Category: Drivel

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

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 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.

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

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

I ran my motorcycle’s gas tank dry again yesterday, and once again the “reserve” tank didn’t seem to make any difference.  I think there’s something wrong with the reserve fuel system in some way. However, I did get pay close attention to how many gallons it took to fill the tank back up and how… Continue reading gas mileage

Here’s a photo that shows one of the many things Beth and I did Saturday: