Author Archives: Silicon Valley Dazed
Specialized Tarmac Expert for Jen
Jen picked out a Specialized Tarmac Expert in the Team Gerolsteiner colors at Mike’s Bikes. I had them upgrade the wheels to Easton Ascent IIs. Checking the weight of the wheels, she’s saving almost a pound of weight over the Ksyrium Equipes. I wanted her to have a nice bike since she’s riding on the … Continue reading
Eric Schmidt at Fry’s Palo Alto
Yesterday, I dropped my wife off at Mike’s Bikes so she could finish test riding road bikes before making a final decision. Fry’s Palo Alto was close by so I went there with the kids to get my daughter Kid Pix Deluxe 4 (we couldn’t find the CD for her Kids Pix Deluxe 3). I … Continue reading
Imperial Guard still sucks
I tried to play the Imperial Guard again last night. It takes so long to level up to the powerful armored vehicles with the Imperial Guard, that by the time you’ve produced the first flamethrower or artillery tanks, the opposition has very powerful infantry to overrun both your defenses and vehicles. I was playing Hard … Continue reading
Imperial Guard are a bunch of wimp asses
Played over two hours of skirmish with the Imperial Guard forces against the Chaos forces in the Winter Assault add-on to Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War, and the Imperial Guard just gets shredded too easily. Even with powerups, they’re still just fodder for the opposing forces. Maybe I just have to make a lot more … Continue reading
Google TV swings into action with Chris Rock
Google TV swings into action with Chris Rock The big news to me in this article is how Google TV will be using Flash to deliver its video content. Flash has near ubiquity on browsers, and the quality of its video is very good. In its first incarnations, Flash was only delivering basic vector-based content, … Continue reading
The Grip of Gas – Why you’ll pay through the nose to keep driving.
The Grip of Gas – Why you’ll pay through the nose to keep driving. By Austan Goolsbee Great article on why the price of gas will have to be $5 for 5 years to make any difference. People are locked in to using gas and there aren’t any alternatives. It would take at least 5 … Continue reading
David Dreier – Delay’s replacement
It appears the GOP is turning to David Dreier as Delay’s replacement. I don’t know why, but I’m giggling right now. I wonder how this will affect the Christian conservative support for the GOP. LA Weekly article on David Dreier for those who can’t stomache Larry Flynt.
The Hammer gets Nailed!
CNN.com – DeLay indicted, steps down as majority leader – Sep 28, 2005 I’ve never liked Tom Delay. The man exudes slime with his look and actions. I told his office to stop calling me when they wanted to invite me to some small business owner get together.
Appeals mount on nickname use
USATODAY.com – Appeals mount on nickname use When I was in college, I saw both the Utes and the Seminoles play. It actually used to be the Stanford Indians, but now they’re the Stanford Cardinal (the color, not the bird), and the mascot has to be the goofiest one in the NCAA – the Stanford … Continue reading
ezSkin nano
I like the big clip on this skin for the iPod nano. It looks like this skin plus the iPod nano would be a good combo for the gym and the treadmill. ezSkin nano-Complete protection for your iPod nano