Make me feel better, sell it over-the-counter

tom | October 31, 2005

Somehow I found myself reading about a cool little device called the Epi Pen Jr., a product that allows you to administer a bit of Epinephrine (Epi) when needed, either to yourself or for your child. Currently it is only available through a pharmacy and with a prescription. Epinephrine is often administered when [...]

How’d I Miss This?

tom | October 27, 2005

Just ran across the Dilbert Blog. Dunno if it’s the official Dilbert rant box but it sure is funny. And somewhat politically incorrect — Surprise!

Sleeping In

tom | October 27, 2005

Kerri and I have not been logging much sleep the last few days because Ben has had Croup. This is not our first exposure to the beast — Ben had it on his birthday last February and in June of 2004. Abby has had it at least once before, back in 2003. [...]

Google Base: Let the speculation begin!

tom | October 26, 2005

Found an interesting entry on Slashdot which indicated some sort of data store offering from Google. The original article entitled: Google Base: All your base are, in fact, belong to us doesn’t inspire nearly as much curiosity as the contents of the article warrant. But it is a clever title for sure.
Google wants [...]

My New Pet Rat

tom | October 23, 2005

A rat seems to have found The Garage quite cozy at night and has decided to come visit daily, after the lights go out. I’ve been trying to kill the little sucker (as has Sunshine) for a couple of weeks now but he continues to avoid my poison placements and the neck-breaking mechanism of [...]

Northern Exposure

tom | October 22, 2005

I had quite the busy schedule last week, seeing more of my Canadian friends in a four day stretch than I’ve seen in more than a year. Monday I hooked up with Ross Rader for dinner and conversation while he was in L.A.
I spent Tuesday through Thursday in Santa Clara at ISPCon, solely to [...]

User tracking for a good purpose

tom | October 17, 2005

Slashdot has a little snippet regarding Tracking Cell Phones for Real-Time Traffic Data. I love the general idea but would be concerned if the results from the data were not freely available. I’d really love it if the aggregate data was open and freely available. Think of the cool applications that could [...]

Cleanup Weekend Is Here!

tom | October 16, 2005

Every year our volunteer Home Owner’s Association manages a neighborhood garage sale with a cleanup weekend two weeks later. This gives everybody the chance to get rid of old or unneeded things and ultimately helps keep the neighborhood looking nice. For example, TQ decided to put a new rook of his house so [...]

Watching Baseball, Footbal and Bill Cowher

tom | October 10, 2005

Tonight we have a great fotball game going (Pittsburgh at San Diego) and a good baseball game (Angels vs. Yankees), in the same time slot. It can be hard to switch between two good football games but for some reason, at least tonight, it has been very easy to switch between the football and [...]

Brunch at Our Place

tom | October 10, 2005

As I mentioned in an earlier post, John and Cindy came over last Saturday night and watched our kids while we had a night out on the town. Since they stayed the night we took the opportunity to invite other siblings over for a Sunday morning brunch. Pat and his family had previous [...]