Oh, the Squirrellity!

While trapping squirrels for behavioral research purposes in California, I was asked more than once by the locals, "Are you going to eat that?". Little did I know that these men in their pick-up trucks were merely Brits on vacation.

Save a Red! Eat a Grey!

Fun with Lilo

Just Call Me Dr. Picasso

"Scribble" is an iPhone app that allows you to doodle. I am very proud of this drawing which took me about 20 seconds to make:

You can also doodle on pictures in your photo gallery. Here is what Milo would look like with some fancy facial hair, a top hat and spectacles.

Christmas is Coming!

Now we can add "Christmas" to the list of things that make Lilo tired, along with:

- Walks

- Running on the stairs

- Getting lost while chasing a deer

- Clowns

Emailing Texts Saves Money

I don't have a text plan because I don't really text people. But I do send emails. And now I might "text" people.

I sort of knew about this already but never bothered to do anything about it, but now Rachel has a text plan. If you email phone_number@carrier_info, it will show up as a text on that person's phone. If they reply to that, it will show up as an email on your phone or computer. So I can "text" without paying for a text plan, as long as I know the person's carrier and what needs to come after the @.

One downside is that in order to receive free "texts", the sender must consciously text to your email address instead of your phone number. So all you texters out there, add my gmail address to my contact info in your phone and send any messages to that.

Wintry Fun

The first sizable snow of the season inspired Lilo to pop Rachel with
a large stick.

Exercise, meet Technology

I downloaded the free RunKeeper app for the iPhone because the Buffalo Bills lost another game they should have won. I wonder if that makes sense to anyone.

What this app does is track your location while you do any sort of activity (walk, run, cycle) and compile statistics which get uploaded to the runkeeper website. I tried it out for the first time today on my walk with Lilo. Here's what you see when you go to the website:

Pretty cool. The blue line on the bottom tracks the speed and the green line is elevation. And that is the exact route we took. It may be silly, but I am much more motivated to exercise when I can come home and look at my stats.

Apparently a 2.44 mile walk makes Lilo tired: