tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55890412155810939082024-03-21T07:04:32.189-07:00the Bazooka Saloonboooomaaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-34405933935691847792008-11-22T12:31:00.000-08:002008-11-22T12:32:21.953-08:00bikes are fun<object width="400" height="267"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2228230&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2228230&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="267"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/2228230">Track Bike Times Edit #1</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user211971">Matthew Rice</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-39953997102839814712008-09-24T14:44:00.000-07:002008-09-24T14:55:13.899-07:00iPhone 2.0: the saga continuessome friends have asked "how is the ol' iphone working?" or "what'd you switch too?" well, i have yet to switch, but i will next month. i kinda thought maybe the G1 Android-based phone from T-mobile, but it looks kinda outdated, and as much as the Android software holds promise, it'll experience some first run glitches and THOSE are the things STILL driving me crazy about my iphone.<div>yeah, the iphone 2.1 software came out, and Steve Jobs said it would get rid of crashses and bugs. uh, NOPE, try again AGAIN. it DID get rid of some of my glitches, but it replaced them with others. now my phone won't download my email unless i tell it to, in spite of it being set to automatically fetch every 15 minutes. is my email THAT critical? NO, but the phone isn't doing something it's suppose to do. it also still likes to close whilst i am typing a text message, and the predictive type seems to not be working as well, or quickly as before-and i CAN'T type that fast. </div><div>so my search continues, i am pretty close to pulling the trigger on going back to a blackberry. hmmm.</div>aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-57247198117017362362008-09-09T01:23:00.000-07:002008-09-09T01:50:53.351-07:00Goodbye, My Friends I Love You All*so let me start by hoping (and uttering a silent prayer) that this silly posting doesn't somehow become an ironic and untimely post... ps - nerd alert! pps - i am eating thrifty chocolate malted crunch a i type this. it'll make sense in a sec.<br /><br />i like science. if i didnt suck at math i just might be a nuclear physicist. some of you might have read that the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/">world is going to end on wednesday.</a> i for one say, bring on the science, collide some sub-atomic particles, show us the video footage and LAUGH whilst doing it all. i know those CERN scientists have a sense of humor, the proof is in the puddin'. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: underline;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j50ZssEojtM&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j50ZssEojtM&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> </span><div>i for the record, do not believe the world is going to be swallowed into a man-made blackhole, but i do think it is slightly possible, though not probable, that come wednesday parts of europe may need new class photos taken for google earth. i pray it all goes according to plan and we discover even more about our little 'verse. if that youtube vide wasn't enough i'll let <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(physicist)">brian cox</a> explain, he's better at science than I, and he's got better hair. watch <a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/brian_cox_on_cern_s_supercollider.html">his TED video here</a>. and if you don't know what TED is, you just found out, go watch, learn and be better for it.<div><br /></div><div>oh and tell all the people you love how much you love them then go eat your favorite food sometime today, because i guess there is the slightest chance that we'll all be gone wednesday.</div><div><br /></div><div>kisses, </div><div><br /></div><div>Aaron</div></div>aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-22643527608306561572008-09-03T01:13:00.001-07:002008-09-03T01:26:29.309-07:00flashin' chrome<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzaeWCcZ5F02-EhTpzVscWXcqS2dpdpusCigIU0wy_7F-1HsDOBm6z352a7AZGBxwptZyAYz6P_6pTaHcfBkdmYw3SaXNQ1WC85b5OI5wX3MORvyIAnke_5_9yU9-Y3ji5wyzOq8cchlp/s1600-h/nav_logo3.