Author Archives: Ryan Stephenson

Snow: Charlotte-approved

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: January 27, 2009

We finally got enough snow in St. Louis for Charlotte to comfortably bury her feet in powder and taste a snowball. This evening, Kelly and I took her up to the roof for a private excursion, and fortunately found the snow unspoiled by footprints. After a small stumble into a drift built up near the [...]

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on wasted votes

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: November 5, 2008

While Missouri (not to be pronounced “Missourah”. ever.) has long been an indicator for how the election would end, I’m thankful the electoral votes don’t depend on it for this election. table.results{margin: 18px 0px; font-size: .8em;} td{padding: 4px 8px;} tr.alt{background-color:#ddd;} span.line{float:left; background-color:#333;} Office — Candidate Name Votes % Of Votes U.S. President And Vice President [...]

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Obama turned me into a pixel

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: October 18, 2008

Pre-rally estimates originally suggested 50,000 people might show to see Obama under the St. Louis Arch. After observing the turnout, the Police Department placed the number at 100,000. photo credit I’m still not inclined to predict Missouri voting blue this year, but signs certainly suggest it’s possible.

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Failing to Get Out

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: October 5, 2008

St. Louis is experiencing some amazing fall weather, yet I’ve failed to get off my ass and ride the dust-collecting bike. At least I get to walk to and from the office. Hopefully the weather holds out for some recreation soon.

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Rock Band 2

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: September 15, 2008

Because I’m addicted to rhythm video games, I pre-ordered Rock Band 2 which showed up this afternoon for Kelly and I to spend the evening rocking plastic replicas of instruments. Kelly plays bass or sings, I’m on guitar (or drums during the day). Our band name: Sleeping Baby. Don’t expect it to show on the [...]

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semicolon vs. en dash

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: August 19, 2008

I make no claims regarding use, but searches for – are totally destroying the ;. Also, what’s up with the en dash dip at the end of each year? (Updated “n dash” to “en dash” for those that care.)

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If I had an iPhone…

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: July 11, 2008

The plan is to show up at an Apple store in the morning to see what obstacles exist to Internet In My Pants. I was unable to rationalize the iPhone’s first release since I knew the 3G was on the horizon, and frankly I’m impressed I waited this long. I believe the ability to annoy [...]

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2008 is Half Over

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: July 1, 2008

I wasn’t prepared for this year to speed by so quickly, and I failed to plan coherent thoughts to share just now, but found myself staring at an embarrassingly old last post. Let’s play catch up! Family: I have not broken our beautiful baby, Charlotte, though she keeps us busy and provides me plenty of [...]

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