tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31448165789446924502024-03-14T00:10:01.917-05:00Media Effects ArtistHal Eagar works in NYC Downtown theatre as a computer programer. Hovering somewhere between Artist - Technologist - Designer he enjoys making "things" even if those things are as intangible as digital media-scapes and edgy theatre no one will ever get to see.
I have made some tangible things in, two cute children, and since they take up a lot more of my time and my mind, and there are people who want to read about them they have taken over the blog just like they take over everything else :)haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-23303050458812840922011-10-31T16:35:00.002-05:002011-10-31T16:35:47.842-05:00Is Mobify a good fit for Drupal?<a href="http://mobify.com/">http://mobify.com/</a><br />
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I had a chance to try out mobify, and while quite impressive it's by no count automatic.<br />
It would be fairly effective at simply scaling down images and limiting content by throwing out parts of the page, but after that your on your own.<br />
For a simple layout not concerned with styling, menus, or sidebar content it may be a good shortcut.<br />
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However for anything beyond that, you would have to create many "extraction templates", and then style each of them basically from scratch. It's not particularly easier than creating new Theme, Contexts/Panels in Drupal, and with much less flexibly. External content such as ads would not be handled, though it appears you could manage other content (such as mobile ads) in the mobify tool. However that would be a manual process.<br />
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I'd expect a mobile design with modify to take +-20% compared to creating a custom mobile theme and pages in Drupal, depending on what your expectations were for final output.<br />
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If you are comfortable with Drupal themes and have a site built with Views and Context, just adding a couple of modules like Mobile Tools, Display Suite, and ImageCache are likely to get you you just as far down the path to a good Mobil site in about the same amount of time. But with the option to go a lot farther and with no additional cost. (and if your already using Display Suite, and ImageCache then your all but ready)<br />
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Using Panels based layouts, well I guess if your an expert you'll do fine, but I prefer Display Suite/Context and I think it makes for a much quicker Mobile theme development path.<br />
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I guess I must be missing something, and the mobify process is pretty impressive, but only for a limited time kids, new sites ought to be mobile ready from day one.<br />
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<a href="http://drupal.org/project/mobile_tools">http://drupal.org/project/mobile_tools</a><br />
<a href="http://drupal.org/project/context">http://drupal.org/project/context</a><br />
<a href="http://drupal.org/project/ds">http://drupal.org/project/ds</a><br />
<a href="http://drupal.org/project/views">http://drupal.org/project/views</a><br />
<a href="http://drupal.org/project/imagecache">http://drupal.org/project/imagecache</a>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-30577048723504633512011-05-25T20:35:00.001-05:002011-05-25T20:35:06.499-05:00Vivian at funhouse mirrors ay the NY hall of science<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/5760419654/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2513/5760419654_d7be59d6c4.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/5760419654/">Vivian at funhouse mirrors ay the NY hall of science</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div><p>Vivian at funhouse mirrors ay the NY hall of science</p>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-40534767620112536372011-05-14T18:04:00.001-05:002011-05-14T18:04:28.925-05:00Mr. Daddynot sure how that happened but Vivian decided she needs to be more formal with me<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.8</div>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-21284963237560964332011-04-02T15:08:00.001-05:002011-04-02T15:08:48.131-05:00family breaktime at the beach<p><a href='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Tybw0OJrE2I/TZeCTMZdd0I/AAAAAAAAA4I/2irsD99Bn0c/IMG_20110402_100220.jpg'><img src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Tybw0OJrE2I/TZeCTMZdd0I/AAAAAAAAA4I/2irsD99Bn0c/s400/IMG_20110402_100220.jpg' /></a></p>Hawaii visit. Eva beach.<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.8</div>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-74950221934767409952011-03-17T18:35:00.001-05:002011-03-17T18:35:39.784-05:00suprize feature for St. Patrics<p><a href='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Tybw0OJrE2I/TYKayg9ZrfI/AAAAAAAAA4E/BTx40Tl2Dcs/IMG_20110317_193415.jpg'><img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Tybw0OJrE2I/TYKayg9ZrfI/AAAAAAAAA4E/BTx40Tl2Dcs/s400/IMG_20110317_193415.jpg' /></a></p><div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.7</div>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-13742028159669025272011-03-16T10:16:00.002-05:002011-03-16T10:21:23.834-05:00Riding out a tsunami - Harry Eagar - The Maui News<a href="http://mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/547153/Riding-out-a-tsunami.html">Riding out a tsunami - Harry Eagar - The Maui News</a><br />
