We have had a few challenging weeks. Charlie came down with a fever a week ago Thursday, February 8th. On Thursday night his temp got up over 104 degrees. At the doctor on Friday he was tested for influenza but came up negative. Charlie was not feeling well. He had a temperature for six days. […]
Author / Scott DeToffol
It is official, Al Franken is running for U.S. Senate in Minnesota against Norm Coleman. The 2008 race just got a lot more fun. www.alfranken.com | Al Franken for Senate
The best feature of Apple’s forthcoming iPhone is the multi-touch display. Here are a few videos of the same multi-touch technology, developed and demonstrated by Jeff Han from New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, on larger displays and computers. We’ve taken the the mouse/pointer/keyboard paradigm pretty far, but its getting stale. I’m looking […]
Two of the most influencial, orginal and controversial (in his time for Abe, to this day for Darwin) thinkers share a birthday February 12th, 1809. Darwin’s theory of evolution through natural selection is one of the most important scientific discoveries ever. I wonder if those who deny Darwin get their flu shot every year? Darwin […]
The Internet has done many wonderful things for us: great shopping, easy access to information, finding communities of interest. But maybe the best benefit is the democratization of talent. Wha? Talented people can get exposure via the Internet very easily, bypassing the traditional gatekeepers. Here is a great example of someone who traditional media wouldn’t […]
The Internet is getting more powerful and more pervasive every day. “Web 2.0” is a term that points to a wide range of technical and structural developments that are allowing for a more user friendly, participatory, and highly integrated ecosystem. Watch this effective 5 minute clip that highlights one of the most powerful aspects of […]
I have been interested in collecting information about my family history (genealogy) for some time. Every few years I’ll come across the family tree my sister put together for a school project many years ago and it always sparks my interest in my family tree. I came across a new web site Geni that helps […]
I’ve installed a new blogging platform and will be changing DeToffol.com over the next weeks and months. Check back often. In the meantime, Jodi has uploaded new pictures of Sammy and Charlie on our Flickr page.
2_Samuel 075 Originally uploaded by The DeToffols. Jodi was at 41 weeks when we went to see our midwife on 11/27. She said the baby had turned so that his face was towards Jodi’s stomach, not the ideal position, and that’s what had probably stopped labor the previous Saturday. We agreed that we’d get induced on Friday […]
Anybody reading this most likely knows Jodi is pregnant with our second child. Her due date was November 21st, so as of this writing she is a week late. Technically, if you go by the standard measurements using a women’s menstrual cycle, her due date should have been November 14th. Her cycle is not typical, and […]
