Door Technology

At work, I open the door with this 1980's technology slider card. I mean, we went to proximity cards at Microsoft in the mid-90's and that was late. Amici had proximity cards when I got there, but here at the bank, we're still in the 80's per door technology.

Regardless, the door usually opens on the second or third try, so I'm fairly happy. I think some kind of super-duper magnet holds the door closed. You can't jerk the doors open. Those magnets are powerful!

I've never had a door "lock" on me going out. I get near it, the motion detector does its job, and I am able to leave. Not in all the many years I've been using magnetically sealed doors have I been sealed in.

I think that's pretty good. Door technology must be fairly mature. You never hear about door technology. Who writes, like in the Wall Street Journal or something, about the latest breakthroughs in door technology. "Nobel Scientist, Robert Smarts, invented a new door mechanism...." You just don't see that.

Why not? What makes door technology so mundane and uninteresting? Who, in fact, works on door engineering? I've never met a door engineer, "Hi, I'm Ben and I work for an engineering firm making magnets for doors...." Where are they?

Bekah had a tooth pulled yesterday. It was an infected baby-tooth with an abscess. They're going to have to put in a spacer for the adult tooth to have a place to grow. We had a orthodontist examine Bekah last week. She's gonna need a lot of work.

They told us to feed her ice cream last night. I think she enjoyed going hog-wild with ice cream for once. However, Bekah can't use a straw or spit. Why can't you spit or suck through a straw when you have a tooth extracted? That seems strange to me.