Entries from February 2009

February 25, 2009

BehindTheMedspeak: Clap your hands say yeah — you’re carrying MRSA

Scary.
BehindTheMedspeak: Clap your hands say yeah — you’re carrying MRSA: ”

Heres Kathleen Homs February 3, 2009 Washington Post Health section story.
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A Show of Hands Reveals the Value of Good Hygiene
This
may look like an art project your kid brought home, but its actually a
startling visual lesson in the importance of hospital hygiene. During [...]

February 23, 2009

Wall-E Wins Oscar For Best Animated Feature [The Academy Reads Giz]

Hurray!
From Gizmodo:
“Wall-E Wins Oscar For Best Animated Feature [The Academy Reads Giz]

A great day for the longtime Gizmodo love target. Andrew Stanton accepted, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t hoping for a prerecorded, one-word speech by the character himself. Or by this.

February 23, 2009

Father/daughter relationships lead to more girls following dad’s career path

Huh. Well, Molly IS very good at passing gas…!
From Science Blog – News from Science, Medicine, Space, Physics and More — Science Blog:
“Father/daughter relationships lead to more girls following dad’s career path

Good news, dad! All those times your daughter appeared to be tuning you out? She was probably paying more attention than you thought. In [...]

February 22, 2009

Ancestor to Mac OS X’s Spinning Rainbow Beach Ball Cursor Found at Vienna Bakery [Apple Buns]

Neat.
Ancestor to Mac OS X’s Spinning Rainbow Beach Ball Cursor Found at Vienna Bakery [Apple Buns]: ”
As Gizmodo reader Christian was walking his dog the other day in Vienna, he stumbled upon what could be considered the original inspiration for Mac OS X’s ‘spinning beach ball of death.’
The included pic, supplied by Christian, says it [...]

February 21, 2009

Coincidence

Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.

-Albert Einstein

February 19, 2009

5 Seconds

We had 5 seconds of independent standing today. Hurray! Molly looked like a surfer, knees slightly bent, arms out, looking all around. Finished her feat by falling forward to daddy’s arms. She was so happy!
After a stormy morning complete with tornado warnings, Gainesville brightened up to a beautiful breezy day. Molly took her first assisted-steps [...]

February 18, 2009

Ars exclusive: Review of Papers for iPhone

Oh my! Could it be? How great!
From Infinite Loop:
“Ars exclusive: Review of Papers for iPhone

A couple of years ago, a Mac OS X application came along and
blew my socks off. I raved about it at the time, and continue to do so just
about every chance I get. That app was Papers, which has done for [...]

February 17, 2009

More Pictures!

More pictures! Approximately 40 photos posted to our Smugmug account, out of nearly 400 taken since Jan 31.
Ran many of these through Noise Ninja. Very impressive how easy it was to use with Aperture. Seems colorful photographs fared particularly well.
These past few weeks have been a true joy. Molly is now fully and [...]

February 16, 2009

Fun from the Weekend

Saturday:
Long outing for Daddy and Molly, giving Mommy some time home. Molly was a little overwhelmed at Best Buy, enjoyed Publix (and all of the attention). Triggered at least one couple to start talking about having kids!
Sunday:
Church: Lots and lots of happy sounds. She was a peach. We let her sit down between us [...]

February 15, 2009

Geneva Preview: 2010 Audi A4 allroad quattro ready for its closeup

Nice looking.
Geneva Preview: 2010 Audi A4 allroad quattro ready for its closeup: ”
Filed under: Wagons/Estates, Geneva Motor Show, Crossovers/CUVs, Audi

Click above for a hi-res gallery of the new Audi A4 allroad quattro<br /
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While every other automaker was pumping out SUVs by the truckload (so to speak), Audi insisted that its wagons could offer the [...]