Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category

The Moral Life of Babies

Great article in the NYT yesterday: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/magazine/09babies-t.html Excerpt: “The notion at the core of any mature morality is that of impartiality. If you are asked to justify your actions, and you say, “Because I wanted to,” this is just an expression of selfish desire. But explanations like “It was my turn” or “It’s my fair [...]

Hack your webcam to work in infrared

I wanted to set up a night vision camera to watch the baby sleep, but I didn’t want to spend any money… besides, I’m a hacker at heart… so with a little Googling and enough idiot desire to break things apart, I hacked an old webcam (Logitech Quickcam for Notebooks), removed the infrared filter, and [...]

Beware the Ides of March

Okay, so being a new parent (on top of writing & producing tracks, Aerosol rehearsals, and running the label) is kicking my ass a little and my blog posting has slackened. I’ll admit it… I’ll do better soon… …but at least I get to see this sweet face every day: Now, 6 month old Madeleine is [...]

Madeleine Frances Hiler

I’ve been busier than usual recently: Ladies and Gentlemen, it is our pleasure to introduce to you, Madeleine Frances Hiler: She was born on August 27th, at 9:56 am. 3 weeks “early” but within full-term range. Kath and I weren’t quite ready – we still had a few things left on the Pre-Natal To Do [...]