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In: Life
12 Aug 2008The post says it all
Burmese Refugee Children Love Macs from Joyce Kim on Vimeo.
In: Life
6 Apr 2008On Friday morning, my brother called to tell me that Grandma Isa had passed away overnight.
Isa was my father’s mother, and was one of the most amazing people in my life. In her life, she had survived poverty that few of us can imagine, seen 5 children die in infancy while raising 5 of the [...]
In: Life
29 Dec 2007So, on New Years Eve, due to the vagaries of modern air travel, the family will be spending seven hours at Sea-Tac waiting for the second leg of our trip home.
For me, this is usually not an issue, as I can huddle up in a corner with my wireless connection and while away the hours [...]
In: Life| RANTING| Technology
16 Jan 2007Ok, now that I have your attention…
Nissan has a test program in Japan that is placing receivers in cars to alert drivers when children wearing special RFID/WiFi bracelets are in the area. This is supposedly for the protection of the children. [here]
Do you see a few problems with this, mainly due to the naivete of [...]
Time to put the manic energy I have this morning to use.
One of the most interesting things about Bipolar is that genetics plays a substantial role in determining whether you will have it. In my case, my family is a disaster when it comes to mental health.
On my father’s side, there is a long and [...]
In: Life
26 Apr 2006The flights have been booked. We are going home to Canada for 3 weeks from June 26 to July 17.
United turns out to be worth something — I got two of the four tickets to Seattle on Mileage Plus points, which cut the cost of the trip almost in half.
Plus $400 for the dog. Yes, [...]
In: Life
17 Apr 2006It’s been a long weekend. But not in the three-day or holiday way.
Samantha and the boys have been in Victoria since Thursday. And Wiggles and I have been having a very relaxing time. I have finally recovered from a long cold.
I know remember why I don’t live alone anymore. It seems like a great idea, [...]
Patrick McGoohan created the amazing character of “Number Six” a year before I was born. But sitting here in my beautiful home in Massachusetts, I understand the feelings that the character must have experienced.
The premise, for those who don’t know the show, is that Number Six is a top agent for an unnamed spy agency [...]
In: smp
3 Jun 2005Back in March I commented on some things that Dave Winer said about California Schools. [here]
The main point of the discussion was that the California Public School system is in a near third-world state (with apologies to the oppressed in the third-world) due to the short-sightedness and greed that grew out of Proposition 13.
Today, Tom [...]
In: Life
24 Mar 2005Travis Smith points to this AP article on the death of the family in the two-income world. [here]
Samantha and I have discussions about this topic on a regular basis. We are a one-income family by choice and by restriction (Visa restrictions prevent Samantha from working in the US). However, the concept of scheduling our children’s [...]