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      I am a technologist, manager, father and soccer fan. At Appian, I manage front-end web and mobile engineers building cutting edge features. At home, I help my wonderful wife raise our 2 crazy boys. In my spare time I root for Manchester City, read, travel, and geek out on technology.

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  • Some Things Never Change

    Posted 21 Jun 2017

    My mom just sent me this old picture from when I was a kid. That's me and our family cat.

    Nicole then showed me a picture she recently took. I guess some things never change.

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  • Open a new 529 plan, get $50

    Posted 13 May 2014

    May 29th is 529 College Savings Day. Get it, 5/29? But wait, what is 529 College Savings Day you might ask? Good question.

    Celebrated nationwide, the event raises awareness about saving for higher education using 529 plans. In observance of 529 Day, Virginia529 is matching contributions and waiving online application fees for new accounts opened May 15 through 29.

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  • Backyard Fun

    Posted 18 Aug 2013

    We recently upgraded our backyard. We had a playground installed with swings, slide and climbing wall. Our kids never used to be fans of swinging, but now they love it. We also finally broke out th easel and paints for the boys. You have to admit, it's really all about the smocks. Check out the pics.

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  • Goodbye SMS, hello Google Hangouts

    Posted 04 Aug 2013

    Nicole is still hanging onto her grandfathered non-unlimited text messaging plan and I've been using Google Voice for a while to avoid paying the outrageous cost** of SMS. As awesome as Google Voice is, it has its annoyances and I was never fully happy with the messaging experience.

    Unsurprisingly, the person I text most often is Nicole. She recently got a new iPhone 5 and I took this as an opportunity to try something different. So we've been using Google Hangouts for the past few weeks and it's been surprisingly awesome.

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  • Gravity is cool

    Posted 22 Jul 2013

    Checkout this awesome graphic of our solar system. I stumbled upon this while browsing Google+ (yes, I use Google+). Read on below for the explanation and the source post.

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  • $30 buys parents a good night's sleep

    Posted 12 Jul 2013

    I've been remiss in not blogging about this sooner. Looking back, I can say that the Kid'Sleep Classic "bunny clock" must be the best $30 we've spent on our kids, at least in terms of getting them to sleep through the night.

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  • Celebrating the 4th at Westmoreland State Park

    Posted 08 Jul 2013

    For July 4th, we drove down to the northern tip of Virginia's Northern Neck to visit Colonial Beach and stay in a cabin in Westmoreland State Park. We got super lucky to score a cabin at the last minute and for just two nights instead of the normal week required for a stay. It was a great way to start off the long weekend.

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  • How *not* to suck at your religion

    Posted 13 Jun 2013

    The Oatmeal has a brilliant comic titled "How to suck at your religion". It's really a treatise on how NOT to suck at your religion. It's a little long (well, tall) but it's too brilliant to pass up. If everyone followed this common sense advice, the world and everyone in it would be much happier.

    So go read it now: How to suck at your religion from The Oatmeal.

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