I guess that is an important part of his self-identification,a person is proud of being a family man and wants to share it with the world. Alternatively this may be a signal for recruiters that a person is not willing to do a lot of overtime.

Yep, this is my site and I'm just trying to give a glimpse into who I am. It isn't related to the site but sometime it's nice to hear a tad bit about the person you're listening to if you want to.

Maybe I'm just not used to it. :D

It feels to me like these american show masters, who get on stage and greet the people with a "hello, how are you doing" but since he's asking the whole audience, no one answers.

It took me years to get used to people going "how are you doing?" and just walking straight past me. To me, it seemed exceptionally rude - I'd stop, and start answering the question, but the person had just walked on. It took a while to realise that in some places it is just a greeting, and much longer to not have to consciously remind myself about that...

Yeah, English is full of weird idioms that don't mean what they mean.

"this may be a signal for recruiters that a person is not willing to do a lot of overtime."

well played :D

Whenever I see something like "I'm blessed with a loving wife and 3 amazing sons."

I always want to add "and one average son..."

Be a bit sexist and make the average one a daughter.

It's easy to forget that all this cool content on the Internet is made by people, isn't it?

If it's not a resume, it belongs. (Personal programming website) If it is a resume, it doesn't. Recruiters don't like it because it then puts them on the defensive for age discrimination issues.

Commenting on the wrong article? This is the article on contributing code to firefox :)

This quote is from the about section of the website.

Ah fair enough, hadn't noticed. Yes, it does seem a little unnecessary + irrelevant.

It's an about section by the author who was selfless and benevolent enough to make the site. How is that "unnecessary + irrelevant" when it's specifically about them?

I find it bizarre and disconcerting that this thread (questioning that comment) even exists. Had he said that he was an avid cook, surfer or music enthusiast, would anyone actually dare to call it into question?

I don't mean to be overly judgmental or ungrateful for his great work, it just seems very out of character with the rest of the site which seems focused on the technical stuff.

I don't mean to be judgmental in that horrible anonymous internet fashion, so apologies to the site creator if he happens to read that and think I am being attacking in some way - not intended.

I guess part of it for me (as a typical Englishman) is reading so many overly-emotional pieces in seemingly out of context places in articles all over and perhaps reacting partly due to that.

No offense taken :)

The information in question though, is buried in the about page, as the last category, with a title of Personal Information. If the information in a category is not interesting, just read the title and keep going.

Yeah, I have to say I feel like a bit of a dick right now. Sorry man.

I love what you're trying to do with this page. Helping get people involved in open source projects rocks, so apologies for the spot-on 4chan impression of a typer HN user I am doing!

I think I glossed over it a bit and had a 'cached' reaction the same way I do when I read something overly sentimental that is literally placed in the middle of an unrelated post, which you are clearly not doing.

My hair is not a bird. My argument is invalid.

Civil discourse on HN! A sincere "sorry" that is not a no-apology apology! Maybe this place has a chance....

No worries, and thanks!

This kind of comments I would really like to see more often on HN.