30 year anniversary of the Walkman

I'm not sure if this story makes me laugh because it's so funny, or cry because I'm old!

Walkman, at 30, a mystery to teen

What better way to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Sony's iconic Walkman than to ask a teenager for some feedback on the device?

The BBC couldn't think of one, and neither can I.

I like to imagine that the experience was similar to an archaeologist rediscovering how a recently excavated artifact was employed thousands of years ago. But I'm well aware that it must have been different for 13-year-old Scott Campbell, who co-edits his own news Web site. For one, teenage impatience must have stood in the place where I fantasize scientific curiosity should have been.

"My dad had told me it was the iPod of its day," Campbell wrote. "He had told me it was big, but I hadn't realized he meant that big. It was the size of a small book."

Sure enough, people on the street noticed the antique clinging from his belt with amusement and friends on his school bus were quick to come up with some witty remark.

Campbell went on to criticize the portable cassette player's size, appearance, functionality and the "hissy backtrack and odd warbly noises."

Even when he discovered the cassette had more music on the other side (it took him three days), Campbell was still disappointed it could only hold a small fraction of what an iPod can.

"Did my dad ... really ever think this was a credible piece of technology?"

Ouch.

A daily dose of postings from The Chronicle's technology blog (sfgate.com/blogs/tech)

This article appeared on page C - 2 of the San Francisco Chronicle

It's getting better all the time...

No, not really, but one can hope. I'm mean I can't see things things getting any worse for a while. I was all looking forward to summer and getting things done and then I found out onFriday that I have Lyme Disease. Yes, that thing you get from ticks. And now I'm sore and cranky and on a 21 day course of antibiotics. My joints ache something fierce and occasionally I get really light headed and I'm so tired. Of course the tiredness may also be chasing after three kids and still getting up 1 to 2 times a night to feed the hungry Buddha. So wah wah me... that's then end of my whinning.

If you care to read more about Lyme Disease, check out this link to the CDC. It's very informative and will answer all your questions.

Summer Fun

More Photoshop Fun

Here's some more photo shop fun/ advertising.

Photobucket Fun

I finally get a moment to myself and what do I do with it? Waste it photo-shopping of course!

Actually I really needed to improve some pictures of some hats I am selling in my Etsy shop, but then the procrastinating side of me came out. And this was the result...

Maya Tinted

Maya as Ink Stamp

Maya ala Andy Warhol

Miles calls...my moment is over.

Why Three Is So Much More Than Two

Life is busy. I used to think that having kids was like having cats. You already got the food, the toys and the beds, why not have 2 or three? (Insert maniacal laughter here.) Let me list a few reasons why 3 seems so much harder than 2.

1. As a parental unit you are now out numbered.
2. You only have two hands.
3. With two, usually only one kid would have a problem at any given time. Now it seems far more likely that two are demanding your attention simultaneously, and then the third one will join in just because. I call this my "Lemming Theory", or the "Jump on the Bandwagon Theory" also known as "Why the Hell Not?"
4. You can effectively drown out one child crying. Two you can attempt to ignore. Three makes you want to gouge your eyes out.
5. Your car and everything else you own will suddenly be too small (and I don't care how big your house is...I guarantee it will seem too small).
6. People start to question you about the third child as in, "Wow, did you plan to have three?"
7. Now you can't really tell who "did it", because there are more kids to blame each other.
8. Someone is always napping so it is virtually impossible to go anywhere.
9. Someone is always hungry so it is also virtually impossible to get out of the kitchen.
10. That one extra load of laundry when you had your first child, has now turned into three or more extra loads of laundry a week.

I cold go on, but I don't want to scare anyone away from having children...I just want you to think very carefully before you do. I know I should finish this up with something cute like... "and of course there is three times the love..." but I have to tell you right now I'm not feeling the love. Give me a few more months to start sleeping again and then I'll let you all know.

Getting Artsy

Trying out some new Photobucket techniques.

Valentine's Day Cutie

Mom's Hat Model

Mommy and Me and a field of Daisies

Miles Anthony Has Arrived

After much anticipation Miles Anthony Adams made his arrival Friday, January 30th at 10:50pm. We were admitted into the hospital around 6:30 after pacing the halls for an hour to make sure it was really labor. The midwife broke my water around 7:30 and Miles showed up about 3 hours later, face up just like his sister! He weighed in at 9 lbs 9oz. and is 20 in. long!

We came home today and all seems to be going well. He is a real sleeper!

Maya and Anya are thrilled with their new baby brother.

Now we can settle in and watch the Superbowl from the comfort of our own couch! GO STEELERS!