Our Mazda 5

It has taken a while to update this blog. We bought a new car (to replace my 13-years old Infinity I30) in early June. After more than 1 months of deliberation, we decided to purchase a Mazda 5. It is cost-effective (compared to SUV), lots of storage space, seats 6 even with car seat, and is actually fun to drive. Oh, did I mention that sliding door is a must if you have infant baby?

Here is a pictures of our Mazda 5, with roof-cargo and car seat installed.

Look what I can do!

See video.

Oliver is a big baby now!

Look! He can finally hold his own bottle... for 3 seconds...and that is good enough for me.

Logitech MediaBoard Pro in Ubuntu

Today I received a Logitech MediaBoard Pro from Dell for $40. It is blue-tooth keyboard/touchpad combo device meant for PS3, but people have been using it for HTPC purposes. The advantages of this device are several: 1) because it is a combo (2-in-1) device, you only have 1 physical accessory, and 2) because it is a bluetooth device, you can use it within a great distance from your HTPC/PS3 and not to have to worry about line-of-sight problem either.

As matter of fact, I am typing this blog using this keyboard. The purpose of this post is to document how I get it to work under Ubuntu (8.04). The steps I took were adapted from a HOWTO on the ubuntu forum.

1) Get the MAC address for the MediaBoard Pro using hciscan
picard [7:58pm]>hcitool scan
Scanning ...
ff:ee:dd:cc:bb:aa Logitech Cordless MediaBoard Pro(TM)

2) add an entry to the bluetooth device configuration:
sudo vi /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf
and add:
device ff:ee:dd:cc:bb:aa {
name "Logitech MediaBoard Pro"
auth enable;
encrypt enable;
}

3) restart the bluetooth daemon:
sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart

4) pair up the device:
sudo hidd --search

by now the MediaBoard Pro should work. If you want it to be connected at boot-up, do the following:

5) enable bluetooth connection during boot sequence:
sudo vi /etc/default/bluetooth
and change
HIDD_ENABLED=0
to
HIDD_ENABLED=1

that is it. Enjoy.

Oliver can hold his head, finally

Oliver can finally hold his head while on his tummy. Although he can only hold it for about 2 minutes, it is a huge improvement. Daddy and mommy are very proud. Soon he'll be able to roll!!

Oliver is 3 months old

Oliver just turned 3 months old few days ago. He now weights 12lb 5oz and measures 59cm in length. In the past month Oliver learnt how to cry. It all started on the day when he got his first vaccination. It was the first time he cried with tears. Since then, he cries when he doesn't get what he wants...too smart for his own good.

Oliver likes people talking to him. He always smile at you if you talk to him. He also started making sounds. If I produce a sound repeatedly, he tries to intimidate my lip movement (with no success so far) to reproduce the same sound, very cute. He also smiles a lot. When he sees a familiar face, he'll smile. He smiles to the camera. He also smiles evilly right after he pees or poos. He is a happy baby. He also started to sleep longer. We no longer have to get up 3am in the morning to feed. He now goes to bed at around 11:30pm and wakes up at around 5am. He likes to waste diaper. He almost always poo right after we change him.

Newest pictures of Oliver are posted here: http://picasaweb.google.ca/wong.kitty/OliverSThirdMonth?authkey=Gv1sRgCI3Et5XLraO3xgE&feat=directlink

enjoy

More Pictures

Oliver is 3-months old

Oliver is 3-months old today! Here are 2 pictures (well, 18 actually) of Oliver at his happy moment. Enjoy,

Elvis

Pictures and Videos of Oliver

just uploaded more pictures and videos of Oliver.

Pictures of Oliver's first month can be found: http://picasaweb.google.ca/wong.kitty/OliverSFirstMonth?authkey=Gv1sRgCOOZu7SH_IGKkAE&feat=directlink

Pictures of Oliver's second month can be found: http://picasaweb.google.ca/wong.kitty/OliverSSecondMonth?authkey=Gv1sRgCKmytO70gZr8SQ&feat=directlink

Videos of Oliver's can be found: http://picasaweb.google.ca/wong.kitty/VideoClipsOfOliver?authkey=Gv1sRgCMDF9YehzNvwFg&feat=directlink#5312513655689399938

Enjoy.

An update on Oliver

Oliver has turned one month old few days ago. He lost 6 ounces in his first two weeks of life but put up an amazing 2 lbs 6 oz in the last 2 weeks and he now weights 7lbs 10 oz. His head is a lot bigger than before. It used to be smaller than the size of my palm and now it is bigger. He has put up some fat on his cheek, his arm and his thigh. Elvis used to call him Monkey Chan but now Oliver becomes Chubby Chan. His length also increased from 45 cm to 52 cm.

So far Oliver has been a very good baby. He cries only when he is hungry and he grunts when he is trying to fart or poop. When he sleeps, he likes to raise either one or both of his arms. Sometimes, he puts his two palms in front of his nose while he sleeps. When he stretches, he likes to hold his fists tight and raises both of of them, just like how superman flies and therefore superman is also one of his many nicknames. Oliver also like to grab or hold on to things while he is trying to fall asleep. He has very strong grip for a baby. Hopefully, Oliver can hold on to a badminton racquet soon. Oliver also likes to pee while Elvis and mom change his diaper. In the last two weeks, Elvis got sprayed 3 times already. He never poop all at once. He usually poops right after we change his diaper, making us work extra hard.

Oliver spends most of his time sleeping/eating/peeing/

pooping. We managed to take one video of him when he was awake. The video is posted here: http://picasaweb.google.ca/wong.kitty/VideoClipsOfOliver?authkey=FuFuYhD9YsA#5303949173008615282

Some pictures of Oliver are posted here: http://picasaweb.google.ca/wong.kitty/OliverSFirstMonth?authkey=kBQH4HaOzOM&feat=directlink

Enjoy

Oliver 佑迦 (You-Chia) Chen

A very quick update: Oliver 佑迦 (You-Chia) Chen was born on January 13th, 2009, the day with extreme weather that took out the power grid in east-end Kingston.

We have decided to name him, in Chinese:

佑迦

The words are taken from:

保佑 (protection, blessing)
迦南 (The promised land, Canaan)

which means: May God protect and bless him and lead him to the Promised Land.