Monthly Archives: July 2007

41.2 mpg

As a followup to this post I calculated the gas mileage for my most recent tank of gas on my motorcycle.  It was 41.2 mpg this time.  A little better than the 39.7 before, but still way below what I … Continue reading

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short IM scammer conversation

As my long time readers know, I occasionally play silly games with Nigerian scammers.  Here’s a brief IM conversation that just happened this morning out of the blue: [08:32] shiraj28: hi [08:32] shiraj28: asl pls [08:32] Todd404: 95/M/Lagos [08:33] shiraj28: … Continue reading

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Speedtastic: Intel Launches Cheaper Intel Quad-core While AMD Still Looks Dumbfounded – Gizmodo

Speedtastic: Intel Launches Cheaper Intel Quad-core While AMD Still Looks Dumbfounded – Gizmodo In case you can’t tell from the photos above, I’m thinking the next MacPro should have one or two of the new Intel Core2Extreme processors in it.  … Continue reading

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Polycom Proxias Application Server Delivers Next-Generation Platform for On-Demand, Rich-Media Conferencing Services

Here’s the press release for what I’ve been working on the past 3 years: Polycom Proxias Application Server Delivers Next-Generation Platform for On-Demand, Rich-Media Conferencing Services

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Wildlands Restoration Volunteers

Here’s a photo of Beth and me, volunteering with WRV.  It’s a group we belong to that does outdoors projects related to restoring wildlands.  This photo was taken during a project a couple months ago.  Beth was a crew leader, … Continue reading

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Conviviality U

Here’s where I’ll be on August 11. You should be there, too. Recognize the guy standing in the middle of the poster?

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laughing my ass off

I forgot I had this album on my iPod, but I just dialed in “Loved Like a Milkshake” which is the tribute album to Wesley Willis.  I’m not sure I’ve even listened to this thing before, but I’m having a … Continue reading

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China Sentences Official to Death for Corruption – New York Times

This is just hilariously ironic – and disgusting.  A senior official in the US is found to be corrupt and he gets his sentence commuted by his buddy the President, paying a $250,400 fine and being forced to live out … Continue reading

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vicarious video

I had an idea the other day – something I’ve never heard of, but figure someone else must have thought about before me. I was watching a video blog (from National Geographic, I think) about Yellowstone National Park. I’ve been … Continue reading

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the making of “Cranium”

I got an email from a long time friend of mine, Chad Johnson. He saw my note announcing the upload of my short film “Cranium”. And he had some questions about the production of the film. This film is different … Continue reading

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