Jynnan Tonnyx

Gee, two posts in one day? I must be coming down with something…

I forgot to post that we had Sabrina baptized last Sunday, May 8th. We also had her 1st birthday party that afternoon. She actually turned 1 Last Thursday, May 12. Her Aunt Sara (”Ra-Ra” to Sabrina) and Uncle David (actually not an uncle, just a good friend, one of my groomsmen) are her Godparents.

Sabrina has started talking a little the past few weeks. She calls the dog “Ah-Dee,” and she calls me “duh-duh-duh-duh…”. She says “hi” from time to time, and as I said, her Aunt is “Ra-Ra.” The really perplexing thing is, she won’t say “Mom,” or “Ma,” or anything. When I ask her, “Who’s that?” and point to Jennie, she’ll say “hi” and wave, but that’s all. I figure it’s just because she doesn’t have a need to talk about Jennie yet, since she can almost always talk to her instead.

I saw this on my friend Ellie’s blog and decided to try it.
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Edit (4/25/2006): I am officially discontinuing support for this plugin. I have a comment near the botom explaining further.

This is my first public WordPress Plugin. It’s sort of an “inverse” of Owen Winkler’s Adhesive plugin. Whereas Adhesive makes posts “sticky,” Solvent makes them “slippery,” so that they won’t be displayed on the front page of your blog, no matter how recently they have been written. Read more…

I’ve worked with a lot of people in the technology industry who think that technologists (engineers, scientists, IT workers) are, or at least should be, above politics. I’ve known lots of them who think they can engineer better lives for themselves and humanity without having to get their hands dirty. I think several things going on in the political landscape right now should convince anyone that’s not true. If anything, it’s time now, more than ever, to get involved in politics, especially if you’re a technologist. Read more…