Thursday, July 31, 2008
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 1 (!) out of 10
Time During Lunch: Medium
At work i got to fight a small brush fire. Well we got beat by the fire department, they were having a 0.2 out of 10 workday as well. We were right there, fire extinguishers in hand, and the fire marshall says, 'it's cool, you won't need those.'
My coworker purchased a 3g iphone and passed on his O.G. iphone to me. Weee! I had it hacked and ready to go in under 30 minutes. The hardest part is getting the iphone into DFU mode. The iphone has a recovery mode, and then a DFU mode which is where the firmware swapping begins! So i'm still on my super old At&t wireless (before cingular bought them) plan with no data. Mwahahhaa! Now i need to find a decent case.
Fluffielady and i stopped by a coworkers place who unloaded a bit of bebe gear on us. How awfully nice of them to do so. We hung out and chatted and went to Carl's Jr, in downtown daly city(??). The Prime Rib Six-Dollar burger - $5.99..
Time During Lunch: Medium
At work i got to fight a small brush fire. Well we got beat by the fire department, they were having a 0.2 out of 10 workday as well. We were right there, fire extinguishers in hand, and the fire marshall says, 'it's cool, you won't need those.'
My coworker purchased a 3g iphone and passed on his O.G. iphone to me. Weee! I had it hacked and ready to go in under 30 minutes. The hardest part is getting the iphone into DFU mode. The iphone has a recovery mode, and then a DFU mode which is where the firmware swapping begins! So i'm still on my super old At&t wireless (before cingular bought them) plan with no data. Mwahahhaa! Now i need to find a decent case.
Fluffielady and i stopped by a coworkers place who unloaded a bit of bebe gear on us. How awfully nice of them to do so. We hung out and chatted and went to Carl's Jr, in downtown daly city(??). The Prime Rib Six-Dollar burger - $5.99..
Labels: Action, Geek Stuff
Monday, July 28, 2008
(Posted on Tuesday, July 29)
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 0.2 out of 10
Time During Lunch: Medium
I felt like crap going to work, but it was a slow day, so it was ok.
Fluffielady's Pink Razr somehow got a cracked corner, we're thinking from falling off the dresser. Replacing the entire body is a slight irritation. 1st time round the speakerphone part didn't work. Profanity ensued. 2nd time around i had it down and it's 98% condition. One blasted T-3 screw stripped itself AND the bit. The screw held onto a corner of the swivel base. It's not needed, it'll be alright. i hope..
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Now playing: Kyle Landry - Final Fantasy 7 Aeirths Theme
via FoxyTunes
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 0.2 out of 10
Time During Lunch: Medium
I felt like crap going to work, but it was a slow day, so it was ok.
Fluffielady's Pink Razr somehow got a cracked corner, we're thinking from falling off the dresser. Replacing the entire body is a slight irritation. 1st time round the speakerphone part didn't work. Profanity ensued. 2nd time around i had it down and it's 98% condition. One blasted T-3 screw stripped itself AND the bit. The screw held onto a corner of the swivel base. It's not needed, it'll be alright. i hope..
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Now playing: Kyle Landry - Final Fantasy 7 Aeirths Theme
via FoxyTunes
Labels: Geek Stuff
Sunday, July 27, 2008
(Posted on Monday, July 29)
From Saturday's TroubleMaker Rapids.. Raft? What raft? Says the puzzled look in my face.
I slept real weird. I tossed and turned, and when i did i hear people talking. Ok, the partying is still going on. I toss and i felt like i just blinked and then i hear birds chirping. It was 8am. I don't feel that tore up, just a bit sore.
We pack camp, have a yummy breakfast. The good thing about these people was on every meal involved some dessert. Yesterday's was brownies with butterfinger bits on top.. Mmmm Todays breakfast dessert was blueberry bread. Our guides hung out at our camp.
11am Onward to the water:
I take flight, just a little on a rapid called Satan's Sesspool.
This is at a rapid called Hospital Bar. Either you go to the hospital or the bar.
