Peek-a-boo in Mom's Belly

Surprise! We got new pictures of Lucy today at 37 weeks! Everything is fine--probably she is pushing against Magda's hip causing a lot of discomfort. She's quite chubby, huh? They say she probably won't look so chubby (imagine yourself squished and upside down). They estimate her weight at 7.2 lbs (3.26 kg). Everything looks good... they did a full round of tests on Magda today. Not much has changed, however, since last Friday, so it looks like Lucy might keep us waiting up to another week or two.

Have crib, will rear child

Thanks to Maciek's help Saturday, we now have a nursery! Mac assembled our crib for us and helped me convert the office into Lucy's room. Thanks to everyone's generous gifts and support, we're feeling ready for what's about to happen.

We're still waiting for Lucy to do her thing. Magda had flu-like symptoms Friday night and Saturday. She feels much better today though and now seems to be having some contractions. I think we're getting closer!

Baby Lucy might be coming early!

The doctor thinks it could happen this weekend! We're at 37 weeks, and they say anytime after 36 weeks is fine. They put Magda on a monitor today and she appears to be having contractions. I guess we'd better assemble that crib that arrived yesterday. We're getting close to the date--stay tuned!

1-to-1 Lashback

Alan November recently posted on the Edustat Blog about laptop program lashback. It's an interesting article (with many comments that follow). Among several interesting points, he argues that labeling a program a "laptop program" dooms it to inevitable failure, because it puts the focus on the technology instead of the learning. The article includes a list of institutional changes that must occur in order to build "capacity" for technology-infused programs to succeed.

MS Office 2007 Converter for Mac

Microsoft has released a beta version of a conversion utility program to convert Office Open XML files created with Office 2007 (for Windows) to files that MS Office 2004 or Office X on a Macintosh can read. It seems there are many shortcomings. For examples, charts and graphs are converted to graphics, and tables background colors, etc., don't seem to translate. But, hey, this might come in handy for us distance education instructors who may start receiving assignments in Office 2007 format soon.