The Miele Silvermoon

I’m not sure it’s possible to find a better vacuum. German appliance manufacturer Miele has as its motto the inspiring phrase “Anything else is a compromise.” Given the lengthy testing we did of a wide variety of vacuum cleaners from various...

John Gruber’s Daring Fireball

If you’re not reading Daring Fireball, you’re missing out on one of the great Macintosh web sites. I’ve only exchanged a couple of emails with John Gruber, the author of the superlative Mac nerd site Daring Fireball. It turns out we disagree on...

Still fighting the good fight

Jonah’s still in the throes of illness. No upchucks today thankfully, but the diaper scene rates up there with Aliens on the scale of gross things. A big THANK YOU to my parents for allowing Jonah and me to spend the afternoon with them. Jonah loved the company...

Corner not turned

Jonah’s run a low-grade fever (100 degrees) since Tuesday afternoon despite dosages of children’s Motrin every four to six hours or so. (Directions call for only four dosages in a 24 hour period so we’re abiding by that.) We switched over to...

You will get messy

Important note about parenthood. Sorry it’s a little late for some of you. After an uneven night and a day of nothing but children’s Motrin and Pedialyte, Jonah wolfed down some solid foods this evening. He’s still running a low-grade fever and the...