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Puzzle the Seventh


Burn Everything!

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner…

Sam and Ivan talk about:

  • Internet Balkanization
  • Service Lockin
  • Censorship
  • Software Licences
  • Oil Spill Update
  • Koran Burning

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14244.4458 Days

As of right now, 16 Sep 2010 at 07:39 UTC (12:39 AM Pacific, 3:39 AM Eastern) I am exactly 14244.4458 days old, which is also of course exactly 39 years. Ouch. Those are getting to be big numbers. :-)

Calculation below:

  • Born: 16 Sep 1971 at 20:58 UTC (1:58 PM Pacific, 3:58 PM Central, 4:58 PM Eastern)
  • Julian Born: 2441211.37361
  • 1 year = 365.242199 days
  • 39 years = 14244.4458 days
  • Julian 39 Year Birthday = 2455455.81941
  • 39 Year Birthday = 16 Sep 2010 at 07:39 UTC (12:39 AM Pacific, 2:39 AM Central, 3:39 AM Eastern)

Happy Birthday Alex!!!

Alex is now officially one year old! Woo! Happy Birthday Alex!

Alex Birthday Calculation

Non-geeks might just say Alex’s birthday is September 12th and be done with it, but of course I can’t do that, I have to be a bit more specific. So here is the calculation…
  • Date and time Alex was born: 12 Sep 2009 at 16:39 UTC (9:39 AM Pacific, 12:39 PM Eastern)
  • Converting to a Julian date using a Julian Date Calculator gives: 2455087.19375
  • Adding 1 year (365.242199 days) gives the Julian Date when Alex is exactly 1 year old: 2455452.435949
  • Converting back to a normal date using the same Julian Date Calculator gives:
  • 12 Sep 2009 at 22:27 UTC (3:27 PM Pacific, 6:27 PM Eastern)

Hey look, that is later today!

Specifically, that will be exactly 12 hours from the time of this post. I’m sure I’ll make another post in 12 hours when Alex *actually* hits the milestone, but consider this an early preview. At 3:27 PM Pacific, 6:27 PM Eastern, Alex will be one year old. Gulp, our little boy is just a few hours away from being a whole year old! Unbelievable. It can’t possibly have been that long…

View of a Staycation through a Sleep Lens

Dots are individual daily readings of the percent of time I spent asleep in the prior 7 days. The red line is a smoothed trend line (even though the points themselves are already smoothed by virtue of being over 7 days). I was on a “staycation” August 19th through 31st. The increase in time spent asleep is clearly visible.

Puzzles the Fifth and Sixth

Taken 2010 Sep 10 22:55 UTC

Stick that Thing in your Pocket

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner…

Sam and Ivan (and Alex) talk about:

  • Facebook Interactions
  • Dumb Phones
  • Smartphone Distractions
  • Mormon Bubbling
  • WTC Construction
  • Ratings Agencies
  • Note Taking Apps

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Whoa How did that happen?

Hey, look, after several days of pre-scheduling posts at regular intervals, it appears I am all caught up on both posting pictures and posting my little blurbs about things I have watched and such. Woo! Now I won’t know what to do with myself. I’ll have to start thinking of other things to post perhaps. Or maybe I just need to take more pictures or watch more stuff. Of course, I still need to catch up on the monthly Alex videos. And there is a Curmudgeon’s Corner that is recorded but not yet posted. So look for those soon. But for now, I’m all caught up. Woo! Woo!

Little Rock n Roller

Taken 2010 Sep 5 01:50 UTC