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Saturday, November 20, 2004

Beatdown

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH

beatdown.wmv

http://www.imsmarter.com/

I'm not so sure about this imsmarter thing. The website says it

"IM Smarter™ is a new kind of instant messaging enhancement. IM Smarter empowers all of the major messaging services with a rapidly expanding set of cool, new features. It's not a "bot". It's not a plugin for AIM. It's not a program that you run instead of your existing IM client. Using IM Smarter can be understood as hiring a secretary for your IM; IM Smarter, like a secretary, sits between you and the rest of the world and helps you manage your messages. Using IM Smarter is pretty cool; imagine having one place you can search and visualize your instant message chats with anyone you've chatted with using any of the major IM networks. Imagine being able to update your blog as easily as sending an IM, and getting an IM whenever any of your buddies update their blogs. IM Smarter keeps you in the loop with things that you told it to remember and things you told it to keep an eye out for."


[Listening to: Unite - The O.C. Supertones - Supertones Strike Back (3:07)]

Friday, November 19, 2004



You would have to be in the military to understand :) Honestly sometimes those Boxed meals are pretty good. Then again I've had some not so good ones.
The Niveus A/V Storage Server - Engadget - www.engadget.com
Now this is how you did it. A digital entertainment A/V Center with 1 Terrabyte worth of space. Too bad it is 3 G's ... ouch!
WiFiFoFum
Am I blogging this for you or for me? Ok it is for me :) I want to put this on my HP Ipaq rx3115 and search for some networks wireless internet!
Slashdot | Gates 'World's Most-Spammed Man'
Bill Gates recieves 4 Million Email messages a day and even has a whole department dedicated to filtering his mail for him. Crazy!
iPod Photo Galleries - iPod Concepts
Ipodlounge is hosting some Ipod Concept pictures submitted by users. Some pretty cool designs and ideas here.

Thursday, November 18, 2004

FW: Maybe you can help figure this one out 

Ok, I got this sometime ago but I still think it is good to post.  And yes, I voted for Bush!

 

 

 

Fwd this to anyone I missed I can’t think of anyone else at the moment or I don’t have there emails loaded yet…

 

Subject: FW: Maybe you can help figure this one out 

 

 

 

I'm trying to get all this political stuff straightened out in my head so I'll know

 how to vote come November. Right now, we have one guy saying one thing.

Then the other guy says something else. Who to believe. Lemme see; have I got this straight?


Clinton awards Halliburton no-bid contract in Yugoslavia - good...
Bush awards Halliburton no-bid contract in Iraq - bad...


Clinton spends 77 billion on war in Serbia - good...
Bush spends 87 billion in Iraq - bad...


Clinton imposes regime change in Serbia - good...
Bush imposes regime change in Iraq - bad...


Clinton bombs Christian Serbs on behalf of Muslim Albanian terrorists - good...
Bush liberates 25 million from a genocidal dictator - bad...


Clinton bombs Chinese embassy - good...
Bush bombs terrorist camps - bad...


Clinton commits felonies while in office - good...
Bush lands on aircraft carrier in jumpsuit - bad...


No mass graves found in Serbia - good...
No WMD found Iraq - bad... 

Stock market crashes in 2000 under Clinton - good...
Economy on upswing under Bush - bad...


Clinton refuses to take custody of Bin Laden - good...
World Trade Centers fall under Bush - bad...


Clinton says Saddam has nukes - good...
Bush says Saddam has nukes - bad...


Clinton calls for regime change in Iraq - good...
Bush imposes regime change in Iraq - bad...


Terrorist training in Afghanistan under Clinton - good...
Bush destroys training camps in Afghanistan - bad...


Milosevic not yet convicted - good...
Saddam turned over for trial - bad...


Ahh, it's so confusing!



Every year an independent tax watchdog group analyzes the average tax burden
on Americans, and then calculates the "Tax Freedom Day". This is the day
after which the money you earn goes to you, not the government. This year, tax
freedom day was April 11th. That's the earliest it has been since 1991. It's
latest day ever was May 2nd, which occurred in 2000. Notice anything special
about those dates?


Recently, John Kerry gave a speech in which he claimed Americans are
actually paying more taxes under Bush, despite the tax cuts. He gave
no explanation and provided no data for this claim.


Another interesting fact: Both George Bush and John Kerry are wealthy men.

Bush owns only one home, his ranch in Texas. Kerry owns 4 mansions,
all worth several million dollars. (His ski resort home in Idaho is an old barn
brought over from Europe in pieces. Not your average A-frame).

