Casa Jonsson

Nils & Araceli’s home on the web, est. 2003

Seen while commuting

On the way in to work this morning I got stuck in traffic behind a semi truck. It had a good deal of grime on it, and someone had made the following inscription in the grime:

EL PASO
   
EL CRUNCHO

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I thought this was a lot funnier than “WASH ME.” 

The Mexican inquisition

I love the deep questions kids ask. Maybe it’s just our kids—although that would surprise me—but in our house when it rains theology, it’s a flash-flood. The imponderable questions start with no warning whatsoever and come spilling out one after another, rapid-fire. One hardly gets a chance to attempt an answer before another two or […]

Presenting at the Houston Ruby and Rails user group

A Houston-area user group for Ruby and Rails is getting off the ground. In our May meeting I’ll be giving a presentation on the Trestle Generator open-source project I started a few months ago. It’s an extension to the Ruby on Rails web application development framework.
Should be a good time. By geek standards, that is.