I arrived at the Louisville, KY airport at 5:30am, Feb 29 and tried to check in for my flight #1755 to Dallas, TX. As it turns out, the confirmation/look up number I received with my itinerary was invalid. They couldn’t find it. And then, upon further investigation, the ticket had been refunded or somehow mis-scheduled. I had to get back in line (I’d been holding up the line this whole time and by now, it was long).
Breast milk contains stem cells – Monday, 11 February 2008 – By Catherine Madden
The Perth scientist who made the world-first discovery that human breast milk contains stem cells is confident that within five years scientists will be harvesting them to research treatment for conditions as far-reaching as spinal injuries, diabetes and Parkinson’s disease.
But what Dr Mark Cregan is excited about right now is the promise that his discovery could be the start of many more exciting revelations about the potency of breast milk.
My life has shifted. If my perspective on the world were comprised of tectonic plates – it’s as if a new continent has formed, replete with earthquakes, tsunamis, and the readjustment of every other piece of the former world. That analogy is poor, because in my case, all these changes are great. Great is an understatement; magnificent is an understatement.
So – here’s the short story for those who haven’t heard it yet.
We got to visit Molly, Randy, Simon, and Gena on 2008.01.13 – for an early Gena birthday and to show off Anita in the final stages of pregnancy (due anytime now…)
Apparently, Gena is into Disney Princess stuff… Anita was able to come to the rescue and provide the appropriate frilly dress and paraphernalia. A fun visit – to be sure…
Note the really neat images of Simon watching his train & Gena running across the room in light-up shoes (slow shutter speed == action shot == cool)
I was looking for an API for Google Analytics. I didn’t find one, but I did find a slick little application for looking at the reports and stats of Google Analytics.
Google Analytics Air
The Google Analytics Reporting suite is an Adobe AIR application that brings Google Analytics to the desktop. It uses it’s own custom API to interact with Google and nearly implements all features of Analytics. See the feature list for more info.
Anita and I went to the Dr. and got the latests baby-weight… it’s 31 pounds. That takes the pregnancy weight from ~20% to ~25% of her previous body weight. A picture’s worth 1000 words… and I’m wouldn’t write that much anyway, but here are some pictures to prove my point:
And a few more, for good measure:
Hello everyone. We like to do things a bit latter…
you know, catch the after Christmas sales and have more time to
prepare. This year that philosophy also extends to Christmas cards and
in this case, emails.
The year of 2007
January of 2007 Alan’s team got outsourced to Singapore and he found a new job working for friends doing web development. Alan also picked up a contracting job which ended up being part-time which ended up being his new full time job this November.
A good and busy Christmas this year. We stayed in Louisville because Anita’s too close to due-date to travel. Had 7 different family engagements in two days and enjoyed every one… though at the end of things we are certainly tired. We had too much food and too much sugar, enough sleep and a great amount of fun.
Photos of Christmas:
PS: +Facebook
Also – I setup a facebook profile +photos, because it’s the thing to do.
<p> </p> <blockquote> <p> The Pig type is usually an honest, straightforward and patient<br /> person. They are a modest, shy character who prefers to work quietly<br /> behind the scenes. When others despair, they are often there to offer<br /> support. This type of person is reserved with those they do not know<br /> too well, but as time passes and they gain confidence, those around<br /> them may discover a lively and warm-hearted person behind that mask of<br /> aloofness.
It’s long, but great – go read the Nerd Handbook and understand your favorite nerds just a bit more. Here’s a quote from the top:
Understand your nerd’s relation to the computer. It’s clichéd, but a nerd is defined by his computer, and you need to understand why.
First, a majority of the folks on the planet either have no idea how
a computer works or they look at it and think “it’s magic”.