Posted on April 14th, 2008
Well, this certainly isn't something that happens all that often, but after spending all day at a chess tournament (at Wellington Elementary in Woodinville) on Saturday, I ended up with a sunburn on my face and arms! It turned out to be a really nice day, which was good, since the waiting area for p […]
Posted on April 12th, 2008
A new father-son activity for Connor and me […]
Posted on October 28th
If you or your kids are all excited about the upcoming Bee Movie with Jerry Seinfeld, then you should definitely check out my latest article on Xbox.com. Along with the movie, an Xbox 360 game is also on its way.... and a demo is already up on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Not the most representative d […]
Posted on October 23rd
For the price of $280, you can now get a new edition of the Xbox 360 console. This one is similar to the original core system, but with HDMI output, a 256mb memory card (so you can play and save your games right out of the box), a wireless controller, and five full arcade games. Perfect if you […]
Posted on June 25th
My latest kid-focused game article, which happens to be yet another movie tie-in, is about the upcoming Pixar film Ratatouille. Cool game, very nice looking... and it has entire missions around making recipes by spilling ingredients... just like how I cook at home! […]
Posted on June 17th
I sat down to chat with Tina from Channel 10 to chat about my Xbox Dad articles, gaming with your kids, etc... […]
Posted on June 14th
It has been 'marketized' a bit from how I originally wrote it (with the addition of a product name right into the title for one), but a 'father's day' article from me is up on Xbox.com […]
Posted on May 29th
Hey kids... if you have a gaming dad, then get going on those essays... and Dads, if you are reading this... you might want to just start hinting and sending this link to your kids! […]
Posted on May 8th
Nothing very exciting for you gamers out there, but you know... 'tis the season.
Posted on April 26th
My 2nd column is up on Xbox.com, covering the recent Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game. […]
Posted on April 6th
<random musing>It seems like an online article, but I wonder if it wouldn't be just easier for them to publish these articles as blog entries?</random musing> […]
Posted on March 26th
I was on the blog of Tim Aidlin, a design evangelist in our same group, and I saw a post today about using a webcam and live messenger to see his new baby while he is at work. […]
Posted on March 5th
My son, Connor (6 years old), has been playing chess against me for the past year or so... but not very often really, maybe one or two games a month at the most. A local chess club held a chess tournament on February 24th at a nearby elementary school and Connor thought that would be pretty cool, so […]
Posted on December 19th
It's been a few days since the big storm blew through, but I'm still without power (I'm at Microsoft now, so I can get connected and charge a few things)... which sucks when you have kids (and visitors, my in-laws arrived on the night of the storm). We aren't too cold now, we've borrowed a propane […]
Posted on August 14th
Ok, so I am so going to do this for taking pictures of my kids... but wait... I could probably do this on top of the video camera for Channel 9 shoots too! Now if I can only get my son's collection of Star Wars Pez Dispensers away from him and put them under the knife. […]
Posted on August 3rd
But with a really cool name: http://shootingthekids.dpblogs.com […]
Posted on July 21st
I saw this on Techie Diva today... and it was immediately appealing, but the attraction dimished quickly. This isn't any fault of the software, as far as I know it does its job perfectly, but I just don't think this is the way to deal with this problem. I have given parental control over technology […]
Posted on December 8th
Just had some photos taken, (I even splurged for the reproduction rights on them, so I can get prints via Ofoto or wherever), there might be photos with me in them, but the kids are cuter
Posted on June 27th
It was a very enjoyable summer weekend for our little family, including a trip today to pick raspberries (tons of fun, easy to pick...) and strawberries (very tasty... but much less enjoyable to be squatting down in the tiny little space between the rows trying to dig through the little bushes […]
Posted on June 7th
I'm not sure who invented this term, SAF, but it comes up often around folks who are into new technology for the home... "sure you might want to install a media center pc, but have you taken into account the spouse acceptance factor?" or the more common, "having to restart the cable modem sure reduc […]
Posted on March 26th
The theme at my son's preschool last week was Caterpillars, and it also happened to be his turn to bring the snack (the kids rotate through this task, bring snacks/juice for 16 people)... so my wife went all-out and baked these breadstick-larva creations...
... and these butterfly cookies. Recipe f […]
Posted on October 25th
Luckily or sadly, depending on your point of view, I will still be posting the occasional blog entry and responding to at least some of my email, but my output volume will be reduced for the next 4 weeks (thanks Microsoft!!). I'll be spending my time at home with the kids; […]
Posted on October 13th
I've been a bit busy lately, and it hasn't just been with MSDN work... there is a new addition to the Mackenzie family!
Jada Elizabeth Mackenzie […]
Posted on September 20th
Everything comes down to that one of those two groups to my son, and he seems to really like that idea (wouldn't we all like the world to be that clearly defined). Today he is a bit sick and my wife sent me this message;
Connor's feeling pretty sick today. He still has a fever. […]