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Not an effective way to put your baby to sleep

Use an Old Linux Computer to Put your Baby to Sleep

If you are not a computer geek, here is an explanation of how this very simple program works.

First the program will auto-eject the CD-ROM drive attached to the computer and will then close the tray. This will then happen over and over again until you stop it.

while [1 = 1]
 do
	#eject cdrom
	eject

	#pull cdrom tray back in
	eject -t
 done

This is the result…

The lazy person who thought this up, tied a piece of string between the CD-ROM drive tray and the baby car seat and as the tray would open and close, the smooth movements were enough to put his baby to sleep.

Post from: Personal Blog of Brad McAllister

This is both a good idea and a bad idea at the same time

If you do ever find yourself in eastern Europe I recommend their dentists far more than the ones here if you are in need of a bit of work doing at a fraction of the cost. A filling that will set you back £80 here will be 10 euros in say Macedonia where I went with my 6 year old niece to get myself sorted this time, two fillings and a nice cleanup for 25 euro.

Here she is being cheeky while the dentist pops out for a smoke

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Back in the UK again