http://pfischer.com of Paul Fischer Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:59:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Listening to Cory Doctorow's podcast gets you more than fiction. He often drops in audio from his live readings, convention panels, and interviews. During a recent event he was asked about his sub 2 year old daughter, Posey. He then performed an impression of her saying "No Thank You!" (I ... http://pfischer.com/2009/11/23/the-cory-doctorow-no-thank-you-ringtone/ Anyone who has a baby around knows that they love bananas. You also know babies can't finish all the bananas you buy before they go brown, then spotted, and finally black. I think this child based excess of old bananas was the original source for the plethora of banana bread ... http://pfischer.com/2009/11/12/mad-science-experiments-in-banana-bread/ Last weekend I discovered I had some Bartlett pears and most of a bottle of wine in the fridge that needed to get eaten. Both were still good, but wouldn't be so for long. Immediately I thought of making Poached Pears. I hit the FoodTV site for a recipe, which ... http://pfischer.com/2009/08/19/poached-pears/ In the grand tradition of the Internet, I've started up a fund to right a wrong. Jared Axelrod is one of the most creative people I've ever met. He is simply awesome. About a year ago he purchased my old Apple G4 Powerbook from me. I was really excited at ... http://pfischer.com/2009/07/13/help-jared-get-his-laptop-repaired-for-his-birthday/ My friend, Greg Seidman, has released his first game for the iPhone. Circuits, is a cool game where you rotate parts on the board trying to form a circuit before time runs out. I've been testing the game for months and I really love it. You can find out more ... http://pfischer.com/2009/06/20/awesome-new-iphone-game/ In Sept, 2007, on the northern most side of Japan's northern most island. An island from which you can actually see Russia, even on a bad day, we headed out in the dead of night to an organized Fish Owl shoot. My old Canon flash gave up the ghost somewhere between ... http://pfischer.com/2009/05/05/japanese-fish-owl-sept-2007/ This is one of the coolest things ever. Eliza is just 4 1/2 months old now, and this is her first real belly laugh. I get choked up just thinking about it. I made three files so you can download the one that's right for your net connect. Eliza's First Laugh: Large ... http://pfischer.com/2009/02/17/elizas-first-laugh/ I usually don't respond when I'm tagged for a meme's. Time is scarce these days, but this one is pretty neat, so I'm making the time. Andy from the Andycast tagged Dani Cutler from the Truth Seekers podcast and Dani tagged me. The meme is you have to go to ... http://pfischer.com/2008/12/04/flickr-photo-meme/ Martha and I had our first child, Eliza Rose, on Oct 1. Since then we've been sleep deprived and are suffering from Mommy Brain and Daddy Brain respectively. We both took extensive time off from work to be with baby, and are now back at work. And during that time ... http://pfischer.com/2008/12/03/baby-announcement-more-for-less/ If you haven't been checking, I've been updating the Qik feed every few days. I also uploaded some pictures of ERF in one of her Halloween costumes today. She's the cutest. The photos are up on Flickr. Sorry family and friends only. http://pfischer.com/2008/11/02/new-photos-and-videos/ I thought you may be interested in this Action Alert from the Secular Coalition for America: http://action.secular.org/t/5484/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=25413 The Department of Health and Human Services have submitted proposed regulations that would allow anyone working or volunteering in any medical or research facility which receives any federal funding to refuse to serve patients ... http://pfischer.com/2008/09/04/protect-medical-services-from-religious-objectors/ Mur Lafferty has released her novel Playing for Keeps for free as a PDF. A free book? There's no such thing as a free book! What's the catch? No catch. It's free, click here to download it. But, Mur asks that if you like it you purchase it from Amazon.com on ... http://pfischer.com/2008/08/22/free-book-playing-for-keeps-full-pdf-with-bonus-story-parasite-awakens/ Princess P is right on schedule. Everything is going well. We're so happy! [gallery=21] http://pfischer.com/2008/08/19/new-ultrasound-pics/ I picked this up on Warren Ellis's blog. A guy named Robert and his girlfriend Becky are celebrating the birth of their daughter Lydia. Please join us in extending our joy and hope to this new life. Warren and I apparently have the same taste in artwork. I am also a big fan ... http://pfischer.com/2008/08/12/warren-ellis-welcomes-his-new-arrival/ My cousin, Caitlin, made the news this week for her charity work. She founded the Murray Aronowitz Food Bank in honor of her grandfather. Caitlin is 16 and already making a difference in her community. I hope you have a minute to follow the link and read the article. If ... http://pfischer.com/2008/08/09/my-family-in-the-news/ Here's the latest ultrasound pics. My little girl is going to break some hearts. [gallery=19] http://pfischer.com/2008/07/22/ultrasound-week-28/ Nat came over Saturday and helped Martha and me paint the nursery. We went for primary colors and geometric shapes. It's bright and happy. We used the Benjamin Moore Aura paint. It has almost no smell, goes on easy, dries quick, and generally only required one coat. It was a joy ... http://pfischer.com/2008/07/20/babys-room-painting/ [gallery=17] http://pfischer.com/2008/07/15/pics-from-rodger-and-ashleys-wedding/ Web TV provided by Ustream http://pfischer.com/2008/07/13/selznick-live-all-day-today/ An excellent article over at Salon.Com about Bacon.    Thanks to Aud for sending it in. http://pfischer.com/2008/07/09/pour-me-a-drink-light-me-a-smoke-fry-me-up-a-pan-of-bacon-and-lets-get-it-on/