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There were some issues with the previous Banqi board I posted, so I revised it. This one isn’t quite as artsy, but I fixed some technical errors with the pieces, and used more of the available space for the play area. I intend to continue to improve this board, so I’ll probably post updated versions […]

My four year old daugher is having an art night tonight. She started by drawing a self-portrait. Then she drew pictures of some other family members. Here’s her self-portrait, and a photo of her (taken just a little while after the drawing). She cut out the self-portrait before I got it to the scanner. After […]

I took a series of photos with my son and his identical twin. Here are a few.

This piece of wood once stood where there is now a sign in front of the office building where I work. Originally, it just said “Sign” which I guess was a warning of what was to come, so nobody would be too surprised. After a while though, my friend Thom decided someone needed to follow […]

At my last job, I made some new friends who play a game (usually over lunch) they call Ban Chi (or Banqi). It’s played with a Chinese chess set (on half the board) starting with the pieces face down. A typical game takes around 15 minutes. They began playing Ban Chi after they got good […]

Sometimes I like to make logos for which I have no practical use. Here’s one I made for myself. It’s my initials (WAT). The “IT” part isn’t really deliberate, but as a software engineer, I work in “Information Technology”, so I guess that works. This is just a rough concept. Maybe eventually I’ll refine it.

A few weeks ago we took our kids to the Hogle Zoo, where my seven-year-old son learned to wrangle metal rhinos. About the time we got to the hot and stinky reptile exhibit, we decided to split up and I got to explore the zoo one-on-one with my son. In addition to the regular attractions, […]

I went for a walk a few days ago and took some pictures of rusty farm equipment near the office where I work.