Super Ginormous

Author: Chris Harrison

  • ICE – In Case of Emergency

    Got this via email. Seems like a good idea.

    Following the disaster in London . . .

    East Anglian Ambulance Service have launched a national “In case of Emergency (ICE)” campaign with the support of Falklands war hero Simon Weston.

    The idea is that you store the word “ICE” in your mobile phone address book, and against it enter the number of the person you would want to be contacted “In Case of Emergency”.

    In an emergency situation ambulance and hospital staff will then be able to quickly find out who your next of kin are and be able to contact them. It’s so simple that everyone can do it. Please do.

    Please will you also email this to everybody in your address book, it won’t take too many ‘forwards’ before everybody will know about this. It really could save your life, or the life of a loved one, or put a loved one’s mind at rest.

    For more than one contact name ICE1, ICE2, ICE3 etc.

  • Firewheel Design Redesigns

    Was glancing through the new linkage on StyleGala, and noticed that Firewheel Design has launched a new website. I really like the design of the new FD website. The use of bright, bold colors… the organization of content. It’s very nicely done. The coolest part about it? They’re not done yet… It’s a “live redesign”. I’ll be interested to see what else they do with the site.

  • “You’ve got to find what you love.”

    This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.

    I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories.

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    Amen, Steve. Amen.

  • PalmOne no more. New logo. Old name.

    The company formerly known as PalmOne is no more. They’re now going by the name the company once used before it split into two separate divisions: Palm.

    I like the orange used in the new logo. The whole setup reminds me of the old logo that Palm once used. To be honest with you though… I don’t feel this new logo is as strong as the old blue one. My two cents.

  • The results are in!

    7/11/2006 – UPDATE: More information on this can be found here and here.While we are pleased with the results we received from the Baby Gender Mentor test we took back in July ’05, countless others have not been so happy/lucky. If you are contemplating using the Baby Gender Mentor test, please check out the forums at In-Gender.com.If you were to ask me whether or not we’d use the test again, I would most assuredly tell you no, simply because my confidence in the test and the company behind it is gone. Make up your own mind, though.

    Test ResultCongratulations! You will be expecting a baby boy based on the amount of fetal genetic materials obtained from your blood specimen. Our assay has concluded that at this moment there are substantial amount of fetus-originated Y-specific chromosome sequence detectable in your sample, indicating that you are very likely carrying at least one male fetus! Thank you for choosing BabyGenderMentor Home DNA Gender Test.

    I’m still at a loss for words at how amazing our experience with the BabyGenderMentor kit has. It seems like we waited forever to get it… but it seems like we barely just sent the kit into the lab to get our results. The lab received the kit via FedEx yesterday morning at 9:38am. We had our results by 6:00pm. That’s one helluva turnaround if you ask me! My wife was hoping for a girl, as was most of her family… so I’m not trying to gloat too much around them. But I am very excited to say, I’m going to be the proud father of a baby boy in five short months!!!

  • DaddyTypes.com

    Seeing as I am a daddy-to-be, I’ve been looking at other “Daddy” websites with a huge amount of interest lately. One site that I found today is rather refreshing… DaddyTypes.com provides timely news, interesting commentary and a nice selection of stories… I’m sure I’ll be checking this site out often!

  • Firefox 1.0.5 Released Today

    A new version of Mozilla Firefox was released today. This brings the browser version to 1.0.5. This latest release improves stability and fixes several known security issues.

  • Denbigh High School Class of 1996 @ Yahoo! Groups

    Looks like someone from my old high school started a Yahoo! group for the Denbigh High Class of 1996. If you’re a grad and you’ve somehow stumbled across this post, I recommend you check it out! Shoot me an email too! I’d love to hear from you.

  • Macromedia Flash Player 8 Beta Now Available

    Macromedia’s released a public beta of Flash Player 8. You can snag it over at: macromedia.com

    I have not installed this myself. Don’t blame me if it nukes your system.

  • Baby Gender Mentor: An Update

    7/11/2006 – UPDATE: More information on this can be found here and here.While we are pleased with the results we received from the Baby Gender Mentor test we took back in July ’05, countless others have not been so happy/lucky. If you are contemplating using the Baby Gender Mentor test, please check out the forums at In-Gender.com.If you were to ask me whether or not we’d use the test again, I would most assuredly tell you no, simply because my confidence in the test and the company behind it is gone. Make up your own mind, though.The Baby Gender Mentor kit Kim and I ordered from PregnancyStore.com last week finally arrived yesterday. I was a little disappointed that it took so long for it to arrive, but I chalked that up to just being really anxious to know the sex of our baby.Kim’s sister helped her with the test, since I could not be present to help get blood samples from Kim. (If I had been present, my DNA could have inadvertently “contaminated” the blood… causing the Y chromosome to be present when the lab ran it’s tests on her samples.) The kit comes with two lancets for pricking your fingers. These were not sufficient for Kim. She’s not much of a bleeder. After an hour and a half of coaxing the blood out of her fingers, they finished up.We dropped the test off at our local FedExKinkos last night. It should arrive at the lab in Massachusetts by Thursday morning. If all goes well, we should know the results Friday night, or at the latest…by next Monday… (I’m hoping for Friday!)I’m anxiously awaiting the results now… I’ll post the results as soon as I have em (but not before I tell Kim)!