Ben's Journal

It's been a while since I've posted a picture of one of my favorite subjects: The U.S. Air Force Memorial . It's just that ...

Shira's gym has started offering Krav Maga classes and tonight she had me tag along for one of their intro classes. For the uninitiat...

A while back my Mother-in-Law gave our 8 year old a copy of George Washington's Breakfast . The book catalogs one curious kid's in...

Of late, I have found myself struggling to establish an exercise routine. Work and being wiped out at the end of the day are making it hard...

Here, give this story a listen , and tell me that sometimes the Universe isn't on your side? And when you're done, you can go ...

First it was Google Reader and now this : Google purchased Frommer's (yay!) and has announced they are no longer publishing the guideb...

judaism.stackexchange.com - Whenever I have a programming question, I find more often than not,t's been answered on Stack Overflow . S...

Eggs! Shira informs me that we've got through 36 of them since she started cooking last night, and she's far from done cooking. W...

The Jewish calendar is a moving target. Christmas is always on December 25th, whereas Chanukah, Passover and the rest of the holidays are f...

If Joel Spolsky says it, I (almost always) believe it. He's a brilliant programmer and a terrific writer. But just because he tells me...

From FoodGawker.com : I think someone is sorely misinformed and in for a shock when they attend their first Seder.

1. In your wallet. Back in my early teens (or least that's how I imagine it), I figured out that if I stashed $20.00 in an odd place ...

I was given a few important errands yesterday—return a movie to the library and drop off our taxes at a FedEx shipping box—and figured inco...

I don't know if it's the daylight saving time switch, the hope that Spring is right around the corner or just the result of late n...

While reading this post , I was especially impressed that the author was able to juxtapose his modern photograph of Fort Bennett Park and ...

One of the best parts of Geocaching is that you're often introduced to little gems in your own backyard that you would never have disc...

I have to admit, I was flattered when a team member at WalleyTheWebGuy.com reached out to me to ask if I’d review 21 Ways to Create a Sales...

I was poking around the support site for my new laptop when I noticed a link to subscribe to driver updates : I figured this would be...

My friend George and I had a shared client with an interesting Search Engine Marketing opportunity. Years ago the site had hosted a wiki,...

The Internet is once again melting down: Google has decided to close shop on Google Reader . People are not amused . I can kind of see wh...

While making myself at home on my new laptop I thought I'd try to tackle an Cygwin annoyance I regularly run into. My general practi...

Not exactly sure why, but I'm absolutely loving this cover of David Bowie's Modern Love by Luciano Colman & Maxi Gonzalez. I...

I was reading through The Dangerous Book for Boys when a section on coin football triggered memories of killing time playing this distrac...

Here's just about the most amazing on stage performance I've ever seen. (Note: there's a bit of cussing in it, so this isn...

I admit it, I'm not a dog lover. Sure, I see their utility , but I've never quite understood the appeal they have as pets. I suppos...

My mother-in-law was in for the weekend. After living here for over 10 years we finally took her to see the Marine Corp Memorial . It was p...

I love cygwin . Wouldn't last 24 hours without it. And the installer is very reliable and easy to use. The only headache I usually run...

I'm liking my new laptop but hating the touch pad. Specifically, I hate the buttons the touch pad. But then it hit - why do I even...

The Snowquester was a no show. And rather than having the chance to romp around in a winter wonderland, we got to watch rain and slush fro...

Almost 5 years ago I played with a Windows Phone— the Wing —and I observed how silly it was to have a Start Button and other desktop UI fe...

So Snowquester is here. We've got school and work canceled . We're just missing one itty bitty thing. Snow. So far, I've se...

Apparently Yahoo is no longer allowing its employees to work remotely . And as you might imagine, the Internet is in a tizzy. There's ...

Caught a few pics as a military helicopter flew by. Plenty of helicopter traffic, just one of the joys of living near DC. Those are ext...

I've had my new Lenovo P400 for about 3 days now. If learn more or my opinion of it changes, I'll be sure to update this review. ...

First off, a video about free skiing . The scenery is amazing, the moves breathtaking. ONE LOVE - the movie from Freeski-Crew.com on V...

Check it out: What most schools don't teach . It's a whole lot of famous people (at least to us programmers, anyway) talking about...