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 was hoping to get from a motorcycle. And this is a relatively small bike, with… Continue reading 41.2 mpg
Month: July 2007
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: ela [08:33] shiraj28: bye [08:33] Todd404: bye Didn’t take long to shut shiraj28 up! Someday… Continue reading short IM scammer conversation
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. That would be cool.
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
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, and I was a cook. That meant she walked around pulling invasive weeds and showing… Continue reading Wildlands Restoration Volunteers
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?
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 really hard time concentrating on work because I’m laughing so hard. I highly recommend you… Continue reading laughing my ass off
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 his life as a high paid lobbyist. A senior official in China is found to… Continue reading China Sentences Official to Death for Corruption – New York Times
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 wishing for the past couple years that we had time and money to take a… Continue reading vicarious video
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 enough from my other stuff that I thought it was worth writing a blog article… Continue reading the making of “Cranium”