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Update: Baby Erica joined our family last night at 10:19pm. We're all doing fine, other than that sleep thing (well, baby seems to have that reasonably well sorted), and I thank you all for the kind comments here! Posted below is the original note, left here mainly as a reminder that Kirk will be guiding the ship for the next couple of weeks.

And, at right, is a little look at Erica, sleeping soundly earlier this morning.

Dear readers:

The family Griffiths will be expanding by one, sometime between today and tomorrow (another daughter will be joining Kylie). As such, it's highly unlikely there will be new hints posted here tomorrow.

However, unlike last time, I do have coverage planned for the site, so I'll be able to take some days off to spend with the new one without thinking "hints, must do the hints..." all the time!

Kirk McElhearn has kindly agreed to "guest edit" in my absence. Kirk is a long-time Macworld contributor, author of multiple Mac books, and a fairly regular hint contributor here on macosxhints, so he should fit right in. You'll start seeing his work on Monday morning, and he'll have the editor's chair for the next two weeks, give or take (which is the longest I will have ever gone, by far, without updating hints since I launched the site). So, welcome Kirk, and thanks for lending the helping hand. Be nice to him! :)

-rob.
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Heads up - Friday may be a no new hints day...
Authored by: morespace54 on Apr 20, '06 12:38:27PM

Enjoy Rob !



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Authored by: happyjaxx on Apr 20, '06 12:47:45PM

In such cases, we'd all be happy to have no hints :-) Hourray !



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Authored by: BulbVivid on Apr 20, '06 12:54:47PM

Congrats, Rob, young'uns are the best. Hope all goes well. . . .



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Authored by: axel500 on Apr 20, '06 12:55:31PM

congrats



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Authored by: Egrefen on Apr 20, '06 01:23:00PM

Congratulations Rob!



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Authored by: meikokun on Apr 20, '06 02:06:07PM

Congrats from Great Britain, Rob! You shall be doubly blessed. A lucky man indeed
Hope your good lady has an 'easy' time of it
cheers



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Authored by: the_webmaestro on Apr 20, '06 02:24:08PM

Heh... sounds like we think alike... robg v2 was released within a few months of the_webmaestro v2... and robg v3 will be released in a similar fashion... although the_webmaestro v3 will be a couple of months later this time.

Auguri!

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Father of Jeremy Logan



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Authored by: Barros on Apr 20, '06 03:06:18PM

All my best to you and your family. No doubt that a big smile will soon call you Daddy. Enjoy the time with your love ones and i'm sure that Captain Kirk will safely guide us into the Mac galaxy.

Rui Barros

Lisbon, Portugal



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Authored by: Barros on Apr 20, '06 03:09:52PM

All my best to you and your family. No doubt that a big smile will soon call you Daddy. Enjoy the time with your love ones and i'm sure that Captain Kirk will safely guide us into the Mac galaxy.

Rui Barros

Lisbon, Portugal



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Authored by: ecco on Apr 20, '06 03:10:51PM

TGIF!

all the best!



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Authored by: mmouse on Apr 20, '06 03:43:43PM

Congratulations Rob! That is great news! Enjoy the time off, and say hi to the new little one for us!

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Authored by: khaled on Apr 21, '06 12:11:54AM

Congratulations dude :)



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Authored by: mark hunte on Apr 21, '06 01:16:58AM

Hey that's great news, best wishes.



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Authored by: i5m on Apr 21, '06 01:59:16AM

Congratulations.

How about a hint on how on earth do you manage to keep this place going?

I'm married with one kid, another on the way and a full time job and my free time is almost negative. How do you managed to spend so much time on this place? Do you ever sleep? Are you super human? Is your wife the nicest person in the world (letting you spend so much time on macosxhints)?

All the best anyway.



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Authored by: bradleyd1971 on Apr 21, '06 02:25:56PM

Try being a single parent, working a full time job, starting your own company, and still finding free time. I laugh at people who pay to go to seminars to learn to better organize their time, I tell them they simply need to have a kid (or two).

Anyway, congrats rob.



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Authored by: i5m on Apr 24, '06 05:11:42AM

I'm sorry, you've lost me there. You're a single parent with your own company and you still manage to find free time?

Props to you, I'm obviously doing something wrong.

I've tried all those time management things, I've basically decided there isn't enough time. Isn't that what retirement is for? I.e. just put all personal interests on hold for 40+ years.



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Authored by: GenesysX on Apr 21, '06 02:25:21AM

Congrats from London. Hope Mother and Daughter are healthy.

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Chris Andrews



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Authored by: mshmgi on Apr 21, '06 05:59:13AM

Rob:

Congratulations!

