The Rigged-Up Net

Sweet Jesus! “Are you ready for a $300 bottle of brew?” http://ia.click2houston.com/sh/food/stories/food-216821420030430-060439.html

I admint it – I have a problem. I love the Xbox game Halo… I can play it for hours. People keep telling me that the physics in the game are really accurate and stuff – but I don’t really give a flip. But if you really want to see some interesting shots of them, […]

“A serene college campus rocked by scandal. Allegations of child porn on a student’s computer at Trinity University. Wednesday, the University may have to turn over information about the investigation.” Damn… I was just there this morning! Who knew?! Article here.

If you’ve ever heard my “You say tomato… I say tomato…” story I hope you laughed at the title. Anyways, it seems that someone has demystified the how to pronounce “GIF”.. as in “GIF-file”. Pretty serious stuff. http://www.olsenhome.com/gif/

So Pouya got his b-day gift from us today… a shiny new G-TECH/Pro racing meter. Its kinda hard to explain what it does, but it’ll measure stuff like 0-60 times… 1/4mile times.. 0-60 braking distance.. measure Lateral or Longitudinal G’s… maximum delivered horsepower… etc… its a clever little device. All in all it makes you […]

Its amazing how stuff comes together sometimes… just the other day, a friend of mine was talking about building a potato cannon… then on TSS I see this segment… and then I IM’ed a link to the book out my peeps.. and in 30mins it should be here in my apartment… So in a little […]

A friend of mine just sent me this… I don’t know what to say. http://www.jesuschristsuperstore.net/

I admit it – I’ve NEVER owned a game console before in my life… not a PS2… not a Nintendo… not even an Atari 2600… But this Xbox is pretty kick-ass. Now that I’ve got a ModChip installed in it, I can use it as a media station to play video, display pics, and play […]

Ah… its 83deg… after being strapped in a flying tin-can for since 7am EST I decided that there’s nothing like rocketing down Hwy281 with the sunroof open and the stereo blaring P.O.D. at 105mph… WOOHOO! BTW, here are the pics from yesterday.

Its 11:30pm… 1st off, I’m completely exhausted… 2ndly, I just found out that we have to be on the curb to get driven to JFK by 5am. How much does that suck? So we’re madly packing trying to get in bed ASAP. Anyhow… The conference is over (for us) and Dirk had a packed house […]

Bryan: “Are you guys gonna grab some beer?” Dirk: “Sounds good – where’s it at?” Bryan: “Downstairs in the main ballroom…. Ugh cummon – lets go get the white-man’s fire-water!” Richard: “Yeah! Lets go get some firewire!” [everyone stares at Richard] [sigh]

Guys, this cracks me up… I can’t believe this is really a “problem”… The San Antonio Conservation Society has banned all video and digital cameras at this year’s Night in Old San Antonio Fiesta event, to avoid the possibility that photos of scantily clad women at the event will appear on Internet web sites and […]

When you’re right… you’re right. Look at this.

Biotoxin Scare at Tacoma, Wash., Mail Facility – Article here. Killed in the act [of sex] – Article here. Breastfeeding Now Considered Pornographic – More here, Found! The longest bird penis ever – Article here. Teen Blinded By Frog Shot From ‘Toy’ Gun – Article here. Office workers give away passwords for a cheap pen […]

Occasionally, I think that the Beach Boys are pretty cool… but after I watched this video… well… lets just say I think that this is pretty funny. Video here.

So I don’t generally take personality tests, but everyone in the office is taking this one… Its from the book “Now, Discover Your Strengths“… For your amusement, I submit the following: The Signature Themes report below displays my five most powerful themes, as indicated by the Gallup StrengthsFinder Web-based assessment. MY SIGNATURE THEMES: Activator: People […]

In NYC, it seems that if you tell your old friends you’re in town – They never call back. What’s with that? So if you wanna have fun in this town you gotta go get it done yourself… So Dirk and I went out… and had a good time… Korean Food at Gam Mee Ok […]

DDR… beer… good food… cheesecake… what more could you want? Everyone say hi to Bob and his toilet on 57th and 7th!

