Ubiquitous Cynicism

She is in a hurry!

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:13:18 GMT

So Sarah is now almost 7 months old and is in a hurry to get to be a grown up.. For example, she went from not being able to crawl a week ago to now crawling all the time. And on top of that she is now pulling herself up on objects to a standing position. Last night she was standing watching TV holding onto the edge of the fencing we use to keep her out of trouble.

At this rate I picture her wanting to drive to daycare by end of year (lol!)

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:08:22 GMT

Happy Birthday Dad.

Thank you to idiots

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:41:16 GMT

There is nothing more entertaining than an idiot on the internet. I had one who had me laughing my ass off last night.

I play poker on Ultimatebet. I do ok but I am getting better and it is mainly for the practice (and the entertainment as well of course) Anyway, here is how the idiot amused me. First a breakdown on what happened:

Preflop: I was on the button with AKo. When it was my turned I raised. I was the first raiser. The blinds folded then the person under the gun called me. Everyone else folded. (Just the idiot and I left in the hand) (5.5 small bets in the pot)

Flop: The flop is 647. Three different suits. Now this could be a dangerous flop if more people were in on the hand but chances are where it is heads up anyone who came close to making a pair or a straight had folded. The idiot is the first to act and bets.

My thought process. Right now I have 6 outs to an overpair (3 aces and 3 kings) in a heads up hand on a rainbow board. I have about a 24% chance of getting one of these cards by the river. Since my odds are 3:1 and the ratio of the bet versus the pot size (pot odds) is 6.5:1 Calling here works. (If I were to raise chances are he will reraise so it would be pot odds 8.5:3 which is less than the value I need.) So I call

Turn: The turn is now an ace. (467A). Yes! I have top pair with a great kicker! Idiot bets.

My thought process. Chances are idiot should not be playing an A with a 467 so no two pair. If he had had the straight or the straight draw on the flop he would have slow played it. At this point I have the best hand. If he is playing a weak pair or straight draw I need to make sure he pays as much as possible with the worst hand. I raise. Which means the pot is now 7.5 big blinds back at him. Idiot calls.

River: The river is a 9 (467A9) I still have top pair. Idiot bets.

My thought process. If the idiot was on a straight draw he would have checked on the flop and reraised me on the turn to try to put me off of my chance of having a pair. No way he has it. Chances are he has a pair lower than mine. I raise. Idiot calls.

Showdown is me with a pair of aces and idiot with a pair of wired tens. Yah! Go me! 11.5 big bets to me!! *snoopy dance)

This is where it gets entertaining. Idiot proceeds to tell me how I was chasing and lucked out to beat him because my hand was "dominated". I try to explain to him I was not chasing that I was playing with positive expectation value on my hand at that point so it was the correct action to take.

"You were chasin. I know because this is my life! Your hand was dominated and you dont know enough to fold"

Naturally I explain to this "gentleman" that his his a sorry life if this level of poker play is all he can aspire to. I had never been told I should go in the kitchen and "make a bullet sandwich" before this.

He was giving me so much entertainment explaining to him that he is an idiot and that he really should work harder on his insults. At this point he tells the table off and goes to another. He has been SO entertaining I open that table up in another window so I can see how he does and I go back to playing.

A little while later he busts out and is telling the people at that table how it is only the bad players who ever win at poker. So of course I have to pipe in with quips thanking him for showing us all how to play and loose our stake. And of course congratulating him on even loosing on the thing which he says is his life.

"I am going to come by your house and murder your family" was his reply to my quips.
Me: "Sure! Come on by! I am in Miami!"
Idiot: "I am in da 305 as well bitch."
Me: "Great! Where do you want to meet?"
Idiot: "Ruth Chris. Dade aint that big a place for me to find you" (Excuse me? This is the bad ass place to meet up to "murder" someone and their family?!)
Me: "Ok. How about the one in Boca? I eat there all the time."
Sadly, at this point the idiot doesn't say anything back but instead logs off and doesn't log back on before I have to log. But he was very entertaining between his idle threats and lack of knowledge on poker. I hope to be able to talk to him soon.

A year has come and gone

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:23:02 GMT

Yesterday was the first day of my 37th year of life. I had a very good birthday in general but it did bring some interesting thoughts to mind.

