Posted by Stephen WaitsSat, 01 Jul 2006 15:15:54 GMT
And my friend Nate video taped it.
I’ll set this up.. It was last year, the first year MotoGP came back, and Laguna Seca was a giant mess. Parking was a horrific situation, but we avoided that by taking the bus in and out of traffic. People in cars, and even on bikes, were screwed, and many actually turned around and left after sitting in traffic for 3 or 4 hours.
Once you got into the track, you had to deal with foot traffic. Now it was ok pretty much everywhere except the narrow area between Dunlop bridge and the main food vendor and souvenir shop area. That had so many people in it it was bordering dangerous. It was probably taking 15 minutes to move a few 100 feet.
Anyway, we saw Tommy Hayden come through after an autograph session, and thought to ourselves, man that sucks. Then a few minutes later Roger Lee came through and I yelled out at him to just hop the chain link fence and he’d be right in the paddock.
Posted by Stephen WaitsThu, 29 Jun 2006 16:00:13 GMT
Google’s got their PayPal warrior going, in Checkout. Maybe it’s a slightly different space. You know, PayPal started out as a really nice way to send cash to a friend via email. But they’ve made that part of their service too expensive. So I guess PayPal’s really all about e-commerce now, and that’s what Checkout is about.
I’ll be looking into the API myself for an upcoming website.
Posted by Stephen WaitsThu, 29 Jun 2006 15:42:14 GMT
Yah folks, Shrub and his idiot posse did it again. How anyone could believe their “intelligence” photos after the whole yellowcake thing is way beyond me.
Posted by Stephen WaitsTue, 20 Jun 2006 21:49:00 GMT
I got some Reese’s peanut butter cups out of the vending machine after lunch today. I haven’t been eating crap calories like this much lately, but I had a bit of a craving so there you go.
This particular wrapper had mention of some eBay “WrapperCash” contest on it. Whatever. But then, on the inside of the wrapper, just under the contest information, reads the following:
Candy is a treat. Please consume in moderation.
I only imagine that this is essentially a legal disclaimer. Don’t sue us because you ate too much of our junk food you fat piece of shit.
Posted by Stephen WaitsTue, 20 Jun 2006 16:07:44 GMT
This is obvious to me. All of chrstianity is, umm, stupid mythical crap.
But Penn & Teller boil it down so that idiots might also understand in this video. Good luck though. In my experience, idiots cling pretty tightly to this crap.
More good reading is the Skeptics Annotated Bible where the bible is essentially torn apart like starving TJ whores might do to an ignorant drunk college boy.
Posted by Stephen WaitsThu, 15 Jun 2006 05:46:55 GMT
If you don’t know, RAAM is the annual Race Across America – on bicycles. These cyclists freakin’ rule!
Yah.. no shit. Rob sends this in. A chase truck is streaming live video to a satellite, which you can watch right in your browser. Ten years ago, if you’d have told me that we’d be able to do this in the relatively near future, I would have told you to go fuck yourself.
Posted by Stephen WaitsThu, 15 Jun 2006 02:34:54 GMT
I signed up with Site5 as a web host not too long ago. I didn’t think Planet Argon’s sloppy support could be topped; however, I’m starting to think this might be sloppy support at a whole new level.
I’ll give it a few more days and let you know if I get some satisfaction. At this point though, I’m not counting on it. Overall, I have a growing sensation that I made an awful choice here. I’d used Modwest in the past, but they aren’t competitive these days.
TextDrive’s looking better - but I suspect they might be suffering some growing pains of their own. Anyone have any input on an affordable, yet solid RoR host???
Posted by Stephen WaitsSun, 11 Jun 2006 09:11:28 GMT
This is pretty cool. Box.net offers a free 1GB of storage, making it easier for you to share files with friends, or move big files from home to work. What’s nice is it integrates nicely with OS X’s iDisk - which is a silly name for WebDAV/Finder integration. This allows you to mount your free 1GB box.net “disk” on your desktop.
To do this, you just choose “Go -> Connect To Server” in Finder. Enter “https://www.box.net/dav” for the server, and your username/email and password when prompted. That’s it!
The Windows XP equivalent is “My Network Places -> Add Network Place”.
I think it’s an odd Corrado/New Mustang/911 mashup. Folks on AB comments seem to think it’s Focus inspired. Regardless, I don’t know. I partly like the thing, and I partly think it has very little personality. Also, the interior is a bit over-designed for my taste; in particular, the gauge set with those big round plastichrome hoods.
I’ll keep the Corrado. Still haven’t found “the one”.
Posted by Stephen WaitsTue, 06 Jun 2006 15:32:27 GMT
All.. Update your PSP to 2.71. Do it. Then fire up the web browser, go to the PSP home page (Bookmarks -> PSP). Click on the news item about “2.71 Downloadable Demo”. You can download LocoRoco and play it. Yes, this is great! Took them awhile, but wow, it opens up LOTS of opportunity.
