Sunday 30 July 2006

It. Is. Done.

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Saturday 29 July 2006

Things I learned today:

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Friday 28 July 2006

Friday Fun!

Google Is Officially A Verb
http://techdirt.com/articles/20060705/232200.shtml

"From the standpoint of Google, however, this could take them a step closer to losing the trademark on their own name, as it starts to fall into more common usage. Can Google sue the Oxford English Dictionary? "


Tourist Remover
http://www.snapmania.com/info/en/trm/howto.html

An interesting service which lets you remove extraneous tourists from your holiday snaps. (I wonder if it works with photos of your ex?)


Your genes are shaped in part by your ancestors' life experiences -- no pressure.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/ghostgenes.shtml

"What people do no longer just affects themselves, but can determine the health of their children and grandchildren in decades to come. "


Thursday 27 July 2006

This week's most ...

... surreal experience:

Fifty-plus children and caregivers sitting in a room for storytime, reciting "Goodnight Moon" without having to look at the pages being flipped.

"In the great green room, there was a telephone ...."

Wednesday 26 July 2006

Tuesday 25 July 2006

Random bullets

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Sunday 23 July 2006

The only time is now

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Friday 21 July 2006

Friday Fun!

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Thursday 20 July 2006

This week's most ...

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Tuesday 18 July 2006

Pre-Party Panic

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Monday 17 July 2006

Sunday 16 July 2006

The Compact: 3.5 months in

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Saturday 15 July 2006

I've been rooked.

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Friday 14 July 2006

Friday Fun!

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Thursday 13 July 2006

This week's most ...

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Wednesday 12 July 2006

Rain, rain ...

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Monday 10 July 2006

Update: One Red Paperclip

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Sunday 9 July 2006

Water safety tip

I was recently reminded that a toddler, if drowning and panicked, has the strength to submerge and drown an adult who is trying to save them.

Here was the advice offered to me:
  • if possible, use a life-saving hook to fish them out of the pool / water
  • if you have to get into the water, offer a life-buoy, flutter board or life-jacket for them to grab hold of
  • if you have have to get into the water and have no objects to offer, approach the victim on your back, with your feet closest to the victim. Be prepared to offer a firm kick to the victim's chest in the event they grab at you and try and push you down in an effort to get their own head above water.
Hopefully, none of us will ever have to act on this information.


Saturday 8 July 2006

It's a small world

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Friday 7 July 2006

Friday Fun!

Predicting the future -- search engines as "(the) database of intentions."
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/05/business/05leonhardt.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
http://www.google.com/trends

For those serious about environmentalism -- build your own grass chair.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/04/get_ready_for_s.php


Question: How do you pave a 2.66 mile long track with a 33 degree bank in the turns?

Answer: Very carefully, with steamrollers and 40-ton pavers on 3-point winches and cranes. And to get the bulldozers (used as counterweights) at the top of the turn, you have to disassemble the entire crash netting. They've been at it for 2 months, and they're only half done.
http://www.talladegasuperspeedway.com/news/photo_galleries/


Thursday 6 July 2006

This week's most ...

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Tuesday 4 July 2006

Paralysis

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Monday 3 July 2006

Sunday 2 July 2006