Just a quick note — for the first time, Evan slept all night! (Cue the Lionel Richie song!) And when I say “all night,” I mean from 6pm until 7am. Without so much as a peep. Evan has had a couple “good” nights before where he’s slept until, say, 5am. But this is the first [...]

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In our ongoing overhaul of hackstadt.com, I’ve integrated my Zebras@Play web page into our blog hierarchy. (Notice the “More Pages” section in the sidebar?) In addition, I’ve setup a brand new photo gallery for the Zebra Graphics and Photos Archive. The new gallery allows people to create albums and upload their own zebra photos and [...]

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For many years, I’ve maintained a list of books that I’ve read, and for each book I’ve jotted down a brief summary of what I thought about it. I’ve just posted a static page with that list, and I’ll begin maintaining it online now. You can view the page from the link in the sidebar [...]

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A while back I read The Search for the Giant Squid: The Biology and Mythology of the World’s Most Elusive Sea Creature by Richard Ellis. Considering the distinct lack of scientific knowledge about these animals, Ellis did as thorough a job as could be expected describing these fascinating and oft-maligned sea creatures. While it is [...]

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We’ve uploaded a few photos of Evan from September ‘05. As usual, these are in a private album, so you’ll need to be registered in our gallery to view them.
Adventure Gallery: Evan (September 2005)(Registered users only)

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Terror struck our backyard this afternoon as fanatical zucchini lashed out in violence after being eradicated from the vegetable garden. The violence ended swiftly, though, when an elite security force quelled the uprising.
Look at the latest entries in our vegetable garden album to read about what happened.
Adventure Gallery: Vegetable Garden

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