Welcome to my blog

Another visit to California! This time I did not go to Sequoia.  Don't worry, my friends, I still saw some redwood trees.  We had back-to-back jobs, first in San Diego, then in San Jose.  SK and I spent the weekend between jobs at a 76er's game, Point Reyes, and John Muir Woods.

Celebrating the second anniversary of my 40th birthday, although it kind of turned into "Jen's Eating Tour of California".

I think it's well-documented that Sequoia National Park is my favorite place on Earth. It's calm, quiet, and somewhat remote. We had originally planned to go to there for my 40th birthday, but COVID scuttled those plans. But now I returned, family in tow, to finally get the birthday trip I so richly deserved.

I started my first web page in 1998, and the web has evolved a lot since then.  My first few sites were all handwritten HTML/CSS, first using Notepad, then HomeSite (which became an IDE for the ColdFusion markup language).  At Penn State I used a…

Hello, once again we have Christmas lists! Amazon List Amazon List Amazon list

2021 Christmas Lists! * <del>[[https://www.amazon.com/Green-Knight-Blu-ray-Dev-Patel/dp/B09BC2YY3J/ref=tmm_blu_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1638411986&sr=8-2|The Green Knight on Blu-ray]] (//not 4K//)</del> * <del>[[https://www.amazon.com/Brazil-Criterion-Collection-Blu-ray-Jonathan/dp/B009D004X6/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=criterion+brazil&qid=1638412019&sr=8-1|Criterion Collection version of Brazil on Blu-ray]].</del> * I also have various photography stuff on [[https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/12SBOBB6BDJ6B?ref_=wl_share|my Amazon Christmas list]]. * Movie ticket vouchers/gift certificates. * Things on my [[https://www.jetpens.com/wishlist?wish_list_id=a14c2c5bae28ba40|stationery wish list]] Hazel Wants…