Keeping baby awake while feeding

After experiencing it personally and going through various forums, here is what works for me.

• Try undressing or at least open the clothes (easier for onesies). odds of working low-medium.
• Take a semi-wet piece of paper towel and gently dab on baby's face. Baby should respond to the coldness of touch and get a little alert. Odds of working: high
• Slowly blow some air on baby's face. Warning : be very gentle. I blew little hard the first time, she woke up little scared and threw up. But done right and baby should be alert. Odds of working: high

Again this just my experience and not any recommendation or suggestion. 

Be smart and save some energy and some money

All those plugged in gadgets keep on sucking energy even when you are not using then. Cell phone chargers, TV, standby computers, cable receivers..... just to name a few. Do yourself and mother earth some favor. Unplug them or put them on power strip with switch and turn it off when you are not using it. Check out stopwattdrain to find out how much power and money you are loosing.
Take care and go green

10 Things I hated about 3 Idiots.

'3 Idiots': The Biggest hit of bollywood in year 2009. I hated it to the core, got bored into first 40 min and wanted it to end soon half way though. And here is why:

1. I watched it about a month after its release. Meanwhile there is this big war between Chetan Bhagat and chopra and co. So I was expecting the movie to have very good literary value. It turned out to be Govinda category comedy.
   
2. Of course they tried conveying message but execution was disaster. No where except couple of hostel scene, the movie seemed real.
3. The movie opened with a ghisa pita pen/pencil joke. And that joke was around 20 years back in 6th, 7th class students and not in engineering college.
   
4. At start Bomman Irani's character is described as strict, no nonsense, no time wasting. And as movie progresses it kinda falls apart. He is wasting his time all around.
5. And he is shown as director of the institute; why would director interfere in day to day work of college, right from setting exam to scheduling project end date. The student who hangs himself just walks to college director and asks what the project due date?
   
6. Child Delivery. I mean.. really?
   
7. Baby coming alive after "hearing all is well". Do you really want me to elaborate?
   
8. Idiots insulting each other's elderly, sick parents the core after visiting them. I am living outside india lately but I dont think india has changed this much.
   
9. Aamir khan was trying to act. He may be perfectionalist but perfectionaism is subjective thing.
10. All this was fine if movie was marketed as just a regular Govinda class comeday. It was marketed as classic movie with a social message. And yes all that drama of Amir roaming around India with disguise. After this I am certain that Amir is a true businessman like Shahrukh. Difference is Shahrukh doesn't hide the fact and Amir doesn't reveal it.

The things I really enjoyed were mostly Chatur's scene. Because it was pure, senseless comedy.
Just the previous week I had watched Rocket singh. I loved it. Very believable, realistic and yes with a good message.

Aux audio for mp3 players for Honda Accord 04 ex

Okay, I have honda accord 04 EX which comes with 6 cd changer. And I was getting tired of burning and swapping CDs and had it in mind for forever to fix the aux audio attachment by myself; was holding back for fear of warranty issues.
It was a long pending project but finished it on one nice evening in last summer. It took couple of hours to fix the auxiliary but drilling hole for passing wires turned out to be the most time consuming effort. It was because of lack of bigger size drill bit and heavy gauge wire. But all well in the end.
I followed instruction from http://www.beaufordbuddy.com/ipod_install_1.htm. There were some difference though. follow the pictures.