Asymptomatic

Use these really simple instructions to build a basic FM transmitter for your own neighborhood pirate radio station!

I sometimes find it difficult to find indoor activities to do with the kids that we all enjoy. Perhaps it’s terrible to say, but while I enjoy the happiness it brings, I do not enjoy endlessly reading Dr. Seuss books and their ilk. I thought that maybe when they got older I would be able to read more “story”-like stories, and that they would enjoy them. So far, there hasn’t been much luck with that.

I did try to read Coraline to Abby. The first few chapters went ok, but then she lost interest. I suspect that she wasn’t quite old enough for the book, although I don’t think that was the deterrent, since she seemed quite interested up until the point she lost interest.

Barring the book reading, both the kids and I like to play games; Though, Abby needs to learn to read on her own before we can play any of the really interesting games. I suppose that Mastermind, Connect Four, and chess aren’t out of the question, although they seem a bit advanced.

Last night as Berta was putting Riley to bed, Abby and I sat down with a notebook and a pen, and she dictated a story. This really might be something that we can do together.

Today’s CookieCast uses one of my submitted cookies. Yay!

In two sites that I regularly read, I found links to this awful thing, once again reinforcing the idea of the inverse of the Long Tail - The Short Fat Head.

Isn’t anyone else tired of seeing the Technorati Top Ten in every top list on the planet? Yes, I know Boing Boing exists; you’d have to be living under a virtual rock not to know. Seriously, if you had any interest at all in rooting out the most popular blogs/sites on the web, then you probably already know that Boing Boing is among them without the help of Dave Winer’s new OPML-sharing project.

Where are the good photoblog packages? Here’s the target that I’m trying to hit:

Is that so much to ask for? Apparently so.