March 15, 2011
Mom's Home!
RIP Microsoft Zune Player, 2006-2011 (related link)
Good morning! I dropped the girls off at their schools and head into the office. I offered up a set of Sorrowful Mysteries for my mom's health and listened to yesterday's readings and homily via EWTN the rest of the way. Looking forward to lunch with my spiritual director later today.
One of my favorite online tools, LastPass, had a significant security update. (related link) They've always been a pretty darn secure means of keeping a set of difficult passwords, but it's good to know that they are vigilant about plugging any holes they find.
Silly fact of the day: “The brain makes up 2% of a person's weight. Despite this, even at rest, the brain consumes 20% of the body's energy. The brain consumes energy at 10 times the rate of the rest of the body per gram of tissue. The average power consumption of a typical adult is 100 Watts and the brain consumes 20% of this making the power of the brain 20 Watts.” — So effectively, the brain is the United States of the human body. ;-] (We're always hearing stats that the USA is 4.5% of the world population but uses so much more energy...~25%. Nevermind that we produce ~22% of the world GDP.)
Back from lunch with my spiritual director. Always good discussions. And for Opus Dei nerds: I learned that many of the works of Scepter Press are available on Kindle. Another thing I didn't know: his late brother was the bishop that took over the diocese from the bishop Claire served with last Sunday. Small world.
Apple handcuffs 'open' web apps on iPhone home screen. I'd love to understand what causes this...
Wish I had time tonight to do a writeup for Catholic Media Promotion Day but I'll be busy RCIA prep'ing for tomorrow.
In light of Google's concern about spam'y sites that copy others' web content, I got a kick out of this parody: (related link)
Just before heading home I got news that my mom was released from the hospital. I left work on the late side (again) and listened to TWiT #292 along the way.
After dinner got the boys tucked in bed with their prayers. Then spent time with my resources preparing for tomorrow's RCIA class. This Sunday's readings include the call of Abraham and the Transfiguration of Jesus, both known for their calls to follow God with trust and faith into the unknown journey ahead.