Archive for March, 2006
Its my Birthday?
So yah… it was my birthday on the 18th. Had a good weekend, snowboarded, rock climbed and went out to dinner with my friends. Got some presents and had an all around good time. This weekend Daniel came up from Washington and I got to show him around Kelowna and Vernon. Again good times were had by all. 
So in other news, there have been some really cool stuff I have been seeing lately in Tech news.
First off, we have all been hearing about HD DVD and Blue Ray DVD’s that are coming out. These formats while larger than current DVD are not really enough for the new Movie standards coming out. Current DVDs can hold 8.5 GBs of info and the new formats range from 30-60 GBs. Wow COOL you say? Well about 2 years ago there was a story of a company that had created a Holographic disk, same physical size as a CD/DVD but could fit 1 TB of info on a single disk (thats 1000 GBs). I just came across a news article and apparently the same company is going to be releasing this media later this year in sizes ranging from 800- 1600 GBs per disk. Annnnddddd heres the down side, when released the drives will be in the range of $10,000 and the disks will be $100 per disk. So much for that.
This is one for Brian and his dad to talk over… if they haven’t seen it already. Yet another company is working on a completely new type of prosthetics that sounds like a cross of a comic book and “Bender” from futurerama. Scientists have developed artificial, super-strength muscles which are powered by alcohol and hydrogen. This new type of muscle is approximately 100x as strong as normal muscle (but only about 1.5 – 2 times as strong as mine). To get the full story go here.
Ok so thats about it from me. Catch you later!
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Who needs a phone anyway!
So after not looking at the whole voice over IP thing for a while I find myself using it more and more. Between Gtalk and now the new and improved Skype its getting easier and clearer to keep in touch with actual voice conversations than with just text chat. Got a head set this weekend (well two actually, had to get Lish one) and finding its just as good of quality as it is with a regular phone. This also requires a decent Internet connection but as long as its a high speed connection it seems to work great. Not only that but doesn’t seem to use up much bandwidth or resources. I have found Gtalk to be the lightest on a computer system and I can play just about any game while chatting with my friends. This is made better with the MMOGs (Massive Multilayer Online Games) out there where you can talk and play your favorite game at the same time… all over the Internet… and for free too! I now have skype on my computer and, for a small fee, I can even phone your home phone from my computer. The rates are close if not better than most long distance carriers out there. Its going to be cool to see where this technology goes over the next few years.
Filed under Uncategorized : Comments (7) : Mar 14th, 2006
Quickie
Earl showed me this and I just had to post it. Since my last post I have wondered what Chuch Norris thought of all those facts… well here he is reading 10 of them.
Ill try and post an actual post later tonight.
Filed under Uncategorized : Comments (2) : Mar 14th, 2006
Again… bored.
But you know what will brighten your day? Chuck Norris! I have been seeing on the web for the past little while all these “Chuck Norris Facts”. There are some sayings that some person made up and its turned into a huge Chuck Norris cult following. You can go here to see them all in their glory… there are over 100 so I will give you a clip of a bunch of what I think are good ones.
- When Chuck Norris was denied an Egg McMuffin at McDonald’s because it was 10:35, he roundhouse kicked the store so hard it became a Wendy’s.
- Chuck Norris CAN believe it’s not butter.
- Chuck Norris can divide by zero.
- Chuck Norris doesnt shave; he kicks himself in the face. The only thing that can cut Chuck Norris is Chuck Norris.
- Chuck Norris has the greatest Poker-Face of all time. He won the 1983 World Series of Poker, despite holding only a Joker, a Get out of Jail Free Monopoloy card, a 2 of clubs, 7 of spades and a green #4 card from the game UNO.
- On his birthday, Chuck Norris randomly selects one lucky child to be thrown into the sun.
- It takes Chuck Norris 20 minutes to watch 60 Minutes.
- Chuck Norris once ate an entire bottle of sleeping pills. They made him blink.
- Chuck Norris played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won.
- Chuck Norris is responsible for China’s over-population. He hosted a Karate tournament in Beijing and all women within 1,000 miles became pregnant instantly.
- Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door.
- Hellen Keller’s favorite color is Chuck Norris.
- Superman once watched an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger. He then cried himself to sleep.
- Chuck Norris does not “style” his hair. It lays perfectly in place out of sheer terror.
- A study showed the leading causes of death in the United States are: 1. Heart disease, 2. Chuck Norris, 3. Cancer
- If at first you don’t succeed, you’re not Chuck Norris.
- Do you know why Baskin Robbins only has 31 flavors? Because Chuck Norris doesn’t like Fudge Ripple.
- Chuck Norris can judge a book by its cover.
- Industrial logging isn’t the cause of deforestation. Chuck Norris needs toothpicks.
- Chuck Norris is the reason why Waldo is hiding.
- When Bruce Banner gets mad, he turns into the Hulk. When the Hulk gets mad, he turns into Chuck Norris.
- Chuck Norris once went skydiving, but promised never to do it again. One Grand Canyon is enough.
- In a fight between Batman and Darth Vader, the winner would be Chuck Norris.
- Chuck Norris doesnt wear a watch, HE decides what time it is.
- Staring at Chuck Norris for extended periods of time without proper eye protection will cause blindess, and possibly foot sized brusies on the face.
- Think of a hot woman. Chuck Norris did her.
- One time, Chuck Norris accidentally stubbed his toe. It destroyed the entire state of Ohio.
- Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, until Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked her into a glacier.
- Chuck Norris can blow bubbles with beef jerky.
- Chuck Norris can skeletize a cow in two minutes.
- Chuck Norris’ first job was as a paperboy. There were no survivors.
- Chuck Norris qualified with a top speed of 324 mph at the Daytona 500, without a car.
- We live in an expanding universe. All of it is trying to get away from Chuck Norris.
Ok thats enough for now… there are lots more… if you have the time that is.
Filed under Uncategorized : Comments (5) : Mar 1st, 2006