Archive for July, 2008

Vital Statistics

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Vital Statistics | No Comments »

Bike odometer: 2485 Van odometer: 153551 Weight lost (in pounds): 0 Aches & pains: left shin (still healing but stopped oozing), lower back/sciatica Current reading: My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk, Profiles in ... Read more..

Morning Bike Commute

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Biking | No Comments »

Distance: 11.9 miles Riding time: 70 minutes Max speed: 21.6 mph Average speed: 10.2 mph Temperature: 75º Soundtrack: Jimi Hendrix (box set) Route: Stanton to 162nd Ave 162nd to Sandy Blvd Sandy to 158th 158th to Airport Way Airport Way to ... Read more..

Recent Changes to This Blog

Friday, July 25th, 2008 Posted in Explanation, News | No Comments »

You may or may not have noticed, but I've been making quite a few changes recently here. I changed the layout using a Wordpress Theme called Limau Orange. This layout ... Read more..

What is “The Surge”?

Thursday, July 24th, 2008 Posted in Explanation, Politics | No Comments »

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has been criticizing Barack Obama this week for not supporting "the surge." In a controversially edited interview on CBS News on Tuesday, McCain took Obama ... Read more..

Rush backstage at the Colbert Report

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Posted in Music, Video | No Comments »

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Deep inside we’re all the same

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »

Thomas left for Camp Baldwin on Sunday and will be gone for a week with Troop 820. Tina and Graham just got back last week from three days at Gilbert ... Read more..

Fun with Wordle

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in Explanation, Politics, Technology | 1 Comment »

According to their description, "Wordle is a toy for generating 'word clouds' from text that you provide." Also called a "tag cloud", a word cloud summarizes the frequency with which ... Read more..

Social bookmarking

Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Explanation, Favorite Things, Link, Technology | No Comments »

For me, the power of the internet is in its ability to facilitate communication with other people. Thus, I have lately found myself attracted to various "social networking" websites. Most ... Read more..

Piano Man

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Music, Video | 4 Comments »

…because I know my little sister will love it. Read more..

Vital Statistics

Sunday, July 13th, 2008 Posted in Vital Statistics | No Comments »

Bike odometer: 2472 Van odometer: 153074 Weight lost (in pounds): 0 Aches & pains: left shin (still healing) Current reading: The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, My Name Is Red by Orhan ... Read more..