Kirby’s Ramp
Our male Bassett Hound Kirby, has a mass on his left shoulder/neck that makes it extremely painful for him to walk, especially stairs. I built him this ramp to make it easier to go outside. Grace makes a special guest appearance.
In this video, he's on 3 different kinds of pain medicationss (he couldn't even walk the previous two days) but it's nice to see him be able to go outside on his own.
Meet The Blueberry
Amy is now almost 7 months along but we still haven't named our little girl. In the early stages of pregnancy, Amy was reading a book that said the fetus was the "size of a blueberry" and of course I adopted that as her nickname. Everyday I asked "how is the Blueberry doing?" Today, I finally got to see her face. It was pretty humbling. I'm still at a loss for words so until they come to me, here is the video of the 3D ultrasound we got this afternoon:
(it's pretty long and there's no sound but pretty cool).
A higher definition .avi file HERE
Pictures to follow shortly.
The Schwarzschild Radius
I've always been fascinated by Black Holes, not because of the movie (though as a kid that was cool and I love the soundtrack) but because of the thought experiments that happen in my head when I think of them. Information loss, relative time, etc. If you have any interest at all in Black Holes, I highly recommend you check out Leonard Susskind's book, The Black Hole War. It's a pretty dumb title but a fascinating read, even if you're not a theoretical physicist.
Anyway, since I read that book, I've done lots of calculations using the Schwarzschild Radius (Rs = 2GM/c2) to determine the size you would have to compress some matter (like the Earth or Sun) to create a gravitational constant (aka a black hole). So I found this cool video on YouTube and REALLY liked the video at towards the end when he describes the evidence of a black hole at the center of The Milky Way. Awesome stuff, I've read about it but had never seen those images.
The Grapevine Fires
Very, very rarely does a video enhance a song. Death Cab for Cutie's video forThe Grapevine Fires nails it.
Great song made better by a great video.
CNBC Gets Political, Gets Slammed by The Dailyshow
I grew up on CNBC and even after I left the financial industry (thank GOD), I still had it on in the background. But in the past two years, they've really messed with the formula, adding sensationalistic reporting and become VERY political. Aside from Larry Kudlow, I sincerely believe that everyone on that network is not playing with a full jar of marbles. Stunningly bad. So John Stewart has his way with them. Regardless of your political affiliation, I think you'll find this interesting, maybe even enlightening. Enjoy.
