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Ah, to be a parent..

Got a note from Roxane’s teacher (and asked for permission to post the note publicly) about a couple behavior issues. I thought this was just too cute to pass up sharing.
“Mr. and Mrs. Shuler.
I have had many discussions with Roxane about bathroom behavior. It is important that she go right away and come [...]

29 Aquarii

A new meme..

Thanks Darrell, Eric, and Kelley
Step 1: Go to Wikipedia’s random article page. The first article you get is the name of your band.
Step 2: Go to the Random Quotations page. The last four words of the last quote is the album title.
Step 3: Go to Flickr’s Interesting photo page. Third picture, no matter [...]

Burra Sahib

One of my heroes has passed. Sir Edmund Hillary was a humble and honorable man who dedicated many years helping the people of Nepal build schools and medical clinics - a much grander accomplishment than any mountain.

Blog Spam Trap

I went from 100’s of blog spams a week to under 10 in the last week with a simple .htaccess addition:
# begin spammer
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent “^TrackBack/*” spammer=yes
Order allow,deny
allow from all
deny from env=spammer
# end spammer
This catches an evil little script with a UserAgent of “TrackBack/1.02″ that has been hitting from many IP addresses - I would guess [...]

Fear and Parenting

Eric posted about his daughter’s Child Development class this semester, and how the old egg “baby” the student cared for back in our days, has been replaced by a highly realistic electronic doll. The doll keeps track of feeding, diaper changing, rocking, head support, etc., and the statistics are downloaded from the doll by [...]

Baby Roxy Walking

Tim found a movie he took when Roxane spent the night at their house, years ago. This was right when Roxane was learning to walk, so she was right about 1 year old - must have been January 2003, because Roxy took her first steps Christmas 2002.

Career Cruising

Thanks to: darrell, heather, anton, and mark for an interesting quiz to cruise. Seems I have a bit of creative mad scientist in me
1. Explosives Specialist
2. Camera Operator
3. Industrial-Organizational Psychologist
4. Multimedia Developer
5. Electrical Engineering Tech
6. Electronics Engineering Tech
7. Geologist
8. Avionics Tech
9. Nuclear Medicine Technologist
10. Optical / Ophthalmic Lab Technician
Give it [...]