July 2009
38 posts
Ah crap... →
Manny, Ortiz tested positive
me: just got back from lifting, I'm getting huge!
Spencer: yea me to too...fake
Me: (said in an excited tone) you gotta get this battery status app, it tells you exactly how much battery you have left!
Sarah: I would never use that.
“I hate it when people don’t take things that are serious seriously”
– As said by one of the dumb broads on Real World, Cancun
Watchan old video I finally had a chance to cut up…enjoy
Lebron get's dunked on... kind of? →
This was so over-hyped by ESPN, it was a total non-story that dragged on for days, and of course when the video finally is released the dunk played out just as I predicted. Lebron came over to help on a baseline jam. The dunk was so weak, I dunk harder than this guy. What a waste, I wish ESPN would learn a lesson from this, and not make huge national news out of meaningless stories and jam this...
...Clarification
I have had a few people send me messages regarding their purchase of Simpler Times Lager from Trade Joe’s following my post from July 15th. I live in New Jersey, and the price at my Trader Joe’s location is $3.99 per six pack, but I am sure that prices do vary around the country, and I’m sorry if you went to purchase it and found that it was more expensive…
“I’ve been working in this business since 1962”
– Said by some guy at a distributor about an order issue he had. He tryed to explain to me that I messed up his order because he sent it in too late for it to go out next day air. Which begs the question, if you have been working in this business for 47 years, shouldn’t you know the cut off time...
Apple Preparing iPod Touch With Camera, Microphone →
I already own the 32 gig iPod Touch, it is my favorite gadget, I use it more often than my cell phone, computer, etc… If and when this new iTouch comes out, I will definitely be upgrading, not only for the camera but having the microphone would open up the possibility of using my iTouch as a phone using Skype.
“Trying to sneak a fastball by Ted Williams was like trying to sneak a sunbeam by...”
– Bob Feller on the Ted Williams HBO special
love using this bit around the office
This is really awesome:
Shaky home movies get a big budget feel
Computer scientists at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and software giant Adobe have developed a technique that mixes 3D reconstruction with optical illusion to turn distinctive wobble of handheld camera footage into the smooth glide of a Hollywood tracking shot.
"Hitler's Stealth Fighter" Re-created →
Top stealth-plane experts have re-created a radical, nearly forgotten Nazi aircraft: the Horten 2-29, a retro-futuristic fighter that arrived too late in World War II to make it into mass production.
WatchCongratulations Jake, great work
herooftheproletariat:
Jakes photo blowing up on the Connecticut News Stations
