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I’ve posted before about Apollo having occasional seizures. These are full-blown grand mal seizures, lasting a minute or so, then taking 5 – 10 minutes to fully recover. The vet diagnosed epilepsy, not uncommon for huskies. He averaged maybe one seizure every two or three months, and the vet said as long as they don’t […]

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Devon is part of a big ad campaign for “Peacock Cookies” in Taiwan right now. Here’s his face on the side of a bus: And here’s an ad. This first shows a Flash application. You can click the various links at the bottom (all in Chinese) and see a couple of scenes showing Devon, but […]

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HP announced a couple of days ago that they were going to discontinue their “TouchPad” tablet. They decided to clear inventory by reducing the price to $100 for the 16GB, or $150 for the 32GB version. The web and retail stores immediately were hit by a buying frenzy that is still going on. Most of […]

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The surgeon today released me to play basketball. He said I can do pretty much whatever I want, but to not push too hard for another couple of months. I don’t need to go back and see him, and my official physical therapy is over, though I will continue the exercises at home. He said […]

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I’m in Las Vegas this weekend at The Amazing Meeting. The Amazing Meeting is sponsored by The Amazing Randi. Randi has been a magician for over 50 years, and like Houdini before him has devoted the later years of his life to debunking psychics, faith healers and other scams. There are over 1600 people at […]

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About once a year I check the price of adding solar photo-voltaics on my roof, and every year decide that it’s still too expensive, and the payback is too far out. This year things finally look good enough, with payback estimated to be about 10 years. Tax credits and utility company rebates cut the cost […]

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We had a huge, gigantic dust storm (or “Haboob” in Arabic) hit the Phoenix area last night. TV stations reported that it was 7000 feet high, and 50 miles wide. It came into the city like a huge wall, almost a tsunami of dust. One minute the sun was shining, and the next it was […]

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I saw the surgeon last week, and he continues to be pleased with my progress, as do the physical therapists. I have full range of motion, so physical therapy is now focused on strengthening the shoulder muscles. Full strength will take about a full year, but I should be at 80% by 6 months (from […]

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As I posted previously, we got home from Taiwan yesterday. Unfortunately we both picked up colds a few days before we came back, and so the flight, normally boring and tiring, was downright uncomfortable. For me it’s just a cold, but Gisele got sicker and sicker, until today she went to see the doctor. He […]

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We got home this afternoon, about 25 hours after we left our hotel in Taipei. Tired. But it was an uneventful trip, and everything seems fine here at home, including Apollo (thanks Donna, Kelley and Alex!). More on the trip after a day or two of rest.

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