A tough day at work, so a memory that usually makes me smile.

I have the greatest memory of Dylan and I wasting an afternoon or two playing around with a first generation QuickCam, when he was 3 or 4. I finally bought one to play around with after everybody else was already on to their second or third generation. I didn’t understand the need, but the experiences Dylan and I had with that stupid thing were priceless.

I was trying to adjust settings on the camera to make the video better, when Dylan discovered that he could see himself on the computer. He would get upset when I had to close and restart the application or restart the computer to install a different driver or camera software. I ended up leaving the application up that worked best, and took a few pictures, some that I have been able to keep for all these years. Dylan would duck under the desk or hide behind the desk chair, and pop up in front of the camera and just start giggling and giggling. He did this many many times. That camera kept him entertained much longer than me. Dylan kept me entertained much longer.