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My dad just happened to be taking a tug boat during the tsunami.haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-43061973314231077762011-02-26T18:03:00.001-05:002011-02-26T18:03:01.105-05:00Enids breakfast<p><a href='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Tybw0OJrE2I/TWmGopgY4VI/AAAAAAAAA4A/-i6bsrVnIUw/IMG_20110226_113231.jpg'><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Tybw0OJrE2I/TWmGopgY4VI/AAAAAAAAA4A/-i6bsrVnIUw/s400/IMG_20110226_113231.jpg' /></a></p>Bacon the highlight of the day.<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.7</div>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-36055885948528844712011-02-26T18:02:00.001-05:002011-02-26T18:02:24.396-05:00Enids breakfast<p><a href='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Tybw0OJrE2I/TWmGfhygPlI/AAAAAAAAA38/hmtItRs7Wy0/IMG_20110226_113225.jpg'><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Tybw0OJrE2I/TWmGfhygPlI/AAAAAAAAA38/hmtItRs7Wy0/s400/IMG_20110226_113225.jpg' /></a></p>Well breakfast went well.<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.7</div>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-76444194682629086632011-02-23T19:38:00.001-05:002011-02-23T19:38:05.727-05:00confess repair<p><a href='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Tybw0OJrE2I/TWWobOelMOI/AAAAAAAAA34/GLU4qEyXY00/IMG_20110214_155827.jpg'><img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Tybw0OJrE2I/TWWobOelMOI/AAAAAAAAA34/GLU4qEyXY00/s400/IMG_20110214_155827.jpg' /></a></p><div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.6</div>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-80099942327692906942011-02-23T19:35:00.001-05:002011-02-23T19:35:48.339-05:00Sunnyside arch glory restored.<p><a href='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Tybw0OJrE2I/TWWn4knLhKI/AAAAAAAAA30/-yVnTPW_jPU/IMG_20110223_193418.jpg'><img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Tybw0OJrE2I/TWWn4knLhKI/AAAAAAAAA30/-yVnTPW_jPU/s400/IMG_20110223_193418.jpg' /></a></p><div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.6</div>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-80055551475152482602011-02-07T12:11:00.002-05:002011-02-13T23:35:34.916-05:00Confess install step one demolition<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Tybw0OJrE2I/TVAnsWo0TOI/AAAAAAAAA3w/iPyTGa4utQc/IMG_20110207_120928.jpg"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Tybw0OJrE2I/TVAnsWo0TOI/AAAAAAAAA3w/iPyTGa4utQc/s400/IMG_20110207_120928.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div><div style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: left;">The really painful part is it looked pretty much just like when I walked in and for the next two and a half days.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-size: xx-small;">Which ate all my install time, and I had to throw he wiring into the ceiling at the last minute, with minimal testing.</div><div style="font-size: xx-small;">And then they gave me no access panel as we discussed, so when I came in the next day and 4 pieces were not working just a few hours before opening ... well they just didn't get to work.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">In addition the piece really needed at least a day to sit, as it turned out the WiFi was a little flaky. (isn't it always) and the dropouts caused lockups on my playback computers. I coded in checks and fixes but not until 2 days after opening when I had a chance to find out what was going on.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Now if I was on Ethernet as promised that would not have happened, or if I was able to install on Monday it would have been discovered and fixed by opening.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">I'm <b>very bitter</b> about this really, not only did they &^#% me and the art piece by delaying me two days; and they &^#% me and the art piece by not leaving an access panel.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">They also ^%$& the art piece because the ceiling still looks like sh*t. And finally they &^#% me personaly by lying to me about when things would be ready twice costing me 1 1/5 - 2 days of paid work time.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Anyway expect a more positive blog about the piece when I get a chance to take a photo of the fully working install.</span></div></div>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-19640902772387768992011-01-04T10:53:00.001-05:002011-01-04T10:53:31.083-05:00i wear my sun glasses at night<p><a href='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Tybw0OJrE2I/TSNCeZBBn8I/AAAAAAAAA3o/lAY2DgBk3xM/IMG_20110103_205217.jpg'><img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Tybw0OJrE2I/TSNCeZBBn8I/AAAAAAAAA3o/lAY2DgBk3xM/s400/IMG_20110103_205217.jpg' /></a></p><div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5</div>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-58220668162545486532011-01-04T10:51:00.001-05:002011-01-04T10:51:58.857-05:00trying out the mobile phone post againWell i really would like to post more, and every once in a while i try a helper tool to make it easy. So far they have not stuck. Maybe I'm just not one to blog. But at any rate we try again with blogger-droid. Maybe having a really smart smart phone will make this work.<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5</div>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-28772683350298381112010-12-20T23:52:00.002-05:002010-12-20T23:52:00.286-05:00Bert Caught up with the Gingerbread Man<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/5213659422/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5048/5213659422_9bee323c8c.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/5213659422/">IMGP2133</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div>Bert has gotten very into reading the gingerbread man story, and while waiting for our turn to wait in line for the train show we visited this exibit about the plants that make up gingerbread. <br />
