Nov
19
TEH FERRET
I Ferret out the crazy and interesting:
on the internet and on my mind.
on the internet and on my mind.
Nov
10
Finally an explanation why UPS has gone downhill so much since the good old days of the early 1980s when they were truly awesome. Also why Fed Ex ground is much better. We get to see the ‘Government Solution’ to this problem- take Fed Ex down to UPS’s level.
Oct
31
Prefab Sprout & Jenny Agutter - Wild Horses (I want to have you.)
Jenny isn’t singing in the song, but a sample from a movie?
Oct
26
Fargo Public Library
Next stop is the Fargo Public Library- Fargo’s ode to overspending and cost over-runs. It makes me mad just walking through it. I like to get my books and just leave- it feels so cold and uninviting in there- like a 1960s clinic waiting room. The library they knocked down to build this one was vastly superior.
U2 At The Rose Bowl
Last night’s U2 concert in Pasadena was a spectacle; the stage dwarfs the ant-like band. The set list weighted heavily on the “No Line On The Horizon” album. In my opinion the weakest album the band has ever released. Having said that the live versions of these new songs worked well here. There was lots to see from the moving stage ramps, scissoring LED video displays, and lighting, but I would have liked to seen more of The Edge as I find him more entertaining than Bono.
Bono needed to calm down and just sing- his voice wasn’t there. He couldn’t hit any of the notes in “MLK”. I hated the preaching from the stage even if I agreed with the message.
The Edge played guitar and piano often in the same song. The sounds, textures, and riffs were excellent.
Adam laid down some thick bass grooves.
Larry seemed to loose the beat, but maybe it was the cavernous Rose Bowl that caused the trouble.
The highlight was the ‘Milky Way’ of cell phones during “City Of Blinding Lights.” There were 96,000 stars in the audience and countless thousands watching the concert on YouTube.com
Set List
- Breathe
- Get on Your Boots
- Magnificent
- Mysterious Ways
- Beautiful Day
- I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
- Stuck In A Moment
- No Line on the Horizon
- Elevation
- In A Little While
- Unknown Caller
- Until The End of the World
- Unforgettable Fire
- City of Blinding Lights
- Vertigo
- I’ll Go Crazy - Remix
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- MLK
- Walk On
- One
- Where The Streets Have No Name
encore: - Ultraviolet
- With or Without You
- Moment of Surrender
Images of the claw
http://i35.tinypic.com/dhbigl.jpg
http://media.u2.com/non_secure/images/20091025/rosebowl/rosebowl_640.jpg
Sep
23
Snag The Discounted Talent
I was thinking this summer (before Bret Farve was signed) that The Minnesota Vikings should grab someone like Alex Smith from the San Franscisco 49ers. Alex was signed four years ago as the number one draft choice in the NFL. In July 2005, Smith agreed to a six-year, $49.5 million contract with the 49ers. Smith is now the backup quarterback. All his excess value has been drain by four years leading one of the worst teams of the NFL.
The good news is we know he can take the punishment. We also know he’s gotten the play time that a lot of other young NFL quarterbacks haven’t got.
I believe Quarterbacks more than any other position get over valued by their performance in the NCAA and undervalued by their performance in the NFL.
If the head office used this strategy I believe they could find a number of undervalued/ high performance players. From what I’ve been told, the New England Patriots current coach, Bill Belichick, uses a similar strategy to find quality players.
The best source of undervalued players are on teams with poor records, where the player’s talents may remain hidden.
Sep
14
How to add an interactive sidebar to your Facebook Page
Video tutorial on adding HTML content to a fixed box on the Facebook sidebar.
Sep
9
Accentuate the Positive
The president gave one of his better speaches yesterday. Here are some of the better parts. Keep up the good work Mr. Obama.
Sep
3
“The accuracy of the fire, and uncanny speed with which the CROWS gun moves so quickly and deliberately, is due to something few officers expected. The guys operating these systems grew up playing video games. They developed skills in operating systems (video games) very similar to the CROWS controls. This was important, because viewing the world around the vehicle via a vidcam is not as enlightening (although a lot safer) than having your head and chest exposed to the elements (and any firepower the enemy sends your way). But experienced video gamers are skilled at whipping that screen view around, and picking up any signs of danger. Many Iraqis and Afghans, especially the bad guys, get distressed while watching a CROWS turret being exercised by some video game addict inside the vehicle. That’s because the most noticeable part of CROWS, as it swivels and “looks” around, is the machine-gun. Many Iraqis don’t even recognize the vidcam and other sensors. They think the machine-gun is, well, sort of R2D2 with a bad attitude and a license to kill.”
Eatting CROWS
Sep
2
Japan Plans $21 Billion Solar Space Post
There is an almost infinite amount of power up in space. All we have to do is go get it. The only thing stopping us from tapping this cheap source of clean energy is the initial costs. Instead of wasting money on stupid ideas like ethanol and wind power lets have the Congress set up some prize money. Then stand back as the private sector gets us some cheap power.
Aug
19
A flight on the B-25 Mitchell
Pre-airshow look at the B-25 “Miss Mitchell” from a local radio show host in the air with video.
Aug
18
Pondering the Dearth of Conservative Rockers
Rock is an emotional art form, the lyrics tend to express emotions. When Rock becomes political the political lyrics become emotional in nature. A liberal philosophy is heartfelt but a conservative or libertarian philosophy is more thoughtful. Don’t believe me just try to write some lyrics from the viewpoint of a Republican, and see if they don’t sound horrible in the context of Rock. The same problem plagues ‘Christian Rock.’
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