At Least You're Trying, 52: It's Hard to Draw the Fish

Summary:

Jody and Matt are playing catch-up this week, reuniting after an interminable hiatus to hear about the babies, learn about memory, and discuss the conduction of a proper taste-test.

ALYT- The Technology Company!

Seriously, check out Jody's cool new ALYT app in the Google Play store. He's justifiably proud of it, and would love your feedback! You can find it here, or with a quick search on the play store. Thanks, Tryers!

Jody's early experiences with kids

Names withheld for tin-foil hat reasons

An "easy" day of labor became a hectic couple hours and then it was in to the OR

The data during labor looked good (solidly in the "gray zone"):

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right Purchase the book using that link to support ALYT!

Ignaz Semmelweis, for anyone not familiar with the fascinating story of the man who saved countless mothers' lives by pushing the concept of antiseptic procedures in the mid 1800's.

With all of the craziness surrounding hospital/labor/delivery and the accompanying sleep deprivation, Jody is reminded about scuba diving:

During scuba certification check-out dives, sometimes the dive master will make you do a simple math problem or draw a fish

At depth, simple math can just plain elude you...even though you feel normal
Once your little sketch of the fish makes it back to the surface, it looks like the creation of a deranged toddler, not something from your own hand.
As Matt puts it: What you think you drew

What you actually drew

Now that the twins are here, Jody still feels like himself, but it's hard to draw the fish

New phone for Jody == Nexus 6

C'mon, big 6! This is a large phone, all the great apps now fit on one home screen
Camera gets good photos of babies
Great for the internet plumber on the go
Volume button placement right next to power button is slightly annoying
Which gives Matt an idea for...

Future Topic Tease: Technology Choices

Matt needs a new phone soon, and is contemplating switching carriers
Cable Cutting: Is it time? I think we can help people here.

Matt on Restaurants & Memory

Jody once offered to host a blog for Matt, and Matt may finally have something to blog about: Restaurants
Jody writes on his blog
Jody reminds Matt he still needs a domain name, probably from our friends at hover.com
Matt & His Partner were inspired to try a bunch of new (to them) places by Laura Reiley's list of 50 best TB restaurants
Matt & His Partner get new journals to record impressions in real time. Moleskine Classic Notebook, Pocket, Ruled, Black, Hard Cover (3.5 x 5.5)
The idea is to avoid the pitfalls and limitations of memory, i.e. "The Brian Williams effect."
Interested in what Matt was saying about B.W. and memory in general? Check out this excellent post on the topic by the always reliable Dr. Novella from Neurologica Blog.

Taste Testing

Matt first heard about the "triangle test" he mentioned on This American Life, he thinks, but he can't find the episode
The wikipedia article on discrimination testing eplains a lot of what Matt was talking about.
Bulleit Rye, they're not a sponsor, but they make the best value/money Rye in Matt's opinion.
The Pseudoscience of wine tasting:
Neurologica Covers this well and provides links to the original science for anyone interested.

Women On 20's!

Help to make it happen by casting your vote here: Womenon20's.org, and be sure to tell your friends!
Matt voted for Margaret Sanger, Clara Barton, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton