Stay on task, Blanquera

As word gets out about Ray Ray, it's like the advice floodgates have opened; pop those folates like candy, doulas vs. midwives vs. regular doctors, daycare centers, etc. The one nugget that I'm holding on to goes like this (via SK): I want to be a better parent than mine were for me, by just a little bit; having gotten me this far, they must have done something right, but improve on maybe one aspect. What that means in practice I don't know yet, but it's a start.

Had a little scare today, I think everything's ok though. More later.

The Baby Name Thread

OK, obviously this is going to be all I talk about for quite awhile, so bear with me...We've been calling this embryo "Ray Ray" for lack of a better name. It's not too early to start brainstorming so here's a few that we thought of:

Mindy
Aguinaldo "Augie"
Reynaldo (combines our middle names)
Fredelle (this is what happens when you let a committee decide)
Emilio
Richie
Siobhan
LaRonda
Kiko
Maritess

and so it goes...

'Nuff Said

"So it says that you have to wait 2 or 3 minutes to get a result."

"How about now?"

"What does it say?"

"Oh."

A Bun in the Oven

Ardel's started preggo blogging, so if you're interested in the musings of a first-timer, then have a look. Caveat: she's really hormonal. Heh. I'll add my own thoughts both here and over there...

How's your summer been?

Me, it's been busy, but pales in comparison to what this fall, winter and spring holds in store...

Flickr Inspector

Here's a site that will display public data about your flickr photo stream. Enter your user name and it will generate a summary that lists things like number of photos per day, all your tags, your groups etc. Just enter your (or anyone else's) username and see what comes up. The statistics aren't that useful to me, but there are a couple features I found interesting: first is the flickr score, which has absolutely no meaning outside of the site (mine's 1272 by the way), but now I'm wondering how I can increase it. Maybe it's the suppressed gamer inside.

The feature I found especially useful is the set of links to search engines where you can find out who is linking to your photos: blogs, websites etc. Nothing that a visit to Google or Technorati won't accomplish but it's nice to have it all there, automatically. I browsed around and found a few blogs, Yahoo! travel, and 43 Places, among others, that have used my pics. It's a good way to keep track of your photos, to make sure no one's using them in a way you don't want them to. Only catch is that it searches by user name, so if they don't provide an attribution the search engine won't find it, right? Or is there a way to do that?