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Friday, May 02, 2008
So I have been somewhat missing in action. A few posts from Flickr here and there, but definitely not the type of posts that I had been tossing up, you will get that with the weather being nice. It's not like I only post when I go out of the country. So what has been going on? Fembot is still pregnant, and miniMan is just not ready to get out of there and smell the race gas...I think she is ready for him to get out...this is prime freak-out time for me. I get all wigged at this pre-baby coming into my life time. Work has been going extremely well. I have been keeping a good balance, and lately, somehow or another I have been somewhat 'winning' things. Got a Garmin Nuvi for being one of the top in the division with some education work we were selling, then I scored a good sized check from my boss for busting my rear for a ton of RFP's, then scored two $100 amex checks for other wins and awards. Kind of nice, little bit of mad money. With the amex checks, I bought a new road racing helmet and some new Dunlop TT92's for the road bike. So, on to the bikes. Last weekend was my first race of the season with OYL. I am way off the pace, and am mid-pack, at least 3 seconds off my best time at BeaverRun. It took a bit more than I had expected to get used the two stroke again. This weekend I find myself motocrossing the other mini...time to take the Pitster X2R up North to TVland (Trevor Vines place) for the first race of the TVLand series. Should be a good time, and this will be my first motox race, ah what that should bring... :-) Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
Ah yes, the first race of the season. I am sitting next to Big Beaver Bullevard in PA. We race tomorrow at BeaverRun. I had a meeting this morning in Zanesville, so I packed the Pathfinder and headed up after that. I am sitting outside a hotel in the middle of bum fum, and this hotel (well, that is a stretch) had to have been built in the 40's. Somehow, I have a single bar of wide open wifi connnectivity. So as I sit outside on the front stoop, I am watching the Kentucky Kid on MTV streaming on the PC...you see, I would be in the room watching the tv if it was visible from the bed. Not the most high tech. In fact it is so low tech, it took me 10 minutes to figure out how to turn it on....by simply turning the knob. Hey, a bit before my time. :) Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The kids have matching big wheels! Time for Races at Hyatts Road!!! http://blog.badmotorfinger.com/uploaded_images/DSC_8341-781023.jpg Monday, April 21, 2008
This is getting rediculously addictive. I rode for over an hour on Saturday, then I limped onto the bike on Sunday and Fem grabbed some shots.... Saturday, April 19, 2008
Today started out very well. Worked to fill some ruts in the yard from the snow plow, started refacing the jumps and got a good one our session in on the mini-moto. Monday, April 14, 2008
This kid is going to have some fun this year... It is absolutely amazing to thing Minifem is now five years old. Hop over the birthday gallery to check out her amazing birthday!
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Upper cabinets... Ah, a thing of beauty when a plan comes together. Fembot seems happy with this...it is extremely convenient. Monday, March 31, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
Yeah, had Redbull been a drink when I was a kid....I would have done this too. Yeah, thats it... Very cool vids, thanks Conrad for turning me on to them: Sunday, March 23, 2008
Thought I would post up a quick foto of the garage these days. Still absolutely freezing back there, but I have been given a woodburner from my sis and brother in law...just need to pick it up from them and install in my garage. Next year, I will LIVE in my garage...race gas, bikes, car, motors, and HEAT. I could live an entire weekend in my garage! :) Kidding of course, fembot.... The destruction reconstruction has begun. Still awaiting parts (listed below) to remedy, but the bike is now apart and ready for new life. Sunday, March 16, 2008
NSR Cylinder is exploded. Must have gotten distracted after pulling it from the track and did not drain the H20...the water must have frozen in the garage and grenaded my cylinder. Saturday, March 15, 2008
An RC tears up a Mini Cooper on Top Gear: RC Car beats 218hp Mini GP Around A Track! - video powered by Metacafe It is that time of year again...time to tune the minis to get ready for the 2008 season. Tonight after some birthday dinners here at the house, I went out to the garage to toss together a quick work stand for the bikes. This will be a huge back saver.  Friday, March 14, 2008
Reporter eats it while on the air...covering snow and some sledders. Reporter 0 - Sled 1. Round two...DING! Tuesday, March 11, 2008