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzaeWCcZ5F02-EhTpzVscWXcqS2dpdpusCigIU0wy_7F-1HsDOBm6z352a7AZGBxwptZyAYz6P_6pTaHcfBkdmYw3SaXNQ1WC85b5OI5wX3MORvyIAnke_5_9yU9-Y3ji5wyzOq8cchlp/s320/nav_logo3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241708554339339986" /></a><br />i pretty much dig everything google has brought into the world. gmail, maps, google sketchup, today they launched their very own web browser, <a href="http://www.google.com/chrome">Chrome</a>. i have been a firefox user for quite some time now but after less than a day of use, Chrome is my new browser. i know that i have only begun to discover the tricks and features, but i like it. it is designed with the web in mind. i know, you are thinking aren't all web browsers made with the web in mind? yeah, no. somehow Chrome just works, it imported all my bookmarks and passwords from firefox, and somehow i haven't had to go install all those plug-ins, like you do when you first use a new browser. somehow it all just works. of course this version is called a beta(test/develpoment version) and i have discovered one bug, when scrolling vertically via "virtual scrolling" on my trackpad, Chrome let's me scrool down but not back up a page. hope that gets fixed quick. other than that, my only complaint is certain online accessibilty issues i am having with my school's network, it doesn't recognize Chrome yet, so i have to use firefox to access online classes. go download Chrome and give it a rip.aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-24925293785252300692008-08-27T00:20:00.000-07:002008-08-27T00:25:47.030-07:00Good Morning<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMwZIHf0S0pDiiUKcrLFUq7ce_x6Mnkim8org8BVZcjNuYUdbl_kGsbIexTyiCgL6Kcvg9Oa6SjTdbAEJZlmRos5WxmVZKc0-ij637BT1Wbf7cNnB2P5pizpTuJuMCvzK6o8RCPra3qlO/s1600-h/dj.idzqhgfe.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMwZIHf0S0pDiiUKcrLFUq7ce_x6Mnkim8org8BVZcjNuYUdbl_kGsbIexTyiCgL6Kcvg9Oa6SjTdbAEJZlmRos5WxmVZKc0-ij637BT1Wbf7cNnB2P5pizpTuJuMCvzK6o8RCPra3qlO/s320/dj.idzqhgfe.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239095326065657362" /></a><br /><br />i am not kanye's biggest fan, but i am a huge fan of the "Good Morning" video, which is finally legally available for download. I had the chance to see this at the Takashi Murakami MOCA exhibit earlier this year and loved it on the big screen. <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewVideo?id=288895406&v0=US_NMT_082608&s=143441">Here</a> it is, yeah you have to pay a $1.49 for it but I think it's a great addition to your media library. (beware the link leads to iTunes)aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-3279465984818134792008-08-04T17:07:00.000-07:002008-08-04T17:42:48.542-07:00R2-KTsorry, blogger is being wonky, there is supposed to be a cool picture here<br /><br />If you've read my blog, or have heard me talk about robots, you know how much I love them. My all time favorite droid is R2-D2 (Artoo for those living under a rock) because I am also a HUGE Star Wars nerd. H U G E. In my "research" i found this touching story about a <a href="http://www.r2kt.com/">VERY special Artoo</a> unit, you should take the time to read.aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-26148069009518750942008-07-30T01:41:00.000-07:002008-07-30T01:59:13.608-07:00the honeymoon is OVER!Okay, I'll admit it. I am a Gadget whore. I love new technology, new phones, new mp3 players, new computer gizmos, all of it. I loveD my iPhone, I was an early adopter, and it WAS the perfect phone for so many reasons. One reason I have loved my iPhone so much is that it has succeeded where others have failed. Ask Matt, I am cellphone kryptonite. I don't kill phones by dropping them, swimming with them, or throwing them at ex-girlfriends, they just simply die after being too near to me (and my magnetic field altering genetic make up) for too long. My iPhone has lasted ONE year, I thought that never possible. <br />Now it would seem, one of two things has happened. Either my super(techno-destructive) powers have kicked in, OR Apple totally dropped the ball on the 2.0 software update. At this point it