Mind Control

So Honda has now invented a way to control robots with only our thoughts. Scary and cool. I have enclosed the picture because the guy controlling the robot looked very familiar... possibly the scary part.

Technology

Okay, there are a lot of cool things that technology can do. In this example there are three things that get shown. The first on is a technology that changes all the swear words in a movie to baby laughter... I know, they get better. The second is if there is a depressing part in a movie it will automatically bring up something cheery, in this example it is kittens. And finally the steamy scenes in movies, oh yeah, those can be replaced with animation, that is probably the most strange.

Working Out!

I hate it. I use to really like it, but now time is restraining. So, I have started up with Burpee's. They can hurt your back if they aren't done right but they are a really good full body workout in a time crunch. I'll let Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs explain.

Flight Simulators

I have been a fan of these games since Falcon 3.0. This will be my newest.

Tom Clancy's Hawx

Next Buy

I am thinking this will be my next T-Shirt. How many people out there have any idea what this means? If you do, you are a geek! Welcome



Its in the tags.

New Favorite Song

This is now my new favorite song. Gone are the days of rock, or what's popular... Now, what the little one likes, I like.



... Try as I may, I cannot escape it!

Slow Blog Day

Since today is a slow blog day, I feel like getting my geek on.

Dumb, Dumb, Dumb

How stupid do you have to be, to try and steal guns from a gun show. Well I guess there are some people out there.

Laser Guns

Okay, so growing up watching G.I. Joe, they always use to have the coolest shoot outs with laser guns.

Now it would seem the laser gun is actually a reality with the development of Northrop Grumman's 100 Kilowatt laser.

And yes I will see the movie.

How to...

Today's "How To.." comes to us from AIG. I will title it, "How to survive a lynch mob"

See... we payed them, they used our money, and now they are using our money again to protect themselves from .... us.

Happy B-Day Kirk

WTF?

Does this administration even know where the United States is on a world map?! This is just the latest in a string of blunders with foreign governments.

Mistake after mistake in foreign affairs is not going to help our image around the world... Wouldn't we know that by now?

High Def TV's

I think that a lot of the High Definition hype lulls everyone into this situation. When I had our "big screen" 32-inch CRT TV I thought that it was the clearest TV we had ever owned. Well then TV's got flat and cheap so we decided to buy a 50" plasma. That was the threshold to High Definition for us.

Now we did this at a time when HD was new so even make-up artists for the news and TV were trying to figure out how to make the quality seamless.

I think this clip sums up what happened.

Trogdor

Even after all these years, I don't know why I was thinking of this but it is still funny. Strongbad's Trogdor

Post Office

Okay, so when you get a card or letter in the mail, and then you get a bill to pay for its shipping, doesn't that make you wonder about the policies at the post office? We had just such a thing happen the other day. We received a letter in the mail that had the usual postage on it, and taped to the outside of this was a bill for $0.17. That is right, one dime, a nickel and two pennies. So now I am going to see how far the post office wants to take this, there may be an update on this post.



Some how I get the feeling this would not work if I tried to short all my letters by a few cents and get the recipient to pay.

Twitter

I am Derek. I haven't gotten into the whole Twittering thing, simply because I just don't find the energy expenditure worth it.

Simplicity

This looks all to familiar.

School!!

I'm so new at this no school thing, I sometimes still get this dream.

Commercial

I don't know why the military needs commercials right now, since recruitment is doing well with the down turn of the economy, but I liked this one.

Nail on the Head

This was the best clip from the Daily Show I have seen in a very long time.


How many new conservative viewers will Jon Stewart get in the Age of Obama? If he offers up a few more segments like this, I’d guess more than a few. Stewart rips the Obama administration for its ideas on raising revenue by forcing wounded veterans to use private insurance to pay for service-related injuries.

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

That Can't Be Right - Veterans' Health Insurance

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things w/ Demetri Martin

Political Humor
Jim Cramer

Great Site

http://www.ammoengine.com/

Speaking of Ammo ... right now with it being so hard to find at the local stores, I found a website that does some great price comparisons and where to get it.

