david rasch - making stuff work » twitter http://www.davidrasch.com Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:53:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 late night of contractions and trip to the OB http://www.davidrasch.com/2008/08/19/late-night-of-contractions-and-trip-to-the-ob/ http://www.davidrasch.com/2008/08/19/late-night-of-contractions-and-trip-to-the-ob/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:27:53 +0000 drasch http://www.davidrasch.com/2008/08/19/late-night-of-contractions-and-trip-to-the-ob/ We had a late night full of contractions last night. They started in earnest around 10:30pm and continued pretty strong through 6am or so when Libby finally got some rest. I also caught a few hours of sleep between 2 and 4 or so.

Things slowed down a bit this morning and Libby’s . . . → Read More: late night of contractions and trip to the OB]]> We had a late night full of contractions last night. They started in earnest around 10:30pm and continued pretty strong through 6am or so when Libby finally got some rest. I also caught a few hours of sleep between 2 and 4 or so.

Things slowed down a bit this morning and Libby’s getting intermittent contractions of varying intensity. We went for a walk, but that didn’t seem to get them started again.

Upon our trip to the doctor this morning, we found that Libby’s 4cm dilated and 80% effaced (compared with “fingertip” and 70% last Wednesday) which indicates lots of progress. Kudos to Libby on her weathering the contractions last night.

The doctor wanted to send us to the hospital, but instead we decided to get a biophysical profile of the kiddo so that we could head home to get contractions going again. Muppet scored an 8/8 on this test so we were allowed to go home and see if labor will get itself started before we go to the hospital.

We spoke with our Doula and she was very proud of Libby for her progress to 4cm as this means the contractions last night were substantive and strong. She reported that many people end up at the hospital at 2cm so we’ve already passed that milestone.

We got some lunch at Quiznos and then left as soon as we’d finished because Libby didn’t want to be grunting and grimacing and disturbing the other patrons.

We’re hanging out with the kiddos here at home a bit, and waiting for things to get moving again. For more up-to-the-minute information, check the Twitter feed (pulled in automatically on the right side) and Flickr (also pulled in on the right side of the blog).

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When Twitter is down, it makes it hard for people to try FuelFrog. Screenshot courtesy of is twitter down?

. . . → Read More: mashups]]> There are really awesome things about being able to put apps together in our connected “web 2.0″ world. There are also downsides and tradeoffs as with any decision.

When Twitter is down, it makes it hard for people to try FuelFrog. Screenshot courtesy of is twitter down?

Twitter Down

]]> http://www.davidrasch.com/2008/05/14/mashups/feed/ 0 FuelFrog is out! http://www.davidrasch.com/2008/05/03/fuelfrog-is-out/ http://www.davidrasch.com/2008/05/03/fuelfrog-is-out/#comments Sun, 04 May 2008 01:49:35 +0000 drasch http://www.davidrasch.com/2008/05/03/fuelfrog-is-out/ The answer is, FuelFrog. Over the past 9 weeks, we’ve conceived an idea, branded, implemented, tested, launched, and started to market a brand new web application. I’ll be talking more over the next few weeks about the technology behind FuelFrog and what’s coming up for new features!

We know that you care about . . . → Read More: FuelFrog is out!]]> The answer is, FuelFrog. Over the past 9 weeks, we’ve conceived an idea, branded, implemented, tested, launched, and started to market a brand new web application. I’ll be talking more over the next few weeks about the technology behind FuelFrog and what’s coming up for new features!

FuelFrog Logo

We know that you care about how your car affects the environment. What better way to understand and manage this than to start tracking it! FuelFrog will help you keep an eye on your gas consumption, mileage, and also help you understand how gas prices affect your budget.

Through integration with Twitter, it’s easy to keep FuelFrog up to date. Each time you fill up, simply send @fuelfrog miles price gallons for example, my last fillup was @fuelfrog 320 3.539 10.293. We’ll do all the rest!

Log on to FuelFrog now and try it out!

]]> http://www.davidrasch.com/2008/05/03/fuelfrog-is-out/feed/ 2 What do Twitter, a 1994 Honda, and 2 pixels have in common? http://www.davidrasch.com/2008/05/01/what-do-twitter-a-1994-honda-and-2-pixels-have-in-common/ http://www.davidrasch.com/2008/05/01/what-do-twitter-a-1994-honda-and-2-pixels-have-in-common/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 01:44:19 +0000 drasch http://www.davidrasch.com/2008/05/01/what-do-twitter-a-1994-honda-and-2-pixels-have-in-common/ I’ll let you know on Saturday…. Stay tuned.

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]]> http://www.davidrasch.com/2008/05/01/what-do-twitter-a-1994-honda-and-2-pixels-have-in-common/feed/ 0 blogging from blackberry 8310 http://www.davidrasch.com/2008/02/08/blogging-from-blackberry-8310/ http://www.davidrasch.com/2008/02/08/blogging-from-blackberry-8310/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:55:08 +0000 drasch http://www.davidrasch.com/2008/02/08/blogging-from-blackberry-8310/ As some of you know, I upgraded to a BlackBerry Curve 8310 a few weeks ago. I have only positive things to say about the little gem. The interface is fresh like the Palm was 10 years ago (but it hasn’t really changed since. I’m writing this post from the device in software that . . . → Read More: blogging from blackberry 8310]]> As some of you know, I upgraded to a BlackBerry Curve 8310 a few weeks ago. I have only positive things to say about the little gem. The interface is fresh like the Palm was 10 years ago (but it hasn’t really changed since. I’m writing this post from the device in software that I found through google (browsing and installing over the cell network) called bbMetaBlog.

Things I’ve installed include: TwitterBerry, Google Maps, InfoSpace, MidpSSH, and Google Talk.

Other great things about the BB include: a focus on the highest utility–every feature is designed for you to get your task done quickly and easily, everything from the keyboard shortcuts to the sync software for the mac have been easy to pick up and it took all of 10 minutes to transfer all my treo data onto it.

All in all I wasn’t too sure about being uber-connected, but I suppose I shouldn’t be too surprised that I’m addicted at this point.

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