REALLY could be either. What is certain is that I currently HATE my iPhone, it is crashing on a nearly daily basis, I have re-installed several times and even met with a Mac Genius (he just simply said, "sorry dude, 2.1 is already in development"). SO the honeymoon is over, the love has soured, and I am officially looking for a new phone. Gulp. Yeah, Apple, uh, it's not me it's YOU. I just can't do this anymore. And iPhone, just to be clear, I'm not leaving you to go to iPhone 3G, I have no faith in her either, I don't know where my search will lead, or how long it will take but I need a phone that works, that lives up to it's claims. Maybe Apple engineered it this way, but I am not biting, as sexy as that white 16gig iPhone 3G looks, I am not buying it. Hell, I might not even get a phone with a QWERTY keyboard. Ok, that's a lie, I don't think I can go back to alpha-numeric, but I am keeping my options open. I am ready for a new gadget to run my finger over, to whisper sweet nothings to. Any recommendations?aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-73988974895129670752008-07-04T14:09:00.000-07:002008-07-04T14:12:45.368-07:00go watch this fun video, and rate itmy friend mikey made this video. i like it a lot and so should you. watch, enjoy.<br /><br /><object height="345" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/v/PWPjuZG8c5/aus=false/pv=2"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/v/PWPjuZG8c5/aus=false/pv=2" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="345" width="400"></embed><a href="http://www.imeem.com/weepiesvideochallenge/video/y4u4YbNh/michael_warner_hideaway_music_video/">Hideaway - Michael Warner</a></object><br /><br />uh, the embed isn't working for some reason, but click on mike's name and go watch on imeem.aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-85817392204961996622008-05-26T20:09:00.000-07:002008-05-27T15:42:50.915-07:00Phoenix, Say Cheesei am not the first to make this observation, nor the last but it is so amazing to this space geek that i had to share. this photo is from the <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/images/press/PHX_Lander.html">Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter OF the Phoenix Lander</a> on its final descent gently cradled under its open parachute.<br />why am i so amazed? a few reasons, first, this image is from ANOTHER planet. second, this image was taken BY a robot orbiting aforementioned OTHER planet, OF another robot descending towards yet again aforementioned OTHER planet. third, this image of a robot taken by another robot on another planet, is SO far away that it takes anywhere from <span style="font-weight: bold;">5-22 MINUTES </span>(depending on earth's orbital location relative to mar's) for a radio signal to reach it. that is just plain amazing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNhLaQ7s_Jiv5FtqHVZdEkWnyWtP6u_l6H7Qxd8kIjeMeEnIr5jz0_HYX8K2XAl6VNhBp5qi0bWuwXFHxl4_GLgczl7c8NxbnlnlJCtVEdzqPHYzvr956okKvZBqPTLJqKiU5ITj7gLug/s1600-h/230214main_PHX_Lander.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNhLaQ7s_Jiv5FtqHVZdEkWnyWtP6u_l6H7Qxd8kIjeMeEnIr5jz0_HYX8K2XAl6VNhBp5qi0bWuwXFHxl4_GLgczl7c8NxbnlnlJCtVEdzqPHYzvr956okKvZBqPTLJqKiU5ITj7gLug/s320/230214main_PHX_Lander.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204893393183370338" border="0" /></a><br />P.S. this is yet one more example of what i mean when i say "hey, if we can put robots on mars then we can solve...(fill in the blank with any problem we face)"aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-3031129309224100922008-05-26T00:17:00.000-07:002008-05-26T00:36:51.810-07:00Summer is the PERFECT time to snowboardso summer hasn't even officially started and the teasers for fall's snowboard dvd's are already poppin' up. get you some <a href="http://www.vasentertainment.com/doubledecade2.html">here at the official site</a>, (or watch my crappy blogger version below). this is from Mack Dawg's new "DOUBLE DECADE". MDP always ups the ante, and yes it makes me want to snowboard right NOW.