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As you might infer from the photo, I've been a little busy of late: I've been at home for the past two and a half weeks with my newborn son, Tobin Cormac Gaffikin Cantrill. Tobin was born on September 9th at 8:59am, weighing in at 8 pounds 11.5 ounces. (He's shown here having his first bath.)
Having a baby is a humbling experience for anyone, but it's especially so when you've spent most of your life dealing with complex man-made systems: it boggles the mind that a system so incredibly intricate could ever work at all, let alone so reliably. One is humbled not just for oneself, but for all of humanity. (Or, if you're me, you just become even more offended by the hubris of strong artificial intelligence: Tobin accomplished more in his first thirty minutes of life than AI has accomplished in 45 years -- and he's certainly a hell of a lot cuter than your average AI lab rat.)
I'll be returning to work on Monday, October 4th, so look for an update on the world of DTrace sometime next week... |
Views on software from Bryan Cantrill's deck chair
The Observation Deck
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Tuesday Sep 28, 2004 |
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Posted by Alan Hargreaves on September 28, 2004 at 11:57 PM PDT #
Posted by benr on September 29, 2004 at 12:51 AM PDT #
Posted by Derek on September 29, 2004 at 10:07 AM PDT #
Posted by Bryan Cantrill on September 29, 2004 at 11:50 AM PDT #
With a name like that, he'll do well in life. You can take my word for it. :)
Posted by Tobin Coziahr on September 29, 2004 at 07:27 PM PDT #
Posted by Jim Grisanzio on October 10, 2004 at 06:16 PM PDT #
Gee, it seems like yesterday I was joking with your wife in Boston about how much the little guy must be kicking inside...Tell your wife that's the good news, cause he won't be kicking from the inside anymore...of course the bad news is that most kids will be kicking from the outside for a heck of a lot longer than 9 months!;-)
Congrats to both Mom and Dad! Having gone through both of our child's deliveries, there is nothing so amazing as childbirth.
Hopefully Mom is recovering well by now, and hopefully it was a smooth delivery...Even though both of our kids were quick, natural births, with my wife taking no drugs whatsoever, I've heard my share of women in the delivery room that could have used DTrace to figure out where the fsck that performance problem was in getting their babies out!;-)
Oh, and BTW, his birthday is just a day after mine...(not sure if that's good or bad for you).
Posted by Alan DuBoff on October 11, 2004 at 01:16 AM PDT #
Posted by John Clingan on October 11, 2004 at 08:19 AM PDT #
Posted by bnitz on October 13, 2004 at 09:02 AM PDT #
Posted by mary on November 18, 2004 at 06:00 AM PST #