I am under the influence of the death-cold. Could not make it to work today...woke up around 5:20 tonight (literally) and fired up the work pc to do some email and build a few presentations for this week. I am really in bad shape (of course the fembot says I am a wimp for colds..). She seems to think that my being outside from Friday night 8 pm till Sunday night 6pm has something to do with it. That it was in fact, the cause of my cold. Actually, my theory goes, I was around sick co-workers late last week, I shoveled more snow than a meer man ever should this weekend, and on top of that, I easily had 12 hours of seat time on a quad that beat the piss out of me. I think the sheer exhaustion, let me fall to the cold, not caused the cold. I am back to work tomorrow, hoping that one day of rest helps me kick it. So, I was reading a blog of a former co-worker of mine from IBM. I thought this was an interesting post as he is now a Mac user. Another bud of mine has also made the switch, so I thought I would post this up and see if the stereotype is true? Are mac users snobs? - Whiten your teeth? - Buy organic food? - Go to starbucks? - Have an iphone? "They are so in the 5% of people who care about their computer and the way it should behave." "If you know that what you use is supperior to others is snobbery...than YES." "More mac users where black" http://www.macworld.com/article/132433/2008/03/mwvodcast41.html Here is the video on the study: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1078966384/bctid1420178886 And of course, if I were in the market to replace my machine, would I buy a MAC? Not sure, there is a premium for the platform, that truly, would not allow me to do everything I do today on PC....unless I virtualized. Sunday, March 09, 2008
She was burried outside, and did not survive the blizzard. Great day yesterday, once we got dug out. With the 15 inches of snow, even the quad could not make it down the driveway. If I could not ride down the drive, there was no way I was going to be able to plow out either. So, we had to call in reinforcements to do the work for us. $80 later, we were able to move about. Mark and Laura came over, and Mark and I rode again. His Grizzly will literally go anywhere in 4 wheel drive. So, he made some awesome trails here at the house, but I still could not go through with my quad. So we stuck to the roads. Up here in Delaware, the only things on the roads were people walking their dogs, snowmobiles (we had 5 go by a few times doing at least 70 on the road), and the rest of us on Hyatts with quads. Mark and I hit the roads and put in about 10 miles:   Pretty cool to truck the roads on the quads, get to take the time to see a lot more that you never see when driving the cars.  Saturday, March 08, 2008
OOF....I can barely move my arms. Tonight was a midnight run on the quads. Mark came over about 5 after 9:00, we had some beers, and started to ride. For the first hour or so, we stayed around the house, then after, to keep from bothering the neighbors, we hit the roads. Started off heading east on Hyatts, crossed 315 and the river, then hit the new development that has no building yet...just roads and TONS of play room. Drifts everywhere, woods to ride, hills to ride, a few bowls with TONS of snow...We road forever over there: Here is a map of the path we took:  After riding over there till about 11:15, we headed back to the homestead and had a beer to recharge. Almost ready to call it a night, but not feeling tired, we ventured west...and we got in a few areas that had our hands full. Just as soon as we crossed the railroad tracks, I thought it a good idea to jump off the road into a corn field...doing about 30....and well it looked level...but was a 2 foot ditch filled with a drift....I kissed the bars and barely stayed on. It will surely hurt in the morning. After beating through the corn field for a while, we hit the power towers, thought we might find an access road or fire lane. Nothing. So we doubled back, then hit the AEP access road to the power substation. Stayed as far from it as we could, and stayed on the perimitter and finally made our way to the new sawmill road. Had some more fun in an undeveloped area, then headed home to call it a night. We just came in. Here was the route from the second trip out:  Have to say, this is probably one of the MOST FUN days (nights actually) I have had on 4 wheels. We went everywhere! Very cool to explore from ground level at 15-44mph with snow pelting you from every direction. Here a few post ride shots of the quads:    Friday, March 07, 2008
So we are under a blizzard warning they say. I will be heading out soon to plow the drive, and then the mayhem will start later tonight. Thursday, March 06, 2008
