http://hash.twylaandtodd.com Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:35:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'd swear it was even hotter when the wind was blowing. http://hash.twylaandtodd.com/2009/02/07/115/ From February 2007 From January 2009 http://hash.twylaandtodd.com/2009/01/19/brother-and-sister/ I've posted a bunch of pictures of our trip to New Zealand but they don't mean much without some context. Here's some of the highlights from the first few days. We left home for the Melbourne Airport on Saturday morning before 6:00am with two suitcases, two car seats, a couple of ... http://hash.twylaandtodd.com/2009/01/03/new-zealand-2008-chapter-1/ Twyla and I often talk about the livability of Melbourne primarily in the context of our ongoing debate about if, when, and where we will we move next. In the car a few days ago we did some quick calculations about our driving habits compared to what we were used ... http://hash.twylaandtodd.com/2009/01/03/cars/ This short review of the impacts of bacteria on the body is absolutely fascinating. It's also a topic that Twyla is passionate about, having devoured every book, article, and online discussion she can get her hands on. Introducing and maintaining beneficial bacteria in our kids from, literally, the beginning of their ... http://hash.twylaandtodd.com/2008/11/06/bacteria-and-the-human-body/ At my desk in the office on election day... local time is 12:10PM, 7:10PM in Austin. I've can't get the audio feed from KUT or the video feed from CNN so I've got all of the following on my screen right now: New York Times Election Results Dashboard MSNBC Election Widget Daily Kos ... http://hash.twylaandtodd.com/2008/11/05/watching-the-election/ After a hard drive crashed a few months ago, I made the switch from Windows XP to Ubuntu on my work laptop. I've used Linux for a long time but hadn't run it as my primary system for years and especially not at work. It's really been great and I've ... http://hash.twylaandtodd.com/2008/10/31/running-ubuntu/ I sent in our absentee ballots for the '08 election yesterday. It was a bit anticlimactic after having followed the race so closely, swept up in the excitement of a potentially historic vote. I missed not going to the community center at the "Y", signing in and manipulating the big ... http://hash.twylaandtodd.com/2008/10/22/i-voted/ A recent visitor to our house in Austin... Picture courtesy of Lolo. Update 8-Oct-2008: It's a harmless orbweaver spider. Scroll down to Orbweavers on this page. Remarkable that the picture is almost identical. http://hash.twylaandtodd.com/2008/10/07/house-guest/ Flights to Auckland? ... check iPod loaded with The Lord of the Rings soundtrack? ... check Campervan booked for an eight day driving tour during which my wife, two small children, and I will camp on the side of the road in a foreign country where sheep out number people 20 to ... http://hash.twylaandtodd.com/2008/09/29/new-zealand-here-we-come/