Bertram was very into being able to say hi to a life size steel gingerbread man.<br />
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Vivi was taking a nap or hiding from the cold mostly.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/5213069603/">IMGP2137</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div>Gingerbread boy needed a kiss goodby.haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-56907402496158103762010-12-18T23:34:00.001-05:002010-12-18T23:34:59.436-05:00First time with santa<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/5273123762/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5124/5273123762_e34bafd0ac.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/5273123762/">First time with santa</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div><p>I Took Bert to see Nutcracker, and Santa after the show. It was a quaintly mediocre performance perfect for a 3 year old, who while he could not stay it his seat, did not want to leave and enjoyed the show (the mice in particular.) However his favorite part was dancing and poping with the guy in the hall on the long line to Santa, he learned some new moves. Though I'm not sure I'm going to be able to re-enforce them though.<br /><br />I really had not prepped him for Santa, it was an "after the ballet" extra and I spent all my energy prepping him for the Nutcracker itself.<br /><br />It was Bertram's first time to meat Santa: Luckily the girl right before us was very happy to be sitting in Santa's lap, and Bert got to see that she got a present, up to that point he was not at all into the idea of visiting Santa. Well he had seemed into it until we were up to the end of the line. I'm not sure what it was he though we were waiting in line for an hour for exactly; considering that he had no interest or intention of saying hi to Santa when we arrived? Though it would not have been that long a wait in line if he had not been SO into break-dancing.<br /><br /><br />All the children were given a bear which Bertram was kind enough to let Vivian confiscate when he arrived home.</p>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-3662994777986243172010-11-19T00:14:00.006-05:002010-12-30T22:39:23.948-05:00Playground @ NY hall of sci<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: left;">It seemed like winter had been here but went away for a few days so we went out. We go to the science museum about every other week on average. They have this really great playground, the only problem is the play is for 45 min sessions so you have to stop.</div><div style="padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">They also have a indoor Preschool play area that both Bert and Vivi love, giant bubbles, giant foam blocks, and a few other </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">exhibits</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"> that are fun for the preschool set.</span></div><div style="padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">And it's way more convenient to get to than the children's museums, right on our subway line. (and right next to the zoo)</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Also going to the science museum was always one of my favorite things to do, so my kids will probably get to go so often that they won't think all that much of it. In the same way lego's were my favorite toy and so Bert and Vivi have possibly to many legos already.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/5207830684/">Playground @ NY hall of sci</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div>Hi silly.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/5207236639/">Playground @ NY hall of sci</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div>Did I mention that she wears this hat every day, sometimes all day long.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/5207233331/">Playground @ NY hall of sci</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Most of the water play was shut down in the fall, which were Bert's favorites, but this vortex tube that he is cranking here was still there and held his attention. Also we went down the super mega slides you see in the background a few times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/5207237603/">lunch @ NY hall of sci</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div>Crazy hair is partly due to the hat, happy face is due to the cheese.haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-48472917264523348312010-11-05T00:23:00.001-05:002010-12-19T00:25:35.964-05:00This year it was a train engineer and a fairy princess.Halloween<br />
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/5134309977/">IMGP2124</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/5134903404/">IMG_20101030_154903</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div>Daddy Joined in the train theme as well.haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-77556513014120752802010-06-29T20:52:00.002-05:002010-06-29T20:55:52.779-05:00What's down there?<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4678407476/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1280/4678407476_f6e1fcb0cb.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4678407476/">IMGP1787</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div>Bert met a little girl at "The Playground for all Children" and for some reason they flopped over this bench. it took Vivian a *lot* of work but she managed to join them.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4677777473/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4677777473_5bd4e2d2ab.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4677777473/">IMGP1785</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4678407050/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4678407050_5cb9c6cce8.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4678407050/">IMGP1786</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-57696018328858746352010-06-29T17:54:00.002-05:002010-06-29T20:59:58.136-05:00Computer Experts<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4678431820/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4678431820_45b2378971.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4678431820/">IMGP1803</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div>Computer Experts at work on PBS Kids. Actually Bert's an expert, Vivian gets the idea but not the execution just yet.<br />
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<div style="padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4678428224/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4678428224_d0a3492930.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4678428224/">IMGP1799</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Now Vivian is learning to use PBS Kids too.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4678429300/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4678429300_504dc085dc.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4678429300/">IMGP1801</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4678428798/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4678428798_3464440204.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4678428798/">IMGP1800</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div></span>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-68822039440589960612009-11-26T23:48:00.000-05:002009-11-26T23:48:00.818-05:00Halloween : Safety Inspector : "hand over your candy for inspection please"<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4066694812/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3509/4066694812_191be83192.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4066694812/">IMGP1078</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div><p>It's a toy miner helmet I found at our local super random discount store, south pole, so some folks took him to be a MTA employee not a Construction worker as we intended, but I think Mr Danger would have been even more excited if he thought it had something to do with trains.<br />
But I don't think he's got that level of detail down, I had thought to try and put MTA on the hat, and make him one of those MTA lanterns, maybe later I'll attempt that if it interest him.</p><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4066722048/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2618/4066722048_24f668561e.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4066722048/">IMGP1086</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div><p>though it is impossible to get everyone face at the same time here's the best family costume pic: here we go embarking on the trick or treat adventure, Bert didn't really get it yet, he just wanted to eat that first pack of M&M's.<br />
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Actually he never really understood why you would just put the candy in the bag; you have candy you eat it, then maybe you go get some more.</p><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4065988331/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2634/4065988331_cbcc655020.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4065988331/">IMGP1090</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div><p>Bertram was not that into wearing his hat, so we started using it to collect candy.<br />
As you might see it's a family costume, though Daddy didn't manage to get in on it this night.<br />
Or in case you can't tell, Vivian is a traffic cone, and Rachel is the road.<br />
I was a traffic cone the week before, but tonight I was considered the pot-hole.<br />
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And as you can see in no photos is he holding his flag.<br />
Bertram was so into watching the construction workers 43rd ave this summer, and spent many mornings just watching that one of the construction workers gave him his flag. It was fairly large for Mr Bert and on a long hard dowel, so for the costume Rachel make him a scaled down version that was very fun for Bert to waive, but that was it's own game separate from the going out apparently.<br />
But Vivian's big is also made from that flag fabric.<br />
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We only did about half a street but it was more than enough loot for Mr Danger. I mean he surely would have kept going but didn't need the candy and did need the rest.</p>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-54794078586063324862009-11-24T00:04:00.000-05:002009-11-24T00:04:00.538-05:00Choosing a pumpkin.<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4056090660/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2706/4056090660_be1b0613f5.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4056090660/">023</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div><p>Another special event at Sunnyside Gardens Park early in October; the pumpkin patch. Mr Bert eventually picked a pumpkin that he could carry, and managed to carry it for quite a while.<br />
We latter drew a face on it, and Mom carved it for us on Halloween.</p><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4056086030/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2647/4056086030_c411d13481.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4056086030/">021</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div><p></p>and in case there was any doubt, Vivian spent the day being cute too.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4056055780/">006</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div><p></p>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-27735895323236060432009-11-22T23:40:00.000-05:002009-11-22T23:40:00.279-05:00First day sitting<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4055405111/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2645/4055405111_bec8afe9d9.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4055405111/">060</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div><p>She managed it for a few moments at a time before this, but this was the first really satisfying (to Vivian) sit up and play by ones self.<br />
Oct 24th Daddys B-day. It's old hat now, but I'm slow to get things posted.</p>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-48048267293266874702009-11-20T23:44:00.001-05:002009-11-20T23:44:00.544-05:00Size comparison<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4056134712/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2765/4056134712_305c40514c.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4056134712/">046</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div><p>Bertram's not allowed in the crib, but I they were having a grand time. Bertram is always looking for ways to play with Vivian, he can't wait until she gets more interactive. Little does he know that havoc that will cause.<br />
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Bert is just about exactly twice her weight for the moment. And boy does he feel it. I can for the moment still carry both of them for a short distance.</p>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-42554446977785536472009-11-18T23:59:00.000-05:002009-11-18T23:59:00.505-05:00Vivians first solid food<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4056120216/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2616/4056120216_c0ef20c1a7.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haleagar/4056120216/">038</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/haleagar/">hal(var)</a>.</span></div><p>Another late firsts post, Oct 18th Vivian started eating solid food.<br />
One month later and she's ready to eat only solid food.<br />
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Yes that's right we broke all the rules AGAIN and put the Bumbo seat on the table, and here's the visual evidence to prove it.<br />
now one does not walk away from the baby when doing this. Actually one does not walk away from Vivian while she is eating or she will let you know very loudly that she is not done eating.<br />
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Anyway Bertram happy gave up his Stokke chair for a Ikea junior chair, (I'm not sure he even noticed) and Vivian got the hand of sitting up by herself one week after this so this was a short lived transgression.</p>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144816578944692450.post-59224594218913532762009-11-17T12:35:00.000-05:002009-11-17T12:35:56.552-05:00Long URL's pleaseSure a url shorten-er is useful for deep links, but it's WAY out of control. The majority of posts I see with a shortened url have the characters to spare to include the full url. In fact they even have the requisite spare characters left to fit in a Re-Tweet string on the front with the full url.<br />
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I've even seen URL's <b>lengthened </b>by shorteners, UG!<br />
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But why should you not use a url shortener? <br />
<ul><li>If the service goes away, or decides to dump it's old database your link is Dead.</li>
<li>Because I want to know where you are sending me, there is a lot of information encoded in a url, though most of it is in the domain name.</li>
<ul><li>Domains creating their own URL shortening service like the US government is great and I'm all for it. </li>
</ul><li>You are giving away the link cred to the shortener service, and effectively hiding yourself as the source of the link.</li>
<ul><li>in other words the google juice goes to the service not your blog page etc...</li>
<li>the refer value that the site you linked to sees in there log will be the shortener service not your blog or wherever you like to post.<br />
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</ul></ul>haleagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794274144363277533noreply@blogger.com0