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2008 Best Wishes from the Weinraubs

Recently, my friend Geoff noted that I had not posted any recent pics of the kids.

He’s right, of course. I’ve just been swamped lately. But also Benjamin has been distinctly uncooperative in the area of photos. Becca, on the other hand, has been great with photos, even hamming it up for the camera. Eventually, I’ll get some recent stuff assembled and posted.

But for now, here’s a little montage that is probably no more than a year old. Click for the full-size version.

Just hit me: today is the 25-year anniversary of my graduation from university.

That can’t possibly be right. Can it?

Feeling very old indeed. Sigh…

Today’s piece Empire of Carbon by Paul Krugman of the NY Times deals with China, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, carbon, etc.

According to the article, China is the largest carbon dioxide emitter on the planet. But fair is fair: they got a lot more bodies over there producing all that gas. On a per-capita basis that attempts to measure emission per-person, China’s level is far below that of the US, according to the atrticle.

But then Krugman goes on to mention something that has long been a point of my own. [...read more...]

There is something odd going on with the Bank of Ayudhya ATM network. Software bug? [...read more...]

Yesterday, the kids ask for some chocolate milk, so i go out into the kitchen to cut open the little milk boxes and pour it into bottles for them.

[ Becca still likes a bottle sometimes; gonna have to deal with that at some point. Probably wouldn't hurt to wean Benjamin off that pretty soon, too. ]

Benjamin comes out into the kitchen to help. So, I pull out two bottles and count off so he can hear: “One….. Two….”

Benjamin chimes in unexpectedly: “Three!”

Next up: Tensor calculus.

Check out “Giving Up”.

Too funny.