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I have no idea what is next. I think I'll take some time to catch up on some things. Maybe we'll do some travelling. Maybe we'll do a startup. Maybe we'll look at google or yahoo or ... Who knows. I don't. Time will tell.
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I spent some time and found a few solid answers. One interesting report is the "Baby's Toxic Bottle". This has a good list of the issues, results and recommendations.
2. Effects of heating and washing
The key determinant of the amount of BPA released is temperature and there is no "residual effect" - Food Addit Contam Mar 2008. This supercedes a study that found also found the amount of BPA is related to temperature but also found a residual effect of repeated exposure. Food addit Contam 2003.
This science supports the recommendation in BTB of
- "If you continue to use polycarbonate bottles, do not use harsh detergents or put bottles in the dishwasher. Instead, clean them with warm soapy water and a sponge. Scouring brushes can scratch the surface of the bottles and increase leaching rates "
- "Avoid heating foods in polycarbonate containers, as bisphenol A tends to leach faster with higher temperatures. Use glass or ceramic containers instead"
3. Exact Bottles
From BTB, -"Use glass, or polypropylene bottles (the #5 plastic) instead of polycarbonate (hard, shiny, clear or tinted plastic, usually with a number 7 or "PC" on the bottom/underside) bottles" -It looks like our playtex bottles were the least of the problems, but not by much.
But.... The Z report on BPA in infant care pointed out a few things differently. They said it was #3 and #6 plastics that were also a problem, and not all #7s are polycarbonate. It looks like all the playtex bottles we have are #5s, but are not listed as being BPA-Free. Maybe that means the bottle is ok but the lid and/or insert are polycarbonate?
4. Other materials
Looks like it's #7 items. But I've also heard that it could be #8 though I couldn't find any evidence. The lids have a number on them, but it's not in the recycling style, so I don't know. ]]>What did our little genius do? She wrapped the marker in the paper and then walked out with the wrapped paper! Even funnier was that the marker fell out and she didn't notice it.
That's the first outright deceptive behaviour I've seen. I've been wodnering when we'd encounter that behaviour as it's definitely a milestone.
]]>It didn't find too many missing friends though.
1. Most of my contacts are in Outlook, Facebook, twitter. I don't use those 3 online email services. They really need to add Outlook and a bunch of the social network services.
2. Most of my friends on my Yahoo or MSN IM list are using different email address on those systems, so I spent a silly amount of time checking for dups.
3. It doesn't work with Yahoo lists, for example our vancouvertwins Yahoo list. Yet again, one yahoo property doesn't integrate with another.
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They don't offer a ma.gnolia user name/password option! Apparently almost 80% of new accounts were spam. This was reported earlier today. TimBL showed me one of the very interesting FOAF and openId integrations that Dan Connolly wrote about in FOAF and OpenID: two great tastes that taste great together
Seems like OpenId ascendancy is about to hit. Next up, OAuth.
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