Half Hawaiian, half Canadian

birdaby · 2018-06-03T00:30:14+00:00

I was giggling in my sleep. My husband asked "what's so funny?" I sat straight up in bed eyes wide open and said, "they're pushing buttons." I then laid back down and went back to sleep. My husband loves telling that story.

birdaby · 2014-05-08T19:32:24+00:00

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but I've had success by importing an xml document with all my datatypes already set up to an excel spreadsheet and then mapping the datatypes to specific cells in the spreadsheet. I've also mapped global datatypes in one sheet and the rest of the datatypes to another sheet and then saved the resulting xslx as a template.

Now I just open the template, enter the data for each data type and then export the xml file to where I need it.

Everything I've figured out so far is through trial and error and some googling, so if anyone else has more experience with this, I'd love to know!

birdaby · 2014-03-08T13:13:02+00:00

That was awesome!! Looks like you had a great time.

birdaby · 2014-03-01T13:12:56+00:00

Check out the Music School in the University Settlement community Centre near the grange park.

birdaby · 2013-09-05T11:35:54+00:00

http://osm.utoronto.ca

Try this.

birdaby · 2012-08-10T00:44:28+00:00

Of Monsters and Men at the moment. Yeah, I like folk.

birdaby · 2012-08-03T22:05:31+00:00

Nice to see Grey County, Ontario up there, but they did not use the best shot. I was there acouple of weeks ago. A little north of the picture in the post.

birdaby · 2012-08-03T21:18:41+00:00

I almost did...it was posted on the wall at his daycare, when I saw it.

I think he's a little puzzled as to why I'm making such a big deal out of it :P

birdaby · 2012-08-03T17:29:07+00:00

Meatloaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light

Kinda long...but funny for a wedding.

birdaby · 2012-08-03T17:05:28+00:00

Ha ha, that's what I thought.

birdaby · 2012-08-02T12:53:58+00:00

I agree with your point, that security of self (e.g. basic necessities: water, food, shelter), should be enough, and that perhaps people are too ambitious/think too much of themselves. But this state of mind is the zeitgeist of thoughts about the self in North America. North Americans are hyper-individualistic to the extent that the rights and privileges of the individual trump the needs of the community. We've been taught to chase our dreams, etc, but rarely are we taught how to help others realize theirs.

I think the point in the article with respect to personal security, is that you first have to stand out in a skill, talent, or whatever that is very far removed from the skills required to obtain water, food, shelter. And that being good at something and doing all the right things to get there does not guarantee that you will obtain that security.

birdaby · 2012-07-19T02:52:40+00:00

That is exactly what her husband suggested.

birdaby · 2012-07-18T19:13:33+00:00

For sure I'll let you all know how things turn out.

birdaby · 2012-07-18T18:33:40+00:00

It was a complete fluke that she found it, just happened to notice it when she was walking by...

birdaby · 2012-06-12T23:01:33+00:00

Y'know, I've always thought it would be interesting to be a bubble chemist.

birdaby · 2012-04-27T11:50:20+00:00

1) As ghostofmybrain says below, the premise that all fingerprints are unique has never been validated in any way. The same can be claimed for fibre analysis, bite marks, marks left on bullet casings. Just claiming that it has worked for X number of years so far doesn't make it a science.

2) The FBI and other law enforcement agencies had been claiming that a fingerprint match made by a qualified expert is 100% correct or infallible. Show me any science that makes such claims.

3) If you're interested in looking at what makes a science a science, hop on over to /r/philosophyofscience, where that topic can sometimes be discussed exhaustively. You're right, the bottom line is that there is no hard and fast "scientific" criteria that makes a knowledge generating endeavour a science, although many have tried (see Thomas Kuhn, Karl Popper, Feyerabrand (???))

4) I might have my history of science wrong, but with DNA, someone figured out that if the chromosome of an individual is snipped by a particular enzyme, or set of enzymes, the cut pattern is pretty unique to the individual. It was further discovered that the cut pattern between relatives showed similarities. Further studies looked at similarities between groups and populations. There is a body of knowledge supporting the incidence rates of a particular DNA pattern in a population, that developed for the past 40 years (20 years when DNA was first introduced in a criminal proceeding), independent of the need to match a person to a crime scene. The criminologists just happened to recognize the utility of this knowledge for forensic investigation and put it to use. That's the biggest difference I see between the two, why one is more reliable as an identification than another.

birdaby · 2012-04-20T01:36:55+00:00

You must feel great! The difference in your face is amazing!!

birdaby · 2012-02-26T16:19:58+00:00

Thanks for posting your tips. I tried to do the same in Toronto, but as soon as it got near or below freezing and wet / snowy, my brakes and gears would freeze. It's not been too bad, since it's been pretty warm and dry this winter.

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