Sudari gives birth to a boy

Posted on February 23, 2008 - Filed Under Baby Talk | Leave a Comment

The big news today, I’m ashamed to admit has nothing to do with me or Athina… one of our colleagues, Sudari, has just given birth to a baby boy (her second).
Weighing in at 3.1 kilos and measuring 50cm, top to toe, mother and child look happy and healthy. The father looks like he could do [...]

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Our baby is 7, no, 8 weeks old and looks like a prawn

Posted on February 20, 2008 - Filed Under Baby Talk | 6 Comments

We’re 8 Weeks & 3 Days Pregnant.
Athina & I returned to the doctor last night and it turns out that Little Shrimpy is not 7 weeks and some but 8 weeks and 3 days (as of today, Feb 21st).
Confused &, again, thrilled… we got the whole pregnancy thing with a 2-month discount.
Before I [...]

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Hello Baby : Sean Hynes

Posted on February 19, 2008 - Filed Under Baby Talk | 2 Comments

Ok, I’m obviously as goofy as a perfectly goofy expectant father can be:

Don’t know what I’m talking about?
Click here: Hello Baby : Sean Hynes

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No news today.

Posted on February 19, 2008 - Filed Under Baby Talk | Leave a Comment

Waiting slightly nervously for a visit with the doctor tonight as the preamble to a battery of tests tomorrow.
Given that Athina’s already 7 and a bit weeks in (7 weeks & 4 days today), we missed all the early tests completely and now have to go back and check blood, virii, and so on… luckily [...]

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Hello Baby

Posted on February 17, 2008 - Filed Under About Me, General, Life in Bali / Life in Mars | Leave a Comment

Athina & I shot this video yesterday (uploaded to GoogleVideo):

If you’re a complete masochist and need more fuel for your self-inflicting pain fantasies, you can download the Windows Media format file here:
http://www.indonesiaexport.com/video/thefinalcut.wmv
Or the MPG here:
http://www.indonesiaexport.com/video/thefinalcut.mp4
Both files are around 4 megs.
Sean

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I am so over Search Engines

Posted on February 16, 2008 - Filed Under Gripes, Rants & Raves | 1 Comment

A few years ago (maybe 5 years), I used the web as my own personal library of resources via search engines like Google & Yahoo..
If I or a friend were sick, I’d hit the search engines with a list of symptoms.
Prescription medicine? I’d check it out online and make sure I knew the side-effects and, [...]

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Kurt Shintaku’s Blog: HOWTO: How to fix the pauses in Outlook 2007 or speed up Outlook 2007

Posted on February 4, 2008 - Filed Under Business | 1 Comment

I’ve finally made the leap from Office 2003 to Office 2007. Ok, scratch “leap”, let’s say “stumble”.
Slow doesn’t even begin to cover it.
I avoided upgrading to XP for years (ran Windows 2000 with practically zero errors) and I hope to avoid VISTA for many years to come but, with Office, there’s that damn lack [...]

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