It appears that there’s yet another article with my name it in floating around the web… http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/ser042203.cfm

Easter pics are here. Fiesta River Parade party pics here.

Ok… I’m about to jump on another plane – this time to NYC, but I decided to roll out a pop news update before I left… ENJOY! The incredible FLYING cat… video here. Biker gets new penis from arm muscle – Article here. Businessman sells ‘poo’ good luck charms – Article here. Ikea’s new bed […]

Happy Easter folks…

I’m still up… I bet the sun is going to come up soon. I spent the night trying to get this SnapStream Media Server working…. it promises to make your PC run like a TiVo. It works – ALMOST. It seems I can’t get the audio to sync with the video… dunno how to fix […]

So everyone wants an update on my past week, particularly about Seattle… Well… basically – I had a blast. I gotta say – Seattle is a kick-ass town. Lets see… lots of good food.. some notable places were Noodle Ranch and the Palisade… actually, the Palisade was awesome. And of course, the ever popular Ohana. […]

I just had to share this with everyone… DDR was on this week’s episode of Will & Grace… funny stuff. Video here.

So it looks like Starbucks is going to gobble up Seattle’s Best coffee for 72mill… Article here. And if they weren’t busy enough doing that, they’re also expanding into the cold country of Russia too! Article here.

“ClearChannelSucks.org is a free speech website dedicated to educating the public about entertainment giant Clear Channel. Clear Channel owns over 1,200 radio stations and 37 television stations, with investments in 240 radio stations globally, and Clear Channel Entertainment (aka SFX, one of their more well-known subsidiaries) owns and operates over 200 venues nationwide. They are […]

Ex-N.Y. Officer Admits to Strip Stops – Article here. Parents unaware as baby falls out of moving car – Article here .”Snoop Dogg narrowly avoided becoming another drive-by rap casualty Thursday night, as his motorcade was ambushed in a hail of bullets. ” – Article here. Tadpoles take blame for human hiccups – Article here. […]

Alcohol-induced blackouts may lead to heavier drinking “Partial memory blackouts after drinking binges could contribute to future alcoholism, say researchers, because drinkers may fill in the blanks with rosy memories.” The article is here.

I have experienced Tivo’s Home Media Option tonight… and it was good. I’m impressed…. Its $100. Its worth it if you have a large MP3 collection or lots of digital photos. I haven’t tried the multi-room viewing yet since this paritcular installation only had one Tivo, but I imagine it works as advertised. Read all […]

Ok… thats it… I’m having a pre-party for this damn movie… it looks awesome… It opens May 15th… everyone is invited… drinks and showing of Matrix at my house on the big screen, and then we’ll stand in line for the opening of Reloaded… Didn’t know there was a sequel? I’ve mirrored the trailer here.

Ok Dirk… You win… it appears that this is a real ailment people have. Check out this site if you need some help with your raw… and, er… bleeding nipples. http://www.nipguards.com/

Ok… Edwin was right… Claritin SUCKS ASS. I’ve switched to Benedryl instead… I’m crazy sleepy now, but at least it works… 🙂

If this blog ever gets this boring, please don’t tell me about… just come over to my desk and clobber me with a meat-cleaver.

So it appears that the Ford Explorer wins AGAIN….

There are lots of you out there running 802.11b wireless access points in your homes… and I also know that lots of your are guilty of not running WEP on them… This probably seems pretty harmless – I mean your data is not that important so if people sniff your traffic you don’t really care… […]

My TiVo records the Discovery Channel show ‘Monster Garage’ for me… I’m still not quite sure if I like it or not – mainly becuase it seems that during the one-hour show, 50-mins is spent documenting how all the team members are bitching at each other… but alas, the machines they make are pretty cool… […]

As most things I run into on the Internet… This is kinda cool, yet a bit weird… Get your own virtual apartment here at Mr. Wong’s Birth Erotica… its not as bad as it sounds… its actually used to help GIVE birth… hmm… Check it out Is JennyCAM still around? Well.. if you wanna do […]

I don’t use my Speedpass enough… its really cool technology tho’… I suggest everyone get one since they’re free… There’s a rumor that McDonald’s is going start supporting them soon, but who knows…. check out how it works here.

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