July 14, 2008
Backwards Trike on I-91
Alison called me the other day to ask me if I had ever heard of a car called the T-Rex. I actually hadn't heard of it before, so I checked online and found that I had seen it before, just not called that. She took a picture of it as it zoomed by her on the highway, but I've included some cool video of this in action:
Currently Playing: Scott Krippayne - Deeper Still
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July 9, 2008
Best Buy to sell boxed version of Linux
Best Buy stores are set to start selling a boxed version of Canonical's μBuntu Linux for $20. This is pretty cool as many people are not aware that it's free to download online... the main benefit of this is the visibility that the OS will receive by being out there for customers to see who wouldn't know it existed otherwise. Having this in a retail chain, especially one as large as Best Buy, will show people that there are serious alternatives to Microsoft's Windows or Mac OS. In addition to getting an installation CD, users will get 60 days of free phone support for installation and setup.
Best Buy stores to sell boxed version of Ubuntu Linux
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February 12, 2008
Coming Home...
Today marks an extremely momentous occassion for the Marching Band at the University of Massachusetts: the school has officially announced that they will be dedicating $4.5 MILLION to the construction of a new building to house the band's equipment, practice rooms, uniform storage, meeting space, and anything else we can think of to put in it! This is incredible news and one of the most exciting things to happen to the band since it won the Sudler Trophy 10 years ago.
I wish I was back in Massachusetts so I could have been there in person for the announcement, but this just provides more motivation to make my way back to New England.
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October 27, 2007
Martian Child
Last Thursday night Erin and I went to see a screening of the movie Martian Child with Megan and Will. I had seen the preview of it and knew a little bit about the story, but had no expectations going into the theater. The movie stars John and Joan Cusack, oddly enough playing brother and sister. The main character adopts a young boy who thinks he's from Mars and has developed some extremely unique behaviors because of this. The main plot of the movie revolves around John's character dealing with the death of his wife and the eccentricities of his new responsibility. Amanda Peet co-stars along with several other recognizable people.
I found this movie to be very funny and touching, the ending was perfect and the acting in this movie is top-notch. I'm a big John Cusack fan and we will be adding this movie to our collection as soon as it is available.
I highly recommend this film; it opens in theaters November 9th.
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August 15, 2007
Which Transformer are you?
I AM 76% OPTIMUS PRIME
Take the Transformers Quiz
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July 2, 2007
The End of a Burden
My brother's band's CD came out last month and I just got it last week. It's the only thing in my car now and will be the only thing for a while. I highly recommend picking it up, even if you're not big into metal and screaming lyrics. It's awesome, and it's my bro!
The Jonah Veil. Pictures from their tour are here: <link>
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June 8, 2007
The Jonah Veil
Today The Jonah Veil were supposed to play a concert in Albuquerque and I was so excited about being able to see my brother and the band he's in play a concert. But because of a booking snafu (i.e. the concert was never really booked) they didn't get to play. The ended up hanging out at our house and having a cookout with Erin and I.
I'm really bummed that I didn't get to see them play, but it was a lot of fun hanging out and listening to them tell some of the stories about their cross-country trip so far. It's 10:30 and they just left a few minutes ago to head to their next gig in Abilene, Texas. Hopefully that concert will still be happening by the time they get there.
I've got a handful of pictures up of them at our house here: <link>
EDIT: more pictures can be found here: <link>
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April 1, 2007
Welcome Zack
Erin and I got a puppy this weekend!!! His name is Zack and he is an 11-week old miniature schnauzer. He is really cool and loads of fun, not to mention tiring. Loves to chew on everything and is full of energy. He's still working on making it outside before having an accident, but we're very close already to having him housebroken.
I've posted the first pictures here on my website, check them out when you have a chance.
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December 25, 2006
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!
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December 19, 2006
Oh the weather outside is... AWESOME!!!!
It snowed today!!! It's still snowing outside!!! It's supposed to keep this up until tonight, possibly into tomorrow morning!!!!
Check it out:
snow
snow
snow
snow (movie)
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November 29, 2006
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
So it snowed this morning. Not much, and it was very light and melted before it even hit the ground, but it was still "snow." It was raining at home, but in Albuquerque it was snowing as I walked from my car into the store. Signs of things to come?... Let's hope so!!
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November 27, 2006
Caffeinated to the max!!!!
So Chris has outdone himself over at his blog. He's got three videos clips in one post!!! Each one hosted on one of the 3 major video hosting websites: YouTube, Google Video, and Revver. I don't know much about Revver, but the way it works over there is that if you've got a popular video you can make a bit of money as the website will pay you based on video views. You have to check it out as it is extremely funny. Make sure you click on each one and then hit pause right away. Wait for each one to finish downloading. Then click play on the top, the middle, and the bottom, in that order as quickly as you can so they all play at the same time.
I'm not sure but when I did it the Google video just stopped while the YouTube and Revver videos continued to play so I don't think I got the full effect, but I watched each video and even on their own they were hilarious.
Chris.Pirillo.com.
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November 20, 2006
NINTENDO WII!!!!!
I sat in a hard plastic chair for 6 hours on Saturday night in the layaway department of my local Walmart to have the privelage of purchasing one of the first Nintendo Wii's for sale at 12:01am Sunday, November 19. I was #9 in line and let me just say that before you ask... "YES, IT WAS WORTH IT!!!" This thing is the most amazing game experience I've had in a long time. It's got some of the coolest features you could ever ask for:
- Standard wireless controllers that are as comfortable as holding your TV remote, except they have gyros in them so you not only can swing them in the air to make on-screen moves, you can twist them like a key or a screwdriver and it senses that as well!
- Built-in WiFi; it took me a little bit of tweaking to get my wireless router setup correctly, but once it was the Wii found it and connected no problem; then it proceeded to download several updates and I was off and running.
- It came with a game from Nintendo... INCLUDED IN THE CONSOLE PRICE
- You can send messages from one Wii to a friend's Wii once you each register your friend's console's unique number
- YOU CAN DOWNLOAD PREVIOUS NINTENDO/SEGA GAMES ONLINE (prices range from $5 - $10, with 12 games available on launch day)
- All Gamecube accessories/games work in the Wii; i.e. controllers, memory cards, and game CDs
- My wife played this bundled game (Wii Sports) with me as soon as we got it setup (12:30am) for 2 hours!!!!! That's unheard of, she's not a gamer much, but she said as long as we buy/download the original Mario Bros. she'll be happy.
Read more about the experience after the jump...
So here's how it worked at the store I bought them:
- Walmart got 20 units.
- They set out 20 chairs numbered 1 to 20.
- You sit in the next highest number chair and you get to buy them in that order.
- New Mexico has no law allowing stores to limit purchases to one per person so if their gone before you get to buy one, tough luck.
- I was #9, and only 3 people in front of me were buying 2 so I was good.
- The people in chairs 17, 18, 19, and 20 got nada.
- I got there around 5:30 pm.
- They handed out numbered tickets at 10pm, basically serving as a guarantee that you could leave and come back at midnight and keep your spot in line.
- I left and Erin came back with me and we wandered around Walmart for an hour and then they took 2 people at a time and they got to buy their Wii's and any accessories/games they wanted from what Walmart had at the time.
- I got an extra Wii-mote, extra nunchuk, Zelda: Twilight Princess, and a classic controller, but I might return that after I found out that gamecube controllers will work with the downloaded classic games.
- Got home around 12:30am and played until 3am!!!!
YEAH WII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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October 16, 2006
Who Knew?
Who knew that a seemingly simple pastime like planespotting could make international headlines and help the public become aware of secret CIA installations across the world? This article brings into perspective the harsh reality that is the war on terror. Midnight kidnappings, prisoners whisked away to various international locales for interrogation, or worse... torture. For what? Good question. What happens when the United States arrests you and takes you to an undisclosed location in the middle of nowhere, holds you for a seemingly random amount of time, and then releases you into who knows where? Another good question; this article may help you, but you'll have to formulate your own answers to those questions, because you won't be able to aks anyone directly.
Planespotting by Trevor Paglen & A. C. Thompson
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October 9, 2006
Tweels... The Future of Tires?
Tweels are the hottest new thing to come out in tire technology, check out this article for some pretty interesting pictures.
WallStreetFighter.com: The Future of Tires.......Tweels
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35th Annual Balloon Fiesta
Last Friday marked the beginning of the 35th Annual International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque. It is the largest balloon festival in the world with thousands of balloonists gather for a week of whatever it is they do. If you're actually interested in what they do while they're in Albuquerque go here: http://www.balloonfiesta.com/. We went with Erin's friend Jess on Saturday morning for the first Mass Ascension and it was quite spectacular. For pictures and a video go here: balloon images.
