4:17pm. Todos: fly a kite with Noah (the 7yr old), work on Noah’s racer, take Noah to his grandparents, find Jeep manual so I can change out the starter motor.
Category: Daily Life
Ramblings, often stream of conscious, journaling the events of my life.
Busy Day
Dragged myself to a start. Finally got a bath and dressed. Noah (the 7 yr old) and I took the digital camera out to see Sarah (the 10 yr old) and the wife. Noah was terribly excited about working on his pinewood derby race car for scouts and terribly irritated with my initial sluggishness and then the distraction of going to the GirlScouts Thinking Day. What a great event! Noah had much fun but when he reached his fill he was itching to get to the pinewood derby workshop. Took many picture of Thinking Day (will post later). Noah and I got back in the Jeep and rolled it to a start (did I mention the starter is out). He gets a hoot out of that. He particularly loved it when I got out and started pushing to make it roll faster then jumped back in. Mom will be mad!
Some below age level behavior at the workshop but otherwise fun. We are struggling through the boring part. Noah wants a complicated car. We may end up wtih a wedge of cheese. The great cheese racer! That would actually be fun. I got all my questions answered except for forgetting the all crucial question “how do the wheels actually go on?” Our design should grab the prettiest but I’m not sure how we will do on speed. Next year we will go for speed!
Met the rest of the family at the mall and returned home minus 2 grandparents, 1 great grandparent, 1 10 yr old girl; heavy 1 7 yr old boy, 13 yr old boy, 1 wife and 1 toddler. Oh, roll started the Jeep in front of mall security. That should generate some interesting breakroom conversation. “Uh, George, I think I watched someone steel a Jeep today…”
A New Day! Let’s start the day off with a PayPa…
A New Day!
Let’s start the day off with a PayPal donation link:
This Morning
* awoke when the alarm went off at 7 but quickly returned to deep sleep and didn’t drag myself from bed until 8
Last Night
* Apparently needs some explanation – nah…
A little too sticky to write right now (that was f…
A little too sticky to write right now (that was fun).
Short version: Dinner with only 2 of the kids. The wildest 2 away with the grandparents. We kept the picky eaters. 7 yr old falls asleep in the restaruant. All eyes on Dad as he carries the young one out to mummerings of “how cute!”
Spray glued myself to the porch.
Sleep time.
(better writing later)
Sad – Like labels on coffee cups stating "Contents May Be Hot"
You know, it’s really sad when Symantec has to publish a response like this:
The Irish Virus is a hoax and it should be ignored. The following is a sample of the hoax message:
The Irish Virus is a hoax and it should be ignored. The following is a sample of the hoax message:
Greetings, You have just received the “IRISH VIRUS”. As we don’t have any programming experience, this Virus works on the honour system. Please delete all the files on your hard drive manually and forward this Virus to everyone on your mailing list. Thank you for your cooperation.
Techno-Dad and the Neutron Babysitters
So, I’m now very inspired to put video cameras all over the house. I was able to use one of the computer cams to keep an eye on my daughter while she watched Blues Clues. I had the pleasure of programming while watching her try on her sisters hat and watch tv and play. Mostly she watched television. Here is my wife’s impression.
Public Outrage!
Bush dictates ideology to deaf community through secret censorship. Advocates for deaf charge censorship in closed captioning
The Bush administration has cut off its closed captioning for nearly 200 TV shows, prompting charges of secret censorship to promote an ideological agenda. …
…”What they are doing is telling the nation’s deaf what they can and can’t watch,”…
…”They put a fast one over on all of us because they didn’t go to public notice and comment. They just secretly did it.”…
…The blocking of the 200 programs was not a cost-cutting measure, Justesen added. …
…He said the new ruling also discriminates against people who use captioning to learn English as a second language and hearing parents with deaf children who might want to choose what they watch on TV together. “Talk about family values.”…
An internal memo in 2002 instructed federal government Web sites to eliminate content that “does not reflect the priorities, philosophies or goals of the present administration.”
