I’m in the mood for a change. So please bear with me while I work on the site for a week. I’ll be fixing it up on the main site, so you’ll see changes as I work on it. I want the site to be a bit simpler, less crowded and less commercial. I hope [...]

I just realized I started this blog in January 2009. I was surprised to realize it’s been a year of blogging. As usual, time goes by very fast, until I reflect on the details. Here are some of them: From our lives: Ero learned to do everything within this year… walking, talking, hugging, thinking, eating… [...]

I’m curious. What did you give for Hanukkah or what are you going to give for Christmas? Or the 12 days of Yule? I am told tonight is the “Wild Hunt.” But I digress. Who are you people and where do you shop! We got this little truck for Ero. We got Lou a little [...]

Starting this fall, you’ll have a new reason to trust the information you find on Wikipedia: An optional feature called “WikiTrust” will color code every word of the encyclopedia based on the reliability of its author and the length of time it has persisted on the page. This is a nice addition I think. From [...]

I just talked to our doctor about the flu shots. The swine flu vaccine is two separate shots. So add that to the regular flu shot…3! Ouch. Anyways, I researched Guillain-Barre Syndrome which seems to be the worst thing that can happen from vaccines. It paralyzed one for a few weeks, and kills a huge [...]

From Wired.

A full frame camera is a more awesome camera than the SLR’s most of us have. Unfourtunatly they cost $3000. But as Consumer Reports says, the prices are dropping, and this report was a year ago. Thanks Grandpa Rich for telling me about it. But, you may be wondering, just what are the benefits of [...]

Here is who should be first in line this fall when the H1N1vaccine becomes available, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control announced today: Pregnant women, all children (except those under 6 months old), teens and young adults up to 24 years old, people with babies under 6 months old, healthcare workers and non-elderly adults who have underlying [...]

This graph thing helped me understand a bit more at the NYT.

Japanese satellites caught the solar eclipse from space. It’s pretty cool. And here are some cool picts of the eclipse too. It was the longest solar eclipse of the century. Edit: I just heard the reason we use special glasses to look at an eclipse is because when we look up at the sun it [...]

Up popped thousands of videos, showing everything from women giving birth under hypnosis, to Caesarean sections, to births in bathtubs. An interesting read, I think it’s great for people to be able to see what they are in for online. From the NYT.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned General Mills Inc. (GIS) that the labeling for Cheerios whole-grain oat cereal contained “serious violations” of agency rules. From the Dow Jones via CNN.