I have always looked at birthdays as being a time that leads to a new year moreso than the "new year". So while contemplating this I tried to think of the high and low points of the last year.

Highest point: March 11. The birth of my beautiful baby girl, Sarah Morrigan.

Saddest point: Being told there might be something wrong with my daughter when baby momma was around 12 weeks pregnant. At the time it was brought up that Sarah might have Anacephaly (Might not develop all of her skull/brain) and that I would have to wait 5 weeks to find out if my daughter would live or die.

I could bring up more. The basest point. The lowest point, etc.. I don't want to bore all of you. Suffice to say this last year has been one of the best of my life and I am sure it will just get better.

Did she do that?

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:21:26 GMT

I was shocked with seeing a change in my daughter. At this point she is 4.5 months old and I understand she is working on cause/effect. But to actually watch her test it out is another thing:

Yesterday I had been feeding her and set the bottle down. At that time she grabbed the spit cloth I had on her with both hands and moved her hands up so it ended up covering her face. (I am sure she was not intending to do that she just likes to play with cloths/blankets). She moved the cloth down uncovering her eyes so naturally I said, "PEEK-A-BOO!" which started a wave of giggling.

The amazing part was she then did the exact same action again (raising and lowering the cloth) then looked straight at me. At which time I said the same thing again and yet another wave of giggling occurred. She continued to do this for several minutes then she let go of the cloth. I guess she was bored.

I have played peekaboo with Sarah before but I was always the one holding the cloth. This is the first time she was holding the cloth and covering her eyes. It might sound silly but to me this was an amazing thing. To watch the little poop machine interact with her world in a manner such as this. *sigh* I think I am in trouble. I don't have the voice to squeak loudly "PEEK-A-BOO" over and over again. It gets painful.

The weekend of balance

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:39:56 GMT

The reason I say it is the weekend of balance is because it was a good AND a bad weekend. Let's watch the teeter-totter go back and forth.

Saturday:
(up) My daughter is starting to eat more again. She had not been eating as much for the last week so the spawnmate and I were getting concerned
(up) Sarah's doctor appt. we find out she is happy, healthy, and doing great. We are also informed it is time to start Sarah on solid foods. (Let the food fights BEGIN!)
(up) My daughter is in a very happy mood. She is having a great day. Playing with everyone and will not stop giggling.
(down) Have to give the baby shots for her 4 month appt.
(down) Baby gets to suffer through not feeling well (Plus there is all the tree hugger mumbo jumbo about immunizations causing autism. I am not a tree hugger but I hate the idea of even a remote chance of my daughter being harmed)
(down) have to work from home and clean up a server. Long way yet to go on this.

Sunday:
(up) My first father's day as a father!
(down) My first father's day without my father
(up) My daughter is doing much better with the 4 month shots than the 2 month. She is babbling and smiling away.. though she is a little fussy.
(down) My family doesn't call me on my first father's day because they are too busy lamenting the passing of my father.
(up) Got new computer speakers as a father's day present
(down) get to spend the day with spawnmate-in-laws instead of playing Ghostbusters the video game (Iz way fun!!)

Overall I had a good weekend. There is very little that could bring me down from celebrating my first father's day with my little girl. I went trough a lot of hell in my life and thinking back over it it would not have been possible to end up with a bouncing baby Sarah if I had not gone thorugh each and every one of those things. So in the end it was worth all of it. Happy Father's day to me :)

Quick thoughts on being a new father

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:36:59 GMT

I don't know if others would consider me still to be a new father since my daughter is now three months old but at least to me I am very much new to this.

I had been thinking this morning as I lay in bed after my daughter scared the hell out of me this morning how the most beautiful sound I ever heard was the first cry in the hospital right after she was born. I will never forget the feeling right then and there.

Now, on to how my daughter scared me half to death this morning. Since Sarah was born I have been in the habit of getting up in the middle of the night at least once or twice a night just to check on her. (even if it doesn't sound like anything is wrong). This morning around 3 am when I did so she was lying on her side with her arms and legs stuck straight out in front of her. On top of that her skin was cool to the touch and I could not hear her breathing.

