A Tableau-Based Photo Viewer
It took me 20 years to collect the data for this idea. It only took me a couple of hours in Tableau to complete the idea.
What Should You Do When Your 3-Yr Old Asks You To Read This Book?
I’ve got a really cool son. How he managed to find this book and ask me to read it to him, I’ll never know.
Jett’s First Hair Styling Appointment at America’s Best Barbershop
Introduction Yesterday was a fun day because I took Jett to get his first official hair style. He just turned three last month and I thought it was time for him to experience Frank’s barbershop. Frank’s barbershop is located in Knoxville, TN and was voted as America’s best barbershop in 2011 and 2012. I’d vote…
Breaking Bad 2.0
“Why ask the question, if you aren’t going to follow the directions?” Introduction This post is not what you think it is going to be. This has nothing to do with the critically-acclaimed show of a similar title. That show was brilliant and ended with Badfinger’s “Baby Blue“. This post contains nothing but pure, unadulterated badness created…
Playing blocks with Jett
Introduction Jett is now 2.5 years old. He knows his ABC’s, can count to 20 in English and to 10 in Spanish. His brain is a sponge. So tonight, we decided to play with his new group of blocks to practice learning words and the difference between small and capital letters. It was a lot…
Making an old-time movie of Jett’s second birthday
Today was Jett’s second birthday. We took pictures throughout the day, starting about 10 am and ending about 4:30 pm. During those 6.5 hours, over 1650 pictures were taken. Normally my extraordinarily talented wife Toni will turn these pictures into a book printed by the service Shutterfly. I love these books. They are very special…
How Did I Create the Name Jett Black For My Son?
I was in 6th grade when I came up with the name for my baby Boy – “Jett Black”. This is the story of how I created that name. This story is being written for Jett. If you like this article and would like to see more of what I write, please subscribe to…
My Baby Boy Jett Black – A Picture for Each of His First 21 Months
Jett is now 21 months old. Starting in the upper left corner with his newborn picture and proceeding along the rows from left to right, there is one picture from each of the months that he has been with us. It is amazing how fast the changes happen. He is independent, stubborn, and really, really…