Missing Monkey Head

Look at My Kid. My Kid is Amazing.

Gary — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:44:50 +0000

Tonight I uploaded a lot of new Beanlet stuff.

I added 141 new photos to Flickr, untitled & unsorted. From October 22 through his 1st birthday party on November 14. You can see them here.

I added 15 new videos to YouTube. From September 9 through the party on November 14. You can watch them here.

Washington Capitals Sparklines

Gary — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:00:24 +0000

The following image represents the full Washington Capitals regular- and post-season game results since the lockout (image updated 12/06/09).

Each vertical stripe represents the results of one game.

The # of pixels above the (white horizontal) break is the Caps’ score, and the # of pixels below it is the opposition’s score. The taller the top part of the stripe, the more goals scored by the Capitals. The deeper the bottom part of the stripe, the more goals allowed.

The color of the stripe indicates the outcome. Red is a regulation loss. Orange is a loss in overtime or the shootout. Green is a win (regulation, OT, or SO).

Sparklines aren’t the best way to present certain data. What was the score of the Caps vs. Bruins game on March 3, 2008? It will certainly take a lot of work to answer that question from the image here, and you’ll have to do a bit of additional research. When I tell you that the Caps won the game 10-2, however, it’s easy to find the stripe which represents that game (hint: it’s the tallest green spike of all).

Perhaps the best use of sparklines is to illustrate trends. It’s pretty easy to discern that the Caps’ 2007-08 season started a bit rough. Their winning streak at the end of that season to get them into the playoffs is also readily apparent.

I’ll leave further analysis as an exercise for you. For reference, here are the stats for the 4 full seasons shown:

2005-06: 29-41-12 (70 pts) w/ 237 goals for & 306 goals against
2006-07: 28-40-14 (70 pts) w/ 235 goals for & 286 goals against
2007-08: 43-31-8 (94 pts) w/ 242 goals for & 231 goals against (reg. season)
2008-09: 50-24-8 (108 pts) w/ 272 goals for & 245 goals against (reg. season)

New Photos

Gary — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:09:40 +0000

Halloween hasn’t happened yet, but here’s what we’ve got so far.

Beach & Farm Photos

Gary — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:20:58 +0000

Just posted 2 new sets of photos. Check ‘em out:

Rehoboth Beach 2009 (38 photos) – Some of these photos don’t have Sean in them. You’ll survive. This was Sean’s first trip to the beach outside of Erin’s belly. We went last year, but I doubt he remembers any of it.

Cox Farms 2009 (24 photos) – Hayrides and pumpkins galore. Sean’s first encounter with many things farm-related, including the smell of a pig sty. Great fun.

He’s just started to get the hang of taking steps without holding anything. Can’t really say he’s walking yet; still pretty wobbly. I’ll post some videos of his progress soon.

Summertime Update

Gary — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:48:23 +0000

Crosspost!

Click here to check out photos of Sean from Summer 2009 (so far).

And, I uploaded some new videos taken in July/August, too. Watch them here.

5 More Album Reviews

Gary — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:08:25 +0000

Goatwhore: Carving Out the Eyes of God

Sick Music

Texas Hippie Coalition: Pride of Texas

Fleshgod Apocalypse: Oracles

Hatebreed: For the Lions

Verifying SHA1 Checksums on OS X

Gary — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:20:32 +0000

For future reference:

/usr/bin/openssl sha1 [path/to/file]

That is all.

Beanlet Blog Update 19

Gary — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:52:47 +0000

Sean received his first hair cut exactly 6 months after his birthday. It happened while he was on a roadtrip to Ohio with Erin & his grandma. While in Ohio, he also met his great-grandfather.

He took his first ride in an actual playground swing.

After 7 months of constant and excessive drooling, his first tooth is finally coming in.

He ate his first Cheerio.

And, he recently met his Uncle Chico.

New photos are available over at Flickr.

Overheard in iChat: Part Ocho

Gary — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:41:18 +0000

Me: Everyone makes fun of them, so why not buy one [of these]? Wear it to Clyde’s & shit on yuppie night.

Gregg: Oh man those wolf shirts.

Me: Yeah. It’s ten bucks; why not?

Gregg: My favorite comment so far (besides Tuscan Whole Milk refs) is: “I have this same tattoo on my chest so this shirt really helps in cold weather.”

Me: Haha.

Gregg: I am sure before long wearing one will be hipster-ironic.

Me: Fuck. Another grand scheme scuttled in the development phase.

Gregg: Yeah.