Ryan and Debi & Toren

Author: rcragun

  • LinuxMint or Ubuntu: Automount Server Share

    (Updated to reflect changes in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS – 5/15/2012) While I’m still not 100% sure how I got my file server to share all the files across the network (whatever I did, it worked; when the server dies, I’ll figure it out and post it here).  Regardless, I recently reformatted my desktop and had…

  • LinuxMint: Keyboard Shortcuts to Move Windows Between Monitors

    If you don’t have multiple monitors hooked up to your desktop computer, you’re really missing out.  Having dual monitors is a delight when it comes to being able to see more than one window and work even faster.  And to make the experience even more enjoyable, Ubuntu variants of Linux, including LinuxMint, my new Linux…

  • floaties in the tub

    Toren wanted his floatie in the tub one night, so I helped him put it on.  The result is kind of humorous:

  • Toren’s new trike

    Craigslist is awesome!  I found this trike with a push bar on Craigslist for $15.00.  It’s used and a bit beat up, but it works fine.  We had it for all of a week before Toren figured out how to pedal.  It’s probably not that unusual for a kid his age, but a lot of…

  • Toren’s Jedi Powers

    After picking Toren up one day at daycare he wanted to go explore the hospital where his daycare is located.  As we walked around he found an automatic door that opened when you approached it.  This was the first time that Toren had triggered such a door by himself.  He was fascinated by it. I…

  • “dry” and “video game”

    Why is it that kids don’t tell the truth?  In the video clip below I asked Toren if he was poopy and he responds by saying that he’s “dry.”  He then asks for my phone so he can play a video game:

  • Toren and corn

    Toren still loves corn.  In this clip he is finishing off his third ear of corn:

  • Toren and curbs

    One of Toren’s favorite activities is to walk on curbs.  In the video below he was walking on a curb at Busch Gardens.  Just before I started filming he fell and skinned his knee, but it didn’t stop him:

  • Toren playing in the pool with Debi

    We went to some friends’ house on Labor Day.  They have a pool.  Believe it or not, it was too chilly for most already.  Here in Florida, if the water is below 80 degrees Fahrenheit, we’re not interested (we’re water temperature snobs!).  So only Toren and Debi got in the pool.  Here they are playing:

  • What words do you teach your kids?

    While we’re not always technical in the words we use with Toren (e.g., “Are you poopy?”), we did choose to use one technically accurate term – vulva.  Vulva, for those who don’t know, is the technical word for the external female genitalia from the mons pubis to the labia and anus.  Most people refer to…