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Sleep Training Progress

It has now been exactly one week since we started sleep-training Claire. Although we haven't made any miraculous changes to her sleeping habits, her sleeping has certainly gotten better. Starting Friday, she has started to take at least 1+ hour nap per day and only protests napping in her crib about 20% of the time. This is a remarkable improvement from only napping 30 minutes at a time and flat-out refusing to sleep in the crib during the day (she would only nap in her swing). Her nighttime sleep continues to stay consistent with about 3 wakings per night. Since she is almost 5 months old (21 weeks this Thursday), I have been told that we can start to try for 2...

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Photo Opportunities: Hundreds of Tourist Photos as One

Conducting online keyword searches for world-famous monuments and tourist hotspots, visual artist Corinne Vionnet culled thousands of tourists' snapshots for her series Photo Opportunities. Each image in the series was created by superimposing hundreds of pictures of the monuments — the effect is quite haunting and ethereal, and inevitably wistful. Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China Taj Mahal, India Mecca, Saudi Arabia Acropolis of Athens, Greece The (former) World Trade Center, New York Coliseum of Rome, Italy Eiffel Tower, Paris, France Himeji Castle, Japan Head on over to My Modern Met for more from the series. Via Geekosystem....

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No Matter What

No matter how angry, upset, or frustrated she makes me, I can never stay mad at her for too long. Especially when I catch her sleeping like this. (I am currently lying in bed, about to doze off myself. Nap-training doesn't seem to be getting much better, but I have renewed hope after reading a new baby sleep book today. Also, this is my first entry posted from my phone, using the WordPress Android App. Let's see how it turns out...

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Androidify Yourself

Androidify is a free app in the Android Market which allows you to craft your own version of the Android robot. Yes, it is yet another "create your own avatar" application, but it's pretty amusing for Android fans such as myself. There is even an option to add a baby Android robot — Here is my own Androidified self, complete with a steaming cup of coffee and a book. And I just couldn't resist the shirt with the Korean flag on it. Watch the video below to learn more about Androidify. Have fun Android-ifying yourself! Via Engadget....

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