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Sunday, January 29, 2006
Too Wet To Mow, Tho
But Moss Mows Easier Than Grass
But Moss Mows Easier Than Grass
Still Raining
Soggy
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Test from Blackberry
Via email...
(via my Blackberry)
Olympus E-330 (EVOLT) Digital SLR, previewed
HAH! I told you they could do it! I told you they could put a live LCD preview on a DSLR!
Stick that in your pipe and smoke on it, Canon/Nikon!
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
My Next Job...
My Next Job will NOT be with
Abtech. They found someone cheaper who might be a better fit for them. Ah, well. Such is life. C'est la Guerre, eh?
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Wow. Check out this marketing report on cell usage by the 8-12 yr-old marker, or, as they used to be called: Children.
http://www.blackberrycool.com/wp-mobile.php?p=1290&more=1
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Minolta getting out of the camera business
Wow. This is big news. Big, bad news, I think, but big all the same.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Wow. No wonder the brainless buttwipes out there are trying to trash those who are telling it like it is.
This is long, but undeniably worth it for everyone to read.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Buy 12 Krispy Kreme Donuts, Get 12 Free
Buy 12 Krispy Kreme Donuts, Get 12 Free
Oh-oh. I'll have to check w/ Leslie on how this will fit into her Weight Watchers program. That's the cool thing about WW: You can have 12 Krispy Kreme Donuts, you just don't get any more food until 2008.
Monday, January 16, 2006
infosnacking
infosnacking
I just read about the funniest new word: infosnacking. It refers to the random checking throughout the day of sports scores, email, web-surfing etc.
... Which in turn, leads to infobesity.*
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* Dammit! I wasn't the one to coin this term! Well, I guess I'll have to try harder, then!
Saturday, January 14, 2006
what an idiot
So, if you're cleaning up the table after dinner and balance a delicate wine glass on top of all the other crap, what's going to happen? Of course.
And if you hold off on filling up the gas tank because you're sure there ought to be a gas station up ahead, somewhere, what's going to wind up happening? Of course you've just hosed yourself and are going to wind up walking for gas or waiting for AAA.
So, what the fuck did I think was going to happen when I bungied my tripod to both both the passenger seat(immobile and welded to the frame of the Subaru) AND the passenger door (quite mobile and swings out 3 or 4 feet from the car)? What an idiot.
kind of a cool thing
I've bungied a tripod down to the passenger seat in my car and have been setting my camera to take a pic once a minute over the course of my morning commute. By themselves, most of the pics have turned out horribly. But as part of a larger set, well, they're less horrible.
Still kind of a neat experiment. I'll show you, soon.
kind of a cool thing
I've bungied a tripod down to the passenger seat in my car and have been setting my camera to take a pic once a minute over the course of my morning commute. By themselves, most of the pics have turned out horribly. But as part of a larger set, well, they're less horrible.
Still kind of a neat experiment. I'll show you, soon.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
XM Variety
Wow. Loreena Mckennett right before Matisyahu.
Neat!
Lost
ABC's Lost started up their new portion of a season, last night, and this show still rocks.? I've got 2 shows a week that I watch:? Battlestar Galactica and Lost.? Did you catch Lost last night?? Mr. Eko isn't quite as Nice as we'd thought, eh?? But, there really is a lot of gray to all of these characters.? The thing that I love about Lost, and we're really lucky that it stayed on the air long enough to do this, is that none of the characters are black white Good Guys or Bad Guys.? I can empathize with every single character that they've let us get to know.
Ahh!? But have they really let us get to know Jack Shepherd?? I haven't got any hidden agenda, here, but lemme pose this question to you, if you've been watching Lost:? Whatever happened to Jack's wife?? I'm betting there's something nasty, there.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Things Are Afoot
(A foot?) On the move. Drastic changes are underway at work, now, that have been in the works for a long time. We're selling off large portions of our company -er, excuse me: ... large portions of our shareholders' company, and it's got me a little more unnerved than I really would have expected! I'm anxious over starting these transfers and putting things all in order. That's "Anxious", as in, experiencing anxiety, over starting these transfers, etc.