Bush paid $250,000 in taxes this year; Kerry paid $90,000. Does that
sound right? The man who wants to raise your taxes obviously has figured out
a way to avoid paying his own.


Pass this on. Only 30 days until the election!

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Wednesday, November 17, 2004

High school students create Road Iron, the pothole detector - Engadget - www.engadget.com
This kid came up with a device that will detect and fill potholes before they flatten yout tires or worse. What a genius! You have got to check out this story.
Random Clicks... - Powered By Bloglines
Do I need another blog? Apparently, but only because it is easier when I'm using bloglines to hit the blog this button. They should give the option to blog that story to any blog like Blogger for instance :)
Across America, low and slow | Newsmakers | CNET News.com
You have got to be kidding me. I don't understand people sometimes. This guy traveled across America on a Segway in just over 3 months. Seriously...
Cranky traffic lights make you stop if you speed - Engadget - www.engadget.com: "A camera about 350 feet from the intersection measures speed and tells the signal to go red for 10 seconds if it decides drivers are going a little too fast."
I actually think this is a good idea. Check out the full story and decide for yourself.
Wired News: Senate May Ram Copyright Bill: "people who bring a video camera into a movie theater to make a copy of the film for distribution would be imprisoned for three years, fined or both."
A bit harsh don't ya think? Write your senator or cogressman and voice your opinion.
iPodlounge | All Things iPod: "The NBA has informed Toronto Raptors star Vince Carter that he is no longer allowed to use his iPod during pregame warm-ups."
Come on! Let the man use his Ipod!

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Sony PSP in Tokyo
I guess Sony just loves teasing people because now they have put some working PSP's (PlayStation Portables) behind some plexiglass on billboards advertising the game unit. If I got everything I wanted I'd be poor. Errr... well... poorer ;)
?King of Pirates
Here is an interview with the self proclaimed King of Pirates who claims to have over 900,000 songs which rivals Apples Itunes Music Store. Wow!
The DUALphone: Cordless landline phone that also makes Skype calls - Engadget - www.engadget.com
Now I really want one of these. However all the websites in the "Where to buy" link off of the dualphone.net webpage are in another language.
Buy the University of Iowa Jumbtron on eBay - Engadget - www.engadget.com
Sweet action! I need to figure out how to get this in my backyard. I wonder how much shipping to the UK would be :)
Slashdot | Happy 100th To The Vacuum Tube
Wow, it's been a hundred years already?

Monday, November 15, 2004

FW: my aeroplane won't work...



my aeroplane won't work back <index.htm>

"Squawks" are problem listings that pilots generally leave for maintenance crews.

From the "squawk sheets":

Problem: "Left inside main tire almost needs replacement."
Solution: "Almost replaced left inside main tire."

Problem: "Test flight OK, except autoland very rough."
Solution: "Autoland not installed on this aircraft."

Problem #1: "#2 Propeller seeping prop fluid."
Solution #1: "#2 Propeller seepage normal."
Problem #2: "#1,#3, and #4 propellers lack normal seepage."

Problem: "The autopilot doesn't."
Signed off: "IT DOES NOW."

Problem: "Something loose in cockpit."
Solution: "Something tightened in cockpit."

Problem: "Evidence of hydraulic leak on right main landing gear."
Solution: "Evidence removed."

Problem: "Number three engine missing."
Solution: "Engine found on right wing after brief search."

Problem: "DME volume unbelievably loud."
Solution: "Volume set to more believable level."

Problem: Dead bugs on windshield.
Solution: Live bugs on order.

Problem: Autopilot in altitude hold mode produces a 200 fpm descent.
Solution: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.

Problem: IFF inoperative.
Solution: IFF inoperative in OFF mode.

Problem: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
Solution: That's what they're there for.

Problem: Pilot's seat cushion too hard
Solution: Exchanged pilot & copilot seat cushions.

Problem: Radar Alt inop
Solution: System only works in flight.

Problem: Radio inop
Solution: Short between headset.

Girlfriend's lap pillow :: TechJapan :: English news on technology from Japan
Have you ever just been hanging out at work and wished you could lay your head down in your girlfriends lap and take a nap? Well now you can ... almost.
Gizmodo : DIY Emile Berliner Gramophone Turntable
Make your own lo-fi recordings on a cd!
Tom's Hardware Guide PCs & HowTo: Supersize Your TV for $300: Build Your Own XGA Projector! - Giant Wall Display

Seriously, I can almost afford that :0 this would be a great project for the geek in all of us.