About Belly Button Window
Who are you to be writing this? The good life What would posses a guy to put up over a decade of his life now on the Internet for the whole world to see? Am I some freak exhibitionist? A narcissistic exhibitionist even? While I’ve been called both , I…
Read MorePlease Welcome Hanalei Stockard Vota
Our bundle of joy and love has arrived!
After nine months of looking at life through her own belly button window, a new girl-child came into this world. Please welcome Hanalei Stockard Vota into the family.
Read MoreAmy and Wayan Wedding Day Photos
Happiness in pixels
We now have wedding photos for your visual enjoyment of our happiest day:
- The Official Amy Ross + Wayan Vota Slideshow brought to you by Bill Crandall.
- The full Wedding Day Archive available for purchase (use password “amy”)
- The AmyandWayan Flickr pool – add yours today!
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Read MoreA Weekend Wedding Ceremony
Read for another kiss!
Yes, Amy and I are already legally married. We did do a Thanksgiving JoP run in Georgia. But you know what, that wasn’t our real wedding ceremony. No, that was a legal contract, nothing more.
Its Saturday that is our real wedding ceremony. Its January 12th that we’ll proclaim our love to closest friends and family. It is at 7pm that we’ll be truly wed.
For we have the belief that marriage does not start with judges, cannot be enforced by courts, and will not be constrained by paper. Marriage comes from the heart, flows through community, and returns as a bond most public.
And here is a public proclamation of my feelings these moments before being a groom yet again:
Read MoreBye Bye Geekcorps, Hello Mercy Corps
Geekcorps Style
Yes, as you may have read in the Associated Press article on the OLPC price increase, I am now:
“the former director of the Geekcorps international tech-development organization and current editor of the OLPCNews blog.”
Friday was my last day as head geek, able to stop entire conversations with the simple, “I’m with Geekcorps,” which inevitably lead to a half-hour discussion on technology in the developing world.
For three years, I led Geekcorps, starting with a handful of CD’s from the previous staff and one program in the field. Through blood, sweat and a few tears, we built it into a successful organization.
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