Happy Birthday, Aq

Happy Birthday, Aq

Today (well technically the 30th) [Stuart ‘Aq’ Langridge](https://kryogenix.org/) enters yet another decrepit year on his prolonged marathon of bothering us all. Not long now and he will be fully fossilized. I am not sure what an angry ginger fossil looks...
Lessons Learned Losing Weight

Lessons Learned Losing Weight

Later this year Erica and I are having our five year anniversary. I can’t quite believe that five years have passed since we said *I do*, and we couldn’t be happier. Consequently, we are going to renew our vows and have a bit of a gathering. The gathering...
Fortunate

Fortunate

My parents came out to visit this week and I took a week off work to spend with them. We had not seen them for 18 months in person (pregnancy and babies make travel to England rather challenging), but we Skype video-chat pretty regularly. It was the first time they...
Life Changing Mistakes

Life Changing Mistakes

I have a theory (I know, I am full of them). Like most of you, as I have gotten older I have also tried to improve as a person. I am not just talking about being better at what I do with my career and hobbies, but I want to be a *genuinely good person* across the...
On Vacation

On Vacation

Just a quick note: I will be on vacation this week in Australia. I will be checking in with work and email, but this will be more limited throughout the week. Look forward to seeing everyone in a week! Lots of exciting things to focus on when I get back....
New Parenting For Geeks

New Parenting For Geeks

A few weeks ago I became a father for the first time, welcoming our cute little boy, Jack, into the world. This is Jack: ‘sup ladies One of the things I have learned ever since Erica got pregnant is that there are many different perspectives on how to raise a...