I have a hint for you... Take 1 Mac mini. Place in nursery. Add iTunes loaded with a selection of soothing lullabys set to "Party Shuffle". Try to sleep. Repeat daily.



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Authored by: Anonymous on Apr 21, '06 06:07:02AM

Congrats Rob! We demand pics (in about 2 weeks) !!!



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Authored by: Gus on Apr 21, '06 06:17:49AM

Gratz Rob! Don't worry about the hints... when you've got enough to worry about.
;-)

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ing. G.E.A. Vansteelant, MSc, BSc
Lead Assessor



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Authored by: kirkmc on Apr 21, '06 06:39:01AM

Just thought I'd pop in and say hi. I'll be your host for the next two weeks, under the user name kirkmc. I'm looking forward to trying to keep up Rob's high standards.

While I'm sure Rob will post later, the baby's here, and everyone is all right (or so Rob said by email; I haven't chatted with him yet today).

Kirk

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Read my blog: Kirkville -- http://www.mcelhearn.com
Musings, Opinion and Miscellanea, on Macs, iPods and more



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Heads up - Friday may be a no new hints day...
Authored by: Serj on Apr 21, '06 07:06:40AM

Congrats from Montreal, Rob ! And welcome Kirk !



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Authored by: Gleddit on Apr 21, '06 08:04:20AM

Well done to the Griffiths family!

Best wishes to you all :)

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Thanks,
Gleddit



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Heads up - Friday may be a no new hints day...
Authored by: nemoinis on Apr 21, '06 08:49:03AM

Warm Congratulations and Good Health to your family!



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Authored by: pcurtner on Apr 21, '06 10:23:12AM

Congrats & good luck!



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Authored by: sharumpe on Apr 21, '06 10:29:18AM

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S ! ! !

:)



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Authored by: krasi on Apr 21, '06 11:14:57AM

congrats and have a fun enjoying time with your new child.



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Authored by: Lunkus on Apr 21, '06 11:16:35AM

Congrats and best wishes!



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Authored by: rinserepeat on Apr 21, '06 11:39:19AM

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S ! ! !

Coincidentally, I just found out this morning that my wife and I are having a little girl. We are due in September (all of this after 5 years of battling infertility). Our thoughts are with you and your family...Congratulations again!



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Authored by: volcan96 on Apr 21, '06 11:52:21AM

Congratulations!



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Beautiful little girl
Authored by: mwalles on Apr 21, '06 11:56:51AM

Congrats on having such a beautiful little girl. Have fun being just Dad for a while |-)



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Authored by: jfa643 on Apr 21, '06 12:00:12PM

Dear Erica:

Welcome to the world! Congratulations to your parents.

Joe



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omedetoo gozaimasu
Authored by: kuginomura on Apr 21, '06 12:16:48PM

congratulations, rob! she's beautiful and she seems to have two great parents. good luck!



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Authored by: giomla on Apr 21, '06 12:42:29PM

Congratulations! ;-)



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Congratulations Rob
Authored by: Daij on Apr 21, '06 01:11:30PM

Our Mac Mini is 23 months, knows how to use a mouse and can (seriously) call Daddy on iChat. TextEdit has been scripted and speeched to show random letters for the "F!" game and the Flurry screensaver functions as a very effective Toddler hypnosis system. Enjoy!



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Authored by: sonderpa on Apr 21, '06 01:36:31PM

Congratulations Rob!
You must be a proud father (and your wife a proud mother).



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Authored by: sopas on Apr 21, '06 01:49:14PM

En Horabuena, Muchas Felicidaded!!!!!



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Authored by: mnb on Apr 21, '06 02:08:41PM
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !

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Authored by: interlard on Apr 21, '06 02:19:50PM

Major congrats to the whole family. Especially the mother & baby who did all the real work. :-)



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Mazel Tov
Authored by: asher on Apr 21, '06 03:03:39PM

Such a beautiful baby is indeed a blessing. Does the posting of a picture mean that there will be a baby picture category. If so I have some of six lovely grand children. :-)



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Authored by: Loh-Q on Apr 21, '06 05:42:55PM

Congrats!!!
Beautiful little girl!
All the best
Bobbi (aka Lohquetis) and son Tempest.

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Mac muzak maniac



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Woo Hoo!
Authored by: googoo on Apr 21, '06 05:52:44PM

Congratulations! Welcome to the world, baby Erica!

-Mark



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Authored by: bakalite on Apr 21, '06 06:24:49PM

Congrats! Who cares about hints when you have kids this cute!



