mardi, mai 01, 2007

Hiatus

Alright....I think it's pretty obvious....I haven't been posting regularly in a long time.  I know, I know, I agree that each post is timeless and that you can read each one over and over without tiring of it.  But really, who are we kidding?  My blog and I have grown apart, it's time to separate.  And we know you kids get hurt the most.  It's because my blog caught me lingering a little too long at super-gee and dooce; we both knew right away that it was over.  No tears.  Chin up. goodnight.

lundi, mars 26, 2007

more links

Very cool elastic info site of nobel prize winners:
http://well-formed-data.net/experiments/elastic_lists/

And, though I'm not a "car-guy" this video got me pretty excited: the Bugatti Veyron:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x157l2_bugatti-veyron-at-top-speed

jeudi, mars 15, 2007

Castles made of Sand

By far the coolest thing I've seen all day:
Reverse explosions of sand sculptures

I hope to be doing that myself in the not too distant future....

mercredi, mars 14, 2007

Delicious Art

Man, I love Art.  Especially gummi art.

mardi, mars 13, 2007

lundi, mars 12, 2007

Yeah Madison!!

So....what citty has the most photogs per...um...thingy?  Yeah, that's right!  Madison!  How many pictures of the unique Student Union chairs can we take?  Apparently it's limitless.

Check it out on Flickrblog!

mercredi, février 21, 2007

Things you don't want to hear at an airport...

Alright....so tonight i should be in Burlington, VT....or rather BRRRlington...
Isn't that cute? I've already made a little nickname for it. I am adorable sometimes. Anyways, I was supposed to fly in tonight after work.....however, Northwest had other plans....Here's how it went down:

ACT 1 Scene 1
Northwest check in computer kiosk
after I entered my credit card: !@#$!@#%!#$%!#@$%@ [or at least the Thai equivalent....it decided that I no longer needed english and decided to display in Thai] The gist being: you totally fucked dude, talked to the underpaid fella at the counter...
Act 1 Scene 2
Ron [aka roid raged fella behind the counter] - "CHECK IN USING THE COMPUTER!!!"
Me: but the computer said to talk to you....i think
RRFBTC: oh, fine, give me your information. Your flight is cancelled. Go to delta, their flight is leaving now.
Me: What? I wasn't notified....
RRFBTC: Just go, and hurry, it's leaving right now!!!
and so like a chump, your fearless protaganist shuffles down to Delta....all the way across the terminal

ACT 2 Scene 1
The protaganist arrives at the delta counter after shlepping his bags across the entire terminal. Visibly sweating and pissed, he stands behind the family of four arguing about extra fees incurred from a large bag. He listens:

Asshat family:
Well what if we send it on a different flight? We don't need it right away.
Delta Jackass: You can't send a bag without someone accompanying it...
AF: But it's going to same place?!?!?
DJ: It has to accompany a passenger
AF: But why?
The protagonist does not see why these people are arguing...of course delta should take their ticking, TNT laden bag on a separate flight...He is startled by the voice of the Delta Jackass pointed squarely at his chest...
DJ:
Sir, do you need to check in?
Me:
I was sent down here to make the four o'clock flight from the Northwest counter...
DJ: give me your info
furious typing ensues, your protaganist realizes he is doomed; sweat soaks his fake camel hair coat
DJ: you are not on this flight
Me: [immediately realizing the futility] I know, I was told my flight was cancelled and I need to get on this one....
DJ: You are not on this flight
Me: I know....
DJ: You need to go back there....
Me: Couldn't you just call?
DJ: [like Pilate washing his hands] This is Northwest's mess, they need to take care of their own trash
The protagonist turns and sulks back to the NW counter, realizing all to late that he was just called "trash"

ACT 3 Scene 1
The protagonist waits in a makeshift line...not really a line but a "hovering mass" in front of the check-in desks, mentally making note of the people who were before and after him in the seething crowd, ready to right any injustice caused by the ever growing throngs, practicing in his head his cries of "who arrived before whom"....Finally, he gets nearer the front....

Me: RON! THEY TOLD ME TO COME BACK, RON. I WASN'T ON THAT FLIGHT, RON [trying to make "Ron" sound like a four letter word]....
Ron: [does not say a word, but acts in a way that says "I will now ignore you completely, keep talking to my thick neck, chump"]

Missy [aka sharp NW clerk]: May I help you?
Me: I was told my flight was cancelled
SNWC: A flight was cancelled...oh no!
SNWC: [after a few moments] Oh, YOUR flight was cancelled, Pshew.
Me: [muttering to himself] pshew?
SNWC: Let me check things out....
[furious typing ensues]
SNWC: There's no way we can get you to Burlington
Me: thinking: Was it destroyed? Is it under Seige? Have the Huns finally attacked?
Me: What are my options?
[more furious typing]
SNWC: we can get you to Boston...that's four hours away....Or Montreal, did you bring your passport?
Me: (Are you joking? Is this goddam "Moonraker"?!?) No, sorry
SNWC: Let me call them
SNWC: Hello? What are the options for blah blah blah
SNWC: Oh really? How long of a drive is that?
SNWC: Well two hours isn't too long
Me: (wha? Two hour drive?)
SNWC: [quieter] Well it looks like the only option he has
Me: (Hey...what did they say?!?)
SNWC: and what's the car availability?
Me: (did i just hear laughter on the line?)
[she hangs up]
SNWC: Well, we can get you to Manchester, which is two hours away on backroads...it's going to snow tonight....and there's no guarantee of a car....
Me: Wow, sounds great! Sign me up.
The protagonist walks out of the airport thinking that he somehow won. Sure, he gets his money back...but he'll have to reschedule and do this all over again....and on top of that, still pay a four dollar parking fee. But he's blind to it, he walks with a new spring in his step...it's like free time for him....what will he do with that time? He realizes and chuckles to himself, he'll blog about this....

