Aeryn's First Day of First Grade

W00t! W00t!
She does it like a pro: no tears, no running.

A note about the school, the Science Academy of Chicago: I wouldn't say 'multicultural' as much as 'bicultural'. Large Muslim presence. Funny for a nonreligious school run in what used to be a Catholic school, adjacent to a Catholic church, to be full of what many people might say 'scary people', and yet they prefer this over a 'muslim school'. The Jews send their kids to religious schools, the Catholics send theirs to religious schools and here are Muslims--perceived as being even more devout--sending their kids to a 'science academy'.

Well, at least we don't need to move to a predominantly Muslim country in order to learn a bit more of their culture.

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This is the story of a story...

The story being "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

No matter how often I hear the radio programme (it's English, not U.S.ian) it holds up. It's funny, and not in a drooling sort of way but in a deeply complex sort of way. And it's still socially relevant which reminds us that no matter how much time has passed, people are basically creating and dealing with problems that they foist on each other in an attempt get ahead of each other.



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Slim PS3. Fewer fingerprints. Better clearance next to HDTV on pedestal.

The new 'slim' PS3, on the right, is about 1/3 the size and weight of the current PS3 and comes with a 50% bigger drive (120GB) for the same price as the current PS3 (80GB). Oh, and if it was sitting next to our HDTV (which is on its pedestal rather than a wallmount), we could rotate the TV without scraping the top of the slim PS3 or knocking it over.
So, if you want to wait for the smaller system with the bigger drive, it will be here soon. If you want to get a PS3 for less, wait until the new one comes out and then you can buy the 'old' one (with the 80GB drive) cheaper. I've got the 80GB one and I don't think I've anywhere near filled the drive, however, my usage may not be 'typical'. I tend to use ours for playing a few games (Killzone 2 is da bomba), as a Blu-Ray player (where else could I get a Blu-Ray player and game machine for $30 over an ordinary player?) and to stream multimedia content to it using the Java PS3 Media Server app.
Perhaps other fill the drive up with downloads from Sony, game saves and updates.

Flight to Singapore

Can't do that in coach...


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Chicago, Chicago...

:-)

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Still waiting...

At least the airport has power again...

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Welcome to Toronto...

unfortunately we can't get you off the plane because of the lightning. Don't be alarmed if the plane is hit by lightning as it should pass along the skin of the airplane. At least, that's if the plane is airborne -- no grounding issues. When the plane is on the ground... I wonder what happens then...

Toronto airport (see the 'Sheraton' sign in red?), Gate F1, after the power went out, in a storm, stuck on the plane.

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