Things that make you go "Hmmm" department

Interesting quote from churchit.com speaking about Moore's Law:  "The computer chips found in singing birthday cards have more computer power than the entire Allied forces of 1945."  And what do we do with that power?  We listen to the music and then throw the card away.

Robotics Ministry?

Last week, Henry had the opportunity to visit a ministry in a poor neighborhood of San José called La Carpio.  (You can read more about the ministry in La Carpio at www.lacarpio.com)  One of the things that this particular ministry does is run a computer lab where neighborhood kids can learn about computers, programming, etc. each week from a friend of Henry's.  Previously, the kids had learned how to put one of the robots (Lego Mindstorm) together and this week, they were going beyond the basics of remote controlling it to programming it perform a specific task or two.  In the video below, you can see how the project turned out as the robot is (pretty much) following the black line using the color sensor attached to the front of the robot.  Later in the day, they learn how to make it shoot little colored balls (you can see the shooter on the front of the robot) when it came across a specific color (red).  It was a great time of learning and fun for everyone.

'Things that make you go "Hmmm" department

A Special 'Rock-a-bye Baby'

Jordan broke out her song writing abilities while I was finishing her bath last night and I wanted to make sure that I captured it!

Another beautiful CR sunset

This photo was taken on phone and doesn't do the view justice!

The Bungalow

At the end of January, we had the opportunity to take a couple of days at the beach inexpensively.  We rented a bungalow that almost had an ocean view.  (The beach was right across the street in front of the bungalows!)  What a beautiful and tranquil location to spend a couple of days with the family!

How far would you drive for coffee?

I don't mean just a cup of coffee (though we've been know to drive about 20 miles for a good cup!), I mean about 20 lbs of coffee!  OK, not all of it was for us, we were buying for some others.  Though the primary purpose of our 3. 5 hour (round trip) drive was to  buy coffee, the secondary purpose was almost as important, which was to get out of the city and enjoy the beautiful countryside of Costa Rica.  Though the pictures below don't do justice to the beauty of this major coffee growing area of the country, the trip was a huge success on both accounts!

Ever get that sinking feeling?

When was the last time you saw an alert like this pop up on your GPS?!?  I guess the road must have been in this state for quite some time and the map makers decided it would be worth warning the users.