The other day, Kim pointed out to me a large dent in the hood of the Prius. Based on the location, I believe it is from the branch that bounced off the car about a week ago when I was driving home from dropping Miranda off at school. I had thought that the branch hit the windshield and bounced off. Looking at the dent, it seems that a very big branch hit the hood and then bounced off the windshield as I drove on. I figure if I had of been a few moments earlier, it would have hit, and smashed the windshield.

One of the impatiens that Fiona brought home from school last year has been sitting in a kitchen window ever since. It has now started blooming again.

I just upgraded Toomre Capital Markets to CivicSpace 0.8.2. It went pretty smoothly.

Sambot points to an AP article about Dance Dance Revolution. “W.Va. Schools Get Game to Fight Obesity”. I will have to point that out to Mairead. I’ll send her an email.

This illustrates one of the points of the new new Pew Internet & American Life study which David Weinberger among others is commenting on. “The internet and email aid users in maintaining their social networks.” Yup, I’ll fire off an email to Mairead.

It provides an interesting contrast to Bowling Alone. We are using the Internet to maintain our social ties, so while some of the old style of maintaining ties are fading, they are being replaced by other ways of maintaining ties, which could be even more effective. I guess this brings me back to CivicSpace 0.8.2 One of the features is the CRM component. I’ll need to explore that a little more.