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125 126 </div> 127 128 <div class="box" style="padding-bottom: 30px"> 129 <img src="/images/pic.jpg" alt="Matt Raible" width="48" height="48" class="avatar"/><a href="https://twitter.com/mraible">Matt Raible</a> is a writer with a passion for software. Connect with him <a href="https://linkedin.com/in/mraible/">on LinkedIn</a>. 130 131 132 </div> 133 134 <div class="box"> 135 <p style="margin-top: 0"> 136 <a href="http://www.infoq.com/minibooks/angular-mini-book"> 137 <img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51687063929_f89f0e0f71_m.jpg" 138 alt="The Angular Mini-Book" class="book"></a> 139 <strong><a href="https://www.infoq.com/minibooks/angular-mini-book">The Angular Mini-Book</a></strong> is a 140 guide to getting started with Angular. You'll learn how to develop a bare-bones application, test it, and 141 deploy it. Then you'll move on to adding Bootstrap, Angular Material, continuous integration, and authentication. 142 </p> 143 <p> 144 Spring Boot is a popular framework for building REST APIs. You'll learn how to integrate Angular with 145 Spring Boot and use security best practices like HTTPS and a content security policy. 146 </p> 147 <p style="margin-bottom: 0"> 148 For book updates, follow <a href="https://twitter.com/angular_book">@angular_book</a> on Twitter. 149 </p> 150 </div> 151 152 <div class="box"> 153 <p style="margin-top: 0"> 154 <a href="http://www.infoq.com/minibooks/jhipster-mini-book"> 155 <img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4485/37246806720_228e653e5c_m.jpg" 156 alt="The JHipster Mini-Book" class="book"></a> 157 <strong><a href="https://www.infoq.com/minibooks/jhipster-mini-book">The JHipster Mini-Book</a></strong> is a 158 guide to getting started with hip technologies today: <a href="https://angular.io">Angular</a>, <a href="https://getbootstrap.com/">Bootstrap</a>, and <a href="http://projects.spring.io/spring-boot/">Spring 159 Boot</a>. All of these frameworks are wrapped up in an easy-to-use project called <a 160 href="http://www.jhipster.tech/">JHipster</a>. 161 </p> 162 <p> 163 This book shows you how to build an app with JHipster, and guides you through the 164 plethora of tools, techniques and options you can use. Furthermore, it explains the UI and API building blocks 165 so you understand the underpinnings of your great application. 166 </p> 167 <p style="margin-bottom: 0"> 168 For book updates, follow <a href="https://twitter.com/jhipster_book">@jhipster-book</a> on Twitter. 169 </p> 170 </div> 171 172 <div class="box" style="min-height: 145px"> 173 <div class="float-left"><a href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/10_years_ago" class="badge tenyears"></a></div> 174 <h2>10+ YEARS</h2> 175 <br/> 176 Over <a href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/10_years_ago">10 years ago</a>, I wrote my first blog post. 177 Since then, I've authored books, had kids, traveled the world, found 178 <a href="http://mcginityphoto.com">Trish</a> and blogged about it all. 179 </div> 180 181 <div class="box twitter"> 182 <h2>TWITTER</h2> 183 <br/> 184 <!--div id="status_updates">Loading Twitter updates <span class="loader"></span></div--> 185 <a href="https://twitter.com/mraible" class="follow">Follow @mraible on Twitter</a> 186 </div> 187 188 <div class="box"> 189 <h2>RECENT ENTRIES</h2> 190 <br/> 191 <ul class="rEntriesList"> 192 <li class="recentposts"><a href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/the_bug_rescue_road_trip">The Bug Rescue Road Trip</a></li> 193 <li class="recentposts"><a href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/happy_birthday_jack15">Happy Birthday, Jack!</a></li> 194 <li class="recentposts"><a href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/cruising_the_danube_on_the">Cruising the Danube on the Riverside Mozart</a></li> 195 <li class="recentposts"><a href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/a_not_so_fond_farewell">A Not-So-Fond Farewell to the 2025-26 Ski Season</a></li> 196 <li class="recentposts"><a href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/2025_a_year_in_review">2025 - A Year in Review</a></li> 197 <li class="recentposts"><a href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/happy_birthday_abbie19">Happy Birthday, Abbie!</a></li> 198 <li class="recentposts"><a href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/the_summer_of_travel_2025">The Summer of Travel (2025 Edition)</a></li> 199 <li class="recentposts"><a href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/happy_birthday_jack14">Happy Birthday, Jack!</a></li> 200 <li class="recentposts"><a href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/farewell_to_the_2024_2025">Farewell to the 2024-2025 Ski Season</a></li> 201 <li class="recentposts"><a href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/paradise_in_puerto_rico">Paradise in Puerto Rico</a></li> 202 </ul> 203 </div> 204 205 <div class="box"> 206 <h2>Tag Cloud</h2><br/> 207 <div class="tagcloud"> 208 209 210 211 <a class="tag s4" href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/tags/abbie" 212 title="72 entries">abbie</a> 213 <a class="tag s3" href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/tags/appfuse" 214 title="59 entries">appfuse</a> 215 <a class="tag s0" href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/tags/birthday" 216 title="35 entries">birthday</a> 217 <a class="tag s0" href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/tags/denver" 218 title="32 entries">denver</a> 219 <a class="tag s0" href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/tags/family"
