http://www.kevincooney.com/ en-us kevin@kevincooney.com 2013-05-14T12:40:00-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.kevincooney.com/archives/000186.php Our little girl just turned three, and we had some family and friends over to celebrate. Since we had a lot of fun with Darren's Train Party last year, we decided to focus on a theme for Ally's party this... 186@http://www.kevincooney.com/ Projects 2013-05-14T12:40:00-05:00 http://www.kevincooney.com/archives/000181.php I don't listen to a lot of music, even though my hard drive is filled with gigs and gigs of the stuff. Actually, the fact that I have so much of it is part of the problem -- I... 181@http://www.kevincooney.com/ Projects 2013-03-26T21:57:35-05:00 http://www.kevincooney.com/archives/000184.php I pulled off a Daddy miracle this year for Halloween, and got Darren excited for a robot costume. The last two years' costumes were trains, so I campaigned hard for him to pick something new that I'd enjoy making. A... 184@http://www.kevincooney.com/ Projects 2012-11-01T13:02:09-05:00 http://www.kevincooney.com/archives/000182.php My son Darren had his 4th birthday party over the weekend, and we decided on a train theme. Since Amy and I got a lot of our ideas from the Internet (mostly this page), I thought I'd pay the... 182@http://www.kevincooney.com/ Projects 2012-07-30T20:20:47-05:00 http://www.kevincooney.com/archives/000180.php I've been looking into 3D printing a lot lately, particularly with a slant toward toys. You know, for my kids. Growing up, I was always frustrated when a small but important piece on a toy would break, and render the... 180@http://www.kevincooney.com/ Projects 2012-05-28T21:41:43-05:00 http://www.kevincooney.com/archives/000179.php Amy was kind enough to indulge my inner twelve-year-old, and got me a Lego Mindstorms set for my birthday. Here's my first project, which is a train crossing for Darren. (He's really into those right now, and I couldn't find... 179@http://www.kevincooney.com/ Projects 2012-04-22T23:00:12-05:00 http://www.kevincooney.com/archives/000178.php So I think Kodak stole my artistic genius. Picture it -- Tarrytown, December 2010: We wanted to send one of those photo holiday cards to everyone, but we didn't have one particularly good photo of the four of us. Instead,... 178@http://www.kevincooney.com/ Projects 2012-01-04T12:45:12-05:00 http://www.kevincooney.com/archives/000175.php Surprise, surprise, Darren wanted to be a train again this year. But he wanted James this time around, so last year's Thomas costume could stay in the attic -- good thing, too, as the boy has grown quite a bit,... 175@http://www.kevincooney.com/ 2011-11-02T18:04:29-05:00 http://www.kevincooney.com/archives/000173.php When choosing a Halloween costume, I try to pick things that will appeal to my co-workers, since they're the ones who will end up staring at the costume all day. And there's usually a contest there with cash prizes, so... 173@http://www.kevincooney.com/ Projects 2010-10-31T23:33:02-05:00 http://www.kevincooney.com/archives/000174.php Darren's been pretty heavy into Thomas the Tank Engine lately, so we thought it would be a good costume for Halloween this year. I'm not a huge fan of the pre-made Thomas costumes, and I thought I'd have a good... 174@http://www.kevincooney.com/ Projects 2010-10-19T12:08:04-05:00 http://www.kevincooney.com/archives/000170.php Everyone, please say hello to Allison Jeanne Cooney, or just Ally for short. She arrived at 10:40pm on 5/6/2010, weighing 9lbs, 6oz, and measuring 21 inches. Long labor, but quick delivery. Everyone's doing great.... 170@http://www.kevincooney.com/ Events 2010-05-06T23:45:20-05:00 http://www.kevincooney.com/archives/000171.php Here's a timeline of what's going on with Baby #2's big day. For those following along at home, I'll try to keep this up-to-date: 08:30am Arrived at the hospital 09:00am Started some medication to get contractions going 09:30am Relaxing, waiting... 171@http://www.kevincooney.com/ Events 2010-05-06T09:15:48-05:00 http://www.kevincooney.com/archives/000169.php I have a digital picture frame at work, but stopped using it, since I never took the time to update the photos, so it got stale. Meanwhile, I have a wifi frame at home which I love because it updates... 169@http://www.kevincooney.com/ Projects 2010-04-14T18:29:21-05:00 http://www.kevincooney.com/archives/000168.php Amy and I finished up Baby #2's nursery wall project this weekend. Just like last time, we went with Blik decals. Here's a pic of the final product: Larger View For the record, there are 99 balloons, each put up... 168@http://www.kevincooney.com/ Projects 2010-04-13T09:15:24-05:00 http://www.kevincooney.com/archives/000167.php Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow have a costume parade every year, and this year I want to take part in it with Darren. So I'm working on a costume for us. Rather than tell you what it is right now, I'm... 167@http://www.kevincooney.com/ Projects 2009-10-14T20:36:25-05:00