Monthly Archives: October 2007

Apple killed my battery!

Posted on 31 October 2007 by a1291762

Holy crap! I installed Apple’s Battery Update 1.3 when it came out (a month ago) and since then I’ve noticed my battery life wasn’t so good. How bad is it? I’m at 49% capacity. I was able to play games … Continue reading →

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Food Preferences

Posted on 29 October 2007 by a1291762

We had a lamb roast yesterday and finished the leftovers today. I noticed something strange today. Emily and Isaac had eaten a bit and when I looked Isaac had only meat on his plate while Emily had only vegetables. They … Continue reading →

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Comparing Language Development

Posted on 27 October 2007 by a1291762

This morning, Emily said “I want a drink”, over and over. Isaac said “please drink” so he got a drink. Isaac says please most of the time now and if he forgets a quick prompt will get him to say … Continue reading →

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Google pwns my email

Posted on 24 October 2007 by a1291762

A while ago now, I changed my email address from whatever it was before (can’t remember now) to an iTools address. iTools is the service that Apple ran for Mac users that was free and “for life”. However, Apple decided … Continue reading →

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Using Thunderbird with an uncooperative LDAP server

Posted on 23 October 2007 by a1291762

I switched from KMail to Thunderbird at work because I had to upgrade to OpenSuSE 10.2 and KMail no longer lets me view my folder heirachy in a sensible way. I don’t care that IMAP generally puts everything as a … Continue reading →

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Kid Update

Posted on 22 October 2007 by a1291762

In some ways, Isaac’s language is ahead of Emily’s. He says please and thank you with minimal prompting and sometimes spontaneously. Emily still just doesn’t seem to get it, refusing to use please in a sentence and telling us what … Continue reading →

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Isaac's language moves along

Posted on 1 October 2007 by a1291762

Isaac’s language has moved along another step. He can say a few multi-word sentences (including the charming “more please”). He tries to sing the alphabet song but only gets “A B C D” (though I guess that’s quite an achievement). … Continue reading →

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