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Cairo Alpha Released

The first alpha of the PECL Cairo extension I’ve been working on is finally out. Cairo is a 2D graphics library written in C with support for multiple output devices. The extension provides an Object Oriented API, but also includes procedural methods. This is similar to PHP’s date and mysqli extensions. [...]

Ada Lovelace Day 2009

In the normal course of a day I tend to volunteer for far more things than I have time to complete. This has happened once again for Ada Lovelace Day. I can never say no to crazy pledges so here I am with a very short expression of thanks to someone who has [...]

Trying on some new looks

Been looking around for a pretty pink theme for awhile, so don’t be surprised if the look of this blog changes a lot over the next few days while I experiment.

Seven (Weird) Things (

It’s like a giant game of tag around here! So Derick has so graciously tagged me – I suppose I need to do this before everyone has already been tagged!
Warning – I ramble…

I grew up in a Mennonite family and have some Amish relatives from my grandmother’s families. Yes we drove a car, [...]

Acorn Squash Cream Soup

I made this for Christmas dinner and even my picky brother-in-law liked it
Ingredients:
* 1 small onion, chopped
* 1 stick of celery, chopped
* 4 tablespoons butter
* 2 tablespoons flour
* 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules [...]

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