It seems like it was only yesterday when I took this picture of Simba when he was 7 weeks old.
Yesterday he turned 6 years old, still a funny happy jumping bean of a dog.
I love my pups.
Update: Oops. I’m such a bad doggy parent. Simba’s birthday was the 20th, not the 27th. I’m getting the days of the dogs’ birthdays mixed up.
Seminar topic: Energy imparted
Next week I have to give a presentation for my seminar class.
I decided to dump the one I’ve been working on for the last couple of weeks because I don’t think I’ll be able to throw together anything coherent enough yet using the data I have.
I have a week to finish up my new topic, which is essentially going to be something of a literature review.
Now I have to finish reviewing.
Charleston Eats: Heart Woodfire Kitchen
Heart Woodfire Kitchen opened a while ago in the spot that used to house Daily Dose. Where the inside of Daily Dose was the kind of grungy-earthy (not grungy-dirty) bohemian feel, Heart Woodfire Kitchen is the opposite. Inside is a brighter, cleaner, although somewhat cool spartan environment. It’s the kind of feel you get from all concrete/cinder block surroundings. The colours are nice though. The service is very friendly and the general manager seems to like going around talking to people at the tables.
Good food too.
Escarole, egg and proscuitto flatbread
Giant chocolate chip cookie.
Door chime
My Star Trek door chime arrived in the mail today. The first time they showed up on ThinkGeek they sold out pretty quickly and I missed the window of opportunity.
They look just like the panels on the show, although perhaps a little more glossy. The sliding switch on the speaker part lets you toggle between the Star Trek door ‘whoosh’ sound (up) and a red alert klaxon (down). The red light flashes when the red alert goes off. Pushing the white button makes the intercom sound.
Around the back of the comm panel are a two switches that control the volume and which motion detectors (one on each side) are active. The panel can be set to use either left or right detector, or both. 3 AA batteries power the unit. Two slots for screws let you mount it to the wall.
Side view showing one of the motion detectors.
As far as I can tell, the white block doesn’t light up at all, which is too bad. Would have been cool if it lit up when the button was pressed. I wonder how hard it would be to hack a light into it.
I think it’s pretty cool.
Update: I decided to mount it next to my bedroom door. When I go to sleep I can set it to the red alert alarm and it will go off if someone tries to sneak into my room. Not that anybody ever does that.
Downsizing the wardrobe
A year and a half ago, I didn’t need a belt to wear these 36 waist pants.
Now they slide off me and I almost need a belt to wear the 32 waist pants I pulled out of retirement.
The comments I’ve been getting from people about how I’ve lost weight and how skinny I look? Pretty cool.
Time for a wardrobe refresh soon.