Dark Side of the Carton

Can someone please tell me what the hell is going on in Florida right now? 2 stories today that make me want to never visit that state ever again. First, a Woman Becomes Quadruple Amputee After Giving Birth, and then a College Student is Jailed for 2 days after reporting a rape. Earth to Florida, […]

Masaaki Nagumo, an engineer at Japan’s machinery maker Sakakibara Kikai, has built an 11 foot tall 2 legged robot that he has named “Land Walker. The mech shuffles on feet with wheels as opposed to truly walking, but what it lacks in that department it makes up for with its side mounted guns. You can […]

I saw this on Digg this morning and it was too funny to not post.

I don’t have a lot to say on each of these individually so I’m rolling them into a giant post-smorgisborg. Challenging the First Amendment – I am appalled that any lawmaker would try to squeeze something like this through without considering the ramifications. Freedom of speech is what makes this country great. I don’t have […]

Let’s face it, buying tires sucks. They are expensive and you get little to no benefit out of them. It’s not like you are going to go out and stare at them and think how awesome they are. You aren’t going to go around to your friends and say “Man, check out my awesome new […]

An old coworker from Rackspace re-invited me to LinkedIn yesterday. I had signed up a long time ago, but didn’t realize the full potential of LI as a professional networking tool. I went a little hog wild building my network, but it is coming along nicely. I am networking with people I hadn’t previously known […]

So Apple announced the iPhone yesterday and I have to admit that it is a very tempting device. It’s on the high side in the price department weighing in at $500, but what you get for that $500 should instigate a huge market shift. Previously $500 would get you part PDA, part crappy phone, and […]

I live near Helotes, TX which just happens to have, correction had, a very large pile of mulch sitting off a back farm road for years. This pile of mulch is massive as seen here on Google Maps. At any rate, it caught fire on Christmas Day and has been burning since. On the 26th […]

After a long wait, I finally got my first email confirming that I am eligible for the free copy of Vista Business from the Power Together campaign that everyone claimed was not real. Here is a screenshot of the proof: Edit: I just got an email confirming my Office 2007 eligibility too:

Previously known as iTV, Apple has launched Apple TV. This little wonder box is Apple’s attempt at competing for the all important living room media center role. Much like the Xbox 360, this little device will stream music, movies, and podcasts from any iTunes 7 equipped computer, Mac or PC. The device is priced at […]