Monday, September 29, 2008
I’m watching some show on the Science Channel while working from home today, and just saw a segment on the Venture One.\ It’s a three-wheeled, enclosed, hybrid car – but it’s classified as a motorcycle for licensing.If it actually does show up on schedule in 2010, I think I want one. Wiki link.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
I attended the 2008 RTP Product Design Street Faire this past Saturday. I don’t know what I expected, but it was a lot of fun. I chatted with just about every vendor, finding out a lot about the local small business market surrounding product design, prototyping, and marketing. And the free BBQ was a nice [...]
Thursday, September 18, 2008
I followed-through on my fuel experiment. However, the hoped-for mileage increase did not occur. I was hoping for a 2-3 mpg improvement, and saw 0-1. The good news is that it didn’t decrease my mileage, as I have seen on some vehicles when going up the octane ladder. Guess that means I’m back to buying [...]
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Even though I am outraged at the unjustified spike in fuel prices yesterday and today, I had to buy gas. All of the gas stations near me (around the 54/55 junction) are out of regular. Several were totally out of fuel. One, Crown, was not out of fuel, but they were out of regular. They’re [...]
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Figures, what I thought was a new idea isn’t. I love my DVR, but would likewise love a Digital Radio Recorder so I could pause and rewind ‘live’ radio. With a bit of Googling, I found the Shark (see here). The only improvement I could see would be to get something like this into a [...]
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
I got this passed to me from my dad this morning. Just remember what he told me, “I don’t promise greatness. Just interest.” The following is a Robin Hood quote: R’N TVGGRMT NZIIRVW. R DZMG GL YV ZM RM-OZD, MLG ZM LFGOZD. I’ll post the answer in about a day, unless somebody posts it first.
Dilbert
righteous kill
Without giving any [important] plot points away, here goes my review of Righteous Kill, which I saw last night with a buddy of mine. Righteous Kill is only the third film the two have made together, and the first time they have played together. In the Godfather Part II, De Niro played a younger Vito [...]