http://www.digitalnelson.com The Nelsons' lives made digital. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:46:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en JoJo is mad after a bath. He does not like being cold especially while having a diaper or clothes changed. http://www.digitalnelson.com/2009/02/18/jojo-mad Our new little guy, Joseph Gregory Nelson was born 3 weeks ago today on Jan 28th.  He was 8lbs 13oz and 20.75in long with a 14cm head.  He and mom are doing great.  We are so happy to have him. This post is should have been done a couple of weeks ... http://www.digitalnelson.com/2009/02/18/joseph-gregory-nelson I finally updated my site to a new version of wordpress and gallery. This will finally let me deal with the comment spam problem and get me to start blogging again. I also made the switch to dreamhost given their cheap fees and great service. So far the ... http://www.digitalnelson.com/2009/02/16/site-update I have to build a book trading site for school. I've heard a ton of good things about Ruby On Rails so I figured I'd give it a try. I've been very impressed so far. I'm using Aptana IDE, MySQL, and a lot of cmd windows. ... http://www.digitalnelson.com/2007/08/16/riding-rails I've been away from the blog and from twitter for a while.  It's been a crazy couple of months.  It didn't help that I decided to format my laptop a month ago.  Only now am I back to my original config and am back to the blog and to twitter. http://www.digitalnelson.com/2007/08/16/blogging-and-twittering Thanks to my lovely wife, in two days I will be Lightroom enabled.  I can't wait!  Finally I will have digital sanity. http://www.digitalnelson.com/2007/05/30/lightroom-enabled I am reading the book Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande.  This book has been a real treat so far.  Dr. Gawande's vivid writing has really pulled me in.  He spends a lot of time talking about specific life experiences and how doctors analyze them to improve their practice of medicine.  His writing ... http://www.digitalnelson.com/2007/05/28/better I carried my GPS everywhere on my recent skiing trip out to Winter Park, CO.  In my opinion, the results were pretty awesome.  I was able to finally do some analysis on my skiing and also map out where I took my on mountain photos.  It was great.  Here are what ... http://www.digitalnelson.com/2007/05/10/gps-love Kate and I spent spring break (last week) with the U of M Wilderness Medicine Society out in Winter Park, CO.  It was a blast!  We took the scenic route on the way out and visited Mount Rushmore.  I was really impressed by the park and would like to go back during the ... http://www.digitalnelson.com/2007/03/28/spring-break Microsoft Labs built a new product called Photosynth.  It is like stitched photos on steroids.  Check it out.  Very cool stuff. http://www.digitalnelson.com/2007/02/14/neat-microsoft-labs-project