Category: Personal

We got to check out of the hospital yesterday and head home. Everyone is doing well...Margaret and Hazel are sleeping, and this is the first time I've mustered the energy to get back in front of the computer since being home. Some more details below the fold... Margaret started going into serious labor at about… Continue reading We’re all home now →

Quick note: Hazel Mae Lanphier was born late last night. Mom and baby are fine...gotta run back to hospital, but took a sec to upload a couple of photos: http://photos.robla.net/gallery/v/2006/

As folks who know us may have heard, my lovely wife (pictured) and I are about to become parents.  Not that it's really sunk in or anything, but I imagine it will some time this week, as, well, we're due and the doctors aren't too keen on the idea of letting the baby just chill… Continue reading It’s about that time →

It's official: I'm no longer an employee of RealNetworks, Inc.. I'm now starting a new phase, which is one where I'll hopefully be a visible part of many other open source projects (e.g. I've already started poking my nose in on Mediawiki development). I started at "Progressive Networks" nine years ago, on March 11, 1996.… Continue reading A new chapter →