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Learning to program
Youngest walks up to me about a month ago and asks how you program (write software for computers). Oh joy! Now I’ve talked about learning to program before and even a second time. I always come back to...
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More stuff for learning to program
A few days ago I wrote about Scratch, a nifty way to help my kids learn how to program. I forgot a couple other things I found. Stencyl. This looks neat. It I haven’t used it, but from what I read it...
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Sometimes, you gotta be Dad first
As the kids get older, it’s been fun to take them to various events to “expand their cultural horizons”. I remember when I was a kid, my parents taking me to things like plays, musicals, orchestral...
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PanemQuotidianum 1.0 is now available
December 13, 2013 (Austin, Texas) – Hsoi Enterprises LLC announces the release of PanemQuotidianum 1.0 – an iOS (iPhone/iPad) app bringing you Daily Bread for your Daily Life. PanemQuotidianum is...
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Children learn from our example
“The Angry Coach” at EliteFTS was writing A Sad Commentary on the State of Youth Sports. As I read it, it actually felt like a sad commentary on today’s youth and parenting in general. He was observing...
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Hello Amazon
Saying goodbye to Sprouts is tough. You know the saying, “don’t you what you’ve got, ’til it’s gone”? Well, now that Sprouts is gone, I realize it was a larger part of our groceries than I realized (I...
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Improvised Weapons, and kids
Of all the presentations at the 2nd annual SDS Conference, the 3 kiddos were unanimous in what their favorite presentation was. Leslie Buck‘s presentation on improvised weapons. (yeah, it should have...
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How’s it going, Amazon?
About a month ago we said goodbye to Sprouts and hello to Amazon. I’ve been an Amazon customer for many years, but the change was starting to use Prime. So, how’s it going? Quite well, actually....
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My Great-Grandfather
I never knew my great-grandfather, John M. Daub — simple matter of time and age differences. But I do recall as a young boy reading my baby book and seeing the family tree, and of course seeing “John...
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Time to do my own thing
Today, I step out to be on my own. I’m leaving the world of W-2 employment to become a full-time independent software developer. I’m making Hsoi Enterprises my full-time gig. I’m excited, happy, and...
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Do you know what a “Livestock Guardian Dog” is? Let Sasha explain…
My dog, Sasha, is a Kuvasz. More cute than intimidating (for now…) The Kuvasz is a breed classified as a Livestock Guardian Dog, or LGD for short. Often when we discuss this breed or LGDs, people think...
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Life’s better, when you focus on the good things
Yesterday I went deer hunting with Youngest. He got to learn why it’s “hunting” not “bagging” because we came home with nothing. Actually, that’s not entirely true. We came home with a bunch of great...
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Lessons in Perseverance and Patience
Youngest and I went deer hunting again. When we tried about 2 weeks ago, the hunt was not successful. However, a lot of good things came from it. Best of all, it just meant we had to go out to the...
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KR Training 2017-02-04 – Lone Star Medics Dynamic First Aid Quick hits
Caleb Causey of Lone Star Medics returned to KR Training on February 4, 2017 to put on his Dynamic First Aid course. I like to describe Dynamic First Aid as “First Aid 102”. That is, First Aid 101 is...
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Sometimes we discover and learn new things, which could be a totally new thing (disruptive, novel) or simply an iterative refinement to an existing thing (more likely). Either way, let’s try and see!...
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