November 13, 2007: Three Days to Europe!

Dominica and I made an attempt at going to the Chinese restaurant on Commerce Street here in Newark that is directly across the street from us as we have not even tried to eat there yet all of the time that we have lived here. It is impossible to tell when this restaurant is open …

November 12, 2007: OLPC XO!

Today is the release of the One Laptop Per Child OLPC XO computer! Even with just two hours of sleep Dominica got me out of bed and made me head out to the computer at a quarter after six in the morning to place one of the very first orders for our very own XO. …

November 11, 2007: Email, Ruby, Perl, Podcasting

Oreo made me take him out late before going to bed and then got me up in the middle of the night to take him on a long adventure through Newark.  I’m not sure if he had a tummy ache or if he was just bored and tired of just laying in bed.  But it …

November 10, 2007: Happy Birthday Luna

I was up before eight this morning. It was fifty-five degrees in our bedroom when I got out of bed and closed the window. Dominica and Oreo were still fast asleep and would be for at least another hour. I closed the window and figured that a load of dishes would help to warm up …

November 9, 2007: Diwali

Today is Diwali, the Indian Festival of Lights. Don’t forget that your chance to buy an OLPC XO for yourself while donating one to a needy child in the developing world begins on Monday at six in the morning. The donation is $400USD and half of that amount is tax deductible. Additionally, T-Mobile is providing …