The Onion

Hollow Point Ammunition. I love The Onion


Manufacturer Recalls Hollow Point Bullets That Fail To Explode Inside Targets

Saint Patrick

St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is one of Christianity's most widely known figures. But for all his celebrity, his life remains somewhat of a mystery. Many of the stories traditionally associated with St. Patrick, including the famous account of his banishing all the snakes from Ireland, are false, the products of hundreds of years of exaggerated storytelling.
Taken Prisoner By Irish Raiders

It is known that St. Patrick was born in Britain to wealthy parents near the end of the fourth century. He is believed to have died on March 17, around 460 A.D. Although his father was a Christian deacon, it has been suggested that he probably took on the role because of tax incentives and there is no evidence that Patrick came from a particularly religious family. At the age of sixteen, Patrick was taken prisoner by a group of Irish raiders who were attacking his family's estate. They transported him to Ireland where he spent six years in captivity. (There is some dispute over where this captivity took place. Although many believe he was taken to live in Mount Slemish in County Antrim, it is more likely that he was held in County Mayo near Killala.) During this time, he worked as a shepherd, outdoors and away from people. Lonely and afraid, he turned to his religion for solace, becoming a devout Christian. (It is also believed that Patrick first began to dream of converting the Irish people to Christianity during his captivity.)
Guided By Visions

After more than six years as a prisoner, Patrick escaped. According to his writing, a voice-which he believed to be God's-spoke to him in a dream, telling him it was time to leave Ireland.

To do so, Patrick walked nearly 200 miles from County Mayo, where it is believed he was held, to the Irish coast. After escaping to Britain, Patrick reported that he experienced a second revelation-an angel in a dream tells him to return to Ireland as a missionary. Soon after, Patrick began religious training, a course of study that lasted more than fifteen years. After his ordination as a priest, he was sent to Ireland with a dual mission-to minister to Christians already living in Ireland and to begin to convert the Irish. (Interestingly, this mission contradicts the widely held notion that Patrick introduced Christianity to Ireland.)
Bonfires and Crosses

celtic cross

Familiar with the Irish language and culture, Patrick chose to incorporate traditional ritual into his lessons of Christianity instead of attempting to eradicate native Irish beliefs. For instance, he used bonfires to celebrate Easter since the Irish were used to honoring their gods with fire. He also superimposed a sun, a powerful Irish symbol, onto the Christian cross to create what is now called a Celtic cross, so that veneration of the symbol would seem more natural to the Irish. (Although there were a small number of Christians on the island when Patrick arrived, most Irish practiced a nature-based pagan religion. The Irish culture centered around a rich tradition of oral legend and myth. When this is considered, it is no surprise that the story of Patrick's life became exaggerated over the centuries-spinning exciting tales to remember history has always been a part of the Irish way of life.)



HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!!

Weather

Too nice to blog right now. I have a yard to rebuild.

Another Game

Since I've been on a kick lately of looking for more cool games, I stumbled upon a new one. I was looking for a game like Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell since I liked them so well, and one found me.

I've never been a huge fan of the Batman and Superman games for any game system, mainly because they all suck. But the new Batman game cought my eye. Batman: Arkham Asylum could be the very game for me. I like the games that make you think and I liked the trailer. Plus the voice of the Joker sounded like Mark Hamill, who was the voice of the Joker from the cartoon also. I may just have to give this one a shot.

Happy Triskaidekaphobia Day!!!

That would be the fear of the number 13. This year we have 3 of these "unlucky" days, which happens only once every 11 years.

Top five facts, acording to MSNBC:

1. Fear of Friday the 13th — one of the most popular myths in science — is called paraskavedekatriaphobia as well as friggatriskaidekaphobia. Triskaidekaphobia is fear of the number 13.

2. Many hospitals have no room 13, while some tall buildings skip the 13th floor and some airline terminals omit Gate 13.

3. President Franklin D. Roosevelt would not travel on the 13th day of any month and would never host 13 guests at a meal. Napoleon and President Herbert Hoover were also triskaidekaphobic, with an abnormal fear of the number 13.

4. Mark Twain once was the 13th guest at a dinner party. A friend warned him not to go. "It was bad luck," Twain later told the friend. "They only had food for 12." Superstitious diners in Paris can hire a quatorzieme, or professional 14th guest.

5. The number 13 suffers from its position after 12, according to numerologists who consider the latter to be a complete number — 12 months in a year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 apostles of Jesus, 12 days of Christmas and 12 eggs in a dozen.