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxkqdvPhh4lDnrJmSx3rylop-DqTnkiORO5ktI3WCgTVDEsHyGzjDtEqEE-kqPV8bqz3reA2J7c-8vBxBT_lA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-81174283883602618772008-04-10T13:46:00.000-07:002008-04-10T14:08:08.090-07:00beep bleep bleep boop (that's robot talk)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSEKUcY0L27Gc6AW8gep5TQalwAzvgPLz_7lcUpjhJ0i5DyTF7iRhkoCtRO5zi2r4nQ6qO3ZAFxjuf3vrb5n3uMLjn0w7Mo7xGVtezG5ioMFvTcMx9oin6pEWIpdkJOsnyQOq9wRg7Zjo/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSEKUcY0L27Gc6AW8gep5TQalwAzvgPLz_7lcUpjhJ0i5DyTF7iRhkoCtRO5zi2r4nQ6qO3ZAFxjuf3vrb5n3uMLjn0w7Mo7xGVtezG5ioMFvTcMx9oin6pEWIpdkJOsnyQOq9wRg7Zjo/s320/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187725008250461154" border="0" /></a><br />My friend Corey recently got reacquainted with an 80s film she loves and ordered herself a copy of the DVD Monster Squad. Watching the original trailer for Monster Squad made me all nostalgic for some of my faves from back in my 80s-hood. One gem was a robots-in-love flick which I could only vaguely remember and was having trouble finding, well searching paid off, I found it and it's called <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=fwy2ufOecoY&feature=related">Heartbeeps.</a> My very own shiny new dvd copy of it came today, it's as great as i remember and we all will be better humans for watching it.<br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fwy2ufOecoY&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fwy2ufOecoY&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Oh on a robot geneaology note Heartbeeps came out in 1981, Short Circuit in 1986, so for everyone claiming Wall-E (coming in June) is a rip off Johnny 5, it really goes something like Philco begat Johnny 5 begat Wall-E. (but yeah Philco and Wall-E look way more similar than Johnny 5) Just so you know.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmE90tRtYFi_XF9sUsR3zccpSDfswWgZHwrBH9uYObfz1G1Tq-AI4nPMH-LgajmUSPhyphenhyphenX9o2J3f_WH0JK-xTdCtrrMPrS26ZL9N-XpogotEKzeqV-fdRb8foLdFHddywbMs2fn40kVlKw6/s1600-h/johnny5isalive.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmE90tRtYFi_XF9sUsR3zccpSDfswWgZHwrBH9uYObfz1G1Tq-AI4nPMH-LgajmUSPhyphenhyphenX9o2J3f_WH0JK-xTdCtrrMPrS26ZL9N-XpogotEKzeqV-fdRb8foLdFHddywbMs2fn40kVlKw6/s320/johnny5isalive.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187725240178695154" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_SEMaKl0pk1ftSJoJZsiNY7fBF155k1HkPfcO4gF8QAdUyAnbJ_td31hZ_sH38HRSW2rS6JOfZb9Dl79_chWA9uUxXIHfAF_07ExyoEL4CibGa62oAigmtdpn1q0M2_qzSCkJnJ1mY-vI/s1600-h/405px-WALL-Eposter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_SEMaKl0pk1ftSJoJZsiNY7fBF155k1HkPfcO4gF8QAdUyAnbJ_td31hZ_sH38HRSW2rS6JOfZb9Dl79_chWA9uUxXIHfAF_07ExyoEL4CibGa62oAigmtdpn1q0M2_qzSCkJnJ1mY-vI/s320/405px-WALL-Eposter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187725313193139202" border="0" /></a><br />PS - this nerdpost probably just solidified my marital status as "(eternally)SINGLE"aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-45317683256953511902008-03-12T13:07:00.000-07:002008-03-12T13:19:39.443-07:00now ain't that shiny<div style="text-align: center;">the princeton casa 2.0, bigger, better, stronger, prettier-like a real house<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTyh5XMGCS4_TwYOY-jDz6onj7Gy8UbgINUlBzaSm9y3zT53HYL6ML69WXg-b4A7XHuEtvzdzlfZowe9RcohM1IU-Nvigki4XLlIQyh_f-lTi3dAS4HA-pD4YKbcNOVx3K3yYwGRPqmJP/s1600-h/IMG_1485.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJpC2-6rSRiTwIMuU7QJBLZ7hKHTDidOytLvlHtmLK_Ckx4pRyEr7KrpYeNBLwrnKDo1LYe72JZUwWsSeg8Ll2GmOtKoqKmrwI2B1A4ykZoaa4hkCHCn3K3O6y_R2SrcdEeh5Jo3MuoYkf/s320/IMG_1477.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176950342699049106" border="0" /></a><br />PS- since these photos were taken the carpets have been cleaned and look brand new too.aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-54782941877304404572008-03-07T10:44:00.000-08:002008-03-07T10:50:01.892-08:00really? REALLY?!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIW9S2L3qLoqgDCCMOE9-r9bPex6zg7Ik3ngKXEneD9pDZM19zXTo5Bx_sEjnw7Qd5yeK8dP4XXq8_csOj57zC8Sg4kKyxHPiRNqJp8Qr1UubiTroyL9jXo_OxbDU079ipBIJ8gFFjJ7TW/s1600-h/1765772958-padding-protect-pedestrians.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIW9S2L3qLoqgDCCMOE9-r9bPex6zg7Ik3ngKXEneD9pDZM19zXTo5Bx_sEjnw7Qd5yeK8dP4XXq8_csOj57zC8Sg4kKyxHPiRNqJp8Qr1UubiTroyL9jXo_OxbDU079ipBIJ8gFFjJ7TW/s320/1765772958-padding-protect-pedestrians.