We hook up with 4 other rafts, this time 2 of the rafts had children on it. So we had to tone down some vulgarities, inflatable dolls and obscene t-shirts a bit. The ride was shorter but involved more rapids. Mason, our guide dunked another guide as we did our slickest impersonation of Navy Seals Paddling past 3 other rafts in stealth mode. The fun ended around 4pm, boo!
Good times good times..
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Now playing: Sungha Jung - When The Children Cry
via FoxyTunes
From Saturday's TroubleMaker Rapids.. Raft? What raft? Says the puzzled look in my face.
I slept real weird. I tossed and turned, and when i did i hear people talking. Ok, the partying is still going on. I toss and i felt like i just blinked and then i hear birds chirping. It was 8am. I don't feel that tore up, just a bit sore.
We pack camp, have a yummy breakfast. The good thing about these people was on every meal involved some dessert. Yesterday's was brownies with butterfinger bits on top.. Mmmm Todays breakfast dessert was blueberry bread. Our guides hung out at our camp.
11am Onward to the water:
I take flight, just a little on a rapid called Satan's Sesspool.
This is at a rapid called Hospital Bar. Either you go to the hospital or the bar.
We hook up with 4 other rafts, this time 2 of the rafts had children on it. So we had to tone down some vulgarities, inflatable dolls and obscene t-shirts a bit. The ride was shorter but involved more rapids. Mason, our guide dunked another guide as we did our slickest impersonation of Navy Seals Paddling past 3 other rafts in stealth mode. The fun ended around 4pm, boo!
Good times good times..
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Now playing: Sungha Jung - When The Children Cry
via FoxyTunes
Labels: Action
Saturday, July 26, 2008
(Posted on Monday, July 28)
Woke up at friggin 5:10am, a few minutes before the alarm was about to kick me out. Headed over to good old Lotus, CA for some river bouncing with All-Outdoors Rafting. I like that their site says SF to Lotus 130miles/3hrs, San Jose 155miles/3hrs, uh i dun think so. I leave the house at 5:45am, i arrive at 8:05am with a 10-15min stop at burger king. The gate was closed to the parking lot, so i roam the town..
I see bumpies on the water! This curve was near the Lotus Park.
The bachelor crew arrives, mostly recovering from a previous night of drunken stupor. It was so good that our badass guide raft could smell it while on the boat. We chill in a group of 3 boats, with ours in the back and the largest with 8 peoples.
Todays rafting is a Class 3 upper section of the south fork, kinda mellow with one really sketchy section and 2 more milder ones. I'll be getting pictures soon, theres some good ones. Our guide Mr. Mason is a college student whos spent time in afghanistan and iraq. He's like a good DJ, where he can read the group and figure the level of madness that we wanted. He asked the question just to ask 'do you want it 1) mellow and smooth? 2) a little rocky 3) Be bounced around like ping-pong. Obviously we chose the latter, which was the best. Mason purposely bounced us off rocks, slid sideways into the water, causing the one side to get all wet, and he had a slight mischievous side. We snuck as close as we can to the other rafts and take down their guides. He's pretty good for that. Good times..
We get back to camp and i pitch my tent, as i'm finished one of the rafting managers comes up to us and informs us that the camp owners doesn't want any part of us and we are to be removed from the site. I look at them and wonder what the ?? Talk about party pooper. The bachelor and best man work things out with the manager and we're to be on our best behavior. I guess quiet time is 10pm, they didn't get quiet till 2am. I think the campsites main fault was to put a church group next to us.
New plan.. Drink like savages until 10pm, and then get knocked out by it.
We try an alternative method of beer delivery via high pressure water cannon. The high pressure part didn't work out well. It needs more experimentation and development. Currently it wasn't efficient, many a bottle of beer was wasted on this one. (it kinda looks like he's upchucking but he's not.)
I guess friday was all calm and quiet, minus these clowns, but today was mad!
The campsite next to us gave us the luau experience. Weren't there forest fires around here? This group was to our left, across from us was a bachelorette's camp. And with that we had extra river guides hanging out with us. I didn't know if they hung out to oversee us or to join the madness. This is definately the definition of good times. I slept with the smell of Patron. I should have taken more pics. Maybe it was better that i didn't..
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Now playing: Sungha Jung -Adirondac
via FoxyTunes
Woke up at friggin 5:10am, a few minutes before the alarm was about to kick me out. Headed over to good old Lotus, CA for some river bouncing with All-Outdoors Rafting. I like that their site says SF to Lotus 130miles/3hrs, San Jose 155miles/3hrs, uh i dun think so. I leave the house at 5:45am, i arrive at 8:05am with a 10-15min stop at burger king. The gate was closed to the parking lot, so i roam the town..
I see bumpies on the water! This curve was near the Lotus Park.
The bachelor crew arrives, mostly recovering from a previous night of drunken stupor. It was so good that our badass guide raft could smell it while on the boat. We chill in a group of 3 boats, with ours in the back and the largest with 8 peoples.
Todays rafting is a Class 3 upper section of the south fork, kinda mellow with one really sketchy section and 2 more milder ones. I'll be getting pictures soon, theres some good ones. Our guide Mr. Mason is a college student whos spent time in afghanistan and iraq. He's like a good DJ, where he can read the group and figure the level of madness that we wanted. He asked the question just to ask 'do you want it 1) mellow and smooth? 2) a little rocky 3) Be bounced around like ping-pong. Obviously we chose the latter, which was the best. Mason purposely bounced us off rocks, slid sideways into the water, causing the one side to get all wet, and he had a slight mischievous side. We snuck as close as we can to the other rafts and take down their guides. He's pretty good for that. Good times..
We get back to camp and i pitch my tent, as i'm finished one of the rafting managers comes up to us and informs us that the camp owners doesn't want any part of us and we are to be removed from the site. I look at them and wonder what the ?? Talk about party pooper. The bachelor and best man work things out with the manager and we're to be on our best behavior. I guess quiet time is 10pm, they didn't get quiet till 2am. I think the campsites main fault was to put a church group next to us.
New plan.. Drink like savages until 10pm, and then get knocked out by it.
We try an alternative method of beer delivery via high pressure water cannon. The high pressure part didn't work out well. It needs more experimentation and development. Currently it wasn't efficient, many a bottle of beer was wasted on this one. (it kinda looks like he's upchucking but he's not.)
I guess friday was all calm and quiet, minus these clowns, but today was mad!
The campsite next to us gave us the luau experience. Weren't there forest fires around here? This group was to our left, across from us was a bachelorette's camp. And with that we had extra river guides hanging out with us. I didn't know if they hung out to oversee us or to join the madness. This is definately the definition of good times. I slept with the smell of Patron. I should have taken more pics. Maybe it was better that i didn't..
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Now playing: Sungha Jung -Adirondac
via FoxyTunes
Friday, July 25, 2008
(Posted on Monday, July 28)
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 0.2 out of 10
Time During Lunch: None
Hung out with Capt'N D and his ladyfriend Christine. Capt'N D tried his hand at guitar hero DS, but it's a handfull. It was cool, chilled till 11pm. I had to cut it short, my wakeup time was 5:15am tommorrow. White water rafting time!
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Now playing: Sungha Jung - Tears In Heaven
via FoxyTunes
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 0.2 out of 10
Time During Lunch: None
Hung out with Capt'N D and his ladyfriend Christine. Capt'N D tried his hand at guitar hero DS, but it's a handfull. It was cool, chilled till 11pm. I had to cut it short, my wakeup time was 5:15am tommorrow. White water rafting time!
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Now playing: Sungha Jung - Tears In Heaven
via FoxyTunes
Labels: Crew
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 0.2 out of 10
Time During Lunch: None
My new glasses have arrived, they look erriely like my old ones except the glass is wider and more rectangular. Doesn't matter, it does the job and at 2/3s the price! Pretty good, 10 days, from production to delivery.
I'm trying a new toasty production video but the videos that i'm getting doesn't look good / interesting. =/ Its a slightly long process anyhow.
I'm also playing around with the M3 real card for the DS, i can say that it plays like the R4 DS, the GUI is more childlike, it supports SDHC MicroSD cards which the R4 doesn't. But the physical build quality is a step lower, a cheap feeling plastic. It probably works just as fine.