The Bush administration has cut off its closed captioning for nearly 200 TV shows, prompting charges of secret censorship to promote an ideological agenda. …
…”What they are doing is telling the nation’s deaf what they can and can’t watch,”…
…”They put a fast one over on all of us because they didn’t go to public notice and comment. They just secretly did it.”…
…The blocking of the 200 programs was not a cost-cutting measure, Justesen added. …
…He said the new ruling also discriminates against people who use captioning to learn English as a second language and hearing parents with deaf children who might want to choose what they watch on TV together. “Talk about family values.”…
View the complete list online: Recently Approved and Disapproved TV Programs for U.S.
Note the inclusion of programs such as “Courage the Cowardly Dog,” “AMC Documentaries,” “I Dream of Jeannie,” “What’s New Scooby-Doo?,” and “Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius – Nickelodeon.”
In other backwards stupidities, Bush attempts to keep the US living in a bygone era through futher senseless censorships:
An internal memo in 2002 instructed federal government Web sites to eliminate content that “does not reflect the priorities, philosophies or goals of the present administration.”
This included the disappearance from the Centers for Disease Control Web site of instructions on how to properly use a condom to avoid sexually transmitted diseases.
Help save the United States! Vote NO to Bush in 2004!
Mis-interpreted News
As a follow up to yesterday’s Mis-interpreted News
US: Leave Haiti While You Can
(CBS/AP) The latest U.S. travel warning for Haiti advises Americans to leave now…
Credits: Picture from http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/ Original article seen on http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/06/world/main598583.shtml
(CBS/AP) The latest U.S. travel warning for Haiti advises Americans to leave now…
Juggler’s made up interview responses:
“Get out! We have no weapons of mass destruction!”
“Party’s over mon!”
Credits: Picture from http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/ Original article seen on http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/06/world/main598583.shtml
CSS Correction
To anyone using the following css:
.PostComment{padding:20px;margin:0px;color:#444444;font-size:80%;}
.PostComment{padding-left:20px;margin:0px;color:#444444;font-size:80%;}
.PostComment{padding:20px;margin:0px;color:#444444;font-size:80%;}
It needs to be updated to have “padding” changed to “padding-left”. The old method caused the top to be padded 20 pixels and therefore any links within 20 pixels of the top of something designated class=”PostComment” were “covered up” and difficult to cliclick on.
.PostComment{padding-left:20px;margin:0px;color:#444444;font-size:80%;}
I’ll continue to try to provide better and better CSS as people need it.
Nix tapes. I need music right now.
Nix tapes. I need music right now.
Listen to tapes for productivity
Several days ago I was recalling that my most productive times were when I regularly listened to “productivity” tapes while driving. Then my brother mentions he is listening to tapes. And my 10 yr old girl is on the radio today so I pull out an old boombox to record her. Now! I have a tape player by my desk. I think I’ll listen to tapes while I work.
Just had a reason to retell this story: I remem…
Just had a reason to retell this story:
I remember in high school I’m sitting there on my Apple //c clicking away on my 2400 baud rockin connection and Dad comes in, doesn’t say a word, and gently places a hammer on top of the $600 modem. He walks to the door, turns around and says “the next time I try to call your mother before I leave the office and I get a busy signal, that hammer goes through the modem” This was before caller id, call waiting and affordable cell phones. It was very effective!
Work!
Morning play time over. Time to break the speed of CPUs!
Tim – Australian for "body armor"
Does anyone remember those Foster beer commercials “Foster’s – Australian for Beer” Below is one (or a spoof on one):
I think my friend Tim’s pictures should be captioned with “Australian For Bruise.” This is one tough character! He was playing soccer with a broken collar bone! Now for us Americans the translation of “soccer” is “football.” We aren’t talking about the white and black ball that you can’t touch with your hands; soccer means pig skin! [apparently I buggered that one]
Visit Tim and wish him well!
Ad found: here Looks like possibly the original work is by CaseyBatey.com
Apparently it is the morning for everyone to wake …
Apparently it is the morning for everyone to wake early. The 13 yr old awoke just in time to sit with the 7 yr old and listen to their 10 yr old sister talk on the Radio. The 10 yr old girl did a better job than the DJ! (proud Dad!) She really did well. She enunciated and gave full answers with the exception of one brief session of “uh huh”s. She would make a wonderful radio personality!