At least I did not pick her up and start yelling at her to try to get her to wake up. I did move and disturb a sleeping baby though. Not the brightest idea but better than the massive coronary I had been having. After she was now in the waking process I had to try to soothe her back to sleep and creep out of the room.

And I thought I would get to wait until she was solder before she would get a chance to scare the hell outta me.

Milestones

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:27:39 GMT

Today my daughter is three months old. I don't know what to say to that one. Three months old. She has changed so much since she was born. Well she is still a happy baby. She start smiling at only 4 weeks old. Today she likes to laugh and giggle.

I tell ya, There is nothing to brighten up your world like the smile of your child when they see you walk into the room.

Baby update

Fri, 22 May 2009 12:43:46 GMT

First off I would like to comment on a baby food company and their success with making sure their name comes to mind. When we were going to the OB doc we were given a kit with stuff from a company called Enfamil. Just before Sarah was born we were given a small kit with a changing mat, etc.. in it.

When Sarah was born at the hospital we were given more free goodies including a diaper bag from Enfamil. Then when we went to the pediatrician they gave us an insulated bottle carrier.

Finally they sent more samples and a huge can of formila for a "free sample". Their marketing works well I bet. I know that is what we are using for Sarah.

As to Sarah. Well she is turning out to be quite the babble-butt. The older she gets the more she is carrying on. She also seems to like smiling and giggling at people she knows.

I cannot believe how lucky I am. I have a baby that only cries when she needs something (wet, hungry, a nap, or attention) She will not just sit there and cry for no reason. She has an even temperment and loves to play with people. and to top it all off she is now sleeping 8 hours a night at 2 months old. If there is something people say makes a baby a good baby that is how Sarah is.

I thought it would be so much worse being a parent. But I must say it is a very nice thing.

What have I gotten myself into

Thu, 14 May 2009 11:49:49 GMT

Everyone who knows me by now I am sure knows I have a beautiful daughter. (They also know to be careful mentioning her as I will carry on and on like a normal dad talking about her)

One of the things I like to do is I keep an eye on her milestones in comparision to the range of milestones for children her age. I must say I am a little concerned. I was not until I read a few months ahead to see what to expect and to try to be a little more prepared but anyway:

From right after Sarah was born if spoke to her from within her range of sight she would stare at you. Sometimes she would watch your hairline or yoru jaw, but sometimes she would watch your eyes. (And it is kind of creepy to have a 1 hour old stare at you almost unblinking as you speak to them)

Here are some of the reasons I think I have put myself "into the soup" so to speak:

4 -6 month old babies will start to babble. They will start saying things like "babababab" and "gagagaga" etc.. Sarah started this at about 6 weeks old. As the last three weeks have passed she "talks" more and more to the point where every person who sees her at her daycare center as commented on it.

At about 2 months old babies start to giggle. At 5 weeks was the first time Sarah giggled. She has not stopped yet.

She cannot talk yet but she is quite a little mimic.I should post some videos of her trying to repeat things said to her.

I see three possible courses. 1. Sarah slows down to coincide with the average and everything goes on, 2. Sarah stays ahead of the game and her parents have to do a merry dance to keep up with her, 3. Articles start floating about her room and we start hearing organ music in the background in the middle of the night coming from the air.

I am not being the normal dad saying my baby is so advanced (ok, I am but that is beside the point) Quite a few other people comment on her talking all the time.

Anyone know where I can find a young priest, and an old priest?

The changes

Thu, 07 May 2009 11:43:13 GMT

I have only been a "parent" for eight weeks now but I must say watching the changes that occur in your own child are amazing. In that time period she has gone from an eating and pooping lump to someone who loves to talk to you, smile, and laugh.

I had thought the changes would be gradual and the milestones reached in a slow plodding manner. NOPE! Most of the time it is one day nothing, the next day talking your ear off. This is not a complaint mind you. This is just me stating it is an amazing thing to watch.

If you have a child and decide you don't want it make sure you get rid of it before they look up at you, smile, and giggle. At that point your stuck because there is no way you could get rid of it.

Hippy "tablet" party

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:15:17 GMT

This weekend I put together a miracle berry gathering. What this involves is sitting around with a group of people, and after eating special "miracle tablets" tasting a bunch of different things.

