May 29, 2010
April 13, 2010
Maker of Things You Can Only Imagine
Who needs real toys? I mean seriously. Wish I'd known we could have more fun with cardboard diaper boxes, card stock, masking tape and a lazy susan. Countless parents have warned me about this, so now I'm warning you.
Don't buy toys. (or, in our case, accept hand-me-downs for free)
Make them.
The less realistic, the better.
I give you Exhibit A
Remember when I made this for Lucian?
He lost interest in it after a while, so I was about to put it into recycling when he discovered something new he could do with it. It's no longer a stove. Now it's a spaceship. Oh, and he also now has a co-pilot!
Exhibit B
Enjoy your kids.
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Makers of Things You Can Only Imagine
March 29, 2010
Spring Cleaning for Your Mac
Even a neat freak, Type-A personality like me is guilty of letting my Mac get a little messy from time to time. I came across this video recently that I think will really help a lot of Mac users. Chris Breen, Senior Editor of Macworld, gives a wonderful tutorial with explanations that make sense on how to do some simple cleaning methods to tidy up and even speed up your Mac. It echoes many of the tips I've previously written about. Great minds think alike! I really hope this helps you out!
March 7, 2010
Keagan's First Laugh
Caught by my iPhone - Keagan's first real laugh. One of the absolute best sounds in the world! Too bad I have to make a silly noise to provoke him, but he really likes the noise I make for some weird reason!
March 6, 2010
All Those Years of Watching CSI Finally Paid Off
If you were a pair of prescription glasses belonging to a 3 year old and went missing, where would you hide out? That's the question I've been asking myself for the past day and a half. The answer is -- behind our headboard under OUR bed, of course!!
Thanks to our handy-dandy laser flash light (married to a science teacher, remember?) I (Daddy helped) went super sleuthing all over the house pretending I was Catherine Willows because she's the ex- stripper on CSI Las Vegas processing a house in a crime scene. I even used the blacklight setting. I EVEN DUG THROUGH OUR TRASH CANS!!
Ewww! Why? Because my darling, sweet little Lucian told me he put his glasses in the trash "because they were dirty." Yes. The child has a warped sense of humor. (Thanks, Mom. Hope you're happy now.) This is the very reason kids are cute: so they live into their teenage years. I've been told that next, they start to smell and then I'm not sure what Darwin says is the reason they make it into adulthood. What's still an unsolved mystery is: Why do we bother with actual toys? Why!??
TheMacMommy
Sent from my iPhone
March 2, 2010
February 26, 2010
Bouncy Boy
Keagan at almost 4 months old in his Johnny Jump Up. His little feet just barely graze the floor, but somehow he is able to gain momentum with just one toe!
February 24, 2010
Sprechen Sie Wa?
This always cracks me up whenever I get this forward. Just had to share. I think it is very creatively written. I hope it puts a smile on your face today.
from an email forward:
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.
By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensi bl riten styl.
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi TU understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.
If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl.
February 15, 2010
Flirt
Keagan being a flirt :)
He now smiles and coos constantly. He seems to be a very happy baby. Except for a few times when he has gas, but aren't we all just a little unhappy then?
He even laughs repeatedly when interacting with him now. What an amazing thing to witness! I'm so happy to be staying home at this point in the journey this time around!
He now smiles and coos constantly. He seems to be a very happy baby. Except for a few times when he has gas, but aren't we all just a little unhappy then?
He even laughs repeatedly when interacting with him now. What an amazing thing to witness! I'm so happy to be staying home at this point in the journey this time around!
TheMacMommy
Sent from my iPhone
Thank You @MacMousecalls
Here's your Q T π x 2
They love their shirts!
Looking forward to visiting you this summer!
Love,
Keagan & Lucian
February 10, 2010
Think Summer
My family participated in the Fresh Air Fund when I was a little kid and I have some fond memories of it. If you have some extra room in your home and heart, please consider checking out the program.
Here's hoping this gives you some warm thoughts to keep you cozy while digging out of the snow!
February 5, 2010
Jump!
Jump, jump, jump around!! Jump up and git doooooown! Jump around!
I want and adult version of this thing.
It's the small-fry Air Jordan!
