footloose

I'm traveling again. Mornings too early, breathtaking sunrise when stepping out of the shower on the 29th floor, a brisk walk down the street, elevator silence, meetings, a dash out to the street for coffee or lunch, more meetings, catching a sunset, or missing

It's summer and it's time for a vacation. Some time to decompress from the bajillions of emails and conference calls of corporate life would be refreshing. I require downtime, some measure of independence, a means to replenish creativity, at minimal cost. In this post

Humans are notoriously bad at probability. It's much easier to stereotype, or make decisions based only in emotion. Probability is hard, and doesn't always follow our wishes. A recent tweet about a handful of candy caught my attention. There's an image of a small

Summer is winding down. The mornings are cool and damp. I've been exploring some nearby mountain bike trails, and I'm not unimpressed. It's been awhile since I've ridden singletrack and every ride has been a lot of fun. Finding the perfect line over rock

I want to start writing regularly again. Writing is good therapy. I'm a believer in the value of reflection as a powerful motivator and creative force.

It's been a gray week in Houston [April 13, 2016]. It's humid and in a constant state of almost raining. I'm traveling again. The best things about traveling for work are the places to explore and the people. The kids playing baseball. Homeless men

I'm trying out a new blogging platform called Ghost. So far it's rock solid, simple*, clean, fast, and easy to post. Wordpress caused me a lot of frustration and development hours over the past year, with no time or energy left for creative writing.

Hello blog. It’s time for a 2015 recap. Where to start? Google Inbox classes my life into discreet boxes: Inbox and Done. I figure that’s as good as place to start as anywhere. The Inbox contains mostly things I’ve pinned for

I went on my fall hike yesterday. Old photo albums and blog posts point to the fall hike being a thing with me. Any chance to get out of the concrete and glass jungle is welcome; most welcome of all when the sky is

There are many tools available for exporting iPhone text messages to external formats. However, it’s pretty easy to export text messages from an iPhone backup with no specialized software necessary. The steps below only export text messages – I still haven’t figured out

I took the dive and installed Windows 10. Or rather reinstalled it after running the Insider version since its release last year. Using the word Insider makes me feel important, but anyone can sign up to be an Windows Insider. I was an early

Happy Fourth of July! It’s a nice rainy day in DC so we’ll be having our picnic indoors today. The rest of the day is turning out incredibly lazy. Perfect. And a perfect day to do some code monkeying. I’ve moved

Hello friends. I thought I’d write a few lines again just to see what it feels like. Almost everything else is different. It’s a beautiful time of year in this town. The days are getting cooler and the leaves are changing. The

It’s been another one of those weeks – good, challenging, inspiring, gray. The cold continues. Spring is maddeningly close. Days slide by without a shadow. Today (Saturday) was sunny, windy, and not warm. The Girl and I have bike keys (another DC milestone) so

Today was an icy, rainy day. Perfect for making coffee. I have a fresh bag of Starbucks Christmas Espresso beans. I tried a new coffee ‘recipe’ today and liked it, so here it is. First, the equipment. I’m using a basic hand-powered coffee

I like Fall. The days are clear and crisp. Leaves that reached up and covered the parkways are now bright and falling down. Light is everywhere. Last week I worked in Connecticut, where the leaves seemed more colorful than they are here in the

Hello and welcome to my little corner again. Fall is here, and the air outside is a bit more welcoming – more inviting and less hostile than more humid days. The oppression of the city still lingers, the clouds of smoke, even if not always

Hello and welcome to my little corner of Northern Virginia. It’s Sunday evening and I’m winding down, getting ready for another week. My schedule has tamed down as far as travel goes, but I did make a quick day trip to Florida

Summer is in full swing. In the DC that means the roads are less congested, the streets are hazy and bright with humidity and concrete, and the over-zealous little people of the District become a little less so. Even Congress takes a break from

New York’s citibike experience was great. Wednesday evening I got off work, went to my hotel room to change, and hurried outside with the intention of renting a bike at the station outside the hotel. I purchased a 24-hour pass ($9.95) only

Again it’s been a long time since I’ve written here. Life goes on, day after day after day. Virginia is green green green. Vines crawl on top of the trees making a thick impenetrable wall along the beltway. The cars continue to

You can look at the motorcycle pics on Google. Plenty to see and lots to hear. If you’re into that kind of thing.

The Washington Memorial is inside scaffolding.

Why hello there. Welcome to my green, sunny, and rainy corner of VA. The parkways are closed in by trees touching overhead. The river in the mornings is flat and smooth, parted only by bridges and shells of rowers in the early morning fog.

It’s been a long time since I’ve written here. Life gets busy and I question the reason/benefit for recording my daily goings around. While it certainly is interesting for me to read through old posts – to revisit certain days in a