New Game

It is rare to find games that stand out, or offer anything new. This game from Sierra called "Prototype," is one of those games. It is a go anywhere do anything game set in New York City. I am defiantly going to look into this.

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Today's Computer Topic

Naming Conventions. I think there is some confusion and this should really clear it up.

Your My Documents - watch more funny videos

Part-time Job

Well, today I am off to my part-time job today. Have to make up a day since everyone in my house had the plague a few weekends ago.

My office equipment...

Chuck Norris

Happy Birthday Chuck!

Here are the facts about Chuck Norris, picked by, Chuck Norris

# Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.

# There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live.

# Outer space exists because it's afraid to be on the same planet with Chuck Norris.

# Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.

# Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.
# Chuck Norris is the reason why Waldo is hiding.

# Chuck Norris counted to infinity - twice.

# There is no chin behind Chuck Norris’ beard. There is only another fist.

# When Chuck Norris does a pushup, he isn’t lifting himself up, he’s pushing the Earth down.

# Chuck Norris is so fast, he can run around the world and punch himself in the back of the head.

# Chuck Norris’ hand is the only hand that can beat a Royal Flush.

# Chuck Norris can lead a horse to water AND make it drink.

# Chuck Norris doesn’t wear a watch, HE decides what time it is.


# Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door.

# Chuck Norris does not get frostbite. Chuck Norris bites frost

# Remember the Soviet Union? They decided to quit after watching a DeltaForce marathon on Satellite TV.

# Contrary to popular belief, America is not a democracy, it is a Chucktatorship.

The World of IT

And yes, it does look like this from our perspective.

Spring Ahead

Daylight Savings Time starts .... NOW!

OUT

For the weekend anyway, no new posts.

Gun Permits

This story was just too close to home, literally.

Okay so here we have a Marine, who fired .50-caliber machine guns, qualified as a marksman, and fought in the battle for Fallujah and received a combat medal with a "V" for valor.

Back from Iraq he was undergoing Post Tramatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) counseling. As some police officers do and firefighters. Well, when this Marine got home he went to apply for a gun purchase permit and got refuse. All because of a block that he checked that asked "whether he was being treated for a mental disorder." (pretty vague if you ask me) So long story short he fought this decision and was awarded his license to buy guns. I guess they saw this guy defending all of our freedoms and thought, "why not let him enjoy one of them."

CARS

Lets see, well the Geneva Auto Show looks 100% better than the shows we get here in the Midwest. For some reason they must not trust us with cars this nice. I saw a Mustang at one of our auto shows once.


Ferrari 599

Aston Martin V12 Vantage

Aston Martin DBS Volante

Lotus Exige S

Bentley Continental Supersport

OH, if only

I want this. It is the ugliest PC in the world but how awesome. The thought of a machine having a water cooling system, 32G of RAM, six 1TB hard drives in Raid 5, would not even have been thought of when I started ripping into machines. I was all excited when we got a hard drive with 170MB.

For a small fortune this one could be mine, it is only $16,000.

Okay, okay, enough geek talk... well maybe just one more ...


via videosift.com

$81 Billion dollar fill-up

No this isn't refueling the space shuttle, or a military B-52 bomber. This is what Juan Zamora fed his 1994 Chevy Camaro when he went for $26 worth of gas. Apparently Pay-Pal wanted their money and were not going to take the charge off his Pay-Pal debit card.

I guess everyone is hurting for cash, go get 'em Pay-Pal.

NFS: SHIFT

Need For Speed Shift is due out 2nd quarter of this year. I only post this because I like this series. I have been a fan since NFS 1 and my how the graphics have changed.

Troops Withdraw .... Finally

From New Orleans at least.

Three and a half years after Katrina, the remaining National Guard troops will be pulling out of New Orleans.

With a newly formed police force being tasked more with responsibility, the cost was the final decision to pull the troops out. They have been responding to car accidents, homicides, domestic disputes, and just about any other call a police officer would go to. Their primary responsibility was to protect areas that were trying to rebuild.

"People would put the things to rebuild in their houses and thieves would come along and take them right out again. We stopped a lot of that."

Slow

Off to North Platte. Population around 25,000. Posting will be slow. But hey, they have a Starbucks!

Dr. Seuss

Theodor Geisel was born on this day 1904.

Where would we be without "The Cat in the Hat," "Green Eggs and Ham," "Thing One and Thing Two," "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish?"