TheMacMommy
Sent from my iPhone
February 2, 2010
Mission Accomplished!
(edit: previous post had omitted photos for some reason. oops!) Yay! He likes it! He made me fish (playdoh blue shark cutouts, to be exact) and electric spaghetti. We love to use the playdoh kits he got for Christmas.
Sent from my iPhone
We managed to capture Keagan's 3-month hand and footprints. It was not easy. I'm excited to see how they turn out when dried. If it works well, we may try this Crayola air dry clay again.
Didn't manage to get photos taken yet. I'm hoping to try tomorrow. I have a really cute outfit picked out. Keagan is only 3 months old, but he's wearing 6 month sized clothing! He is such a little stomper!
He is making the cutest noises attempting to talk. He "howls" like a Husky. It's so adorable and I'm hoping to capture a recording sometime. More fun tomorrow, and I hope we're all recuperating some more. TheMacMommySent from my iPhone
Silly Things We Do For Our Kids
Turns out I get a bit of cabin fever when I'm sick and forced to stay in, take it easy and rest. Um. Yeah. about that... During Keagan's nap I had fun with masking tape, sharpie markers, a box cutter, and some cardboard diaper boxes and made this little stove and microwave for Lucian. He loves to "cook like Daddy." Lucian is feeling a bit under the weather now and he's taking a nap. I'm hoping this will make him feel better. I can't wait for him to see it!
I think it's pretty darn cool if I must say so myself!!
Sent from my iPhone
In the meantime, I've got Daddy doin my dirty work! ;) Next project is to try to make handprints with Keagan. We'll see how that turns out! I can not believe he is three months old today!!
I'm hoping to snap some three-month photos of the Keagster later today so stay tuned :)
I think it's pretty darn cool if I must say so myself!!
What crazy crafts do you do with your kids?
TheMacMommySent from my iPhone
January 29, 2010
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January 20, 2010
More Blogging Toys - Adding Audio
Right now, I'm using the Dragon iPhone app called Dictate to record my voice and transcribe it into text. (I tried this before, but it's since been updated) Next, I'm going to copy and paste that text into an e-mail that I'm going to compose using the Voice Memo app so that I can also attach an audio file to the text for this post. The Dictate app did ok, but I had to come back and manually edit most of the text here on the iPhone to correct the grammar. I thought perhaps the update would be an improvement but it still stops recording every so often. In the time it took me to speak it and then edit it all, I believe I could have hammered it out on the iPhone keyboard faster and more efficiently. Finally, I'm going to post this email to Posterous which will in turn, post to my Blogger blog, facebook, Twitter, friendfeed, etc. What I'm most curious about is what will become of the audio recording I've attached. Last time it didn't work but that last post went FUBAR anyhow. Let's see if the audio file attaches this time.
Now, let's also see if I did html formatting, tagging and signature removal correctly!
I also went into my facebook Notes application settings and tried removing my blogger rss feed. I didn't like the result. It seems that instead, I need to remove the Posterous autopost from facebook so that wall posts are not duplicated. If I just leave the blog feeding the notes and the notes feeding the wall, I think that might make the user experience more positive so they won't have to leave facebook to read my blog. Only problem with that is my blog traffic stats then take a hit -- which isn't a huge deal to me since I primarily use facebook to keep in touch with friends & family. It's just not something I'd recommend for a business or professional brand. I suppose it all depends on where you pull your stats from and which services you like best.
Play It Again, SamNow, let's also see if I did html formatting, tagging and signature removal correctly!
Edit: Live Mobile Blogging with Posterous
Now I'm testing out how to make edits to a post by forwarding the original email from my Sent folder. I'm guessing I could also use copy & paste.
I wonder who can see these emoji I'm using with the iPhone app?
Nope. I did it wrong I guess. Now I'm trying it with double (( )).Can I use HTML code within the text to make a word <b>bold</b>? Let's see.
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I wonder who can see these emoji I'm using with the iPhone app?
In this test, I'm trying out the tagging feature. Hard to tell in the instructions if I need double (( )) or just single ( ). I suppose only one way to find out.
In the subject line should it be:
(tag: tinkering, random thoughts)
OR
((tag: tinkering, random thoughts))
If this post shows up without tags then I'll know what I did wrong.