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Authored by: appleman_design on Apr 21, '06 06:27:25PM

very cute rob...good luck to you.
the next thing you know you will be putting a wedding together...lol



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Authored by: markm on Apr 21, '06 06:57:13PM

Congrats and enjoy...it won't be long before your two daughters will be fighting for the iBook/MacBook/TBD like mine do now! 8-)



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Authored by: levonbragg on Apr 21, '06 10:37:29PM

This has to be the best hint yet. A new baby! New life into this world.
It just does not get any better than that.

<b>Congratulations!!!!</b>

I wish you and your family nothing but the best!



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Authored by: Florrie on Apr 22, '06 12:28:26AM

Congratulations Rob & family!! I wish you and baby Erica all the luck!



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Authored by: luai on Apr 22, '06 01:28:50AM

Congratulations Rob & all the family!
Wish you all good health!



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Authored by: mulf on Apr 22, '06 03:03:00AM

congratulations!



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Authored by: shakerben on Apr 22, '06 04:20:49AM

big congratulations

keep the hint legacy alive.

hope you have her on os x by next week ;)



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Ein kleines kind
Authored by: gabester on Apr 22, '06 06:45:38AM

Rob,
That is fantastic. I do heartily recommend the idea of a kids hints section, as my own firstborn was released into this wide wild world just 6 weeks ago... and I'll want to know all the tricks to keep the little one out of trouble as time goes on.

Congratulations to your wife, good luck to you and "What adorable peepers!"
g=



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Authored by: prodok on Apr 22, '06 08:31:29AM

Congratulations, Rob.

All the best to your family.



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Way to go
Authored by: latenightmac on Apr 22, '06 09:02:55AM

I wish you and the family all the best! Forget macs for awhile now - thats an order - your daughter looks wonderful!



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Authored by: n1mie on Apr 22, '06 11:18:32AM

Congratulations!!!!


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Way to go!
Authored by: Peter Maurer on Apr 22, '06 11:59:23AM
using terms from family "Griffiths"
    property children : ("Kylie" as thriving child)
    tell application "Bliss"
        set children to children & ("Erica" as new born child)
    end tell
    tell application "Future"
        grow up children with best of luck
    never end tell
end using terms from

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Authored by: apikoros on Apr 22, '06 12:48:34PM

Mazel tov, Rob.



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Authored by: Terry Jones on Apr 22, '06 03:37:16PM

Lovely news,

Terry
UK

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Terry



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you
Authored by: avocade on Apr 23, '06 05:45:07AM

Hey, my man. Congrats! Hope wife and kid are doing fine. You as well, of course :)



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Congrats!
Authored by: mpress25 on Apr 23, '06 06:33:42AM

Just remember, two different systems can co-exist! Hopefully it will be more like OS9 and OSX -- not like Boot Camp! :)

I have two myself -- double the work, but definitely double the fun!

All the best,

mpress



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Authored by: satcomer on Apr 23, '06 07:10:40AM

Congratulations Rob + family Griffiths.



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Probably a new Mac User is born!
Authored by: tice on Apr 23, '06 11:02:53AM

Gratulations! Take care of her!



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Authored by: theilgaard on Apr 23, '06 01:33:15PM

Congratulations from Denmark!

Søren Theilgaard



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Authored by: logo on Apr 24, '06 06:36:03AM

Congratulations,

I wish you and your family all the best.
Being a dad to two girls too, I guess sleep will not come easier once they have grown up ;-)

Peter



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Authored by: sys0p on Apr 24, '06 07:05:38AM

congrats!



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Authored by: arvind on Apr 24, '06 09:10:27AM

Now time to get an email account, webpage, cellphone, iPod, mac mini for erica :)



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Authored by: vramin on Apr 25, '06 02:00:58AM

Wonderful news Rob! Congrats/mozeltov.



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Authored by: Anonymous on Apr 25, '06 08:39:21AM

Awwww ... who's the cutest baby? YOU are! YOU are! Awudgawudgawudgawudga ...

Why are you all looking at me?

Oh, did I actually type that aloud?



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Authored by: euskir on Apr 25, '06 07:13:04PM

Yes, I'm late...guilty...
From Argentina, and from me here, all the blessings for little Erica and the rest of the family.



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Authored by: raneil on May 08, '06 08:39:32AM

I don't normally take the time to post here, as any additions I might have to existing hints have inevitably been posted by someone else before I get to it, and I don't want to duplicate a post/reply.

However, I cannot resist passing along my congratulations and well wishes--especially since your situation is so similar to mine. We're on schedule to have our 2nd daughter on June 2.

Glad to hear that all is well with you and yours. Congrats again. You're a lucky man.



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