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175073914437099650" border="0" /></a><br /><br />now don't get me wrong, i heart my iphone, and i use it for all kinds of things including text messaging. but dear sweet holy st. pete's gramma, if you gotta start padding things like lampposts to protect people from themselves whilst texting...what's next cellphones with airbags or proximity alarms?! <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20080304/tuk-padding-to-protect-pedestrians-dba1618.html">read the uk yahoo newslink here</a>aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-6393054017695814222007-12-30T13:07:00.000-08:002007-12-30T14:57:03.717-08:00so here's more of what i did on my Christmas vacationa friend sent me a link to an article about the "growing continent of plastic garbage" in the middle of the pacific ocean (also labeled the <span style="font-style: italic;">pacific trash vortex</span>), and then asked if i had heard about this. i hadn't and i did my usual curiosity thing and searched the interwebs far and wide. it seems to be a lot of exaggerated bunk, especially because there is a lack of any photographic evidence to support greenpeace's claims. but that's another post. one of the sites i found that addresses this trash vortex thing, along with tons of other cool science-y stuff, is called <a href="http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/">sciencepunk</a>, and it's one of my favorite new sites. go, learn, laugh.<br />while i was sciencepunking away, of the many posts i loved, i really liked <a href="http://hugecrab.com/">hugecrab.com</a>, but beware don't go there if crawly things creep you out, but DO go there if you want to be amazed by aquatic arthropods of gigantic proportions.<br />and then my favorite sciencepunk video so far would have to be, because i am a snow junkie, is this gem. watch this massive steel-wheeled ironhorse of radness and be amazed.<br /><object height="373" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gH5fYdWprYY&rel=1&border=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gH5fYdWprYY&rel=1&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="373" width="425"></embed></object>aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-75240556226259974692007-12-23T18:28:00.000-08:002007-12-23T18:44:52.221-08:00How I Got LOST on Christmas Vacation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Nmm-S2Gb9Yi5gZsY7dYPBWY00AMrmoBzlHMKd3g-AWbGXBXh2pPfgLbCNKC81bi4cRVSdYGsXLRr3kKwGyK6uLLk_mVAXk4GIxsynlvakYwwWZpdfk_cwcD9MjIfHONOrDzDG-TDcsJG/s1600-h/300x180_lostreturns.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Nmm-S2Gb9Yi5gZsY7dYPBWY00AMrmoBzlHMKd3g-AWbGXBXh2pPfgLbCNKC81bi4cRVSdYGsXLRr3kKwGyK6uLLk_mVAXk4GIxsynlvakYwwWZpdfk_cwcD9MjIfHONOrDzDG-TDcsJG/s320/300x180_lostreturns.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5147364898375816290" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Alrighty, I know that the Christmas break isn't over and that many of you don't even have a "break" like I do, so I'll try not to remind you that I am on a 3 week break from school. For the most part, I have been spending my break in front of the TV. Today, my roommate Morgan busted open his shiny, new LOST season 3 boxset. I forgot how much I love LOST. LOST is AWESOME. and if you disagree I will fight you. It <span style="font-style: italic;">has </span>been about 6 months since the LOST season finale, and the new season starts January 31st. That still seems so far away, but it's only a month. So I'll be LOSTing my way thru Christmas break, I still have 2 weeks left and gimme a call if you wanna come over and re-cap on season 3, catch up, or just wax poetic about LOST. Season 4 begins soon.Very soon.aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-67837886175806414272007-10-15T15:29:00.000-07:002007-10-15T15:48:57.671-07:00bikes are fun: the sequel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ogAWOgrQTT3zS56xV7Z07r7KRxUKGzOnt015LwA7W_LHvywwf8F2NfyV1UaDz0M2yOLHtkg2ml7FXshDPlmulRYo6oBwgY6pOveyotGclxBc4472x-5QlcjpjEQSAsILI2ZkmFcA2IDz/s1600-h/specialized+gangster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ogAWOgrQTT3zS56xV7Z07r7KRxUKGzOnt015LwA7W_LHvywwf8F2NfyV1UaDz0M2yOLHtkg2ml7FXshDPlmulRYo6oBwgY6pOveyotGclxBc4472x-5QlcjpjEQSAsILI2ZkmFcA2IDz/s320/specialized+gangster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121696554332598034" border="0" /></a>there is a story behind that alta bike in my last post. the short version, is it's this slimmed down back to basics approach of a bike. no gear options, shifters, or frivolous stuff, just the bare minimum to get your bike on. the alta bike comes from a design collective in Norway, sadly the bike currently is only available in europeland, and it would basically double the cost to buy and have it sent here. boo. so in my search for an equivalent off the shelf options available here in the US of A i found this gem from Specialized. i think we have a winner. it's called the langster, it comes in different "city" versions, with options and colors inspired by the city or the demands of its bike ridin' population. i love the chicago version, it's matte black, and so sleek but tough lookin'. new york is my number 2.<br />here are the links to the whole series:<br /><a href="http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?spid=32824">chicago</a><br /><a href="http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?spid=32823">boston</a><br /><a href="http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?spid=32825">london</a><br /><a href="http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?spid=32826">new york</a><br /><a href="http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?spid=32829">seattle</a><br /><br />PS apparently since nobody gets anywhere in LA except via automobile, we don't get a signature version.aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-75208802935985508472007-10-13T18:36:00.000-07:002007-10-13T18:48:21.530-07:00bikes are fun<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3qsk8eSiW3FK3eIbURVNNO4SUatnLGFlZr40_hv8-ZgXG_55zigT2PMkm-Lxv0uftGlo83OMMk4ZKou4MTfMZqrjJH8ZeE7DPvaBTGTSHAi4aBERtwDJLpHQSfNeXtVtnORySGn7yCP5/s1600-h/sept+06+001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3qsk8eSiW3FK3eIbURVNNO4SUatnLGFlZr40_hv8-ZgXG_55zigT2PMkm-Lxv0uftGlo83OMMk4ZKou4MTfMZqrjJH8ZeE7DPvaBTGTSHAi4aBERtwDJLpHQSfNeXtVtnORySGn7yCP5/s320/sept+06+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121002625056517890" border="0" /></a><br />click 'em-<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.altabikes.no/">alta</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://bikehugger.com/">hug some bike</a><br /></div>aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-56580163682923014442007-09-20T00:01:00.000-07:002007-09-20T00:36:27.309-07:00It's The Little Things<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi718rmDNO3c9hyq8PTCiUgToD7W9VQQuYpe9aGACE-DPiktE-UMFp2_ISkIQdDzUQAguHySz2FPD__vfx_WAUeJoKFddsBIQRNLMq38q01gjvh-MI7THFmlcarhiP7P6KGLamCP1QT43jc/s1600-h/ChalkStripeMugBrownF7.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi718rmDNO3c9hyq8PTCiUgToD7W9VQQuYpe9aGACE-DPiktE-UMFp2_ISkIQdDzUQAguHySz2FPD__vfx_WAUeJoKFddsBIQRNLMq38q01gjvh-MI7THFmlcarhiP7P6KGLamCP1QT43jc/s320/ChalkStripeMugBrownF7.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112186795400448818" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Plastic makes things taste funny. Plastic cups are for kids (or clumsy people). Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi tastes significantly better in a glass, or a ceramic mug, than in a plastic cup. Glass and stoneware are more refined than plastic. Plastic has many great uses. My preferred drink container isn't one of them.<br /><br />I moved recently and was without any mugs or glass glasses for a little while, I bought some mugs and tumblers this week and it has been wonderful enjoying real flavors again. Hot chocolate is hot chocolate-ier, water is snow-melt-mountain-spring-fresh (okay maybe that's due to the new brita filter), dark carbonated beverages, of the regular and unleaded varieties, are far more gratifying. Friends, get a glass, mug or both, take the taste test and tell me you don't notice the difference. Expose your taste buds to a whole new world.<br /><br />Sometimes it is the little things.aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-39138975525350104452007-09-07T15:51:00.000-07:002007-09-07T16:06:18.389-07:00i LOVE snowboarding<object classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab" height="316" width="500"><param name="src" value="http://www.mackdawgproductions.com/videos/video/qt/PTTFINAL.mov"><param name="autoplay" value="false"><param name="loop" value="false"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="controller" value="true"><embed src="http://www.mackdawgproductions.com/videos/video/qt/PTTFINAL.mov" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" autoplay="false" loop="false" controller="true" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/" height="316" width="500"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />"<a href="http://www.mackdawgproductions.com/videos/view_video.php?viewkey=e3bef5e069713af9fa6c">picture this</a>" by mack dawg productions, in shops this monthaaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-29520127380318846952007-09-07T15:46:00.000-07:002007-09-07T15:50:12.462-07:00"injured, injured bad"<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x3JnuHPlEYA"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x3JnuHPlEYA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-25985015045803022122007-09-07T15:15:00.000-07:002007-09-07T15:33:28.602-07:00oh, techmologee. iPod Classic edition<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.apple.com/ipodclassic"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM7vQYWY3AMxQE_mXo8q0C2jJP9cLNdKoh1hGESugRiOxMOrJTkejodm9diAGYYltfxo16M6NbnnhqBXITyGRIb_eG7gPlwAkdUYYDlsubC5QyKQ8W1oeOXnU_JZCTEvN1gK2BaBu-eCnP/s320/06_large20070905.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107589704676936130" border="0" /></a>Just look at that sexy box o'music. It doesn't hurt that Nelly Furtado is on the screen either. I am so happy Apple finally updated the iPod line. My 5th generation iPod with video is hurtin'. Noir (that's its name) has been a good little music box, it has held my most cherished songs and allowed me to watch tv shows on the go, but it can barely live away from a power outlet. Very soon I will buy a new black 160gig iPod classic, maybe I'll call her Noir 2.0. Maybe I won't. P.S. I'm still amazed that I can carry TV shows and movies in my pocket.aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-78440612939705937042007-08-25T00:45:00.000-07:002007-09-07T15:44:17.293-07:00just so you know<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4uuaLpJwghyphenhyphenQAa7JJ7U0lE8UpwBSU_93RlI79VN0JKyl_XmcflyOIQ3LjJdE7aBRqg8XBO9UEf5fTt3gSoQwbZFFm_rfVoHtEzTQHBYMccA5m_a-EI9As27FkjOFdmkjEwd7nP5t0E_UZ/s1600-h/Mission.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4uuaLpJwghyphenhyphenQAa7JJ7U0lE8UpwBSU_93RlI79VN0JKyl_XmcflyOIQ3LjJdE7aBRqg8XBO9UEf5fTt3gSoQwbZFFm_rfVoHtEzTQHBYMccA5m_a-EI9As27FkjOFdmkjEwd7nP5t0E_UZ/s320/Mission.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107596559444740562" border="0" /></a><br />i went to disneyland today. had a bunch of fun, beat my personal best score on buzz lightyear's astroblasters and found out that i weigh 2400 tortillas. forget kilos or pounds, from now on i am declaring my weight in tortillas.<br /><br />update: Disney's California Adventure has a Mission Tortilla Factory that's where I learned I weigh twothousandfourhundredtortillas. And Darcy has me wondering, how much I weigh in burritos, or toast...aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-1146819092905747612007-08-20T14:32:00.000-07:002007-08-20T14:44:01.478-07:00oh, techmologee. keep the change.so anyone who knows me well knows i dislike putting stuff in my pockets. i know pockets are there to hold stuff but i just hate overstuffed pockets. even more, i hate jingly-jangly stuff in my pockets, keys, but mainly <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">COINS</span>.<br />i told you that story to tell you this one.<br />i like technology. uh, no. i <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">LOVE</span> technology. there has to be something in the male genetic makeup that causes this techno-lust. my latest techno-crush is on the treat vending machines at school. why? i no longer have to keep change in my pocket or backpack. thanks to modern techmologee the goodie boxes take credit and debit cards now. oh how sweet it is. one sweet step closer to a coin less utopia.<br />now if i can just get my apartment complex to install card swipers on the washers and dryers.aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-25814507009984982412007-08-14T12:18:00.000-07:002007-08-14T12:44:44.457-07:00WELCOME TO THE BAZOOKA SALOON<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwLDShunTqLMYsPh4y7Rm91yrrDxi-KKMooEpIQw1sJmyi6KDhoIz-rbblnUW-4czyZsYNiRZfEnxs3iw8M0eKDLROPKg9JGDVgfvL2iwc2Iihz8FCRzoK_CDpvp1Q5cmx702LdxJr5Se/s1600-h/IMG_1246.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwLDShunTqLMYsPh4y7Rm91yrrDxi-KKMooEpIQw1sJmyi6KDhoIz-rbblnUW-4czyZsYNiRZfEnxs3iw8M0eKDLROPKg9JGDVgfvL2iwc2Iihz8FCRzoK_CDpvp1Q5cmx702LdxJr5Se/s320/IMG_1246.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098644342125290482" border="0" /></a><br />it is high time to get rid of my blog title.<br />as a kid i always wanted a bazooka of my very own, but everyone kept telling me i'd shoot my eye out.<br />i also wanted to be a cowboy and hang out at a saloon, not for the booze and the whores, but just to be able to say "i'm going to the saloon".<br />that led to the title bazooka saloon. two of my favorite words combined for your reading pleasure.<br />enjoy. careful what you shoot at in here, it might shoot back.<br />see? i'm still a dorkaaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589041215581093908.post-54294379115342970842007-08-11T20:07:00.000-07:002007-08-11T20:47:11.864-07:00shh, the 800 lb gorilla is IN the roomyeah, it's here and the funny thing is no one "wants" to talk about it but everyone does!<br />the same theories are floated, the same rants are belched, and the same pledges to resolve or surrender are made.<br />what am i talking about? <br />yup, relationships and <span style="font-style: italic;">that dating thing.</span> there is a veritable cornucopia of blogs out there with numerous posts dedicated, for better or worse, to the subject of dating, relationships and those mysterious members of the opposite sex. but i have to say my thing.<br />long story short, since moving to orange county, in the few limited social engagements i have attended, i have found that the dating discussion is just as alive and kicking (notice i didn't say 'well') as it is in LA. having participated in more than my fair share of these discussions, again for better or worse, i am all too familiar with the many assumptions, misconceptions and blame-shifting we are ALL guilty of. i bring this all up not as a complaint but to share the actions of a friend, whom shall remain nameless yet deserves the credit-i think- for making some change happen.<br />late one evening after watching lost or playing guitar hero or seeing a movie that none of the girls were interested in, the guys were hanging out somewhere. the dating talk started, and one guy simply said something like "i'm done talking about it..." but it wasn't a compliant, it was the preamble to his basic plan of action. he had decided we could all, boys and girls, talk ALL we want, but things were NOT going to change until two simple things occurred.<br />first, guys need to ask girls out. plain and simple.<br />second, girls need to say 'yes'. plain and simple.<br />and with that a sort of challenge was issued. not like a wager, not a "hey i bet i can get a date before you can", just a legitimate-"start asking, start dating and it'll happen"<br />want proof it works? go visit the ward i came from. i think my friend's simple actions spoke FAR louder than all the endless months of our talking and when i left LA i felt as though i were the only one NOT dating, but that was deliberate because i was moving, but i did suddenly feel like it was easier to do the asking. and it seemed like the girls were saying yes.<br />it ain't easy, but it is SIMPLE.<br />we've made this whole process too damn complicated, i have heard all the reasons, the pros and cons, the horror stories, the success stories. i'll still hypothesize, discuss, and have dr.laura moments, there is comfort in talking about the things that give us anxiety, but when it comes down to it, i gotta ask, and she's gotta say yes. it isn't a guarantee but it's a start.aaronymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776820743822750575noreply@blogger.com5