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YouTube: dailyburn intro video.mov

2010-03-21 00:00:00 -0400

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Dailyburn has some new features. I used this site last year to lose nearly 30 lbs. I'm currently using http://fitbit.com to maintain my weight and track my activity level... along with http://runkeeper.com and http://connect.garmin.com. Dailyburn recently release a multi-tiered pricing scheme which I don't really care for - especially when some of the core features clearly need work. They could take a page from Fitbits UI design and make the food/calorie entering process easier.

OpenDNS Blog, Happy 25th .com! - The First Domains

2010-03-20 00:00:00 -0400

The first ten registered .com domains:
Symbolics.com - March 15, 1985
BBN.com - April 24, 1985
Think.com - May 24, 1985
MCC.com - July 11, 1985
DEC.com - Sept. 30, 1985
Northrop.com - Nov. 7, 1985
Xerox.com - Jan. 9, 1986
SRI.com - Jan. 17, 1986
HP.com - March 3, 1986
Bellcore.com - March 5, 1986

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She May be Five, But She is Still My Little Bean

2010-03-19 00:00:00 -0400

As I noted, my little girl turned five last week.  We celebrate, again, with all her little friends this coming Friday.  A friend commented on the birthday photos I posted and how big she was getting.  It really is amazing!  Five short, barely perceptible, years ago she was the football-sized "proto-human" pictured below - totally messing with my concept of self.. and my sleep patterns.  

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Today she is my little buddy, my longest term wetware programming assignment, my stubbornest opponent, my shard of immortality..  She changed how my wife and I view the future and united us as a couple and as a family in ways more profound than marriage vows or quiet nights alone ever could. 

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It certainly was more comfortable when my wife and I were completely self contained units.  Since childhood we've learned to build up walls to protect ourselves from the cold harsh realities of life.  (Unfortunately, these same walls often keep us distant from the ones that we love too.)  Now a very innocent and, in some ways, fragile part of ourselves is exposed again.  It has opened me up in ways not experienced since childhood.  I'm closer to my wife and loved ones because of it.

These "revelations" have got me thinking a lot about the human condition.  I used to dislike people, in general.  Really.  I used to be agnostic at best.  These days, I feel more.. spiritual.  I feel like all my grievances with organized religion(s) have been, somewhat, petty in the grand scheme of things.

Anyway, to make a long story short.  The birth of my daughter was the start of something great - a fork in the road I'm glad I took.  I am in total awe of this life, the human condition, and all that it means - not that I completely comprehend it.  

I'm truly blessed by God and I give thanks.

Emma's Fifth Birthday

2010-03-17 00:00:00 -0400

We celebrated Emma's fifth birthday at home with Grandma and Grandpa (Bacca) Chapman. This Friday there will be a kid's party.

Rochester, NY's St. Paul Underpass

2010-03-11 00:00:00 -0500


The St. Paul underpass is rammed at least a couple of times a year by sleepy truckers that miss the warning signs. How long before this bridge gives in? This guy didn't get stuck. I've actually seen trucks wedged under the bridge.