Time During Lunch: None
My new glasses have arrived, they look erriely like my old ones except the glass is wider and more rectangular. Doesn't matter, it does the job and at 2/3s the price! Pretty good, 10 days, from production to delivery.
I'm trying a new toasty production video but the videos that i'm getting doesn't look good / interesting. =/ Its a slightly long process anyhow.
I'm also playing around with the M3 real card for the DS, i can say that it plays like the R4 DS, the GUI is more childlike, it supports SDHC MicroSD cards which the R4 doesn't. But the physical build quality is a step lower, a cheap feeling plastic. It probably works just as fine.
Labels: Geek Stuff
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Recycled a mass amount of motor oils and car batteries. Goodbye Optima battery.. While fluffielady did her jewelry thing.
Got ready to roll at Octavius' Baptism. It was fun and good times. We weren't done after the reception till after 7pm!
Got ready to roll at Octavius' Baptism. It was fun and good times. We weren't done after the reception till after 7pm!
Labels: Crew, Maintainence
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 0.2 out of 10
Time During Lunch: Zero
Woot this is zee 1000th posting. Good lord! With that, yesterday had a haircut inbetween shifts. Don't worry it wasn't paid. 6hrs OT. funfun.
My gift to everybody is the primo British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card
Premium Plus as in Premium APR!
I guess i no longer need to put out my end of the world rants. They seem to eerily come true. I can say this though, with this subprime meltdown and everybody going sideways to survive, living the lavish lifestyle is on the downhill slide. Hopefully the number of spoiled brats will subside from it. My main concern is the middle class who, can pay, had to pay up the nose for a house is now getting shafted with houses going upside down on them in value.
Also the theory goes that with every 1$ gas hike, comes 10% weight loss due to less driving and more walking. Neat huh? Time to work hard fools, charging your bills to the gang isn't working no more.
Time During Lunch: Zero
Woot this is zee 1000th posting. Good lord! With that, yesterday had a haircut inbetween shifts. Don't worry it wasn't paid. 6hrs OT. funfun.
My gift to everybody is the primo British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card
Premium Plus as in Premium APR!
I guess i no longer need to put out my end of the world rants. They seem to eerily come true. I can say this though, with this subprime meltdown and everybody going sideways to survive, living the lavish lifestyle is on the downhill slide. Hopefully the number of spoiled brats will subside from it. My main concern is the middle class who, can pay, had to pay up the nose for a house is now getting shafted with houses going upside down on them in value.
Also the theory goes that with every 1$ gas hike, comes 10% weight loss due to less driving and more walking. Neat huh? Time to work hard fools, charging your bills to the gang isn't working no more.
Labels: End of the World, haircut, OT
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 0.2 out of 10
Time During Lunch: Zero
When your dream involves dreaming of waking up, then when is the real reality awaken? Thats the kinda dream i had today.
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Now playing: Enya - A Day Without Rain
via FoxyTunes
Time During Lunch: Zero
When your dream involves dreaming of waking up, then when is the real reality awaken? Thats the kinda dream i had today.
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Now playing: Enya - A Day Without Rain
via FoxyTunes
Labels: dream
Monday, July 14, 2008
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 0.2 out of 10
Time During Lunch: Medium
Things occuring here n there..
I awoken to an undescernable dream involving conversation. What kinda dreams are these? I also awake to sore shoulders and right calf, its only light to moderate soreness. I decide to ride to work and somehow the rear derailuer cable loosened, so i'm riding uphill on 3rd gear. I survive that and during work i smash my glasses in half, by cleaning them!
They just snapped, hows that for bendable titanium? Its kinda neat though that i have equally sized monoculars. A little artsy looking too. These glasses were purchased for 108$ at Optical4less.com, its a decent site from Hong Kong, but arrival time is about 2 weeks. I've also heard of Zenni Optical which i just found out is based here in San Rafael. They sport the 8$ glasses with 5$ shipping. I find another pair of bendable titanium with transition lenses. Similarly configured shipped for 65$! Madness! So for now i'm stuck with my Versaces, oh well, woe is i.
