Barron of Blog

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Mike B. — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:57:13 +0000

Welcome Baby Barron #3

Mike B. — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:27:22 +0000

Baby Barron #3 (no name yet) was born at 1:12pm on Monday, weighing 9 pounds even and measuring 21" long. She spent her first night in the NICU - they wanted to monitor a pneumothorax on her right lung (air outside of lung that compresses the lung). She has underwent a very minor procedure to alleviate the pressure it was putting on her lungs, and is breathing and looking fine now. All is good, both mom and daughter:

The Newsroom

Mike B. — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:33:01 +0000

Looks like I just found my next favorite television show. This is the first 5 minutes of HBO's "The Newsroom", by Aaron Sorkin. Ho-ly shit; please HBO take my money!

Happy Father’s Day to Me

Mike B. — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 02:00:28 +0000

My wife and kids made a cute and candy filled card for my Father's day, which is the perfect gift for a sweet tooth like mine:

Where is Matt? (again!)

Mike B. — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 04:21:58 +0000

Back in 2008 Matt Harding went around the world and danced. It was awesome. And now he's done it again!

I love these two videos; they always make me cry. This world, it's people, are so wonderfully beautiful.

Happy Kids

Mike B. — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 02:06:07 +0000

It's summer, and fun is in the air:

Django Unchained

Mike B. — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 01:30:54 +0000

New film from Quentin Tarintino - looks good:

Hilarious Clean/Simple Comedy

Mike B. — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:26:27 +0000

"Clean" comedy is incredibly hard; these guys pull of a great and simple comedy act without saying a single word:

“We Are Young” Acapella

Mike B. — Sat, 12 May 2012 03:28:24 +0000

By Pentatonix:

The Hat Trick

Mike B. — Mon, 07 May 2012 20:39:16 +0000

Back in 2003 we were able to pull off a rare feat; within the course of a couple months we had a baby (Libby), bought a new house, and I started a new job.

I am very happy and proud to say: we have done it again!

The new baby is a girl (yes!) and we are looking forward to having our final child join the family. We moved into our new house (same city) in February and are feeling settled in. Finally, I just started my new position a few weeks ago and am happy where I am.

I apologize to those loyal readers who continued to check this blog for updates over the past few weeks - hopefully, now that most of the dust has settled, you will be seeing a bit more activity here.

Fourth Grade Girl’s First Ski Jump

Mike B. — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 03:18:40 +0000

The emotion in her voice is incredible, especially the internal back and forth that she feels when hesitating and feeling the full weight of fear.

Beautiful!

Mike B. — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:58:52 +0000

Oh hi there! Why yes, you are right - I have not blogged for some time. My sincere apologies.

No, wait. Screw the typical apologies. I'm not really sorry; life is busy, and wonderful, and full. And this blog is just one small piece of life's kick-ass puzzle. There are a few exciting posts on their way... at some time. In the future. But not now.

Now it's time to enjoy this video of Neil deGrasse Tyson talking about "the most astounding fact" that he knows - that we are all made from star-stuff (a meme first made popular by Sagan):

Ciao!

Rendered Assembly of Lego Millennium Falcon

Mike B. — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:03:14 +0000

Assembly of the Lego set 10179 from Star Wars Ultimate collector series in stop motion in 3d. Created using 3ds max and V-ray. A very long work over 3 years, modelling all the pieces by myself. and rendered frame by frame:

Lego Millennium Falcon Stop Motion Assembly 3d from Francisco Prieto on Vimeo.

Rolling Down a Pillow Mountain

Mike B. — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:01:58 +0000

The kids wanted to do this for a loooong time - it was fun!

Rockin’ the Wireless Headphones

Mike B. — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:01:32 +0000

Libby and Cooper typing letters and drawing stuff on my computer. Libby insisted they both listen to "The Wizard of Oz" soundtrack while "working" on the computer: