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IM addicted to Rock band & Guitar Hero... 10-07-2008

I'm playing on expert now, 32 songs so far...

 

Keep in mind that in order to play, even on the game, you need to select notes with your left hand, and strum them with your right hand.  Its amazing, once you get the coordination down how quickly it comes together :)

 

Technically I think this is the hardest one so far is:  Hand that Feeds, I've played it nearly 10 times and still struggle though it, the alternating split notes are really hard.  Though my favorite to play, admittedly, is a girly song, and safer for the kids:  Roam - The B52's.  Of course one of my warm up songs Learning to Fly is probably pretty hard, but I know that song really well so it makes it easier.  Others I like so far include All the Small things, When you were young, and here it goes again, which are all relatively easy, just lots of notes really fast.

 

Of course, i guess if i really wanted to i could rock out on the drums, they mostly just gather dust, maybe when i finish with the guitar :)  Should i Stay or Should i Go

 

I'm really wanting to buy a microphone stand so I can play and sing at the same time, ill have to video tape that...

 

A few pictures from the windstorm 9-21-2008
The storm was on the 14th, of course I have just gotten power back this weekend, the storm knocked out power to 376000 households (301k LG&E, 75k KU, > 1 million people?) in Louisville alone, sustained 50 MPH winds, with (recorded) gusts up to 80 MPH.  The screen shot on my iPhone below shows 40 MPH winds with 59 MPH gusts, this is at the beginning of the storm around 2 PM when i started to get worried, I lost power at 2:30 when a fork shaped limb clamped the power lines together behind my house throwing sparks everywhere !

 

Some odd things worth noting, i never lost AT&T 3G service, so i had internet etc even while the power was out all over the city, pretty impressive AT&T !  Also, it was extremely hot, probably hit 90 degree's, even with the wind you would sweat outside, the sun was our during almost the entire storm, it never did rain, we did get some Oregan style mist towards the end of the day.

 

 

This was the only open road to Bardstown road, i went out to eat with a friend during the storm, which lasted 8 hours.

 

 

On the way back we saw ALOT of streets like this

 

I think its funny that this light is still working :)

 

My water heater is the high efficiency type, runs on gas, but requires power to operate the exhaust fan, now... explain to me again how that is more efficient that the old style ghetto water heaters that don't require power?

 

Some people's luck ran out, this house is probably totaled.

 

Finally, I also took a video when I thought my house was coming apart, what you can hear are bumps and pops caused by the wind, i'm not bumping the camera, at one point I stepped back from the door because I thought the glass was going to break.

 

Video

 

Top ten reasons to vote republican 9-8-2008 to ????
Ill add a few reasons as I happen to think of them, these are all really good reasons that embody the spirit of our great nation.  (Free stuff for everyone)  Ill add a few each day until I get to 10, who knows, I might keep going !

  1. McCain likes babies <proof>

  2. ok i really have nothing else on mccain, except he looks like

 

Organic Memory Chips 9-2-2008

This is the foundation of a learning computer, warning, explanation geared towards young people... and gangsters.

 

 

10 iPhone Positives 8-25-2008

So im still on the iPhone kick at the moment, hopefully soon i will feel compelled to write about something else... Like my rockband and hotdog party !

  1. The app store rocks !

  2. Font in the notes app is great, and the feature of using the first line as the name is somewhat brilliant, simplifies the user interface, and makes usage of the notes program very simple, as it should be (however it does not rotate)

  3. Finally figured out which side is up

  4. chics dig it

  5. surface does not scratch, keys in the pocket seem to have no effect (the back of my phone is scratched up a bit)

  6. battery lasts forever

  7. full size head phone jack

  8. external switch to turn vibrate only on.

  9. keypad for phone works REALLY fast, got to call 911 today, was right behind a tractor trailer that jackknifed and met a car as it turned right and went over the guardrail !  Boy those things can bounce !

  10. midomi app is free, and it works, almost too well.

 

Hey Apple, iPhone, SMS, Text !  2.0.2 still sucks !    8-20-2008

The 10 digit error STILL exists  !

 

Who's got modern marvels on their phone? 8-5-2008

This guy !

 

Still love the iPhone, But... 8-4-2008
I've had this thing for a few weeks now, and i think i know enough about it to offer up suggestions for apple, keep in mind that none of these are issues that would EVER keep me from buying the next iphone model, and ive been a salesmen to everyone i meet about it.  I LOVE the technology, its 10 times better than my old windows mobile phone, so here's the list.

 

Top 10 Things to improve for the iphone (4g?)

  1. Update the texting app to allow rotation !  Not all of us have tiny texting fingers.

  2. Fix the invalid 10 digit number error with texting, this is a flat out bug in the software.  Apple/AT&T need to acknowledge this, fix it (i.e. take responsibility and stop jerking people around), and offer an update to the software.

  3. Ditch the proprietary connector, instead use the mini USB that everyone else has, its smaller, easier to plug in, and matches a number of other devices (such as camera's) minimizing the number of cords I would have to carry when i travel.

  4. Include an option to re-size movies, because honestly i really dont care if there are amazing graphics i really think that at 1/4 the size, they will still look just as good on the iphone.  I just want a big arsenal at my disposal.  As it stands I can only put about 10 movies on my phone...   (Geez !). That could easily be increased to 40... 100...

  5. Place a 'Slide to Ignore' control for phone calls...

  6. The bezel around the center of the phone is 'rough', a turned in plastic edge, sanded, or otherwise would feel alot better.  A rubberized (Teflon?  Neoprene?) perimeter between the halfs would make the phone alot easier to hold onto, eliminate the rough edges, and give it a nice body line.

  7. Safari browser will not rotate when the keyboard is active, this is a bug and needs to be fixed.

  8. When the camera takes a picture, it places it into an album called 'camera roll', however this folder is not synchronized with the rest of my pictures, instead i have to go to the iPhone drive windows creates in explorer to access camera roll.  ...Making management a bit cumbersome:   Lame !

  9. Allow iTunes to work over the 3G network, anytime i try it tells me i have to be on wifi, well why?  I thought 3G was this amazing fast network... and i cant buy an MP3 on it?  What if im stuck in the woods starving for some cold play?

  10. The calendar app needs work, for example, when in month view the top bar has nothing but a "plus" on it, and the bottom bar has space left over.  If those bars were combined, then appointments that show in the scroll view at the bottom would be allotted more than one line, and it would actually look like a scrolling  view !  Its not even obvious it scrolls, I only know it does because I clicked on a day I knew had more than one appointment and so I 'gave it a shot'.  This is a gross oversight that clearly was never tested (for usability), its just not very user friendly.  The entire calendar program needs a once over by someone that actually uses it.

  11. Copy and paste !  It would be simple to program, once the hour glass shows, the user would need to perform a second tap anywhere else while the hour glass is open, that would initate the copy action, then when the user releases the hour glass, the cursor is at the point of release AND the highlighted text during the move is copied to the clipboard !  To paste, simply hold your finger on a text field for a second or so until a context menu shows that you can click on.  Otherwise, just add a past button to the default keyboard.

Update on sprint...  7-29-2008
So I received an email on my iPhone (which is awesome) just before heading to bed, my sprint bill was $179.##, so regardless of the 4 people who told me the grace period began on July ##th, they still charged me a cancellation fee.  Unfortunately I had to pull the sue card again, well chose to.  (It was a glorious rampage that I'm rather proud of)  ...Of course followed by an apology against the person that had to hear it.  (hey... they just work there...)  I'm already at ends with them, and when you know someone is trying to screw you... (and have proof) why not?  Within 5 minutes the 150$ charge was gone.

 

 So easy...  7-29-2008
This commercial is so awesome, not only because its 3 minutes long, but also because its so easy a caveman could do it !
 

 

 

7-28-2008
Proud to say i used to own one of these, you cant kill em...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrk6vsb77xk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ_60PpxSzI (Part 2)

 

 

7-22-2008

And todays award for stupid goes to...

 

 

 

iPhone R.O.C.S.  7-21-2008

I got one, I got one, I got one, I got one, I got one, I got one, I got one, I got one, I got one, I got one, I got one, I got one, I got one, I got one, I got one, I got one, I got one, I got one, I got one, I got one, I got one

 

(I got one)

 

Right now im watching a video about 'mobile me', which is apples solution to wireless sync, im considering it, rather than discuss if here, maybe you should watch it too.  Mobile me

 

So what do I like about the iPhone?  Compared to my old ppc 6700?

  • Fits in my pocket well, no more 'is that a phone in your pocket or...'

  • Touch screen works, and by works, I mean it really works.  The gestures are a dream, I literally flick and the screen scrolls as if it were gliding on a sheet of ice, very nice.

  • Setup was a breeze, i plugged it into my PC and it basically said 'hi, do you want to sinc with outlook?', i said yes, and within a few minutes my calendar and contacts were on my phone, i checked a box to have it sinc i tunes, and soon that was done to.  I cant wait to see what happens when i plug it into my mac, maybe something really cool.

  • mp3 player are belong to us.  It shows the album covers, and you can flip, scroll, browse, search and everything else, just like itunes

  • it also has itunes, i can buy music just about anywhere (i suspect it requires a wifi connection, call that a negative.)

  • App store, i immediately pimped out my phone with weather bug, i have radar wind speed, direction etc etc within a few sections anytime anywhere.

  • GPS, i can open the maps app and find myself within 5 seconds, oh look ! i'm in my house, good thing i have GPS.

  • Free SDK (software development kit), any lamo with enough time to learn objective C can write apps for the iphone for free, that means lots of shitty apps, and a few good ones (like weather bug).  The ones i have not written yet are also good, ill keep you informed...

  • email has previews, and the messages generally contain more useful information... (thanks apple !)

  • network is pretty fast, i watched a top gear video just after lunch...

  • Youtube:  yes, the iphone has a youtube application, so you dont have to use the web interface, its optimized for the iphone, and o-yes, it remembers what you searched for last.

  • gigantic screen:  to watch those youtube video's on.

Sprint PCS Lies 7-20-2008

The following lies were extended to me by sprint, and so i hate them profusely forever, and I think they smell bad, i encourage everyone reading this to never re-new a contract with them, because the second you do, you give up your right to keep them honest.

 

Immediately after purchase (2 years ago)

  • When I purchased my PPC 6700 i was told that since i was in the grace period of my contract that they were not able to immediately credit my account for 150$, however that would go through as soon as the date passed.  (sprint credits 150$ towards a new phone for a 2 year contract renewal)  I required the sales person to annotate and sign the contract to that effect.  It took me 3-4 hours on the phone, a total of 5 or 6 phone calls over various days, and a threat to sue before finally getting my 150$.

  • I was told when i purchased my phone that text was included in the unlimited data package, what the sales man failed to tell me is that there was a limit to the number of texts (180?) after that it was 15 centers per message, by the time i got my first bill, i was most of the way through the second.  I argued endlessly with sprint to get back the 50$ or so I was over on those bills, but to no end.

Recently:

  • I went to Belgium about a month ago, before going I called sprint to ensure that my phone would work, its important to me to have a lifeline, especially in a dutch/french speaking country.  I was assured by customer service that it would work, however just to be sure they transferred me to the PPC 6700 Technical support team (who i have previously spent days on the phone with trying to get the phone to sinc with vista).  They told me without a doubt that the phone do more than *just work* in Belgium, but I would also have full data services, including internet etc.  Guess what?  8 days in belgium, never once got a signal.  After realizing it wasn't going to work, i went on to change every single roaming and data setting, desperate for a connection, nothing worked.

    • Note that my account was credited 15$ for the time i was out of service.  Whatever !

  • Due to the Belgium fiasco I decided it was time to get a new phone, and probably a new carrier.  With that in mind I soon found out the new iphone came out right around the time my contract expired.  So I ordered the new iphone the day after it came out, and it came in on the 18th.  Now my contract ended on the 20th, I called sprint, and in my best nice person voice I explained the dilemma (in a humorous way, with humility) that I have had a great experience with sprint, but I want an iphone, which I have already bought, and it came in today, would it be possible to work with me since ive been a loyal customer for over 10 years?  Sure I was told, I'm certain we can end your contract a few days early without charge.

    • I was then transferred to the person who was supposed to handle the details, that person turned out to be the one to tell me (at least 15 times), "I'm sorry sir but unfortunately we cannot do that".  I calmly explaining that i had already bought the iphone, and that delaying me 2 days could not possibly be in their best interest, nor could anything they say change my mind.  They rebutted that I could cancel 2 days early, for a fee of 150$.  I just wanted my number, i would happily pay the rest of the bill, no logic, no reason, just a F-You.

    • I called back, and spoke to a woman who politely explained 'I'm sorry sir but unfortunately if you end your contract today it will cost you 200$.  I pointed out that I was confused, and thought it was 150$, but now its 200$, so which is it?

      • Note sprint PCS customer service representatives are taught the word 'unfortunately', and encouraged to use it at least twice in every sentence, poor unfortunate souls.

    • I was transferred to the terminator 'Alan', I explained to Alan that I would have been fine hearing that the contract was set in stone, had I not been told otherwise initially.  So what we could do is credit my account for 150$ so that when the fee hits the net was zero (brilliant !), to that I was told: 'we do not have 150$'

  • I Sooooo wanted to record that conversation.  (no speaker phone because....)

P.S.  Anytime you call sprint, just say 'representative' it will zoom you straight to a real person.

 

Sprint are belong to us:

Your un-ethical business practices are documented all over the web, I've been lucky.  You are well known for having the worst customer service in the business, and the time has come for you to be gobbled up and recycled by a modern responsible company.

 

Cross your 7's  7-16-2008
So I received a letter today, it was addressed so poorly that it actually looked like my address, I would normally just throw something of that sort away, except that this letter was hand addressed, and after holding up to the light, I realized it must be a check inside :).  ...I did not recognize the name as one of the 10 names I normally get here (my house used to be a rental) So taking a closer look at the address, I realized that the street name was not correct, I read very carefully what I thought said "lochinnar", unable to find that street on Google maps (curiosity), I tried variations on the word in Google until Google spell check suggested an alternate spelling "Lochinvar", the writing on the letter was so poor, that the 'o' was actually an 'a', the second 'n' was supposed to be a 'v', and the overall length and shape of the word actually looked like my street even though almost all of the letters were different.  Additionally a 4 in their zip code was slender, and looked like a 1, and the 5 digit street address ended in a very faint zero that was under the L, so the address appeared to be 4 digits thus matching mine.

 

(I would include a picture, except A: I already mailed it  B: I'm not putting my address on my webpage.

 

All and all, its amazing that it came here, not even a human could have figured out the correct address without the use of a computer to suggest the correct street.  After doing all that work, I think next time ill just RTS.  :)  Oh, and of course the reason for my title, is that I notice a lot of the new engineers coming into my company write their 1's with a top mark, which is just ridiculous because it then looks like a 7.  Seriously people...  I know that 'L' is not a number, so don't worry about me confusing your '1' with an L, just leave the top mark off, oh and cross your 7's.

 

Neato 5-28-2008
Here if my first YouTube Video, this is a TV that was much easier to carry down the stairs in multiple pieces...

 

 

Dot Dot Dot 4-29-2008
Well I was going to write something, but decided not to, so instead.  I thought... Dot Dot Dot.   So instead

 

 

Away from the Sun Again 4-7-2008
I just purchased the song in the flat notebook apple commercial, I really like it, in fact, I'm pretty sure that if I had one of those laptops, and it didn't play that song every time I pulled it out of its trendy manila envelope id be pretty disappointed, but fortunately I can now play the song at my every beck and call.

 

So what's on the horizon?  I've spent the past month or so remodeling the rental house, it was somewhat sobering and disturbing to come home to a moving van, fortunately I don't have to tell the story to many times, my parents and grandpa were with me at the time.

 

I'm getting tired of seeing the elections static, I want something new, and I'm not talking about bowling.  The democrats have a long way to go, and a short time to get there.  Ok I wanted to find a clip of the radio skit that had spoofs of Hillary challenging obama to (among others) yodeling, mud wrestling, midget tossing... etc.  But no luck, you tube is currently broken.

 

My Belgium trip is being post-poned, alot.  Somehow in the middle of this project I managed to write the single most important piece of software our company will ever have (a whim), it will capture all of our knowledge, make it searchable and secure.  And even if the software does not survive 100 years, its legacy will, because it will be easy to transform the data into new formats once it exists.  I ensure that every project I complete survives me, so I'm hesitant to develop standards that require revision, because to me that is not a standard, but want to finish up by saying a true standard is not the result, but the process undertaken to arrive at that result, and automated as much as possible so as to pave the way for the future, which is that the true standard will be replaced by the intelligence which created the process.  (A.I.)

 

Wireless Amber Alerts 3-18-2008

Just happened to see this tonight, I think this a great thing, I just signed up for it.  Well I tried anyways, it sent me back an error.  Maybe you'll have more luck, ill post more if I hear back from them, I submitted a bug report, we will see how that goes...

https://www.wirelessamberalerts.org/index.jsp

 

My Hats of to Arthur C Clark 3-18-2008
As a Royal Air Force officer during World War II, Clarke took part in the early development of radar. In a paper written for the radio journal "Wireless World" in 1945, he suggested that artificial satellites hovering in a fixed spot above Earth could be used to relay telecommunications signals across the globe.

 

I would like to note:  Radar was accidentally discovered while attempting to develop a death ray.  (giant moon laser)

 

He is widely credited with introducing the idea of the communications satellite, the first of which were launched in the early 1960s. But he never patented the idea, prompting a 1965 essay that he subtitled, "How I Lost a Billion Dollars in My Spare Time."

 

Watch Arthur speak about SCI-FI VS Reality.  (keep watching, its the second news story on this link)

 

Sara Bareilles 3-6-2008
Here's another piano riff I like, The love song video is great as well.   And the Sims...  Also I noticed on you-tube you can now jump directly to any part of a video, even if the red bar hasn't reached it yet, very nice :)

 

Bam Bam ! 3-4-2008
I just totally destroyed a couch, to big to fit down the stairs?  Not a problem !  Just break it in half !  This thing was left in the upstairs apartment of my rental house, and must have been sitting there for 30 years.  I don't see how they ever got it in there, must have taken some finesse, I personally found it a lot more convenient to take it back downstairs in pieces *grin*, as I eyeball that 1970's wooden television :) hehehe...

 

Emergency Plane Landing: 2-25-2008
I guess you heard about that emergency plane landing on the interstate?  Here's a video of it.

 

Lego Mania:  2-18-2008
Well I did it, I just opened a Lego Store online, now I have a good excuse to go buy a pallet of bricks :)
 

Flanagan's 1st Beer Dinner:  2-10-2008
Tonight I attended the very first beer dinner at Flannigan's, it consisted of 7 courses, each with 3 beers of 2-3 ounces each, and a complimentary food of each type:

 


 

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The 6th course was a couple of ribs, wow, they were just absolutely perfect, and the last was a desert.

 

I made an attempt to take a picture of the beer names, but the picture quality is short of horrible, I'm sure Ashley will be sending out a list sometime this week, so ill update this post when I get receive that, until then, this is the best I can do without extensively googling each name for the correct spelling :)

 

Cream Stouts:

Streamens

Wexford

Boddingtons

Served With:  Salmon, Leafy Greens with a hint of balsamic Vinaigrette

 

Amber Ale:

Bells Amber

BBC Altbier

Flying Dog - Old Scratch

Served With:  Cantaloupe, Strawberry, 3 Cheeses:  Pepper Jack, Cheddar, ???? (White and dry)

 

Heffewiesen:
Poliner Hefe

Urdinger

Anger Bondings

Served With:  Leafy greens, in a heavier dressing, Mandarin Oranges, Nuts, and Fetta.

 

India Pale Ale:

Bells - Hop Slam

Aderson Valley

Mad Hatter
Served with:  A peppered chicken, and small round things.  Like 3/16" diameter potatoes, interesting, and Good !

 

Brown Ale:
New Holland

New Castle

BBC
Served with:  Pork slice, with a hint of blue cheese, or something similar around the edges, and asparagus.


Ashley B????S

Marriatousus

Grimburgen

McHoute

Served with:  2 Pork chops, you could literally slurp the meat from the bone, best chops I've ever had.  Also tiny potatoes, unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of this one...

 

Stouts:
BBC Bourben Barrel Stout

Mackington - Milk Stout

Peet - Oatmeal Stout

Served with:  Some kind of desert, got me.  It was a flat cake, 3/8" tall, tough to cut, a little doughy, with a dark chocolate and powder dressing.  Pretty good, I forgot to take a picture of this one too...

 

So I'm The Engineer, or so I thought. 2-5-2007
"I’m sure he thought about asking a real programmer to do the job. Maybe he couldn’t find anyone available. Or maybe he decided the program would be so technically involved that it would be easier for an engineer to learn how to program than it would before a programmer to learn how to be an engineer. In hindsight, I think he made the right decision, but at the time he was taking a huge gamble. Could I learn enough, quickly enough, to be the right choice?"

 

This Weekend 1-31-2007
Donc ce soir j'ai décidé que j'assisterais un 7 dîner de bière de cours à flanigans, accordé son environ 40$, je pense ce serai amusant. Les sons comme un 7 repas de cours, avec 3 coups de bière, chaque differnt pour chaque repas. Le total d'à peu près 4 bières. Ce im de weekend va à un derby de cylindre, quelque chose que je n'ai jamais fait avant, mais prévoir de grands amusements de cela.
 

Quite Possibly the Coolest Thing Ever 1-20-2008
This is a stop motion animation of a Liebherr LR 1750 Crawler crane being erected on site, including the trucks and erector cranes.  Even a cherry picker to go up and install the pins.  Oh, and its all done with scale models.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvSwW1cTJRw

 

And some video's of the crane model I'm currently building out of legos. (The blue one).  I don't really plan on making the extended boom sections (which are options) however, ill just leave it as a low altitude heavy lift crane.  Besides, i need to keep it under 8 feet tall... 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylQvnpdjcI8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_HmBuqBxOc
http://www.liebherr.com/at/en/products_at.asp?menuID=106082!3668-0

 

Why didn't I build the 1500?  I think overall its just a nicer looking crane, the 1500 is all boom, and has a lot of complications revolving around how it is setup and used.  The 1400 is what I consider the largest 'conventional' mobile crane, where as the 1500 is more of a boom on wheels that requires several support trucks to even setup and use.  BTW, I tested my outriggers today, one of them is capable of lifting half the crane off the ground, pretty cool huh?  With all 4, and the crane fully assembled I think I will be able to actually power lift the entire thing, just like in the real world.

 

Plastic Correction, is a correction factor to adjust load for young's modulus, and ultimate strength.  Lego's are made from ABS Plastic which has a young's modulus of 100,000 to 380,000.  Steel (1020) is 29,000,000

 

Model scale* is 15.73:1

 

The model should lift 800000 LB * (100000/29000000) * (1 / 15.73) = 11.14 LB, That's ALOT.  Here is a video of a lego crane lifting 20 LB.  If I can lift 11 LB, ill be VERY happy.

 

  LTM 1400 - Real Life Lego Model
Capacity 400 ton (800000 lb) 11 LB
Radius at capacity 118.11 Inches 7.5 Inches

 

*The model scale is based on the axle to axle centers of 4'11" on the real crane, 3.75" on the model.  Also, dimensionally scaled models cannot lift the larger models weight, for example to scale, this model would lift 50858 LB, that's just ridiculous.  A MUCH better comparison is to use the square of the difference, which yields 3233 LB, which is ALOT, however it is at a radius of 3 meters on the real crane, which is 7.5 inches on the model.  (Boom straight up)

 

Quicken still Blows Ass !  1-19-2008
So I went to update everything today, I've been using version 2005 for a while, without to many issues, well I mean it cant add, but I don't consider that a *major* issue for accounting software, you know... as long as it looks pretty its got to work right?  Well let me say this, when i went to download my transactions today, I got a pretty little message box telling me that they are discontinuing support for 2005, and I wont be able to download transactions anymore unless I upgrade to 2008.  They gave me 20$ of, just to be nice.  So I paid the same as I would have had I bought it RETAIL.

 

The first thing I did, was attempt to download transactions... It took me to a product registration page:  Actually, what you see in the screen shot below is all the page said... Everything below that is white, no text, no buttons.  Nothing.  Nothing to do but close the window, I am looking forward to the response from technical support who will consider it perfectly OK for me to jump through hoops for hours because their software is dysfunctional.

 

 

...Update, after hours on the phone, they (finally) admitted it was a known bug, and told me a hot key combination (which I already forgot) that registers the software.

 

 

Who to vote for... 1-15-2008
Check out the campaign calculator, I am MOST disappointed in who it selected for me, I wont be mentioning her name, but if you are clever you might figure it out.  Its somewhat difficult to use, keep Google handy so you can search for the issues, there is no explanation on the form, personally I think its rigged.  But I'm linking to it anyways, hopefully someone can tell me a better one that will pick my main man.

 

Fortunately, Kentucky is near the end of the lineup for voting in the primaries, so it will be a lot easier to decide once I know who wont be making it (less to choose from).  There are several issues that seem to have an adverse affect on lower income families, and a good effect on higher income families.  Is it just me, or is that something new?

 

 

Stop Motion 12-28-2007 --> 1-14-2008
Well, over Christmas break I tired out stop motion animation, its fun, of course I don't really have the right equipment, and I don't think I'm interested enough at this point to buy it, but nevertheless, here is what I came up with.  Sorry about the sound, it wouldn't compile, the software just doesn't work right.  For the first two, I used the Rocky Theme Starting at 0:09.  To bad it wouldn't compile with audio...

 

Knight VS Motor Cycle:  Year 1624
The angry night on the motor cycle challenges the friendly horseman, watch as the purple motor cycle knight gets what's coming to him when a surprise visitor joins the fight, hahaha !
A total of 121 frames, Taken with a video camer make this a good second try.
Knight VS Spacewalker:  Year 2814
The angry nights ancestor, foolishly challenges spacewalker, watch as the purple light saber yielding knight gets what's coming to him when a surprise visitor joins the fight, hahaha !
A Total of 198 frames,  make this the smoothest action flic yet !
Eiffel Tower
I built this Lego model of the Eiffel Tower, and took a picture during each construction step.  Overall its 90 frames, i made this one by taking pictures with my point and shoot.