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325 326 </div> 327 <!-- 328<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 329 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" 330 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> 331<rdf:Description 332 rdf:about="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/the_bug_rescue_road_trip" 333 trackback:ping="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/the_bug_rescue_road_trip" 334 dc:title="The Bug Rescue Road Trip" 335 dc:identifier="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/the_bug_rescue_road_trip" 336 dc:subject="General" 337 dc:description="The Bug Rescue Road Trip" 338 dc:creator="Matt Raible" 339 dc:date="2026-09-21 21:44:30.0" /> 340</rdf:RDF> 341--> 342 </div> 343 </div> 344</div> 345 346 <div class="article"> 347 <div class="header"> 348 <div class="corner"></div> 349 <div class="date"><a href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/date/20260829">Saturday August 29, 2026</a></div> 350 </div> 351 <div class="contents"> 352 <div class="entry"> 353 <a name="happy_birthday_jack15"></a> 354 <h2><a href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/happy_birthday_jack15">Happy Birthday, Jack!</a> 355 </h2> 356 357 358 359 <p>Jack turned 22 this week! Heâs in his senior year at the University of Colorado and says the other students look a lot younger now. 😅 360</p> 361<p> 362Heâs had some good jobs recently, working for the NFL at Broncos games, scouting college basketball games, and interning in football analytics. He recently achieved his Google Data Analytics certification and even picked up an 8 am math class because he wanted to be challenged. 363</p> 364<p> 365You can follow him on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-raible/">LinkedIn</a> to see what he does next. Below are a couple of recent pictures with some of his cousins. 366</p> 367<p style="text-align: center"> 368<a data-href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mraible/55495672088/" title="The Cape Cod Crew" rel="lightbox[jack22]" href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55495672088_53a96d141f_c.jpg"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55495672088_53a96d141f_m.jpg" width="240" alt="The Cape Cod Crew" style="border: 1px solid black"/></a> 369<a data-href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mraible/55495672003/" title="Abbie and Jack with cousins" rel="lightbox[jack22]" href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55495672003_7b4ae493ce_c.jpg"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55495672003_7b4ae493ce_m.jpg" width="240" alt="Abbie and Jack with cousins" style="border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 15px"/></a> 370</a> 371<p> 372Happy Birthday, Jack! Keep up the good work. 🎉</p> 373 374 375 <div class="info"> 376 Posted in <span class="category"><a href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/category/General">General</a></span> 377 <span class="dateStamp">at <a href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/happy_birthday_jack15">Aug 29 2026, 10:58:00 AM MDT</a></span> 378 <a href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/happy_birthday_jack15#comments" class="commentsLink"> 379 Add a Comment 380 </a> 381 <div class="fb-like" data-href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/happy_birthday_jack15" data-send="false" 382 data-width="325" data-show-faces="false" data-colorscheme="light" 383 id="fb-like-happy_birthday_jack15"></div> 384
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458 data-href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mraible/55408544947/in/album-72177720334783946/"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55408544947_0ff3c35f79_m.jpg" srcset="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55408544947_0ff3c35f79_z.jpg 2x" 459 width="240" alt="We found Claire in Vienna!" style="border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 15px;"/></a> 460</p> 461<p style="text-align: center"> 462 <a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55409901925_fb2594d91d_c.jpg" 463 title="So fun to meet Doug, Claire, and James in Vienna!" rel="lightbox[danubecruise]" 464 data-href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mraible/55409901925/in/album-72177720334783946/"><img 465 src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55409901925_fb2594d91d.jpg" srcset="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55409901925_fb2594d91d_b.jpg 2x" width="500" 466 alt="So fun to meet Doug, Claire, and James in Vienna!" style="border: 1px solid black;"/></a> 467</p>[<a class="readmore" href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/cruising_the_danube_on_the">Read More</a>] 468 469 </p> 470 471 <div class="info"> 472 Posted in <span class="category"><a href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/category/General">General</a></span> 473 <span class="dateStamp">at <a href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/cruising_the_danube_on_the">Jul 23 2026, 05:45:43 PM MDT</a></span> 474 <a href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/cruising_the_danube_on_the#comments" class="commentsLink"> 475 Add a Comment 476 </a> 477 <div class="fb-like" data-href="https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/cruising_the_danube_on_the" data-send="false" 478 data-width="325" data-show-faces="false" data-colorscheme="light" 479 id="fb-like-cruising_the_danube_on_the"></div> 480
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