When we left Jess' apartment Saturday morning around 6 we were concerned that the events were going to be cancelled because it was raining a little bit and it was sort of windy. We still made the trek across town to the Balloon Fiesta Park. It was a good thing we did because we got there just as the balloons started filling up and lauching. It was really spectacular and the sunrise was even better with the lingering storm clouds shrouding the East mountains. Early morning sunrise was a mix of reds, pinks, and purples. Later in the morning we looked back to see a hole in the clouds creating rays of sunlight fitering down, definitely cool. Check out the pictures for more.
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September 21, 2006
USB Re-Chargable Batteries!!!
Now these are cool! I hope to get some, hopefully soon.
bit-tech.net | Charge your AAs over USB
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White and Nerdy - Great Weird Al Parody
This is one of the funniest videos I've seen in a long time. I linked to someone else that has the video since I've got so many on the front page now; hopefully it will make the page load a little faster as the videos move off the front page.
White and Nerdy ~ Chris Pirillo
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September 19, 2006
Iraq Sandstorm Video
This is simply amazing, I can't believe how dark it got once the sand arrived!
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September 11, 2006
Instructional Flight Video - Lockergnome Style!
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LEGO Chaingun!!!
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September 10, 2006
Bork, Bork, Bork!!!!
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September 8, 2006
Sunny Rollins Video
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August 25, 2006
Magic Sand
I want some of this stuff. Not sure what I would actually do with it all day, but it would be fun to play with:
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August 21, 2006
Counter-Struck
This is a great homemade video of what would happen if Counter Strike was real!!! Very funny, accurate.
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July 28, 2006
Sys Admin Appreciation Day is Today!!!
Be sure to thank your friendly neighborhood System Administrator today!
System Administrator Appreciation Day
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July 25, 2006
Massive "Domino" Display
These guys have way to much time on their hands. Where did they get that many lighters!!!???
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Giant Hole in Russia
All I can say is WHOA! This thing is friggin' huge!
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July 24, 2006
TechTV Reunion
Just read over on Digg.com that Chris Pirillo mentioned a comment that Leo Laporte made about organizing a reunion of the gang from TechTV before it was demolished by the evil that is G4. I can remember watching some of the shows (The Screen Savers, Call for Help, etc.) and thinking that this was the "shiznit." Then it all stopped and all the guys/gals were flung to the corners of cyberspace. I've tried to keep tabs on what's going on with my favorite hosts/techies but it's been tough.
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July 13, 2006
Rainbow Lightning
This article has some pretty amazing pictures of a rainbow that formed after/during a thunderstorm and lightning arced across the sky near the rainbow: <Incredible pictures: the moment lightning shared the sky with a rainbow>
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July 12, 2006
Macplant
A very rare species of plant has been discovered at the University of Minnesota. <Mac Display-Attacking Plant ~ College of Biological Sciences>
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Really cool McDonald's Billboard Sundial
This is a really neat idea for a billboard advertisement. Read the article here --> <McD's launches next strike in breakfast war - in Wrigleyville | Crain's Chicago Business>
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July 4, 2006
Alex Albrecht from Diggnation in a DELL commercial
This is a commercial from DELL computers featuring Alex Albrecht of digg.com. It's very funny.
Uh, it's my butt!
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June 29, 2006
Wow...
Here's a gallery of lightning pictures from near Sydney, Australia. Very cool stuff; there's even tips on taking your own lightning photos.
<link>
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June 28, 2006
Funny, funny, funny!!!
This is wicked funny man. A bit by comedian Dane Cook set to in-game video from Halo2.
WARNING: explicit language
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June 27, 2006
Extended exposure - Space Shuttle Launch
This is a 5-minute extended exposure of the Space Shuttle Endeavour launching:
<link>
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June 26, 2006
Hole in One
Fuzzy Zoeller gets an amazing hole in one.
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Rubik's Cube Solving Robot
This is really cool, some university students designed and built a robot that can solve a Rubik's Cube in under a minute. It's really cool to see in action.
<link> w/video.
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Amazing WWII Fighter Plane Footage
This is some of the most incredible video footage I've ever seen!!! Recently desclassified footage from WWII fighter plane guncameras.
<link>
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June 16, 2006
MacGyver
Check out this great list:
List of problems solved by MacGyver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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June 15, 2006
World's Largest Camera, Picture
This is one of the coolest uses for a rundown building I've seen in a long time:
World's largest photo planned.
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