Done yesterday (20091123 Mo)

[mdlbear]

1123 Mo
  * up 6:10; W=198.4; drugs, nose, teeth; coffee
  * buy: wipes, panties, immodium
  ~ 2:00 YD pediatrician (someone else driving)
  * ordered To The Landing by Zander Nyrond from lulu
  @ FBReader - e-book reader for Unix/Windows computers
  @ http://wiki.debian.org/howto_debian_olpc 
  @ Robot Polar Bears: Less Dangerous Than Real Bears, For Now
  @ How To: Back Up Any Smartphone Gizmodo
  @ The Apple Inbox - Apple powermac g4 - Gizmodo
  @ i-am-not-a-lead.com/
    there to sell ads in print publications, but good message.
  @ beamartian.jpl.nasa.gov (from wcg)
  & Fry's for a uUSB cable, and a headset to replace the one I realized on the
    way home that I didn't have on me.  Samsung WEP700, with noise cancelling
  & The missing headset was, of course, on the charger at home.
  & made roast beast sandwitches for Colleen -- leftovers tonight
  | headache.  Colleen says there was an air-pressure change.
  * homework for tomorrow
  * Bed ~11; snuggle

It wasn't a terribly productive day. My walk went by the wayside because of a lunch-time meeting with a vendor -- that was productive, but I can't say much about it.

On the way home I realized that I didn't have my BT headset with me; I used this as an excuse to stop by Fry's and get a Samsung WEP700, which is the only cheap ($30) headset with noise-cancelling. It also seems to be more comfortable for me than the Plantronics, which naturally turned up at home, dangling in plain sight from the charger cord. It may be getting to be time to give Colleen a new phone anyway.

I had a headache in the evening; Colleen said that there'd been a change in air pressure. Though it occurred to me this morning that it might have been due to having less coffee than usual the last few days.

The links for the day on the practical side were: FBReader - e-book reader for Unix/Windows computers, how to put Debian on an OLPC, and How To: Back Up Any Smartphone.

On the funny side, Gizmodo gives us Robot Polar Bears: Less Dangerous Than Real Bears, For Now and The Apple Inbox -- a practical use for an old Mac

I'm not sure how to classify i-am-not-a-lead.com/ (which exists to sell ads in print publications, but has a good message for anyone trying to do business on the web), and beamartian.jpl.nasa.gov (from wcg).

Comments

[phillip2637.livejournal.com]

The polar bear link makes be think, "Do Androids* Scavenge Electric Trash", but I guess Wall-E got there first.

*Ursoids, maybe?

Coffee

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

In my experience, "less coffee than usual" can most emphatically lead to headaches, but it tends to show up the first day that you reduce the dose, not three or four days later. One of the things I try to be quite meticulous about, in my standard food choice list, is keeping the caffeine steady from one day to the next; I have had far, far fewer headaches since I started to do this. Also, though, if you want to go back to an increased amount of coffee, you'll want to taper up slowly, or you'll find yourself really wired. Hang in there and keep us posted.

Nate