vendredi, janvier 26, 2007

Major Dilemma

Dangit....woot.com has the roomba discovery SE at 150 bucks.......dang, I wanted one so bad....what a dilemma.  Stupid logic.

pat on the back

okay, so I took this little online IQ test and it makes me feel good about myself.  I am warmed by my smugness.

vendredi, janvier 12, 2007

MLK weekend

Hello all.  Long time since I've had a "real" post....well, I guess that depends on how you define "real".  Anyway, as I sit in my new office slowly freezing to death, I thought I would explain my absence.  Things have been very busy here and the first thing that was cut out of my schedule was posting to the blog.  It's sad but true, my time needs to be spent much more productively from now on.  Strangely, here is a list of things that were NOT cut from my schedule:
1) Shivering
2) Incessantly checking email
3) Incessantly checking gadget sites and productivity websites (lifehacker, 43 folders) thereby defeating the purpose
4) Worrying about where my next bowel movement will be (Irritable bowel + public bathroom phobia = REAL PROBLEM)
5) Choking on the dust from my GO LEAN flax bars
6) Worrying about dying in my office after choking on aforementioned GO LEAN bars but the extremely cold temperature of my office cryogenically preserving me in a non-rotting state thus making my death go completely unnoticed
7) Looking out my window, picking my nose, wondering how many people can see me pick my nose
8) Worrying about being too neurotic and then being neurotic about worrying about being too neurotic
9) Quilting
10) Making inane lists

mercredi, janvier 10, 2007

Catch the spirit.....

Alright, 24 is starting soon...this Sunday and Monday....it is being Tivo'd at our house since I will be visiting my folks.  IT IS BEING TIVO'D AT OUR HOUSE....do NOT CHANGE THE CHANNEL if it's recording [please]...oh, that's just in case someone that is in the house is reading...including that DAMN NINA MYERS!!! NINA, IF YOU INTERFERE WITH OUR TIVO I WILL KILL YOU! [again]
So, to start getting into the hype, I found out that Monday Jan 15 is "Talk like Jack Bauer Day".....Look, I don't have time to explain...do it NOW!  oops, getting a head start, sorry.  Gotta get some aviators before monday....

Then...I found these:  hilarious Bauerisms of the same ilk as all the chuck norris ones (though I do take credit for "if everyone did exactly what Jack said, it'd be called '12'") look here and here

mardi, janvier 09, 2007

Giddy

Alright, I'll admit it, I'm seriously giddy over the new Apple pron all over the internets. Sure...nobody really needs ANY of this stuff, but I will guarantee you that in one year, I will own all of the products announced today. I also guarantee that every other company will be struggling to compete with copycat hardware. Apple did it right again it seems. A really interesting article about it in Time here. I'll admit..I've already checked to see when I'm eligible for a new phone and contract.....not until at least November. Dang.
Oh, CES is going on too? Meh.

Drool...

Keynote going on right now....
new appleTV
new iPhone
new iPod with touchscreen

far too excited for work....oh yeah, I'm at work!!!  Oops, gotta go...

dimanche, janvier 07, 2007

The other Warriors

Whoa. Did you know this existed? And you didn't tell me?! My goodness...you should....nay..NEED to go to this website and get your cat name and clan.....I AM BRAMBLESTAR OF THE RIVER CLAN!!!! RAWR!!!
Hmmm, seems less macho that I wanted but whatchagonnado. Rawr, indeed.

Oh, and check this Zombie Wars survivability calculator...the Zombie wars are upon us! But I do know that besides hats, Zombies love warm climates....because of .....their exposed...um...organs and whatnot...so unless this stupid global warming crap keeps happening, I'm all good in Wisconsin. However, I only scored a 35% survivability until I bent the truth a little....[don't tell the Zombies]...so now I am apparently a military trained sailor capable of a self sufficient agrarian community. Oh yeah, and according to my survey, Wisconsin is now located on an ocean...and I'll be headed to someplace called the "pacific continent". Whatever.

Spidorz!!

Thought this video was pretty funny: Spiders on drugs.

mercredi, décembre 06, 2006

My Thoughts


My thoughts are with the Kim family today.  Searchers found James' body today after he had trekked seven miles from the spot his families car got stuck in the snow; he left to get help for his two daughters and wife.  I have been following this pretty closely and was so relieved when his family was found; sadly, James was not as lucky.  I have been following him for about the past eight years or so on his various tech shows/sites; always way cooler than the other tech folks.  A tragic end to what seemed to be a very smart, kind, and nice man.

vendredi, novembre 24, 2006

Cozy

11-22-comfy.jpg
Avalanche of comfiness [design milk]


11-22-treebed.jpg

Nesting [apartment therapy]

jeudi, novembre 23, 2006

Callable Holiday

Alright...who decided that Thanksgiving is a callable holiday?  I mean, why do I have to call everyone and wish them a "happy thanksgiving"?  Nobody called me on Veteran's Day or Guy Fawkes day....so get off my back, moms.

Poor analogies are like, whatever...

Really funny list of analogies used by high school students; very funny, hopefully these kids are writing for something funny now.

mercredi, novembre 22, 2006

No hyperbole at all

Okay, so maybe the poop-achute for kids is not a good idea....though being forced to watch my parents drop a deuce always seemed to be a good idea.
Whereas that's the greatest product ever, this perhaps is the greatest LIVE news interview ever....ever.  Mental note: nerves+hangover=brilliant tv.