After introducing the boys to Star Wars the last couple of weeks, it's time to start on the next challenge!

I just returned from a week in California for Google I/O and some other stuff at Google, which was amazing. I was a little surprised to come back to this kitchen renovation, however. 😅

Tonight I'm playing around with a C program to fetch my currently playing track from Last.fm. I'm thinking of using it as a CGI script so that I can have a fun current moment page at ryanharter.com while still keeping the site Javascript free.

I'm watching The Fifth Element with Sara, who's never seen it. As soon as the cab says "Dallas", Sara reflexively says "Corbin Dallas". I asked how she knew that and she reminded me that I wanted to name our kids Corbin Dallas Harter. I totally forgot. 😅

After a year or so, I spent some time this holiday break to finally put a 4" touchscreen on my Volumio HiFi streamer. It was a nice addition, but I decided it could use a little more space for interaction, so I got a 7" touchscreen instead. It's nice to be able to control this without my phone.

We decorated our Christmas tree today, and set up a "new" train! The old one was from Sara's grandpa, from the early 50s. This one came from a family member in an unopened box packed with a Lionel catalog for 1988.

My mom has been in the hospital after a lung transplant and I've been sick so Sara spent the week in Minneapolis with her. We picked her up at the airport today and the boys made signs. I'm not sure they fully understood the "airplane pickup sign" idea, but I think these are great! 😂

It's opening day of deer season in Wisconsin, so I'm at my family's cabin in the North woods.