The “Micah Cowan” Page
How weird. I was doing a search on my name, since I was curious what pages would come up these days. I was surprised to discover this one at tutorials-blog.com, which features my name as the title, in...
View ArticleNew Family Addition
Kamberly LaVene Cowan was born 2007 Feb 7, at 7:18 pm PST. She weighed 7 lbs 11 oz (yup, like the convenience store), and measured 19 inches. And she’s cute! (Sorry, not gonna post pics here; I have a...
View ArticleSick, sick, sick
Well, I’ve been healthy for a week now; but last week marked the end of the most gruelling flu I’ve ever had; I missed over a week and a half of work. It started out mild enough, just a sore throat....
View ArticleKa-poof!
Well, my computer died Saturday. My wife had just started using it (after I’d been hogging it all day, natch), when it suddenly just powered off. But it didn’t just power off, it also produced a hefty...
View ArticleMy Bro
There’s a short blurb about my brother Joshua and his fashion sense at the Baltimore Sun (he’s changed his last name from Cowan to Crown, as the latter is less common).
View ArticleGoodbye, Grampa
The Gridley Herald has an article about my paternal granddad who passed away last week. He was the nicest, gentlest person I have ever met, bar none. He had a charm and friendliness that resulted in...
View ArticleHow Strange Am I?
So, I’ve been reflecting lately on some of the things that make me a bit… unusual. I’m not really talking about quirks or eccentricities here, so much as interests, or unusual approaches to learning...
View ArticleSuggested Improvements to the UC Merced “Expanding Your Horizons” Event
This is an open letter to the Expanding Your Horizons network, and to the Women in Science and Engineering of UC Merced, in regards to the disappointing experience we had with the Expanding Your...
View ArticleJapan Trip, Days 1 and 2
(Pictures in this post are sparse; my photo album in Facebook is shared publicly, so provided you have an account, you can see the full set of pictures there.) I’ve been wanting to make a trip to Japan...
View ArticleFarewell to a Long-Held Email Address
I no longer have access to micah@cowan.name. I now answer to micah@addictivecode.org I’ve had the @cowan.name for over a decade. You’ll find Google search results for it up the wazoo, long-term mailing...
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