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So, Bethanie wants to know why I don't keep a journal.

Well, I do, but it is so infrequently updated that effectively I don't. I'm lazy, and don't have a lot to say, aside from smart-ass comments in reply to other people. I suppose I also keep pretty busy.

Let's see, what else is new? My latest book should be available in a couple of days, Hardware Hacking. That was a bit painful, I couldn't get the chapter I did done in any reasonable amount of time... I kept finding more and more stuff I wanted to cover. I think it wanted to be its own book. It was a chapter on HTPCs, and I built a Windows and a Linux HTPC. If anyone wants to know anything about HTPCs, I'll take a shot. :)

I'm working on the next book, "Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent". We're shooting for that to be done in April.

Other than that, the usual stuff. Work, family... my teenager is having problems with his schoolwork (i.e. not doing it, and then lying about it.) He got soooo busted.

What else would people like to hear from me? I think I've covered my musical tastes pretty well in other people's journals. I read a fair amount. I had my publisher send me a copy of each of their Lego Mindstorms books, so I've been enjoying perusing those. I was very happy that the Mindstorms cancellation was a false alarm. My kids participate in the FLL.

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  • Was that really so hard?

    I saw that you claimed to keep a journal, but then it hadn't been updated since August, so...

    I *like* your smart-ass comments. I hate being the only one, ya know?

    So, how do you deal with the kid lying about his homework and/or not doing it at all? I'm quite a few years off from this, and hoping to avoid those kinds of issues altogether, but I can't imagine that I will 100%. What do you do?!?!

    ....Bethanie....
    • Well, so far he's been getting extra work, and losing privileges. At this point we're getting up at 6:30 to make him start doing his stuff, and we have things for him to do all day until he goes to bed around 8:00. About the only privileges he has left are eating and sleeping.

      It's hard to keep up, because it's a lot of extra work for the wife and I, and we have 4 other kids to take care of, the house, jobs, etc..

      If he chooses to keep suffering rather than doing all his work properly and quickly though,
    • So, how do you deal with the kid lying about his homework and/or not doing it at all?

      Being that my source is the illustrious Bill Cosby (bastion of fact that he is) and my own personal experience, I'll give you the tip. Teenagers LIE. And they practice at it. And sometimes they lie about stupid shit, simply for the heck of it, and mostly they lie simply because its easier than trying to explain something they don't understand (typically, themselves and their own motivations).

      So expect not to trust a

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