Well, just as quickly as the sickness came, it went away. Like I mentioned in my last post, he ate that food last night and hasn’t had any problems since. We’ve still been rationing his food and water so he doesn’t overdo it, but I think that new food just didn’t agree with him. He’s […]

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Teddy’s got an advanced case of the barfies today. I woke up this morning to the sound of him throwing up in the hallway outside of our bedroom, and we found that he had peed on our landing. Again. Throughout the course of the day, he threw up several more times. I called the emergency […]

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A few days ago I became a new member of the Natural User Interface Group (or NUI Group) forums. This forum specializes in all things multitouch, many of the members have put together their very own Microsoft Surface-like tables. Most of the multitouch interfaces map mouse movements by tracking blobs of infrared light made on […]

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The roll call today was , , Oedewaldt-san and myself. We started out with a “getting warmed up” run, followed by some basics and combinations up and down the floor. We got most of the way through the black belt katas before we decided it was time for some sparring, so we took turns rotating […]

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Looking at my work calendar for tomorrow, I see that I only have one meeting conveniently located over the lunch hour. Why is it that people aren’t considerate at all about that? Oh well… that’s a separate rant all together… with a calendar that clear, I have been considering taking a half-day off. The more […]

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My work schedule has been crazy lately, but I did find a few moments to check my Google Reader. I happened across this article via Slashdot, which details how to rejuvinate an aging laptop computer on the cheap. Mine’s a few years old now, and shows signs of age and wear. Shortly after I read […]

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I came home early today to find that the house had the power shut off again. Apparently, there was a tree limb on the lines and they needed to work on it and repair the service. When I got back to my computer after karate, I noticed that the orange battery light was on indicating […]

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Tonight was one of those “just what the doctor ordered” type of workouts. A very basic first class led quickly into a second class chock full of sparring combinations and partner training. Eventually I ended up across from Sensei Quinn, and we were mixing it up pretty well. As usual, I was making a kiai […]

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Today I had some support tasks to do at work that required me to be there at 6 am. That meant that after working through lunch, I was able to leave at the ripe old hour of 2 pm. The weather was cooperating, so I decided to call my Dad and see if he wanted […]

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I knew this weekend was going to go quickly, but here we are on Father’s Day and the weekend is gone. Part of this is due to me catching up on sleep finally, and the rest is due to having to work yesterday. First off, Happy Father’s Day, Dad!! We did make a stop by […]

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