Now I know what you are thinking. There was nothing illegal in any of this nor was there anything The miracle tablets have a protein in them that binds with the sour taste buds. What this means is you basically can only taste sweet, sour, and bitter. What I thought of some of the thigns:

Lemon: Pure lemon tastes like nice sweet lemonaide. No problem eating this.
Lime: Limeade from Sonic. Not sour at all. Was very refreshing
Apple: Apple tasted basically like apple
Grapefuit: I don't have a problem with grapefuit normally but it was great without any sugar on it.
Ride Wine Vinegar: Anyone who knows me knows I don't like vinegar. This didn't bother me. Unsure how to describe taste.
Balsamic Vinegar: Another one that didn't bother me. Cannot explain the taste though
Sour Gummi Worms: Pure sweet
Feta Cheese: Was rather bland and creamy. No bite to it at all.
Key Lime flavored water: Was like drinking pure sugar.
Tobasco: Tasted like a honey based barbecue sauce:
Lime flavoured hot sauce: Tasted like a molasses based hot sauce to me. My roomate who doesn't like the taste of hot sauce actually thought the hot sauces tasted good even though she could feel them "burning"

I don't remember what else (if anything else) we tried. We only used half a tablet each of the small dosages. With the larger tablets and using full ones I am sure it would have lasted longer and possibly been stronger. It was a lot of fun none the less.

Back to Japanese

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:55:48 GMT

In the last few days I have been watching my daughter trying to work out our language. It is interesting to see how rap of attention she pays to speech. Also to watch her imitate movements. She is starting to make more noises now, and from what I understand this is normal as she learns.

Sarah seems to be building her own language and her mother who spends the most time with her has learned a lot of it. Baby momma can tell when Sarah is wet, or bored, wants her pacifier, or can tell when her diaper needs to be changed by the sounds Sarah makes and how she moves. If that is not communication then I do not know what is.

The point this brought to mind for me though. In the past I have off and on (mostly off) studied Japanese. I like the language and their taste in movies/TV. Watching my daughter fight to learn a language has inspired me once again to try to learn Japanese. If I can just keep myself from getting bored with it and switching to a new subject it doesn't actually take that much effort.

What I mean is for example, In the last two days I have managed to memorize about 75% of the Hiragana characters. If I can just keep myself on subject an studying a little while everyday I should be able to finish memorizing Hiragana and start on Katakana in no time.

There are also a couple of applications I have that are good for learning Japanese vocabulary and grammar.

If Sarah can do it then I can too! Just gotta not flake *sigh*

Never saw myself here

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:04:02 GMT

You know, If you looked at my life about 6 years ago you would never have plotted a course that would arrive with me being here either. Just to touch base on what life was like:

I shared a townhouse with me (now EX!) wife. I moved into that situation because I felt bad for her because yet another person could not stand living with her and she had no place to go. So I slept on a matress in the living room and gave her the bedroom to 1 bedroom townhouse.

Even though I have two dozen computer certifications I was making slight more money at my job at the time than I could have working full time at a fast food place. (I will not state the number. It is just too depressing to me and I don't want anyone falling out of their seat laughing) Also I had a boss who seemed confused because I had the highest customer sat scores, Most fixes per day, most systems worked on per day but was getting sub par evals due to the fact his boss didn't like me and they wanted me to quit.

My entire life for entertainment was playing video games and with action figures with my friends (Hey! This is still cool!)

Now my life is: I live with a woman who appreciates me. (Also it is not because she pisses everyone else off who knows her.) I have a bed to sleep on instead of the floor (although I do tend to sleep on the couch some because watching HDTV all night until you fall asleep is fun.

I have a job where 1. I don't have to kill myself at work normally. (I spent a period of two weeks watching seasons 1-4 of Numb3rs at work) 2. My boss will give me something to do then not mention it again (most of the time) 3. Where I get credit for doing my job correctly and 4. I make more than 300% more than I did at my previous job.

My life for entertainment is.. well that might not have changed too much. I play less video games, I don't play with action figures (need to find a new game like that that I enjoy) but I do hang out with my friends.

Oh yah, and the final thing is I have a beautiful baby daughter who when I see I cannot help but smile.

I am happy to have a real job. I am happy I am away from the psycho-ex I used to live with. I am happy I have the bouncing baby S. (you know they don't bounce well?) I would never have seen myself ending up here. But I am happy where I am. Well except for the fact I don't play well enough at poker, I am happy with where I am.

And once again I have to say it because it feels good to do a little happy dance whenever I say it, "My ex-!" *snoopy happy dance*

How to get a baby to sleep

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:06:23 GMT

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World changing experience

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:51:45 GMT

It has occured. one of the seven signs of the end coming, I am a daddy. My daughter was born on Wednesday and weighed 9 lbs.

Not much sure what else to say right now. Lack of sleep and severe shock have left me speechless.

The time has come?

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:43:46 GMT

So tomorrow they are supposed to evict my child from where she has been dwelling for the last 9+ months. I am very excited to finally meet her... BUT

I am still having a problem wrapping my mind around the idea that I am going to be a daddy. That in just a day or two there will be someone who's entire existence is dependent on me. That if I do not watch what I say I could screw them up forever.

Little things worry me about the things I say. Teaching a child to be a misanthrope is not a good thing. You don't show the real world to a small child. You don't tell them the truth of existence. but yet one slip of the tongue and I could hurt her forever *sigh*

If I falter or lag at any time in regards to her then she suffers. I have never had anyone need me that much. I would be lying if I said anything other than that scares the hell outta me.

and to top it all off even with it being the day before.. I still cannot accept the daddy thing. (This is what gets me the most). I mean I have felt the wriggleworm going to town in my spawnmate's abdomen. Still hard to believe. A little RK running around.

One other thing.. I don't know how many times people have said the only thing that could be worse than me would b a female me. So I am having a daughter that will be raised to be just like me?

I dislike it when people aren't punctual

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:31:42 GMT

So at midnight tonight my spawnmate will be 40 weeks pregnant. The gestation time is 40 weeks, i.e. my daughter should be born. The problem is I get the feeling my daughter doesn't feel the same way I do about being on time.

What can you do when your unborn child misbehaves? Ground them? I don't think you can ground them more than being stuck in a womb with little room to move.. hmm. ideas?

Scarier than Friday the 13th

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:43:02 GMT

So I managed to be sent a movie from my online movie provider called, "Creation Adventure Team - A Jurrassic Ark Mystery" This has to be one of the most frightening movies I have ever seen. It explains how God created the dinosaurs and that they existed during the time of man!

The logic and reasoning in this movie is astounding. For example, all dinosaurs were plant eaters during the time of the Garden of Eden. It wasn't until sin that some of them started eating meat.

You know what? I am not going to sit here and talk about everything in this movie. It was too much of a shock to the system. You should look up some links to it on Youtube.com if you want to see how scary this really can be.

I do not understand people

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:22:18 GMT

On the news this morning they were explaining there is a group of activists who are returning people to their foreclosed homes. They do not do it by helping with a new mortgage or with money. No, they help the people break into the house!

Listening to the people who broke into "their" house it amazes me. They are blaming the banks for giving out bad loans so the banks should not kick them out of "their" homes. Let me make sure I have this straight. These people signed up for mortgages they could not afford, on houses that were overpriced and they could not afford, and it is the bank's fault they are being foreclosed on?!

Anyway, There is that story and this.. The company I work for offers a service that people pay for. I have always thought if you want a goods or service you have to pay for it. Here is an excerpt from an email sent to the helpdesk at my office:

"please activate our account as we found the account in deactive condition . Unfortunately we are unable to make the payment of 1500USD.
Probably we make the payment soon. So please activate our account."

Translation: We owe you money and we might pay you someday, but until then we want service. WTH?!

Rocket Surgeons in Tallahassee and/or Miami-Dade

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:30:23 GMT

I was listening to the news this morning on the way to work when a story came on about what they were going to do about the education budget. They are trying to come up with radical ideas to pull yet more money out of education. I just wanted to touch on a couple of the ideas I heard:

1. To not pay teachers for two days of work this fiscal year and to pay them for it next year. So the teachers would have issues with their bills and whatnot this year. So the teachers might not be able to pay everything they need to which puts them in a worse situation. Also do they think things will magically turn around next year and they will be so flush with extra cash that an extra couple of days of pay won't matter?

