In high school, I was obsessed with finding and listening to new music. I went to multiple record stores almost every week looking for the latest and greatest. I had over 400 albums when I started college, and they probably … Read More
Design is on the back burner this month. My main focus the past six weeks has been my son Travis and his health. Since finding out in early March that he had a neuroendocrine tumor on his pancreas, we have … Read More
The past few years, I’ve been developing a system to organize my almost 50,000 song (and growing) music library. Currently, I group my songs by yearly, then monthly playlists, each containing the albums I acquired during that month. I can … Read More
Portland has its occasional snow. This winter is a whole new experience. Growing up in Chicago, when the snowstorms came, so did the snow plows and salt. The city was prepared and jumped into action. Portland, on the other hand, … Read More
Yes, I admit it. I am a hoarder. Though you won’t find cascading piles of newspapers through the house or insane collections of useless items. Well, OK, maybe slightly insane… But, the hoarding I do is on the computer. After … Read More