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Now playing: The Mamas & The Papas - Monday Monday
via FoxyTunes
Time During Lunch: Medium
Things occuring here n there..
I awoken to an undescernable dream involving conversation. What kinda dreams are these? I also awake to sore shoulders and right calf, its only light to moderate soreness. I decide to ride to work and somehow the rear derailuer cable loosened, so i'm riding uphill on 3rd gear. I survive that and during work i smash my glasses in half, by cleaning them!
They just snapped, hows that for bendable titanium? Its kinda neat though that i have equally sized monoculars. A little artsy looking too. These glasses were purchased for 108$ at Optical4less.com, its a decent site from Hong Kong, but arrival time is about 2 weeks. I've also heard of Zenni Optical which i just found out is based here in San Rafael. They sport the 8$ glasses with 5$ shipping. I find another pair of bendable titanium with transition lenses. Similarly configured shipped for 65$! Madness! So for now i'm stuck with my Versaces, oh well, woe is i.
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Now playing: The Mamas & The Papas - Monday Monday
via FoxyTunes
Labels: Bicycle, Geek Stuff
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Man i'm weak. Road riding is a different beast.
A buddy who is really into road cycling asked if i wanted to play along in a 50 mile loop to n from sf to Tiburon or so. That was the reason why i installed the large chainring and derailuer (July 01 post). So in my usual getup, cotton shorts n t-shirt with a camelbak, i'm ready to roll. David rolls up in matching pro cycling getup, ahh yea this is gonna be fun. The first hill we hit was the o'shaughnessy climb, right then i knew my kung-fu was not strong. Crossing the bridge was a bit crazy, there are so many people riding now, back in my day, you could be the only one out there and see a few riders but not like this. We zoom into sausalito doing fine and upon reaching the end of sausalito i started feeling some cramping. Ok, sip some more h2o and continue on. It worked for a little then i get his with this giant cramp on my right leg, my calf decided to make a fist and not let go. I've had this feeling before, its not cool. David looks at me and asks is that water only, of course it is, thats all i bring for bike rides. I guess for road rides since your constantly pedaling its more aerobic, so you need the electrolytes n crap. I take a few sips of his stuff and decided to turn around, we are a little bit out there.
Going back home wasn't that bad but i had no speed whatsoever and at a few times not have any energy to pedal. Is that 'hitting the wall'? i think it is.
I had the hardest time getting back. I haven't had a long ride in years and a constant moving ride is a different style then a mountain bike where theres more navigation of the ground and its obstacles. Road riding you just keep going, and going and going. I wouldn't mind doing this for a bit, i need more exercise. Give me a few months, a few water bottles (they did go out of style in the mountain bike scene, but guess not for road) and gatorades and gu and i think i'll be pro again. But that leads to the final question, do i really want to go biker shorts and shirt? *cringe*. I've never owned a pair of shorts, i always said that i was sponsored by cotton.
Survived going home with a few tacos in the trunk of the moto. Banged out the front sight of the para and filed the new one to fit. I made a ghetto bench vice with a c-clamp and a piece of wood. This sight better work!
Right now at 10:26pm, my right leg still hurts. i may be feeling this tommorrow, wee!
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Now playing: ABBA - Super Trooper
via FoxyTunes
A buddy who is really into road cycling asked if i wanted to play along in a 50 mile loop to n from sf to Tiburon or so. That was the reason why i installed the large chainring and derailuer (July 01 post). So in my usual getup, cotton shorts n t-shirt with a camelbak, i'm ready to roll. David rolls up in matching pro cycling getup, ahh yea this is gonna be fun. The first hill we hit was the o'shaughnessy climb, right then i knew my kung-fu was not strong. Crossing the bridge was a bit crazy, there are so many people riding now, back in my day, you could be the only one out there and see a few riders but not like this. We zoom into sausalito doing fine and upon reaching the end of sausalito i started feeling some cramping. Ok, sip some more h2o and continue on. It worked for a little then i get his with this giant cramp on my right leg, my calf decided to make a fist and not let go. I've had this feeling before, its not cool. David looks at me and asks is that water only, of course it is, thats all i bring for bike rides. I guess for road rides since your constantly pedaling its more aerobic, so you need the electrolytes n crap. I take a few sips of his stuff and decided to turn around, we are a little bit out there.
