We’re up to three months of Daniel’s life now with the photo albums up at the usual place. I’m hoping to get his fourth month up shortly.
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Again, more pictures
This time, we’re up to half Daniel’s age today. I hope having 160 photos in the album won’t slow down the viewing experience!
More pictures
…finally. They’re from Daniel’s first month, which is three months ago. Oops.
They are in the usual spot, with the usual credentials. If you lack them, ask me.
Sepak Takraw
I just came across a video of sepak takraw and am impressed by the skillful footwork of these athletes. Have a look: it’s like hackey sack volleyball.
Extraordinarily simple
Once in a blue moon Yahoo! news will have an article worth reading. This one’s entitled “10 Things Extraordinary People Say Every Day,” and while I think this behavior shouldn’t be extraordinary, I do think there are good points in there. Here’s the executive summary.
- “Here’s what I’m thinking.” Don’t command: suggest and engage.
- “I was wrong.” Admit mistakes.
- “That was awesome.” Make honest compliments. They are a huge encouragement.
- “You’re welcome.” Accept thanks and praise gracefully.
- “Can you help me?” Four words to show respect and get something done.
- “I’m sorry.” A great way to make a fresh start.
- “Can you show me?” Four words to praise a person and learn something.
- “Let me give you a hand.” Offer specific help.
- “I love you.” Powerful stuff – use responsibly.
- Nothing. Say only what is helpful to the other person, not hurtful or thoughtless.
I disagree somewhat on the elaboration on number 6. The author makes a good point: a fresh start is easiest to achieve if the person apologizing doesn’t explain his actions. If the way forward doesn’t require the explanation, then I agree with the author. Swallow your pride, your need to justify, and your apology will effect more. But if the action that requires apology is a reaction to the other’s habitual destructive behavior, then at some point that topic needs to be broached.
Impressive artistic ability
Just because it’s cool, here’s an empty potato chip bag. (H/T Augusto L.)
The first 50 videos of the new camera
We still don’t have a good system set up. I’m uploading them with the youtube uploader, managing about a dozen overnight in full resolution, so at least in terms of video quality there’s something gained for our loyal readers, even if promptness has taken a brutal hit.
Grouped (roughly) by theme:
Joseph: Picking up and counting, Singing in Japanese, Singing Bappe’s ditty, Reading in German (again), Reading Händel, Picking up with letters, Pi, Counting in French, You Can Count on Monsters (again) (again), Art Inspired by Monsters, Singing by the Drain, Up to 11, 12 and beyond, Ten out of Bed, City Blocks, Green Eggs and Ham (cont’d), A Message from Mommy, Counting in French, Grandma’s Squares Book.
Vivienne: What does the dog say?, Flash cards, Exercising with Mommy, Bend it like Beckham, Too Cute to Perform (again), Brushing Teeth, Jump, Harvest, Chase the Camera, Bunnies, Balcony Chalk, Math Time, Counting in French, Playing together with the Hammer Toy (again), Dancing.
Other family: Four on a couch.
Our surroundings: Janet’s due date surprise, F/A-18 landing (again), Drilling Holes (again), Foundations, After Drilling the Hole (again), Sinking Rebar,
Other: Paradigm Change
I went to Kindergarten with this guy
And I’m not surprised at what he can do. Small, wiry, always in motion – at a later stage I remember him running at a wall to do a backflip, but clearly he didn’t stop at that.
Sensitive ears may want to turn off the sound.
Changing a tire
Here’s a man who takes 12 minutes to change his bike tire. Admittedly, he’s playing in another league of most of us… pretty impressive video (time lapse).
Photo to Pencil Drawing in Adobe Photoshop
I just tried what Marty recommends in his tutorial video, and it also mostly works in Photoshop Elements 11. The density adjustment doesn’t work as described, but I used it instead to bring out eyes and mouth; changing to white in the foreground allows some density reduction. Here’s what it looks like on a photo of mine:
