As we left the Bass Pro we spotted a float with circus animals on it. Then another float full of people. We decided to look it up, obviously there was some sort of parade today and it shouldn’t be
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From DC to Bass Pro
We left Georgetown around 7 am for what looked like an 8 hour drive. Sandra estimated 12 based on stops for food, gas and a trip to the Bass Pro Shop in Bridgeport, Connecticut. James love to swim and
Cape Cod Camping Trip
We are about to head to Cape Cod for a week of camping in Nickerson State Park and we are often asked how we can pack so little when traveling so I want to show you our method. Last year when packing
Learning to code – Tools you should use
I know I said that this lesson would be about links, file paths and how to organize your files but let’s move that to the next lesson so we can get you the tools that will make this entire process much
Learning to code – Images and Styles
In the last tutorial I showed you how to get started with HTML, how to add tags and how to see your results in your browser window. The reason we are starting with HTML is because it is very easy to learn,
District Doughnut? Yes Please!
District Doughnut is our newest addition to our list of reasons to explore M Street in Georgetown, Washington DC. This place is fun and simple, they have unique and creative doughnuts and coffee. Everything
Learning to code from scratch
After posting my first code tutorial I realized that maybe I needed to start from the beginning. I know a lot of people that are interested in learning how to build web sites and learn to write code but
Email List Changes
I have made some changes to how our email list works. Now you can choose which topics you would like to receive by email, so if you don\’t really care about the great restaurants that we find or you just
MCN Workshop Outline
I\’ve been working on my outline for the workshop and this is what I have so far. There will be some work for the participants before the workshop but I will have some pretty good instructions for them
I’m speaking at the Museum Computer Network this year
I received the confirmation from MCN (The Museum Computer Network) conference that they would like me to present this year. So it looks like I have my work cut out for me because I put together a very
Duplicating a Collection View for the Web
A CollectionView in iOS (and tvOS) is a view that displays a grid of items. This is a pre-built view and is very easy to use in the iOS environment. The problem is that there is no really basic way to
Nautical Charts as Clocks?
On our recent trip to Annapolis, Maryland we were walking through town when we passed a shop that had the most amazing clocks on display in the window. After walking inside we quickly realized that they
Blue Angels in Annapolis
Last week was graduation week from the US Naval Academy and on Wednesday the Blue Angels were performing over the campus in Annapolis, Maryland. Because this was only an hour drive away and the Blue Angels
The film project
Not long ago I started a new project, this one deals with films and has been a great learning experience. I am building this project for the web, iOS and also tvOS so keeping things consistent across
DC Blizzard
I’m about a week late in posting this but there is still snow on the ground for now so it’s not too late. I shot some time lapse video of our crazy blizzard last Friday night and Saturday morning and I
Keeping your information secure online
I am in the process of moving my web content to a new hosting service because my previous host was pretty far behind in their security configurations. They still allow MD5 encryption as an option for
Image fun continues
I\’ve made more progress since initially discovering the fun that can be had when playing with web servers and image requests. I have several nice log files of every site that is linking to my images,
Web developer strikes again
Yesterday\’s post made me curious, could I possibly do more than just swap images that someone was hot linking to? As it turns out, yes I can. So I am not only swapping the images for those that are
Another hack web developer…
I received a Google Alert this morning telling me that someone was talking about Sandra\’s website online. Here is a screen capture of the email:
I followed the links and discovered a Pinterest knockoff
Six Second Graders Eating at Daniel
This video from the New York Times Magazine is absolutely adorable! It features six second graders eating at Daniel in NYC. I was laughing and crying!