Done yesterday (20100219 Fr)

[mdlbear]

0219 Fr
  % BPH.  Grr.
  * up 6:15; W=199.8; drugs, nose, teeth
  * Thankful Thursday
  @ First have a great use experience, then have a great user experience
  @ Steve Jobs, 1996: "Apple Will Be the Nike of Consumer Electronics"
    The Nike of consumer electronics. I mean sure, aspiring for Nike's level
    of name recognition and synonymity with their industry is forgivable. But
    in 1996-1997, Nike's name wasn't just synonymous with shoes and
    sportwear; it was synonymous with shady work practices, after an
    extensive Life Magazine article about labor conditions in Pakistan led
    with a photo of a small boy surrounded by Nike merchandise. To aspire to
    be Nike that year was to aspire to be successful at all costs. 
  * walk: 6x around pond
  @ Standers Space-Saver Walker
    * ordered
      There seem to be both "Space Saver" and "Metro" walkers; some but not
      all Metro pictures show bags; Metro walkers are more expensive.  They
      look identical and have identical descriptions.
  @ Invacare Full Electric Hospital Bed Package. Includes Mattress, Rails
    * ordered
  @ more on school spyware:
    School Accused Of Spying On Kids... | Techdirt (+ PBS video)
    Update: Students Knew "MacBook Cameras Turned On Randomly" as School
    Administrators Gave Technical Excuses
    cf: Telescreen - Wikipedia
  @ Beautiful wooden clocks to build at home - Boing Boing
  @ DataPortability.org - Share and remix data using open standards
  @ Home Recording for Musicians for Dummies - ordered from Powells
    (found by Colleen in the Kindle store)
  ~ failed to call broker after finding number in cell phone
    Did start thinking about what to say, so that's something
  * Olympics - ice dancing, super-G, women's skeleton; Colleen
  * bed ~11:30; snuggle; S=8788

A good day. Put in several orders, including the big one for a pair of hospital beds. Good price at Amazon, and for some reason didn't hold back the way I usually do. About time -- the original idea was that we'd rent for a month or two to see how we liked it, then buy. That was last May.

Some good progress at work, too. Damned good thing, and about time. It looks like a scary, wild ride ahead as $research-project tries to turn into a product on a tight schedule.

A good walk in good (i.e. cool) weather; don't know what happened to the step count. Possibly tilted wrong? Or just lazy the rest of the day. Who knows?

Lots of good links under the cut, as usual.