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NICU And the lucky god feels himself comfortable; inside, – the incubator perspex. His master’s personal white altar. Eyes tied and those impalpable balls. He was reanimated; now quietly lies under magical spell of lights. And Blues. A bleeding hydrocephalic tellurian synchronizing his breathe with an artificial lung machine; uncuffed tube stuck within, – he couldn’t cry since birth. Whole messy intestine splayed in a makeshift silo. And those long silicon lines; close to his innocent soul; the poor heart still beats, – yet unable to stop constant cravings for a life; « Biutiful ». More than Ina…

(I TRIED to explain to my colleague and partner from the Philippines why it didn't feel so comfortable to me when she called me a "hillbilly" in public. I LOVE being acknowledged as a hillbilly by Another hillbilly! But somehow it feels less "fine" when I'm called a hillbilly by someone who is definitely NOT one.) Analogously, I already embrace and buss a colleague who chooses the moniker "Hick on a/the Crick" for a website that is International! I must say, so FINE, SO fine! :-) I, too, am a "hick." And, God willin' and the crick don't rise, I'll remain a hick 'til I die!! Welcome to 99NICU from a kindred spirit!

First Sony..then Sega... Now Dropbox !! I think it is not a overstatement to tell everyone to be sure of what they keep on the cloud. One solution is if it is very important than to encrypt it before storing on the cloud so that even if the hackers could download it, they could not open it. May be a truecrypted folder inside a dropbox...the best option i think Though dropbox was not a hacker induced failure , but nevertheless it just shows the weakness in the system - either an external incursion or an internal weakness...the end result is the same http://tech2.in.com/news/web-services/bug-in-dropbox-affects-25-million-user-accounts/226542

Came across a new method of giving presentation called Prezi www.prezi.com Its different from MS powerpoint and gives a totally different method of making presentations Easy to learn. Supports free accounts. Can download the presentation for offline presentations. The way it pans and zooms appears to be very nice when showing a large picture /. flowchart / plan and zooming in on different parts as you are presenting Try it! (PS: Best part - You can show your presentations on your iPAD. Especially while making a presentation to a small group of people like students or at an exhibit booth - looks MAGICAL (in the words of Steve Jobs !) )

Looks interesting.... http://teambox.com/

Dear all, five years has passed since we officially opened 99nicu.org. I will write more later, but I would like to send special greetings to all members and the Team who have been supportive, kind and good friends in general! Best wishes from the virtual Headquarter! Let the next 5 years be succesful too!

Finally, our wait was over two weeks ago - our little daughter was born. Although there were no indications of the opposite, we were much relieved to find that she is a healthy little girl! Ellen Märta Maria is her name. Our son calls her "Ellen Furious". I'd say that she has character!

Wish a very Happy Neo-Year !!! to all of our forum members. Love. Рой.

Just wanted to say Happy Holidays to everyone! Looking forward to 2011 and charged batteries!

Hi Guys, Just Imagine! Today I have completed my second year in this unputdownable forum. Love to Everyone. Roy.