Archive for July, 2005

GPS and Geocaching

Friday, July 15th, 2005

Its amazing what you can do with a coordinate system, especially when you have a device that tells you exactly where you are in that system.

Just last week I recieved my GPS receiver in the mail. I was so excited! I was excited to the point that I went out Geocaching that very next day. It is pretty sweet. Check it out! My first, and so far only found Geocache: John’s MONUMENTal Campus Tour

I also just received a cable to hook up my GPS to my computer so that I can do all sorts of crazy stuff with Google Maps , Google Earth, and the GPX file format.

Crazy Car Crash

Thursday, July 14th, 2005

I witnessed this really nasty accident the other day. F-150, totaled.

I heard the crash, and saw immediately after the impact. The two cars looked like they were attached for a few seconds, then one swerved left up onto the median, the other went into oncomming traffic went up onto the curb in the grass on the wrong side of the road, came back into the middle of the road just in front of us at about 40mph, did a dount with the peddle to the floor and took out both side tires as it side swiped the curb. Yea… it was a bit scary. We almost died.

It looked like she had no control over speed. Either that or she thought the gas was actually the brake. We stopped on the side and ran across the road to “save” her. She and the other driver were fine, except that she said she couldn’t breath. We were all lucky.

The emergency crew was quick. About three people called 911 from their cars. Fire truck first, then a cop, then an ambulance, then another cop, then a tow truck.

Dragster here I come!

Wednesday, July 13th, 2005

I may be going to Cedar Point soon. I just read this article about the Top Thrill Dragster, and it looks really intese. I can’t wait!

This net screams

Parents, Seafood, Cars, and Frozen Goodness

Sunday, July 10th, 2005

My parents came down to AA on Friday and met me at the park we play frisbee at. It was nice of them to come bring stuff and go out to dinner. We hit up a pretty expensive restraunt called Real Seafood Co. in downtown on Main Street. As we were ariving we noticed the street blocked off. There was a car show, so parking was a little rough. The cars were pretty sweet… especially the new concept car. Also, there was a DeLorean. (like the one from Back to the Future) We got a table right next to the sidewalk. Unfortunately, the car right next to us was reving its engine really loud for like 5 minutes. It was a good thing the show was over, and all the cars left within 10 minutes or so. I had the Fettucini Alfredo. It was yummy. The seafood was so tender. Then we went to Ritter’s. I’m sure that frosen custard is really fattening… Can’t the small be smaller??

BBC NEWS | UK | London rocked by terror attacks

Thursday, July 7th, 2005

Just in. Terror attacks in London. I’m going to work, so don’t have time to look at it further.

BBC NEWS | UK | London rocked by terror attacks

I would also reccomend the Wikipedia article

I Love Crab Meat

Thursday, July 7th, 2005

I love crab meat. That is all.

Web Design Patterns

Wednesday, July 6th, 2005

Web Design Patterns

Stuff On My Cat

Wednesday, July 6th, 2005

Oh man… this site is interesting. People submit pictures of their sleeping cats with stuff that they put on them. Haha!

Stuff On My Cat

Structured Procrastination

Tuesday, July 5th, 2005

Ahh… the art of faking yourself out. Doing useful stuff by avoiding other stuff. I find myself doing this, but maybe I should consider doing it more often so I get useful stuff done instead of nothing.

Structured Procrastination

Police: Teenager slain for his iPod portable music player – 07/04/05

Monday, July 4th, 2005

I guess the iPod is just that good. Maybe I should think about buying one… and not getting it stolen.

Police: Teenager slain for his iPod portable music player – 07/04/05