07.04.08
Posted in YouTube, Travel
I saw in my feedreader this morning that youtube may have to release user information to google and viacom. I am literally walking out the door to catch a plane, but I wanted to save this link to write about it before I leave.
Google Told to Turn Over User Data of YouTube
In the meantime, what do you think about this decision - the implications? Especially the need for viacom to know not only who uploaded the file, but the users who watched it. Is it illegal to watch a youtube video now if it contains copyrighted content??
cross posted from here
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07.03.08
Posted in way too personal
this week has kind of sucked! first all the tooth problems, and let me tell you eating yogurt for a week will make you a bit irritable - and then today when I was finally feeling good, I strapped on my running shoes and hit the trail. Literally. One ER visit later, all is pronounced well and the really big gash did not need stitches after all (yippee!). Now, off to Turkey! A week in the sun. A week in the sun. A week in the sun. YES!
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Posted in PhD Panic, way too personal
No more excuses. The searing tooth pain is finally on the mend (can actually smile today!!), and I must must must finish this small assignment before going away tomorrow. I need and want my week in the sun - and preferably with only trash to read!
Until then… back to reading! Maybe I can do it in my bikini in the sun…. noooo, then I would not get anything done 
(channeling the good student. Come out good student)
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07.01.08
Posted in toys
Maybe that means I have retained an iota of objectivity! But considering the level of jonesing for the new iphone, probably not!
61%How Addicted to Apple Are You?
Created by OnePlusYou
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06.30.08
Posted in way too personal
I had a reprieve in my dental nightmare. I found a dentist that I would consider actually revisiting. It all started with a somewhat botched root canal, the filling falling out, me being too scared to get it fixed, then the inevitable infection. Of course, without the nerve in the tooth, the infection went on a while before I noticed it, but when I did I went to the emergency dentist office at the hospital where a horribly incompetent dentist told me that nothing was wrong, proceed to stick her pointy tool through my gum, then sent me home. The tooth broke the next day (the dentist did not bother to fill it) and I took a recommendation for a dentist that could help and who did not mind scared patients. This morning I went to my new dentist, she took one look and identified my tooth as not only infected, but also a lost cause. It was pulled and I have been sucking down soup and iced coffee since. As I have mentioned before, I have a phobia of dentists– or so I thought. Apparently, my fear is of the drill specifically. The dentist herself did not scare me, the needles never scared me, the huge screw driver things she used to pull out the tooth did not scare me… but as soon as the drill came out I was a puddle of freaked-out mess. And the sad part, is this instrument of torture just sits on a tray at eye level taunting you until it is used.
My reprieve, you ask? Why the dentist, of course. She explained everything, was very calm and not shy with the drugs. I could consider going back to her, and she told me that together we would make sure that I did. She inspired trust. Oh - and she could work the chair!!!!
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06.16.08
Posted in way too personal
Today I found myself caught in the bowels of dental hell. I had to go to the emergency dentist, and for those of you who know me know that I have a severe phobia of dentists. After waiting for about 4 hours, I was seen by a woman who was at least 70, and obviously just filling in during summer break because when I sat in the chair I ended up with my feet in the air, then sitting upright, then flat on my back with my head hanging off the back of the chair before she could get the hang of the controls! She took an x-ray and told me that my problem was not an emergency, my rootless tooth was not infected, and I could make an appointment to fix the filling later. But even if I had blood running from my toothless gums, I would not have let her work on me. She could not even work the chair. This is not confidence building in a patient who sits and shakes and silently cries the moment she sees a dentists chair. I practically ran out of the room in panic and did not make a future appointment. I need to find a regular doctor and give up the emergency clinic. Maybe then I can go before there is no other option. But probably not…
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06.04.08
Posted in way too personal
(In no particular order)
1. Learning
2. Energetic conversations
3. Time spent giggling and tickling
4. Taking time to surround myself in warmth (be it water, sun, kids, etc)
5. Making someone laugh - even myself
6. Figuring out the ‘why’
7. The cognitive processes of becoming (both myself and my kids)
8. Exploring
9. Finding things in places they should not be
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Posted in YouTube, Travel
I just finished watching the documentary, 10mph, where three guys ride a Segway across American in 102 days. It was a decent film, and made you think about the speed at which your life passes. I agree with the narrators that how quickly or slowly your life passes depends on how much passion you are putting into your life. Life is short, you have no time to not live passionately - but at the same time, (as the narrators end with) life also is more slow than we think and opportunities are there for the grabbing. They key is not in recognizing opportunities, rather finding the energy and passion to grab on and do more than make it through the day.
I can recommend watching the film and planning your own trip 
What are you passionate about?????
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06.01.08
Posted in physical spaces, way too personal
I took these two videos standing in the same place, about a month apart. There is quite a difference in the amount of water, and from what I understand it will take nearly a month more before the river reaches its peak. This is a great example of why water is such an important resource for energy in Sweden.
May 1st:
May 31st
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