Bramer Experience

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Interesting perspective from the Chinese. Quartz has done a nice summary with past comments summarized nicely, however, I did not find the Chinese blogging to be quite so... magnanimous. More on that later.
Chinese bloggers, seeing Obama’s Bible, ask if religion is the secret to democracy - Quartz:

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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Daily Picture - Rap Wrap

Reading through her D. A. R. E. Rap. I missed getting to see program. Oh well, she can bring her plunger home and have her do the show for us!

Friday, January 18, 2013

Daily Picture - D.A. R. E You

Today (actually yesterday since I am late posting) was the first of two performances for the 5th grade D. A. R. E program. Their program includes decorated toilet plungers so I am excited about seeing it Friday!

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Daily Picture 5th grade

Cold ride

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Daily Picture 5th grade

Love that I caught her expression. Had to leave a bit early and so was leaving her on her own to get out the door. When her nose is in a book, the risk of being late is high! But today it turns out the problem was not the book. It was the garage door. When she was ready to leave, she couldn't get the garage door closed. So of course she called her Gammaw, who is in Florida, for assistance. She also couldn't find her key to the front door and forgot she had a cell phone to call me. Lots of crying and worry, all before school. Bet her math test seemed like fuel on a fire. Poor thing. Pasta for dinner will cheer her up.

Friday, January 11, 2013

Will It Be Big Data or Big Oil That Saves America?

As much as I get fracked off at the idea of the elusive "energy independence", I have to admit that there is another side of the argument. In his blog, Gartner Analyst French Caldwell makes some good points regarding the delicate balance. Take a look...

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Amazon’s “AutoRip” Service Goes Live, Giving Customers Free MP3s For CDs Purchased On Amazon As Far Back As 1998 (Hands-On) | TechCrunch

Ok, this is a pretty cool thing. Amazon pushing the envelope in terms of music. Why? Because buying a CD now automatically gives you the MP3 versions (some limits). But more importantly, they are going to give you the MP3's for any CD you purchased in the PAST! Rockin'! Another example of conceding margin to push the industry in a logical direction. Can't wait until my 1997 purchases of CD's show up. Sorry to Tom who just spent weeks ripping the music from our CD's manually!

Amazon’s “AutoRip” Service Goes Live, Giving Customers Free MP3s For CDs Purchased On Amazon As Far Back As 1998 (Hands-On) | TechCrunch:

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Daily Picture - Is this my baby?

I am struggling with my daughter's increasingly maturity. So thought I'd catch a picture that emphasizes the younger version I see when I look at her. There is no way to put words to the feeling a mother has when struggling to let them go but keep them close.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Daily Picture - Key Master

Using Blogger again. Hope it publishes!

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Happy New Year!

New Year. So full of hope. Not many blog posts since we returned. My resolution is to write more often. And considering it Jan 5 and I am just now acting on that resolution, I don't know how well I do at this!

But I am trying the new blogger apps on Android and the iPad. Wish there was one for Kindle Fire, but I have improved my access by 200% so fewer excuses.

Also redid our website, though to be honest Redoing consisted mostly of removing content. Still messing around with Flickr. Have decided to go Pro, but working on how to integrate into the website. More on that hopefully soon.

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Daily Picture Grade 5 - Day 27-37

Yeah, I know. Late and incomplete. Daily picture ain't what she used to be! There are just too many things going on in the morning. The original intent was to 1) force myself to take a picture each day and 2) provide some way for our family and friends in the US to chart Natalie's growing growing up. Now I am lucky to know in which cabinet I stuffed my camera and Natalie's growth is a tween who doesn't want her picture taken every day! So again, I am adapting. I will publish a group once in awhile. The biggest downside is the lack of time to actually take photographs and work on them. I am now trying to set aside time to actually continue to focus on this hobby. Enjoy!

Day 27
"I am sure all this math homework is done..."