Roman’s blog

Some new pictures of Romina here (opens in new window). As you can (hopefully) see I experimented with an Javascript based slideshow. I found the following free, ready-to-use implementations: HighSlide, Thickbox, Lightbox, Greybox and Smoothgallery. I used Smoothgallery because it works with standardscompliant markup and is relatively easy to set up. Hacked up a small script for generating the gallery. I first tried to embed the gallery in the blog post, but got some sideeffects with the layouting. Furthermore I would have to include the Javascripts in the php-header of the wordpress theme, which of course decreases load time. So, although not a fan of “popups” I decided to use them for those mini-galleries.

Finally! A gallery documenting Romina’s birth and her first days. For a login drop me a line or call. Note that there are comments on the pics as you zoom into the thumbnails.

On August, 28th at 3:22am our dougther Romina was born. She and her mother are in good health. Romina’s birth data: 3010 grams in weight and 49cm tall.

To satisfy the eager demand for photos I put one here (cklick to enlarge), a gallery will follow soon. Last week’s feelings range from pure happiness to utter stress. Suddenly you’re faced with huge responsibility and completely changed priorities. Words can’t describe how you feel If you’re holding such a little fragile nothing in your hands, not to speak of changing the diapers for the first time or driving home with it from the hospital. As a father I really recommend to take vacation for at least two weeks, you’re mentally twisted and good for nothing anyway. And don’t even think of sleeping for more than four hours ;-)

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Somewhere on a wall in Hamburg:

Love you to :-*

Im going to be a daddy soon ;-) Estimated day of birth: September 4th, 2006. The most asked question is whether this was intentional. The answer is yes, and we are very happy …