The River

Here are some snaps from day 1 and day 2 of Callum’s life.

Callum Parker Caird was born July 9 2005 at 1:33 pm. He was 6 pounds 15 oz, and was 20 inches long. We are all healthy and very very happy.

So, I have a ClickZ Experts column due every other Thursday, and I spent a decent amount of time yesterday trying to get one step ahead. Then, this morning, I went to finish it up and saw the file I’d been working on — and diligently saving on a regular basis — wouldn’t open. Then I looked at the directory and saw it was listed as being 0 kb in size. Uh, oh.

After looking for temp files, etc. I fired up Google Desktop Search. There I found 3 or 4 different cached versions of the file — one not too far from up-to-date — which I could easily cut and paste into a new file. *Whew* Who would have thought? Anyway, many thanks, Google.

The Bay Area Interactive Group (BIG) — our local interactive marketing trade/networking organization — today launched a podcasting series called the BIG Sessions. Hosted by Visa’s Jon Raj, the podcasts feature interviews with interactive marketers. So far, there’s one with OMD’s Mark Stewart and another with AKQA’s P.J. Pereira. Haven’t listened to them yet, but they look promising.

A deliciously-written marketing blog from the folks at Murray’s Cheese shop on Bleecker Street in NYC (and online at murrayscheese.com). They do an amazing job online. I’ve already decided we must have champagne in the delivery room. Should raw milk cheese also be on the list of formerly-forbidden food to be included in celebratory snacking? Hmm… (The Cheese Board Collective — a shop with a Murray’s-like selection and a Berkeley “power-to-the-people” ethos — happens to be on the way to the hospital.)

Like others, I’ve participated in the MIT Media Lab blogger survey. It wasn’t especially time consuming. It’ll be interesting to see how it all turns out.

In case I don’t post again today let me wish everyone in the U.S. a happy Independence Day. Here’s hoping the long holiday weekend affords opportunities for relaxation!