, and I only got to 11 seconds. Perhaps I am just more tired, or else it might be showing the difference between a... (More)

Posted by jondaley on October 11, 2007, 7:34 pm
Category: Internet

Nifty Video

A bunch of people made a neat video of a lot of kids using augmentative communication devices. My guess is that most of the devices are made by DynaVox , the company where I currently (for a little while longer) work. It is neat to see our technology making a difference in... (More)

Posted by jondaley on October 10, 2007, 8:50 am
Category: Reviews

Anti-spam tool for Web Forms

I got a couple spams through my Lime Daley contact form the last couple days, so I took another look at the script that I was using. I wrote it a year or two ago, and was my first attempt at writing an anti-spam tool that was designed to have a 0% false negative rate (ie. humans can't... (More)

Posted by jondaley on October 4, 2007, 8:36 am
Category: Internet, Reviews

Corneal Abrasion

Sunday morning, after playing outside before church, Jonathan came to me complaining that his eye hurt. It was red and watering, but I could not see any foreign object. It continued to be irritated, so I wondered if it might be pinkeye. The pain would come in waves, hurting... (More)

Posted by joyful on October 3, 2007, 12:00 pm
Category: Jonathan

15 Months

Noah is 30lb 12 oz, 34 1/2" tall. He's getting over a cold, so the doctor could see fluid in both ears, but it's mild and Noah doesn't even care about it. If he slows down enough, his arms move in cross pattern with his walking, but usually he's speed walking or... (More)

Posted by joyful on October 3, 2007, 11:21 am
Category: Noah

Laundry, Singing Scripture, Driving

Both boys like to help me with the laundry. Jonathan can unload the washer completely independently (standing on a stool and leaning nearly all the way in!) Then he tosses the wet clothes on the dryer door (opens downward to form a shelf of sorts) and Noah pushes or throws the... (More)

Posted by joyful on September 29, 2007, 7:52 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah

Kill-A-Watt

Peter was nice enough to loan me a Kill-A-Watt for a couple weeks to investigate power usage around our home. I have thought about buying one before, but borrowing one is certainly better, though it is quite a bit of fun to test out devices to see how much power they use. I... (More)

Posted by jondaley on September 25, 2007, 8:25 pm
Category: Reviews

American History

I am sorry to report that I am below average, when compared to college and high school seniors in the United States with regard to knowledge of history. Here is a quiz to see how you do . (More)

Posted by jondaley on September 25, 2007, 11:40 am
Category: Reviews

Organizing for your Brain Type

Here is a brief review of Organizing for your Brain Type by Lanna Nakone . This is a neat book that gives some explanation about why some people have trouble keeping things organized and why some have trouble understanding those others. She puts people in four different groups,... (More)

Posted by joyful on September 22, 2007, 1:20 pm
Category: Reviews

Grandchildren Update

As has already been observed, I haven't been so diligent at writing down the doings and sayings of my sons. Here's what I did write down and what other stuff I can remember. 8/24 - Noah built a block tower with four blocks. Recently, Noah has been patient for the prayer before... (More)

Posted by joyful on September 22, 2007, 12:57 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah

Using tcpd_wrappers with pure-ftpd

pure-ftpd isn't designed to work with TCP wrappers, which is unfortunate, because then I can't simply add an ip address to /etc/hosts.deny to block the hackers when they guess passwords. But, since the hackers have tried to login to my servers thirty thousand times this month, and... (More)

Posted by jondaley on September 19, 2007, 4:04 pm
Category: Programming

Always Assume the Best

Mom wrote recently about thinking the best , and Janet just got back in touch with a lost friend whose email was misbehaving. Now it is my turn to be on the receiving end of a gracious friend thinking the best of me.Our friend Sanda, who grew up in Romania, is now staying in our house... (More)

Posted by joyful on September 19, 2007, 3:15 pm
Category: General

Speaking at IVCF

I was recently asked to speak at IVCF at CMU on the topic of Christian view of success and vocation. I am supposed to talk for 15 minutes, which will probably go very fast, so I need to be more concise than I usually would be. Our topic for this Large Group is the Christian view of success... (More)

Posted by jondaley on September 14, 2007, 1:43 am
Category: Reviews