Hold On, Hold Out

May 12, 2010

Over the last year I have been laid off, been subpoenaed three times (two different cases, fortunately neither involve anything I have done), had to testify in front of a grand jury, drawn unemployment, found a job when jobs were hard to find and in the process taken a job for 10K less then I [...]

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Nerds V Facebook

May 12, 2010

The New York Times has a post up today about 4 nerds, a bit of funding, a dream and possibly the first serious volley against centralized social networks like Facebook. Bottomline, 4 nerds heard a talk about how centralized social networks basically are opt in spy for free services which allow volume’s of private information [...]

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Docs instead of Office 2010

May 11, 2010

PC World has a interesting piece up discussing Google’s idea to suggest Enterprises / Corporations stay on their current version of Office (instead of upgrading to Office 2010) and begin to use / integrate Google Docs into their infrastructure as a means of web / cloud / shared components. Google’s idea is centered around the [...]

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Jobs on non Apple items

April 6, 2010

Well Gizmodo has a very funny post up with photoshop’d images of Steve Jobs introducing NON Apple products. Full Post here Number 28 is my favorite.

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Proximity Charging

March 28, 2010

Looks like someone (the Korean’s in this case) has developed a means of proximity charging (charging batteries without cables) in a larger scale then cell phone batteries. In this case it is a trolley at the zoo, but such a method could really be interesting as it reduces battery size and does not requires stopping. [...]

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Wally’s Fix

March 26, 2010

[H/T To Mark O. at The Stones Cry Out of this one] Walmart is offering a Mongoose Fixed Gear – Fixed Gear @ Blogspot here – Wal Mart site link here – for $149, thus marking the end of any coolness and cache in riding a fixie. Oh well I still love my single speed [...]

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24 times out

March 26, 2010

Well the news came out today – 24 has been cancelled after this season (it’s ninth). FOX is cancelling it due to shrinking ratings and NBC passed on picking it up. Full story at the New York Times here. I will miss 24 and I am sad to see it go. Nothing left on TV [...]

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AP Photo Update

March 18, 2010

AP has updated the caption on a 65 year old picture from WWII. The photo has been captioned / associated with the Bataan Death March, yet it turns out the photo is actually of US military burying the dead at a prison camp (Camp O’Donnell) that was at the end of the Bataan Death March. [...]

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Social Security vs. Bernie Madoff

March 18, 2010

Someone sent this to me and I wanted to share it. Very insightful and very true. Why did Bernie Madoff go to prison? To make it simple, he talked people into investing with him. Trouble was, he didn’t invest their money. As time rolled on, he simply took the money from the new investors to [...]

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Dwight Schrute of ministries

February 25, 2010

Recently I read about the results of a study done by several prominent universities (unfortunately I don’t remember them as I write this, but they were east and west coast schools known for research I do remember) that determined businesses that have a Dwight Schrute type individuals on teams make better decisions. For those that [...]

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Human Target Reboot

February 23, 2010

On the day when there are stories everywhere (NY Times story here) about a mint 1938 Action Comics #1 (the one which introduced Superman) selling for $1 million dollars, I thought some readers may also be interested in a piece I found at Popmatters about the reboot of the 70′s comic Human Target (i.e. Christopher [...]

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US Government poison’s alcohol

February 23, 2010

I am a student of and big fan of history, but Slate has a interesting story up about a part of US history I knew nothing about. During prohibition the US government had a program designed to taint industrial alcohol where it was lethal if consumed. This was designed to both discourage illegal drinking via [...]

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What stores do you want to see in Knoxville?

February 23, 2010

Knoxify writer suzytrotta ask the question on Feb 5th What Stores or National Chains do you want to see in Knoxville? Some do not want any more chains or stores, while others want to see their favorites from other areas of the nations develop some roots in Knoxville. On the 18th Knoxify posted the results [...]

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SUPER High speed Internet

February 10, 2010

The Wall St Journal, and about 1,000 other sources, has an interesting story out today about Google’s move into the internet provider building with the announcement of their plan to roll out some test cases (for 50,000 to 500,000) users high speed fibre based internet access. This service would offer 1Gbit (that is right 1 [...]

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Uses for old CD’s and tech stuff

February 10, 2010

Found some interesting things on the web about reusing some of the left overs of the IT revolution – old computers, walkman’s, CD / DVD’s that have failed to burn right, etc. Uses for old / outdated tech times here. Uses for old / flawed CD’s here.

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Justice Madison Out and About

January 31, 2010

Well the best bikes built in Old Fort, TN – Justice Madison – have an write up in Mountain Bike Action this month. Go out and buy a copy and then go buy a Justice Madison steel frame and support hand made craftsmanship made by a local artisan. Oh yeah Justice Madision still has the [...]

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USB 3.0

January 29, 2010

Engadget covered the release of a new laptop with USB 3.0 built in, though supporting devices are largely vaporware at this time. There are some out there now – a Buffalo external case, an Intel SSD are both mentioned, but more are coming soon. The Engadget piece also discusses competing standards, wondering if this could [...]

