I was able to attend Maker Faire Detroit 2011 this last weekend at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI. It was an amazingly full day from 9:30 in the morning to 5:30 at night (with a 2.5 hour drive on...

Today I “graduated” from my medical weight loss program – down 70 pounds in 17 weeks.  All my “stats” got better – losing 10 inches on my waist, blood pressure much...

Microsoft released it’s long awaited (very long awaited) Silverlight Certification (MCTS 70-506) earlier this year.  It was reportedly held up several times as Silverlight transitioned from version...

I have been part of the Toastmasters for Techies  group in Grand Rapids since starting with the group about a year ago.  In fact I am Vice President in charge of Public Relations, so let me mention now...

For Father’s Day this year I got a new Nook “Simple Touch Reader” so I have had it for about a month – time for a review.  I figure it was time when the “battery warning” came on yesterday...

  I had a goal to get my blog up and running again by the end of June – so I figured I’d get a head start today I’ve been away from blogging for a while – first because of a major technical...

I spent last Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Festival of Faith and Writing which is a conference for authors, playwrights, publishers, readers, teachers, etc.  I’ve been going to the...

It is no secret that most of my friends and family are non-programmers.  When a group of us get together “in real life” and I do find someone to talk technology with, we usually get the look of “oh...