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Today is my little, little guy’s birthday; Chase David Hobson is now a full year old, and I can’t even begin to describe the joy he’s brought to my life.
I’m amazed with Chase. He’s so much different than his brother. Where-as Logan, when he was this age, wanted to be constantly moving and exerting independence, [...]

The Repeater Control has to be one of the best controls ASP.Net has to offer. It’s flexible enough in it’s design to allow for significant markup customizations and yet shares the same simplicity of use as a GridView control. The only issue I have with the Repeater is it’s Databinding requirement. Though this isn’t even [...]

With Thanksgiving over, it’s time to officially kick off the Christmas season — and I love this time of year. For me it’s usually associated with fond memories of Christmas’ past, the excitement of Stewart’s Shops beginning to stock eggnog, and now that I’m a daddy (x2), the joy of toy shopping! (Ok, OK, so [...]

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving today. For all the men, I hope your wives/girlfriends let you stuff yourself with extra helping of turkey and gravy, have that second or third helping of pumpkin pie, and fall asleep in front of the TV watching your favorite football team destroy their opponent. For all the [...]

I enjoyed Metro 2033 more than I thought I would. Though the game plays similar to most other first person shooters, a few scripted events, and a couple of survivalist gimmicks — gas masks that require frequent filter changes keep you moving and searching; higher quality bullets doubling as the game’s currency add a strategic [...]