Getting tired of Boomshine already? Try this simple game: each game is over pretty quickly and it’s pretty engaging.
Vital Statistics
Bike odometer: 919
Weight lost: 59 lbs.
Hours of sleep last night: 8
Hours billed last week: 44
Current reading: 2107 Curious Word Origins, Says & Expressions by Charles Earle Funk, The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, CSS Web Design for Dummies by Richard Mansfield
Recent listening: Coverville
Recent viewing: Gothika, MASH, NBA Playoffs First Round, Saturday Night Live, Mythbusters, CSI: Miami, Heroes
Recent playing: Boomshine
Recently accomplished: Sprayed weeds, more CSS & website upgrades, recycling, cat box, new chain from Bike Gallery (tire gone), paid bills
Imperative To Do: RMA old Tivo drive, backup Thomas, backup Graham, backup Tina, bank deposit, renew BTA membership, sift through inbox
Can you name all 50 states from memory
Prove it. I only got 47 but I got those in about 5 minutes.
My Books on Flickr
I’ve got a new set of photos on Flickr for your ogling pleasure.
Isiah Thomas & the New York Knicks
Anybody who follows the NBA closely should find this awesomely hilarious.
Vital Statistics
Bike odometer: 905
Weight lost: 59 lbs.
Hours of sleep last night: 7.5
Hours billed last week: 43
Current reading: 2107 Curious Word Origins, Says & Expressions by Charles Earle Funk, The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Recent listening: NPR Story of the Day, Science Friday, Stardust by Willie Nelson, Europe ’72 by Grateful Dead
Recent viewing: The Simpsons, Sportscenter, CSI: Miami, Man vs. Wild, The Omen: The Beginning
Recent playing: Jelly Jumper, Boomshine
Recently accomplished: Mowed lawn, re-organized book shelves, downspout repair, learned CSS, website upgrades, trash, recycling, Flickr futzing
Imperative To Do: RMA old Tivo drive, backup Thomas, backup Graham, backup Tina, bank deposit, renew BTA membership, pickup tire at Bike Gallery
Boomshine high score
I suppose this means I should stop playing this game.
I’m gonna give you ’til the morning comes
As part of the new project I’m working on for CPS, I spent the day learning all about cascading style sheets (CSS) for HTML. To test out my newfound knowledge, I made some extensive additions to the main page of this blog. You should now see links and dynamic content from several of the web applications that I regularly use. Enjoy!
Guitar icons
How well do you know the great guitar players of rock? Planet Rock has a Guitar Icons Quiz that shows 50 guitar players and asks you to name each of them. I only got 25, but I think I did pretty well. I only missed two that I think I should have had. How well can you do?
Storm sewers
Portland, like many cities, uses the sewer system to handle excess storm water runoff. Occasionally, this leads to the sewers overflowing into the Willamette River. Since this is bad and it rains fairly often here, the City of Portland embarked on a project nick-named “The Big Pipe”. So why am I telling you this? It’s a lead-up to explain why this incredible video at PAgent’s Progress is relevant.