Nope. I did it wrong I guess. Now I'm trying it with double (( )).Can I use HTML code within the text to make a word <b>bold</b>? Let's see.
<b>Yay! It works!</b>
Here's another thing I'm tinkering with. Trying out different ways to add multiple photos to posts. I know there is the PicPosterous app, but what if I also want to edit the photo using the PS Mobile app? [Link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photoshop-com-mobile/id331975235?mt=8 ]
Here is an example of a photo I snapped the other day using my iPhone. Within the iPhone's interface I can take this photo and edit it using the PS Mobile app, save it, then using copy & paste to post
BEFORE
and AFTER shots
How to get iTunes store links for apps to post like I did above? Use the "Tell a friend" feature in the App Store app like so:
Word to the wise: don't address the email until you're really ready to send it/post it. That send button is very sensitive. Lucian bumped my elbow while I was composing this and I accidentally pressed the send button. If you don't put anything in the address field then the send button is not yet active. You could press cancel by accident but at least then you have the opportunity to save a draft.
When it comes to editing though, I really wonder what is the best way to handle corrections, edits or retractions after you've pressed the send button. Since I currently have Posterous set to autopost to my other online social services, the feeds get autoposted but changes made do not get reflected everywhere in an auto update fashion. Facebook is one example. If I make a change to my original blog or here in Posterous, it's tough noogies when it lands on facebook. Facebook won't pick up the change. At least not in my experience.Does anyone have any suggestions for how to deal with this monkey wrench in an otherwise well-greased wheel?I'm also trying to figure out how to manage the duplicates. I have my Blogger blog set to auto update my facebook and friendfeed feeds but Twitter is also hooked to FriendFeed so my posts are multiplied like an echo there. It almost feels like bad mic feedback.I know I need to do some feed gardening in the friendfeed settings and also for facebook. The question is which feed weeds to pull from which garden?I still like my Blogger blog, but I also really like the clean look of my Posterous (and everyone elses for that matter).I don't like the way text ends up formatted (or a complete lack thereof) on my Blogger site from Posterous.
Here is a crack at adding audio to my posts. I recorded a memo using the built in Voice Memos app. Next I pressed 'share' and then I copied and pasted it here:
Boy am I sure glad I waiting till after they added copy and paste to the iPhone before getting one. Now I can see why so many people were complaining about it!
Ok, this is funky!
Right now I'm editing this post on my MacBook Pro using Mail.app because after I pasted that audio file while on the iPhone, this is what the portrait and landscape keyboard looks like!!! Weird, huh?!
Not all the keys function at the moment on the iPhone while editing this post but I was able to copy and paste those screen shots in then save the draft while still on the iPhone then open the draft in Mail.app and add these sentences.
Right now I'm going to save this draft using Mail.app. Then I'm going to restart my iPhone and see if I can come back to this draft and edit it from the iPhone without the wonky keyboard issues above.
Now I'm back on the iPhone after restart but now the images are missing. Hmmm.
Going back to Mail.app to see what's up.
Back on the laptop in Mail.app now.
Crap. I lost all of the attachments. Now I'm wondering if it's because I tried to copy and paste an audio file or if it has something to do with an email cache that got too large for the iPhone to handle in composition mode and it just purged everything.
For my next trick I will attempt to go back to the iPhone and copy and paste the attachments back into the spots where I originally had them in this post. Right now all I see are little blue squares with question marks in them where the attachments used to be. I also wonder if I'm allowing enough time for the draft to save onto the Gmail server and then get retrieved on the iPhone before switching back. I know there is some kind of autosaving going on, but I'm not certain how it works.
Ok, back on the iPhone now. Going to attempt to put the attachments back using copy and paste. First I'll do the pics and then the audio last and see if I can post the final version from the iPhone. Here goes!!
Well, anyhow, these are my thoughts on blogging (for free) from the iPhone using apps and services in a turnkey manner.
Also testing how to remove the signature. Not certain if I need the single quotes or not. Let's see.
Yep, it works. No single quotes needed.Has anyone tried the Glue app for the iPhone? I may try that one next. Let me know your thoughts.
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