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Ipad implications

January 29, 2010

ZD Net has a nice piece up about some of the wider implications of Apple’s new Ipad tablet computer that was announced eariler this week. This product will make other vendors expand and change their products and impact what future products in the Netbook, Ereader, and potentially Smartphones offer. Honestly I have no interest in [...]

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The Buick Questor

January 24, 2010

I saw a ad for the Buick Questor in 1983 and have thought it was cool every sense. It had a voice activated telephone, navigation, lazer key’s, wireless gargage door control, and numerous other things that we think are cool today. The thing had 14 computers on it, heck that is more then how many [...]

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Classic Albums that ruined music

January 17, 2010

Spike has a piece up about the 10 top classic albums (compilations as albums don’t really exisist now) that accidental ruined music. I definately agree with #1. Full post here.

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Command and Control

January 17, 2010

Over the last few months God has really shown me just how in charge He is. God really is in command of our lives (even if we think He is not, He will show us He is really in command of the Earth), and He does control the lives of us all. Too many times [...]

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Hey all – Quick update

January 17, 2010

Well my return to “regular blogging” has not been as successful as I would have hoped. Over the last six weeks or so I have fought a terrible cold and exhaustion while working WAY too much. The good news is I believe God is opening a door for the work situation to change soon. That [...]

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Amazing Video

January 8, 2010

This guy does this with a nail gun, I could not get CLOSE to this with a paint brush.

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Smack that dog up

December 23, 2009
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The eternal season

December 21, 2009

This is the time of year that so many people get excited about “the holidays”, but honestly even the “the holidays” is not a true statement, as this is really the CHRISTmas season. Unfortunately, the real reason for the season seems to be less and less part of “the season” each year. This season is [...]

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Missing Brands in 2010

December 20, 2009

CNN Money has a nice piece discussing eight brands that disappeared in 2009 (or that their 2010 demise was announced in 2009) that they will miss. Though I will not miss Home Depot’s EXPO or Pontaic or Saturn or Max Factor, like them I will miss Circuit City retail stores, and the legacy of both [...]

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WHAT A DAY!! WOW!!

December 19, 2009

[H/T to Pseudopolymath for this one] Fat Cyclist (how is a amateur) just completed a series on the time he spent hanging out / riding with Team Radio Shack or “the shack” team. For the noncyclist out there that means hanging out with Lance Armstrong, Chris Horner, Johann Brunneel, Levi Lepiheimer and oh about 20 [...]

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The name says it all – SAAB

December 18, 2009

A friend of mine in the car parts business years ago told me never buy a car named after what you do once your buy it – i.e. SAAB. Today the news broke that GM’s deal to sell SAAB to Spyker feel through and the Swedish automaker will close. (Full story here). Personally I have [...]

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Hold tight, help is on the way

December 18, 2009

Recently, I personally have been going through ALOT in my professional life. For the first time in my life I really was not sure how I was going to make it much longer without quitting / losing my job. This was not a bad day, but bad weeks leading to bad months. Throughout this time [...]

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Really…only a “censured” vote

December 16, 2009

Well Mark Stanford, Republican governor of South Carolina, will keep his job. The South Carolina House Judicary committee voted to only censure Stanford and not move toward impeachment. The full South Carolina legislature will still have to vote on the censure but it seems that it will likely pass without a problem. This vote to [...]

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Tiger = Athlete of the decade, but not to me

December 16, 2009

Tiger Woods with all of his current problems / moral failings was still voted athlete of the decade today (BBC story here). Tiger got about a third of the votes (56 of 142), Lance Armstrong came in second. As a cyclist I think what Lance did (7 straight Tour De France wins and a third [...]

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Just say NO to Valet!!

December 16, 2009

Found this video on a Fox affiliate in St Louis (news story here) and was blown away by what valet’s were doing to peoples cars in the basement garage of the Hyatt in St Louis. Full video valet here.

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Small Things

December 3, 2009

First of all, yes I am alive and I due plan to blog regularly again. Moving on, over the last few weeks my life has been VERY VERY heckit and tough due to work. I will not go into details except to say that lots of stress, drama, and TONS of work. The good news [...]

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Alamo sentenced

November 13, 2009

Evangelist Tony Alamo, who is 75 now, was sentenced to 175 years in prison for transmitting under aged girls across state lines for sexual intercourse. Alamo took numerous underages girls as his “brides” in the name of God and as his role as the ministry leader. Alamo even threatened the girls that they would lose [...]

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Yes I am alive

November 13, 2009

Yeah yeah I know I said I was going to get back to regular blogging about a month ago, but work has been crazy. Hopefully next week it will happen. Over the weekend I plan to get a few posts in regardless.

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Classic Fail

October 26, 2009

Well this does not help the view of Tennessee, but it is still funny. see more Epic Fails

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