I think more likely what would happen next year is they would come up with a reason why they could not give the teachers the money for those two days. Either that or try to make it a trend and start skipping paying teachers for those two days every year.

2. To drop school to four days a week. Here is the rocket surgeon plan. First they get to cut teachers and all other staff at the schools to save money. Second of all things like school food, electricity, and water would be used less this way.

Who can see a downside to this one? Better question, who CANNOT see a downside to this one? You start off with the same problem above with the teachers getting shafted on pay. Next you add in the entire staff at the schools getting shafted. On top of that you add that since a large portion of families in the state of Florida are two income families, now parents have to come up with some way/place to keep their children an extra day of the week. Considering South Florida is not a rich area this is going to be a major belt tightening for these families.

And this doesn't even touch on the fact you will not be able to squeeze the same amount of teaching into 20% less time so versus the rest of the country you end up with the kids here getting less of an education.

Moving on

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:09:25 GMT

I went on for quite awhile about my dad when he was dying and when he died. I think I have done well moving on with my life considering he has been dead a month. By this time more often than not I don't think about it anymore.

Today looks like it is not going to be one of those days though. My family is driving to the west coast of Florida to have my father's ashes scattered at sea. So this of course means it will be in my mind for the next couple of days as they wend.

I cannot go because:
1. My spawnmate is ready to spawn and I am sure a 5 hour drive would not be good.
2. My spawnmate is ready to spawn and I cannot afford to be 5 hours away. I have to be there for the birth of my spawn.
3. At my office we are setting up a new 3,000 sq ft. area and it seems I am the one coordinating all the crap that must go on for this to occur so missing a couple of days for something like this would be bad timing.
4. My boss' wife is pregnant as well. If something happens like her going into labor we cannot have both him and I out of the office at the same time.

I am sure my father would understand if he still existed as more than a pile of ashes in a black plastic box. I am sure he would tell me to do what I am do which is focus on family and job. After all, that is what he did his entire life.

Zero hour approaches

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:29:27 GMT

Well today is 36 weeks completed. Closer and closer the time of the one's arrival comes closer. What else can I say than it scares the hell outta me. What have I gotten myself into? What am I going to do? How many ways will I screw up? Oi! I thought this was supposed to be a happy time not a time to develop ulcers!!!

Change in perspective

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:12:01 GMT

The arrival of my daughter into being a separate entity is not too far off now. As a matter of fact it should be within about the next month. Because the time is getting so close my spawnmate and I are working on getting the spawn's room all set up and I have noticed something:

I used to make fun of the parents who go through all the time and energy to decorate a room for an infant or a small child as their tastes change so rapidly. Yet now with the actually going to be a parent I find myself doing such things. Between myself and my spawnmate we must have spent a couple hundred dollars just on decorations so far and we are not done setting up the room yet.

In my defense though, I was not aware there was so much Disney Princess stuff out there to decorate my little princess' room. When we are done I am thinking of posting some pics of the room so everyone out there can laugh.

On a different note. We swung by a consignment shop this last weekend to see if we could find any baby clothes we wanted. (They grow out of the stuff so fast it's not worth it to buy everything new and replace it almost every week) While there I saw a book on the shelf I had not seen for sale in a long time. The Cajun Night Before Christmas.

The dream of Tesla

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:31:39 GMT

Anyone who knows me I am sure has heard one of my rants about Tesla and how he got a bum deal. Don't worry friends, I am not going to start in on how Edison was a major ass (everyone knows that)

What I did want to talk about was one of the last two major ideas that were brought forward by Tesla. Tesla for awhile was working on the idea of being able to transmit electricity without the use of wires. He had worked on this idea for awhile. At one point he had stated he was close to the solution with his 57 meter tall tower built for this purpose. JP Morgan was the investor and pulled out his funding because there would have been no way to track how much to charge people if electricity was everywhere for everyone. The idea of wireless power went the way of the dodo.

Jump forward into the next century. It seems a group's experiments might have come up with a way to not need power cords in a location. While it might not quite be what Tesla had envisioned, it would be same general idea. Also who knows if we would not end up with Tesla's vision?

physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/37532