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  • You never know how someone will use your app

    You never know how someone will use your app

    The thing about writing an app is that you don’t know how it’s going to be used. Your happy paths are not necessarily someone else’s happy paths.

  • Giving Tuesday

    Giving Tuesday

    Today is Giving Tuesday, and I’d like you to consider donating to Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.

  • New wheelchair

    New wheelchair

    This morning, Namine’s new wheelchair was delivered!

  • WeatherTab for Firefox

    WeatherTab for Firefox

    I ported my first Firefox extension, and I changed almost nothing to get it working.

  • Sports wheelchair and ballet

    Sports wheelchair and ballet

    We had a busy night last night. We met with the Marquette students building Namine’s new sports chair, and then Namine had a screening for the Milwaukee Ballet.

  • Basketball drills

    Basketball drills

    Namine was finally able to return to basketball.

  • No more broken leg

    No more broken leg

    Namine got some good news from her orthopedic surgeon.

  • CSS-only floating label

    CSS-only floating label

    One of those nifty things Google did with the Material Design guidelines is include floating labels.

  • Trick or treat

    Despite the cold, Namine and I had fun trick or treating.

  • Pumpkin farms

    Pumpkin farms

    Over the weekend, we went to two different pumpkin farms.

  • Trick or treat volunteering

    Trick or treat volunteering

    We had a lot of fun trick or treating at Stein’s.

  • Cute baby movies hurt to watch

    Cute baby movies hurt to watch

    There were two animated movies, released pretty closely together, which center around babies in one way or another: Storks and Boss Baby. On the surface, they are fun stories around the cuteness and silliness of babies. But for parents like us, there is a darkness in the reminder that not everything has a happy ending.