This year’s birthday spoils:– iPod Nano– Novint Falcon– NFS Undercover– BF2142 Deluxe (for the living room PC) I ended up working half a day today, spent the 2nd half being productive and hanging out with the dog. I went and got my winter tires off the car, I think we’re safe for snow. If it comes now I just won’t go anywhere 🙂I spent that time waiting listening to my iPod – I was totally that guy in the store with the iPod on. I meandered around Home Depot, looking at some bathroom stuff, and I found a fence I…
>My Essay on Automotive Technology
>If you were talking about a “car” 3 years ago, you might have had referred to the resurgence of the muscle car, with larger, more powerful engines with hardly a mention of fuel economy. After the fuel crisis of the past summer though, everyone was looking at cars in a whole new light. They wanted fuel economy, and hybrid technology in their cars. I believe we would have gone much further and faster too, if it weren’t for the economic slowdown that inevitably followed. No one wanted to buy cars, even the specialty hybrids. Before the downturn the demand for…
>Back to School
>I start school on Monday – already hopped online to get a peek at the workload. I stuck with 1 major class and 1 short class this semester to start out. I would like to have an idea of the workload so I can plan for the following semesters. I’m taking Science and Technology in Western Culture as well as Planning and Finalizing the Degree. I can also get college credit for real world experience which ought to start me off with about 16 credits + the 12 from the bit of college I started. I really can’t say how…
>Spring Cleaning
>We’ve been cleaning the house this weekend, and as I was vacuuming I wondered if I was nesting. I don’t think so, I think it’s cooincidental with spring cleaning time. I tend to hoard over the winter and then do an overhaul in the spring. I try not to stay inside in the summer, so less likely to dirty it up again and it stays relatively neat until the fall / winter when the whole process can start over again. It feels good to have things picked up though. We finally got around to hanging a lot of artwork /…
An "expecting father" book you may actually enjoy reading
Be Prepared – A Practical Guide for New Dads – An informational (and rather entertaining ) look at what you can look forward to. read more | digg story
An Airplane Swing for the Back Yard (Sep, 1930)
I was searching for a nostalgic wooden airplane swing and found this easy to build contraption for your back yard! read more | digg story
Adam Carolla moves from radio to podcast
I’ve been listening to this for the past few days and it’s fairly decent. It’s only getting better, with over 500,000 downloads a day it’s probably the most popular podcast to date. He played it well, getting back up on “podcast willy” just as soon as he could. It worked out well and I hope it takes off – I’m enjoying it. (on iTunes too) read more | digg story
Jennifer Anniston – as nude as it gets (for her)
Come and see Jennifer Anniston’s shapely bod lovingly covered by a skimpy tie… it won’t hide her emotions though, nothing can because she is an empty shell. Take a look! read more | digg story
Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard
More priceless social commentary in video form from The Onion read more | digg story
ANIMATION: 6,000 Separate Paintings-Khoda Reza Dolatabadi
6,000 Separate Paintings …… and one five minute animated video. It took a student artist two years to paint them all and produce this. Pause the movie at any moment and you have an individual work of art. read more | digg story
Tens of thousands matchsticks Gorilla
This is amazing. Talk about having the patience on a Buddhist monk but this man has me beat. Over 30,000 matchsticks to complete the piece and he sells his work for 20,000 to 30,000 pounds. That’s about $1.43 and stick. Damn! read more | digg story
Hamsters in jackets harnessed for energy
Scientists have managed to harness the energy-producing power of hamsters by fitting them with tiny detector jackets. read more | digg story
Lost City of Atlantis found?
The site lies 620 miles off the west coast of Africa near the Canary Islands — a location for Atlantis seemingly suggested by the ancient philosopher Plato. read more | digg story
Giant rat caught in China
A giant rat with one-inch-long teeth has been caught in the southern Chinese province of Fujian. read more | digg story
My Grandma And Your Grandma Sitting By The Fire – Stereogum
Iko Iko!OK yah, you betcha. dugg. read more | digg story
Standoff Suspect Taken Into Custody
Luckily I had already made it to work read more | digg story
>GTA: Lost & Damn It!
>I had my main system drive in RAID striping (no data protection) and sure enough one of the drives went screwy. I had a system backup that I made with Vista Ultimate so I wasn’t that wary of reinstalling. I could pop in the new drive, insert the windows disk and restore, one of the bennefits of Ultimate! It wasn’t like that, not at all – in order to restore off of one of those Windows Image Backups you need to have the same drive configuration as before. My drives were different – so no go. I finally reinstalled fresh…
SNL Digital Clip: "I’m On a Boat" Music Video
…on a boat. Watch it, love it… Andy is the best thing to happen to SNL since Sandler, better in some respects, I think. read more | digg story
>Burnout Paradise for PC
>I just downloaded the largest demo ever: 2.9 gigs, and it turns out that’s because it also has the full game in it. When you go to install it you are presented with 2 buttons: Install Trial or Install Full Game, naturally I chose Install Full Game where it presented me with a spot to put in a registration code from EA. I didn’t have one but I did see that it’s $39 at the EA store so you can download the demo and turn it into the full game. I thought game companies did away with this sort of…
Sony Releases New Stupid POS That Doesn’t Fucking Work
The best fucking clip on the god-damned fucking internet. [fuck] read more | digg story
Pioneer Out of Flat-Screen TVs; Vizio Exits Plasmas
Pioneer said Thursday that it will exit the flat-panel TV business by March 2010, transforming itself into primarily a car audio company. read more | digg story
Vatican says "Hey Christians, you can believe Darwin"
The Vatican has admitted that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution should not have been dismissed and claimed it is compatible with the Christian view of Creation. read more | digg story
Douchebags Lawsuit Dismissed
A New Jersey judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by three “HotChicks” who were angered about their photos appearing in a book. Be careful who takes your picture! read more | digg story
:: Lily Allen :: It’s Not Me It’s You ::
Insert your CD copy of “It’s Not Me It’s You” and enjoy special content! read more | digg story
VIDEO CLIP: Joaquin Phoenix Not All There on Letterman
Classic Joaquin clip on Letterman! He’s in the chair, but is Joaquin Phoenix present for his interview? Letterman tries to discuss Joaquin’s crazy beard, budding hip hop career, upcoming movie with Gwyneth Paltrow, while the actor just sort of … unravels, even starting to get angry when the “Late Show” host starts picking on him. read more | digg story