Going back home wasn't that bad but i had no speed whatsoever and at a few times not have any energy to pedal. Is that 'hitting the wall'? i think it is.
I had the hardest time getting back. I haven't had a long ride in years and a constant moving ride is a different style then a mountain bike where theres more navigation of the ground and its obstacles. Road riding you just keep going, and going and going. I wouldn't mind doing this for a bit, i need more exercise. Give me a few months, a few water bottles (they did go out of style in the mountain bike scene, but guess not for road) and gatorades and gu and i think i'll be pro again. But that leads to the final question, do i really want to go biker shorts and shirt? *cringe*. I've never owned a pair of shorts, i always said that i was sponsored by cotton.
Survived going home with a few tacos in the trunk of the moto. Banged out the front sight of the para and filed the new one to fit. I made a ghetto bench vice with a c-clamp and a piece of wood. This sight better work!
Right now at 10:26pm, my right leg still hurts. i may be feeling this tommorrow, wee!
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Now playing: ABBA - Super Trooper
via FoxyTunes
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Shot a bit with the para. I think i need to replace the front sight blade with a taller one, the tungsten rod has some minimal recoil reduction. This is gonna be fun, time for some ghetto mod front sight hammering!
After the snapping caps, went to hang out with a coworker for some jewelry action. It was cool, got to hang out with 3 2-year olds running like banshees. Looks like its gonna be fun *sigh*. While over there i tried:
Macallan 12 Year and Glenlivet 12 Year: Both of these had similar taste, both tasted like blended scotch but there were some minute differences. The Glenlivet has less body, only slightly less. Both have that vague slight flavors, the Macallan was a touch more smokey.
After the snapping caps, went to hang out with a coworker for some jewelry action. It was cool, got to hang out with 3 2-year olds running like banshees. Looks like its gonna be fun *sigh*. While over there i tried:
Macallan 12 Year and Glenlivet 12 Year: Both of these had similar taste, both tasted like blended scotch but there were some minute differences. The Glenlivet has less body, only slightly less. Both have that vague slight flavors, the Macallan was a touch more smokey.
Labels: drank, shooting sportz
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 0.2 out of 10
Time During Lunch: Medium
Lets see,
-Bought the Bottom Bracket for the FSR, a Square-Tapered sucker in 73x110 mm. Shimano has only 2 models for it, the LX ($30) and Alivio ($20). After this i might need to look into a new crankset!? ebay of course.
-Delilah passed her smog check, test-only. She is described as 'high emitter profile', oi!
-Washed Delilah after said smog check, the smokey dusty air laid this layer of ick on her. ScrubScrub.. Weee! All clean!
So being in facebook for a few days i've noticed one irritating thing. The neatness of the site is its ability to add applications to your profile. After viewing other peoples profiles some people have dozens of apps. My only irritation is if you want to play a game or watch a video, you need to add the app to your account and this further adds to your crap. Some apps are good for multi-use, others are lame. Who wants an app that list of babys that you have. How many can you get?
I can see how it can be addictive to be on that site all the time, tagging, poking, putting up notes on other peoples walls is nice. I must resist to once a day.
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Now playing: George Winston - The Masked Marvel
via FoxyTunes
Time During Lunch: Medium
Lets see,
-Bought the Bottom Bracket for the FSR, a Square-Tapered sucker in 73x110 mm. Shimano has only 2 models for it, the LX ($30) and Alivio ($20). After this i might need to look into a new crankset!? ebay of course.
-Delilah passed her smog check, test-only. She is described as 'high emitter profile', oi!
-Washed Delilah after said smog check, the smokey dusty air laid this layer of ick on her. ScrubScrub.. Weee! All clean!
