Search Results: gave

Spam Thoughts
Mark Minasi, a guy who writes a Windows newsletter about various IT tricks and other things related to using a Windows system. This month, the majority of his newsletter was about spam, and I think he missed a couple points, so I wrote to him, and it ended up pretty long, so I figured I might... (More)
Posted by jondaley on November 2, 2005, 8:39 am
Category: Internet
Internet
Since it appears that Speakeasy is not going to be able to figure out how to reconnect our internet, at least for a while, I got internet working simultaneously on our desktop and our laptop this morning.The trick is that the laptop has the modem, and only has a wireless network connection to the... (More)
Posted by jondaley on October 21, 2005, 8:30 am
Category: Internet
It's A Snap!
Jonathan has tried before, unsuccessfully, to fasten the snaps on his onesies. Part of the reason it's hard is that the more he bends over to concentrate, the more his back pulls on the back part, the tighter the snap is - if he tried to adjust his grip, he usually dropped it. So today, I... (More)
Posted by joyful on September 7, 2005, 1:01 pm
Category: Jonathan
Good Sailing on the River
On Monday after dinner, Jon said, "How about if we go sailing?" So we packed up and headed down to the boat ramp near his work - on the Monongehela almost under the Birmingham bridge.The wind was nice and strong this time, the best we've had on the river. Because we are now confident with the... (More)
Posted by joyful on August 18, 2005, 4:51 pm
Category: General
Pancakes, LEDs, Colors
On weekends, Jonathan often helps Daddy make breakfast while Mommy gets a little bit of nice time to herself with God. This Sunday morning, Jonathan successfully used the spatula to lift the pancakes off the griddle and onto the plate! Jonathan has also started learning the names of electronic... (More)
Posted by joyful on August 9, 2005, 3:33 pm
Category: Jonathan
Routine Ultrasounds Are Harmful
My friend gave me an update on our mutual friend whose baby is due next week. The doctors want to induce now, a week early, "because the baby has lost weight." How do they know this? By ultrasound. Which can be wrong by a pound or more in either direction. Another friend had a similar... (More)
Posted by joyful on August 6, 2005, 12:16 pm
Category: General
Internet Searching
It seems that lots of people have trouble typing in keywords into search engines that result in the hits that they want. Every once in a while I have to go to the second page of results, but generally things are available on the first page.For example, I was recently asked, "How do I get... (More)
Posted by jondaley on June 22, 2005, 2:57 pm
Category: Internet, Reviews
Catch Up
With visitors and camping, I have not been as faithful in recording Jonathan's growth as I'd like. But here are some recent things. He pointed to the bandage on my finger and said, "bandain. ow." He has been quite interested in "bandains" and even asked me to put one on his finger too. He... (More)
Posted by joyful on June 21, 2005, 1:54 pm
Category: Jonathan
Music Meme
I had heard of memes before, hadn't paid much attention until Adrian Drury mentioned it a couple weeks ago on snurgle, and today I noticed a post on Oscar's blog inviting me to participate. Total size of music files in my computer 1003 songs, 62 hours, 3.88GB Last record bought... (More)
Posted by jondaley on June 2, 2005, 7:26 am
Category: Internet, Reviews
Robins
In my research on robins, I found this spectacular site called A Robin's Diary with videos and day-by-day updates. I picked a great time to take photos of our nest today - the parents had just come back from worm hunting when I got inside. I haven't put the pictures on the computer yet, but... (More)
Posted by joyful on May 26, 2005, 11:11 am
Category: General
20 Questions?
A co-worker purchased this game which is kind of fun, and I found the Darth Vader version on Yishan's blog . (More)
Posted by jondaley on May 25, 2005, 12:11 pm
Category: Internet
Sick Again - Diagnosis
We went in to see Dr. Anderson yesterday because Jonathan has had a recurrence of the coughing and throwing up routine, and this morning started a fever. He says it is most likely a virus that is causing postnasal drip, which is irritating his throat to make his cough, which is causing his... (More)
Posted by joyful on April 5, 2005, 8:07 am
Category: Jonathan
Kids Just Grow Up So Fast
I called my friend Alissa today and her four and a half year old son William answered. I said hi and asked for his mom and he said, "Well, she's downstairs right now, but you can talk to me and tell me what you want to say and I can tell her." It was not that long ago that he would only say,... (More)
Posted by joyful on March 17, 2005, 10:11 am
Category: General
One Disadvantage to Signing
For lunch on Saturday we had pasta with red sauce. Jonathan had it all over his fingers when he signed "please" and smeared sauce all over his shirt! (More)
Posted by joyful on March 14, 2005, 8:47 am
Category: Jonathan
Hot and Cold
Jonathan love to say "hot" and he often says hot when he means cold - ie snow, ice cubes. This morning while we were looking out the window, he said, "hot" again for the snow and the cold window. I showed him the sign for cold and repeated the sign for hot and explained to him that they were... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 10, 2005, 3:39 pm
Category: Jonathan
«Previous   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12  Next»
culpable-adaptable