Author Archives: Silicon Valley Dazed
Continental 700×28 Ultra Gatorskins
I had a flat last Friday with the rear tire on my commuting bike. Over the weekend, I purchased 700×28 Continental Ultra Gatorskins which have a tough belt and sidewalls to replace my 700×25 Michelin Carbons. The ride seems a little bit stiffer, but the tires should be more resistant to thorns and glass. Examining … Continue reading
DC-10 crash of 1979
I was doing a Google search of “chicago plane crash” for the Midway accident yesterday where the Southwest plane slid off the runway which brought me to this site instead: American DC-10 Crashes at O’Hare Killing 273 I posted my personal experience with the crash on the responses: As an eighth grader, I had just … Continue reading
CGSociety – Maya 7 Steps Up
CGSociety – Maya 7 Steps Up I think the funniest thing about this article was that Alias was owned by a Canadian school teacher’s pension fund.
MSI NX7800GT-VT2D256E review
A few months ago, I removed an ASUS 6800GT from my Sony VGC-RA828G when I was doing some troubleshooting to see why my computer was crashing. The problem turned out to be some bad RAM, but in the troubleshooting process I replaced the 6800GT with the ATI X600XT which came with the Sony and never … Continue reading
Some bad miscasting
Studio Stills Photo Burt Reynolds and Ray Liotta are just too tied up with American Crime Drama movies for me to believe them in some fantasy movie romp.
Amazon.com: Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion (Scribner Library of Daily Life): Books
Amazon.com: Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion (Scribner Library of Daily Life): Books This is an example of how an algorithm can mess things up. The suggested book that would be “Better Together” with the Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion is Encyclopedia of Rape. I guess the Amazon website sees “Encyclopedia” in both items, and thinks … Continue reading
Film Set for iPod nano
Film Set for iPod nano Nice protection for your iPod nano that doesn’t add much bulk. I still wouldn’t mind a skin with a clip though.
Calif. Rep. resigns over bribes
Calif. Rep. resigns over bribes – Yahoo! News What can I say except, “Another one bites the dust!”
Old Grandma Hardcore
CBS News | Gaming Grandma Slays Competition At the age of 39, I thought I was getting a little bit old to play games. Old Grandma Hardcore Blog
Black Monday
Online shoppers set to storm the Internet Monday / Consumers use workplace’s faster computers for e-commerce It would be interesting to do an annual comparison of retails sales of Black Monday vs. Black Friday.