So being in facebook for a few days i've noticed one irritating thing. The neatness of the site is its ability to add applications to your profile. After viewing other peoples profiles some people have dozens of apps. My only irritation is if you want to play a game or watch a video, you need to add the app to your account and this further adds to your crap. Some apps are good for multi-use, others are lame. Who wants an app that list of babys that you have. How many can you get?
I can see how it can be addictive to be on that site all the time, tagging, poking, putting up notes on other peoples walls is nice. I must resist to once a day.
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Now playing: George Winston - The Masked Marvel
via FoxyTunes
Labels: Bicycle, Delilah, Geek Stuff, Maintainence
Sunday, July 06, 2008
3000 months!I found this Gas Mileage Calculator, on Edmunds.com, where it compares how long it takes if you replace your old car with a more efficient one. So since i don't use Delilah as much (Less than 100 miles a month) and if i do go for say a brand new prius. The time it takes for me to save enough fuel with the Prius to overtake Delilah, it'll be 252.9 years! I think because i don't drive much, it the formula doesn't work for me. Somehow Delilah is pretty efficient(?!) alot of other cars either aren't gas worthy to gain a benefit. Even the Smart car, Delilah comes out equal. So maybe Delilah will be my only car, ever?
My coworker on the other used to drive an Explorer from Oakley to SF (and then some, ~2500 miles a month!) and purchased a Camry Hybrid. The Calculator states he'll overtake the cost by 5.5 years. He says the gas he paid for the explorer is equal to the loan payment of his camry. And this was when gas was under 4$! Pretty cool..
In other news, i signed up for Facebook, another social site here we go!
Saturday, July 05, 2008
Jivas gets jumped into the Catholic gang
The Jivas Familia
Today was a mellow day, roamed around with the crew for a bit. Went to St. Patricks Church in downtown SF for a little water dousing for the young one.
Before the madness started i went to town.
20-pic stitch 360 degree view, sorry its overexposed. =\ I liked the part within the baptism that the priest started to give a historic tour of the building. Destroyed in the 1906 earthquake, rebuilt by 1913 with Italian Marble and some other fancy granite. Makes me wanna take pics of the columns n what not.
After we scooted off to Burlingame for reception at the Sherman. Its a nifty place, good food, atmosphere. Our only problem is that you feel drunk even though you've never had a drink. Its because the ship lists 10 degrees port.
Here i meet a fellow scotch bartender and we converse. So i try:
-Aberlour 12 year: Surprisingly not bad, smooth and sweet in the end.
I decided to get another glass for Roz, but they ran out so i get a substitution.
-Lagavulin 16 year: Its like Aberlour with more body, a bit smokey but not overwhelming, and sweet.
That event lasted from 11am till 4pm.
The knocked out crew knows whats up.. Let me join in on this naptime.
But no rest for the wicked, the gang afterwards met up in south city for some korean bbq n hung out a little at our place. Good times good times..
The Jivas Familia
Today was a mellow day, roamed around with the crew for a bit. Went to St. Patricks Church in downtown SF for a little water dousing for the young one.
Before the madness started i went to town.
20-pic stitch 360 degree view, sorry its overexposed. =\ I liked the part within the baptism that the priest started to give a historic tour of the building. Destroyed in the 1906 earthquake, rebuilt by 1913 with Italian Marble and some other fancy granite. Makes me wanna take pics of the columns n what not.
After we scooted off to Burlingame for reception at the Sherman. Its a nifty place, good food, atmosphere. Our only problem is that you feel drunk even though you've never had a drink. Its because the ship lists 10 degrees port.
Here i meet a fellow scotch bartender and we converse. So i try:
-Aberlour 12 year: Surprisingly not bad, smooth and sweet in the end.
I decided to get another glass for Roz, but they ran out so i get a substitution.
-Lagavulin 16 year: Its like Aberlour with more body, a bit smokey but not overwhelming, and sweet.
That event lasted from 11am till 4pm.
The knocked out crew knows whats up.. Let me join in on this naptime.
But no rest for the wicked, the gang afterwards met up in south city for some korean bbq n hung out a little at our place. Good times good times..
Labels: Crew, drank, Panoramic
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 0.2 out of 10
Time During Lunch: Medium
I gotz Guitar Hero: On Tour for the DS, Woo!
It comes in three parts, the game, the controller and the pick which hides neatly into a pocket on the controller. The controller uses the Slot-2 or The Game Boy Advance Slot. The game is pretty good, just like the other guitar heros for the consoles.
We play?
Pros:
-You can Rom it, but since you need to buy the game for the controller its kinda moot. Except for portability.
-You can play against the computer in multiplayer style.
Cons:
-I can play 1-2 games at a time before the wrist starts hurting. Its an odd angle to hold and watch while pushing the controller buttons. I've found by loosening the strap almost all the way and looking at the monitor sideways, it doesn't hurt as much. If you can turn the view another 90 degrees, it'll work but it wouldn't put you in a guitar playing style.
-Some strummings are timed wrong or somehow doesn't show up, maybe my classical style of guitar is too light?
-25 songs, and you need to play in each skill level to unlock them, so 25 songs with 4 skill levels, 100 plays. But playing expert will definately get you carpal tunnel.
It ultra intense, yet super skilled while playing on a double neck at the same time.
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Now playing: Frederic Chopin - Fantasie Impromptu in c Sharp Minor
via FoxyTunes
Time During Lunch: Medium
I gotz Guitar Hero: On Tour for the DS, Woo!
It comes in three parts, the game, the controller and the pick which hides neatly into a pocket on the controller. The controller uses the Slot-2 or The Game Boy Advance Slot. The game is pretty good, just like the other guitar heros for the consoles.
We play?
Pros:
-You can Rom it, but since you need to buy the game for the controller its kinda moot. Except for portability.
-You can play against the computer in multiplayer style.
Cons:
-I can play 1-2 games at a time before the wrist starts hurting. Its an odd angle to hold and watch while pushing the controller buttons. I've found by loosening the strap almost all the way and looking at the monitor sideways, it doesn't hurt as much. If you can turn the view another 90 degrees, it'll work but it wouldn't put you in a guitar playing style.
-Some strummings are timed wrong or somehow doesn't show up, maybe my classical style of guitar is too light?
-25 songs, and you need to play in each skill level to unlock them, so 25 songs with 4 skill levels, 100 plays. But playing expert will definately get you carpal tunnel.
It ultra intense, yet super skilled while playing on a double neck at the same time.
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Now playing: Frederic Chopin - Fantasie Impromptu in c Sharp Minor
via FoxyTunes
Labels: Geek Stuff
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 0.2 out of 10
Time During Lunch: Medium
At work i binged up my pinky finger on my shooting hand (gasp!), i thought i just bumped my pinky against something. Well i look and its bleeding and half the nail is cut off, weak! Now it hurts annoyingly, so what do i do?
Go install a second chainring on my road bike as well as a front derailleur. I come to find that this single speed front is actually a triple-ring. So i coulda got an appropriate 3-speed derailleur instead of a 2-speed on ebay for 20$. But oh well, i never use the small chainring anymore. I wouldn't even know how to gear it. Right now i'm on a 42/53 toothed setup, i couldn't find any cheap large toothed chainrings on ebay, 15$ for this one! Now give me some 180mm length crankarms, that'll work me. A 42T is the largest ring on my mountain bikes. What a difference 10 pounds of metal and 5inches of suspension does to your gearing.
Time During Lunch: Medium
At work i binged up my pinky finger on my shooting hand (gasp!), i thought i just bumped my pinky against something. Well i look and its bleeding and half the nail is cut off, weak! Now it hurts annoyingly, so what do i do?
Go install a second chainring on my road bike as well as a front derailleur. I come to find that this single speed front is actually a triple-ring. So i coulda got an appropriate 3-speed derailleur instead of a 2-speed on ebay for 20$. But oh well, i never use the small chainring anymore. I wouldn't even know how to gear it. Right now i'm on a 42/53 toothed setup, i couldn't find any cheap large toothed chainrings on ebay, 15$ for this one! Now give me some 180mm length crankarms, that'll work me. A 42T is the largest ring on my mountain bikes. What a difference 10 pounds of metal and 5inches of suspension does to your gearing.
Labels: Bicycle