It's weird. I've wanted to get out of here for so long, but I hadn't planned on this place quiting me before I quit it! Yikes!
I hate this orderly pedestrian crap.
Verizon and MCI close merger
Verizon and MCI close mergerCreating a carrier with a massive U.S. presence in homes and businesses, Verizon Communications and MCI today closed their merger, 11 months after the union was first announced.
Whew! Good thing we deregulated that industry to provide all this competition that can buy each other back up and re-consolidate, eh?
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Manchild on BBC America
This is a fairly funny comedy. Four Englishmen, 50-yrs old, three are divorced and one wishes he were. So, these four 50-something boys are trying to re-find themselves, I guess. Did you ever see 'Coupling'? It's like they've picked up with similar characters, just 20 years later. They're such idiots, wrestling with their cocks and their boy-issues and their old-man issues. It's pretty funny. I can't imagine they're making new episodes, though: This episode's from 2002. Maybe there was a period in English tv production when they were producing Coupling and The Office and maybe this one, too... well, maybe it's still going on?
I dunno.
What do you think?
Friday, January 06, 2006
Henry's Still Not Down w/ The Fokkers
Okay, time for a rerun of another blog entry from last Spring. Henry Rollins hates Hollywood sequels like Meet The Fokkers. If you didn't take the time to watch him from my link last Spring, here it is, again, from his show on IFC (Independent Film Channel), "Henry's Film Corner":
(Dude: Click on the pic. And turn up the volume.
Henry makes more sense when volume's up to 11.)
Note to self: Get one of these for work
Mobile Satellite Access
Gizmodo notes the
SpeedRay 3000 by
RaySat basically turns anything on wheels into an instant WiFi zone. Just place this round antenna onto the roof of your car and you’ll get satellite TV as well as broadband access.
Using GPS, the system will give you an always-on connection —so as long as you have a line of sight to the satellite, you’re golden. Of course, unless you’re living in your automobile, you may not want to drop the $7000 this thing will cost you. Although if you’re a fan of motor homes, this would be your chance to upgrade the old homestead. Look for it sometime this summer.
Raysat's unit is unique in providing in-motion, 2-way satellite access anywhere. It might be a good way to spend that homeland security check.
KVH embedded EV-DO into
their car satellite receiver (below).
Connection speeds for EVDO service are similar to residential DSL broadband service, with a maximum speed of 2.4 Mbps and typical speeds of 400 Kbps to 700 Kbps. When EVDO is unavailable, the system will automatically switch to standard 1xRTT data service, which is available in most cellular coverage areas. 1xRTT has a maximum upload and download speed of 144 Kbps, and typical speeds of 50 Kbps to 80 Kbps.
By using EVDO services for connectivity along with built-in Wi-Fi output, the vehicle or vessel is turned into a “mobile hot spot.” Passengers will be able to connect to other Internet services using Wi-Fi-enabled laptop computers, PDAs and other devices. KVH doesn't expect the new receiver to become available until mid-year. No pricing info.
To Be Continued...
Thank god Battlestar Galactica didn't try clean up the whole 'Pegasus' storyline in one episode!
Eeee! Battlestar Galactica is back for another 10 weeks! Eeee!
[Excuse me. I have to go and get myself cleaned up, now.]
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Crass Similes
So, I'm watching a stand-up comedienne on the local satellite queer-friendly tv station, and she's talking about her weird girlfriend who doesn't talk much, but when she does talk, the craziest stuff comes out of her mouth. Describing the heat in Egypt, for instance: "It's hotter than a crotch, out here!" Now isn't that vivid? I surely thought so.
I like Logo's standup comedians. Yes, the "Brokeback Mountain" ads are, ah- persistent, but with Tivo, they're thankfully brief.
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