Dentists and Macros...

I went to a dentist here in DaHo. He is pretty young and generally a sharp and nice guy. He is the local specialist on irradiated cancer patients and knows what to do and not do to/for us. Anyway, I went in and had a complete start-up evaluation. I needed to have a deep root cleaning done as its been about a year since my last one. He happened to have some extra time right then, so we went for it.

Normally, at least in California, such services are done by assistants and only 1/4 of your mouth is done at a time to minimize trauma to all concerned. Well, here in DaHo they do it differently. The dentist did it and he did the whole thing in one sitting. I had 8 syringes full of Novicane and was in the chair for about 2 hours. I have never been that numb - a good thing... After I got home, I had to take a pill and was using a glass with a straw to drink from. I took the pill and liquid and thought that it all went down well. Then, a little while later, I went to into the bathroom and happened to notice in the mirror that the pill was still exposed in my numb lips... Big dental fun...

I got this new macro software module for my X-10 home automation system. It will allow me to use if-then-else type logic to write 'programs' to turn on/off or dim/brighten electrical devices and lights in the house. Then, using motion sensors to detect movement or timers, you can do all sorts of cool stuff. You can create 'scenes' which allow you to setup an entire environment for something like watching a movie - turning on/off a bunch of different lights and setting the brightness to the right levels. Or, going to bed, turn off all the household lights and appliances and turning on the hall and bedroom lights. The locals have never not been impressed by the automatic guest bathroom light. That's the way we do it here in DaHo...