Travel, Tech, Thoughts…
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getting him primed
Another Mario shot at UT:
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it’s cold in Florida
Mario snapped this shot during his tour of UT in the cold weather:
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big shoes
Those who suggested Toren would like his Johnny Jump-Up more when he was a bit older are correct. While he’s not a super-fan, he does enjoy it now… At least when he’s not being tormented by his Dad for cute pictures:
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some pics and updates
In case you missed it, I posted a few trip reports. Here are the links for those who didn’t see them: Key West Key West trip – day 1 Key West trip – day 2 Key West trip – day 3 Key West trip – day 4 Key West trip – day 5 PEACE Alternative…
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satisfied
Ever since Toren has been breastfeeding, Debi has wanted me to try to capture his “I’m satisfied” look he has when he is done breastfeeding. I think I caught it this time, but I’m not sure:
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cuddle time
Mother and Son:
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Ubuntu: Securely Erase Hard Drive with “shred”
On Windows, I used the free program Eraser to wipe hard drives when I was finished with them. I looked for a while for something similar for Ubuntu Linux but couldn’t find any programs like Eraser. Turns out, however, that this functionality is built into the operating system, though it is command-line only. Here’s an…
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PEACE Alternative Break – days 3 and 4
The remainder of our time in Fort Lauderdale passed relatively peacefully. We worked at Horses and the Handicapped and were even treated to dinner on the third night by the former student’s parents (which gave me a chance to talk to non-students for the first time in a while; very nice!!!). I think what we…
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PEACE Alternative Break – day 2
Our second day in Southeastern Florida was mostly spent volunteering at Horses for the Handicapped. We did a variety of things while there, from painting to picking up rocks to grooming horses, but mostly we cleaned up horse feces. Horses defecate a lot. I was happy to help, but I’ll be happy if I never…
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PEACE Alternative Break – day 1
My work efforts over the last 2 1/2 years since I started at UT have been focused almost exclusively on two things: research and teaching. Something I have done very little of is volunteering. When our service program on campus issued an email asking for faculty volunteers to serve as advisors for service trips, I…