Good morning! Very busy one ahead. I have to take Claire to the orthodontist. Michelle meets with Michael's teacher. And I need to drop my car off for its 80K timing belt/water pump/rollers change. And somewhere in between that we get the kids to school.
Morning errands all done. Luckily the orthodontist has free WiFi. I caught up on emails, debugged a sim, and sent a followup while poor Claire had her teeth cranked on. Then dropped off Ruby for her mechanical maintenance. Now VPN'd into the office for the rest of the day. A debuggin' I will go... Hi-Ho the Dairy-Oh.
Took Michelle out for lunch at Cafe on the Oval and coffee afterwards. Now she's on her way to get zapped and I'm back inside of Microsoft Visual Studio.
"When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." - C.S. Lewis [Hat tip: Kathy Schiffer].
Picked up the car from the mechanic with its new serpentine belt, timing belt, water pump, and rollers. Considering the cost the only ride improvement is the satisfaction of knowing the engine shouldn't seize for the next 80k miles. After that I went to a good Step & upper body toning class. So ready to log out and enjoy some dinner now...
Got my boys tucked in and my girls set up with another "Chuck". I'm just going to study for a bit and get some sleep. G'night all.
Bookmarks I made today:
Woman Develops Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder After Wii Fit Injury
Comment: Likely the weirdest story I'll see today. Have I mentioned we have Wii Fit? ;->
Excerpt: Woman Develops Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder After Wii Fit Injury, A United Kingdom woman has been diagnosed with persistent genital arousal disorder after falling off her Wii Fit board and damaging a nerve, the Toronto Sun reported.
HTC Droid Incredible review roundup - CSMonitor.com
Comment: Within our group we are very excited about this...
Excerpt: The HTC Droid Incredible is in high demand – so much so that Verizon has delayed orders for one week to keep up with consumer demand. What's so great about the Droid Incredible? Review scores say it's worth taking a look under the hood.
Whole Foods vs Walmart
Comment: Penn & Teller also did an episode of "BullSh*t" with this theme. I love Danielle Bean's closing comment: "The question is ... can 'foodie snobs' stomach the idea of doing their grocery shopping at Walmart?"
Excerpt: [...] The tasters were surprised when the results were unblinded at the end of the meal and they learned that in a number of instances they had adamantly preferred Walmart produce. And they weren’t entirely happy.
Survey says: most teens don't have a data plan, almost all send texts
Comment: This will drive Claire even crazier. We *do* have a family plan with unlimited text and 3G data, and it would cost very little to add Claire to it. And yet we don't. We are truly EVIL parents.
Excerpt: Pew found that 63 percent of teens with cell phones don't have data plans and the vast majority of teen cellphone plans are part of a larger family plan, so the Kin's $30 / month data rate might be a hard sell to Mom and Dad.
HP Updates MacBook-Imitating Envy
Comment: Hm. BluRay, USB 3.0, 1920 x 1080 Full HD w/HDMI, ATI Mobility Radeon 5850 graphics, and CPU options right up to a *Quad core Intel Core i7* processor. Yowsers! Beefy for the money, yet the build looks like a modern aluminum MacBook. Ah, competition!
Excerpt: HP Updates MacBook-Imitating Envy Range - Laptop Review - Major performance, minor price tags show Hewlett Packard doesn't copy Apple exactly.
Comedy Central developing Jesus Christ cartoon
Comment: Not in the mood to think of a clever response...
Excerpt: Comedy Central might censor every image of the Prophet Muhammed on "South Park," yet the network is developing a whole animated series around Jesus Christ.