Ow! Thank you, may I have another?

Received my first IPL treatment yesterday. IPL is Intense Pulsed Light, or PhotoFacial. Let’s just say that I don’t think it should be called “facial” at all, because it’s not like any facial in the traditional sense of the word.

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A bright idea

We purchased our first CFLs this weekend, and have installed four of them. CFL stands for Compact Flourescent Lamp, and while it’s not exactly the wave of the future (LEDs are), it’s a step in the right direction.
CFLs replace your regular old run-of-the-mill incandescent light bulbs. The technology has progressed to the point where a CFL creates the same light as an incandescent for a lot fewer watts. And they’re a lot better than the old flickery flourescent lights that you remember from hotels back in the nineties. They don’t flicker any more.

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Good quote

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems – not people; focus your energies on answers – not excuses.
-William Arthur Ward

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Good luck, buddy

Whilst browsing on one of my favorite photography sites, photo.net, I found a post from someone asking for help in fixing a Nikon F100 with a stuck self-timer. He wants to fix it himself, and thereby save the cost of sending it to a professional. Someone posted a helpful PDF of the disassembly of a Nikon F100. I pulled page 7 of 18 to show here.

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Speech: not so much

So our weekly e-mail from BabyCenter says that Zozo should have a few words now, and will start making small, two-word sentences. “No more.” “All done.” That sort of thing. And she’ll start to refer to herself in the third person. “Zozo all done.”

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