T-Minus 10 Days…

This and 8 other new photos from today have been added to my Nublet set on Flickr.

Baby Pool

When do you think Nublet will be born?

A little while ago, my Mom posted on her blog asking for people to guess within certain ranges, and I've been meaning to link it from here to get some more guesses. Go there to make your guess!

And to make things interesting I've got a prize or two to give away. The absolute closest guess will win an iPod. If Megan or I win (or the winner defers), it will go to the next closest guess. Obviously, one guess per person.

The Next Best Thing To Being In The Room

If you know me at all, you know I'm going to make full use of technology around my son's birth. He already has his own twitter account, for heaven's sake. I've known some people who sent out text message updates during labor, but I don't know of anyone who twittered their way through it.

Note though, that due to the personal nature of the updates, the account is only visible to "friends," which means other twitter accounts that I've allowed to see it. If you're on the fence about signing up for twitter just to see the updates, how does this sound? You can (optionally) set it up so that whenever I post something to Nublet's twitter account, you receive it via text message. How cool is that?

There will be tons of pictures. That said, I'm undeicded on whether or not I want them (or how many) to be publicly available on the net. Flickr has privacy settings that would allow me to only show them to friends and family — but that would require you to sign up for flickr (and for me to mark you as friend/family) to see them. Is that too much hassle? (Keeping in mind that your only other option may be to come meet him in person or wait for analog photos…) Comments in that regard would be nice. :)

I've also recently acquired the ability to record as well as LIVE STREAM video from my iPhone to the internet (no signup required). Don't expect to watch the baby come out, but you can certainly expect at least one video update per day. A video blog of sorts, if you will. That may also be the place that we first publicly announce the name — but it's past Megan's bed time as I'm writing this, so that will have to be something we discuss and make sure we agree on before I make any promises in that regard.