Archive for May, 2005
Region-free portable DVD player
So I recently bought a cheap portable DVD player at KMart, and I know that these kinds of brands often are relatively easy to crack. The big name brands, like your Toshiba and Sony, are a lot harder to crack if at all. But the no-name brands usually have a relatively easy way […]
Bay Bridge Night
Bay Bridge Night Originally uploaded by Bubblelo.
Came across this guy’s photo stream as I was poking around with tags in Flickr. Makes me kinda homesick, I did enjoy living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Even if the housing was expensive as hell, and the politics was so far left even I was […]
Abbey Road was awesome
Took Friday off from work, an early start to the Memorial Day weekend. My banker got me comp tickets to Abbey Road on the River (Thanks, Evan!). Took a couple photos (click this image to go to my Flickr photo stream):
Got a lot of sun, I may have burned a little but at least I […]
Dr. Who is back
Well, at least in Britain. The BBC has a new Dr. Who series running, though apparently the special effects aren’t quite as cheesy. Too bad, that was one of the charms from the old show. They attempted special effects they should never have tried on such a shoestring television budget.
Apparently this won’t […]
Keeping a food diary
Well I’ve really put on the tonnage since moving here and I need to get my weight back under control. So I’m starting to keep a food diary again, to help me monitor what and how much I eat. It’s a trick that worked well when a few years ago when I got […]
Yard sale find: Cookie Factory
Saturday was yard-sale nirvana here–warm but not hot, clear sunny skies. Literally everywhere I went on Saturday I would see signs for yet another yard sale. I of course stopped at a few, it’s a sickness I’ve inherited from my Mom.
The big find this week was the $3 Rival Cookie Factory:
I know I’ve never seen […]
The roof rack is installed
Took a little while but I got the roof rack installed on my CR-V yesterday:
Seems to be fine, I’ll probably check and tighten the rails after a week to let it settle in. Now I just need to figure out something to drag around on the roof rack. Not a bike–it’s too high […]
Movies-as-food metaphor
I saw Sin City last night at the bargain theaters and it got me thinking about this movies-as-food metaphor I’ve been tossing around in my head. The idea is simple–describe a movie as a food item and justify.
So for Sin City I would go with cotton candy. It’s fun to watch, but it […]
The CR-V roof rack has arrived
Well the CR-V roof rack that I bought off eBay has arrived. And its early–the original FedEx Ground delivery estimate was for May 24. It was waiting for me at home last night, five days ahead of schedule. Very nice.
Of course the darned FedEx guy left it on my front steps, which […]
Big thunder
Last night was Mother Nature’s version of Thunder Over Louisville. A big thunderstorm blew through the area, dumping several inches of rain, hail, and plenty of lightning strikes.
My neighborhood seems to have escaped relatively unscathed, though one guy down the street had a tree lose a limb. Luckily it’s a new neighborhood, about 12 […]