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Child Safety Seat at Packard Children’s Hospital

Thu Tu Koelling — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 04:45:13 +0000

This week, my husband and I went to a car seat inspection at Packard Children’s Hospital. If you live near Stanford University and use a child car seat, it’s definitely worth making an appointment. At first I thought that it would be a quick appointment where they would show us how to install the car seat [...]

Name Change After Marriage

Thu Tu Koelling — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:34:08 +0000

One of the many questions I had while preparing to get married was how long it would take to get my name changed. My driver license was going to require renewal this year so I figured I would get my name changed when I did the renewal. Since my wedding would be two weeks before [...]

Kitty-Proofing the Bathroom

Thu Tu Koelling — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:22:33 +0000

One of my cats, Mr. Knightley, likes to destroy toilet paper and eat plastic. That meant that I had to keep my bathroom door closed to keep him out of trouble. That was not great for ventilation after showers. For years, I looked for a solution that would protect the toilet paper and discourage him from eating [...]

Awesome WordPress Theme: Atahualpa

Thu Tu Koelling — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:14:56 +0000

I just changed the theme of my blog to Atahualpa. I liked it when I first saw it because of the ability to have a rotating roster of random heading images. It’s really cool because it is so configurable that I don’t have to edit the theme files themselves.

The theme comes with some nice [...]

Epilation Experience

Thu Tu Koelling — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:30:58 +0000

I have become a fan of epilating. I avoided it for years because I was afraid of the potential pain. However, when I researched it last month, it seemed the technology has improved a lot to minimize pain. I was sold on the Braun 5270 Silk-épil X’elle Body System Epilator due to the reviews that reassured [...]

Teach an Old Cat New Tricks

Thu Tu Koelling — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:49:18 +0000

A couple of years ago, I wrote about training my then-kittens to do tricks. Now that they are 3.5 years old cats, I am writing a follow-up post on the success and challenges I have experienced in training them to do additional tricks.

I can’t guarantee that older cats can be trained. The point is [...]

Trouble in Lego Indiana Jones

Thu Tu Koelling — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:03:46 +0000

Spoiler Alert

You might not want to read this unless you have encountered the crash in the chapter, “Trouble in the Sky” in The Last Crusade in Lego Indiana Jones for Nintendo Wii. Then again, you might want to read this to prevent the game freezing at the point that it froze for me.

I [...]

With Manual Control Comes Great Power and Responsibility

Thu Tu Koelling — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:00:05 +0000

Last week, I got my new camera, the Canon Powershot SD 990 IS, just in time to use it during the weekend. I went with some friends to the Petaluma Pumpkin Patch to check out the pumpkin patch and to (try to) go through the Amazing Corn Maze. I was really looking forward to the [...]

Deciding if a High-Speed Memory Card Is Worth It

Thu Tu Koelling — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:36:28 +0000

I just ordered a new digital camera, Canon Powershot SD 990 IS, and wanted to get a memory card to use with it. There are so many storage choices these days, it’s a bit overwhelming. I finally decided on a brand and size, but didn’t know if I should pay extra for the high-speed cards. [...]

Webmaster Tool: Find Sources of 404 Errors

Thu Tu Koelling — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:57:31 +0000

Thanks to Matt Cutts for the heads up on how to use Google Webmaster Tools to get more information on our websites’ 404 File Not Found errors. As the Google Webmaster Central Blog announced: Webmaster Tools shows Crawl error sources.

For those who have not used the diagnostic tools of Webmaster Central, one of the informative [...]

Meet Robert, My Roomba

Thu Tu Koelling — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:09:32 +0000

Back in June, I picked up an iRobot Roomba 550 from Costco. It’s one of those purchases where I was not sure if I would continue to use it in the long run. After four months, I am certain that the Roomba is a keeper. My boyfriend helped me with naming it: Robert. It might [...]

Natural Balance Cat Food

Thu Tu Koelling — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:00:24 +0000

A couple of years ago, I wrote that I am for Iams. This is an update that I am no longer feeding my cats Iams.

My cats have had a weight problem since they were kittens. I had to put them on weight control food since they were 9 months old, and the vet still [...]

Have a Happy Valentine and Make it Safe for Pets

Thu Tu Koelling — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:54:40 +0000

V-day is coming this week and whether it is looked forward to or dreaded, those of us with beloved pets have to take some precaution to avoid having the day of love turn tragic. This information is also important to those who love pet lovers.

Valentine staples like chocolates can be delicious to us humans [...]

Happy Holidays; Last Minute Gift Idea for the Person Who Has It All

Thu Tu Koelling — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:49:25 +0000

Happy Holidays to everybody!

If you still haven’t been able to find a gift for the person who has it all, consider donating in their name to a cause that is near and dear to them. It’s a gift times two since there are two recipients and gift-matching could increase its benefit even further. This [...]

Cookies Can Give Servers Indigestion

Thu Tu Koelling — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:02:45 +0000

For the third time in the past few weeks, I had an issue connecting to a site and the solution turned out to be completely not obvious: I deleted the cookies for the site. I tend not to like to delete cookies since I find it more convenient for (trusted) sites to remember me. Deleting [...]