Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category

10k Race - Dexter to Ann Arbor (6/1/08)

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Ran my first 10k, the Dexter-Ann Arbor Run and it was fantastic. I finished in 42:33 and placed 35/1391 people. The hill at the end coming up maple was a killer to my total time as I completely dropped speed. I thought I had saved enough but it turns out ...

Reasons to hope oil costs keep rising

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

I keep thinking that oil costs rising are a "good thing" for the US. Obviously there are growing pains and lifestyle changes that need to be made, but are they not overdue? RIP for the internal-combustion engine They may contain computer chips, but the power source for today's cars is ...

Pidgin steals focus from the user

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

The last thing I want when I'm typing something is for a person who just IM'd me to get the last piece of what I'm writing. Most of the time it will be some hodge podge of code or command line. Every once in awhile it will be ...

Personal Update

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

It's been a busy 4 months -- fascinating I know. I've put out a few new websites, the first is: Presale For A dream. The goal of this site is to generate revenue. I will be removing ads, or not adding ads on any new sites I create. People who ...

The Christmas ‘Copter

Friday, December 29th, 2006

I bought this helicopter as a Christmas gift for the family (and of course myself). The two year old loves watching it fly around the living room while shouting at it while I enjoy piloting it around his attempts at destruction. For $35 it's expendable enough I don't ...