Oh, now we are tempted. iPhone has licensed ActiveSync for Exchange: http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/06/live-from-apples-iphone-press-conference/ Finally, corporate users can use iphone for mail. Can't wait to read the reviews, should my q die, I may need to make a jump!  Tuesday, February 26, 2008
I am not sure why, but I have always been an anti-starbucks guy. Perhaps it is the ridiculously overpriced bad tasting coffee? Oh no, it is the free wifi...oh wait, no they charge for wifi...that is why I go to panera to work all the time. ...so the reason for my post...this entertained me... And reason number 3, look at all the hyper-snob-ites that are just so displaced by the inconvience of someone bringing their own desktop pc into a bucks... I laughed, maybe you will too: Sunday, February 24, 2008
Fem just put the girls to bed, I just finished cleaning the kitchen after dinner, and then I cleaned the tornado zone in the family room. Someone whack me over the head to make sure I am seeing things correctly... SOMEONE updated his blog! ----> http://www.hyper-jump.com So my pops called a while back and asked me about the Eeepc from Asus. He was looking at one over at MicroCenter and was curious what I thought. Would be a perfect machine for him and Mom, but an even more perfect machine for ME (well, the girls). If I keep reading good reviews like this, I am going to consider one. The ultra portability is rediculous. I could use this for all of my presos and not lug a massive brick as I do today. http://www.december.com/john/info/eeepc.html Nothing releives stress like silly, fully throttle out of control sliding. Took the Fem and Minifems to Disney's Princess on Ice yesterday. Both the girls loved it...always fun to see the magic in their eyes at an event like this. Saturday, February 23, 2008
So I was sent to the grocery store today with a list of things we needed... ...and of course came home with the latest edition of Road RacerX. That tipped me off to Nicky Hayden's Kentucky Kid special that MTV put on...go check them all out...9 videos in all. Very cool though, get to see some more the hayden life than you see or read about. http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1573916&vid=189081 **Update...** half way through the videos, and this is one of the most entertaining videos I have seen. "Cupcake electicive claaassss". "Shamppppoooo???? Shampppppoooo but alsooooo need conditioneerr?"
He is world champion and shops for himself to stock the 'home overseas...... Friday, February 22, 2008
It is Friday night, not too much going on. Just having a few drinks, checking up on some flickr accounts, and just tweaking my aging windows mobile 5 phone. Just noticed that Google finally released Google maps for WM5, so I just installed and am playing a bit with it...  As you can tell...no GPS integration for the Q. It is pretty amazing though...just how much we can do from phones these days. Now, this is no iPhone interface, but the satellite images actually come in pretty well. Phones are not what they used to be... Here is a satellite shot of our place from the Q:  Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Updated some photos in my flickr account... .... sort of a year in our life in 100mb or less... http://flickr.com/photos/8094653@N06/ I have been buried in RFP response hell, and final proposal hell the last 5 days. This past three day weekend was not really three days off for as much as I worked...but in the end, I met my deadlines, with a good work product that I am proud of, and that is all I can ask for at this point. So, I take full credit for hazing someone to update their blog. Sadly, it took a phone call to make it happen... http://www.oldlefthander.com And then, the uber-super-star-photo-guy has updated his blog (FINALLY!!)....he shames me. I need to shoot more, I just dont make the time. http://www.kosinedesign.com/photoblog/ And then, one of these kids is doing his own thing by traveling the world for his job and neglecting his blog: http://www.hyper-jump.com Monday, February 18, 2008
Decided to increase some of the backups I have on Mozy...up'd another 19GB (this just photos...) So, my itunes library is up, my most important digi photos are up...off-sites are completed:  For almost a decade, I was managing enterprise messaging environments for companies like Qwest, Dow Chemical and BellSouth. I have become the antithasis of the users I used to support. I run Outlook 2007 on a daily basis, we leverage an archiving solution (one that we wrote and sell), yet I **shudder** still have over a 2GB email mailbox...for work. That is obsurd. When running Outlook, my poor machine is crawling...and since we run in cached mode, the sheer amount of data that I am synching is rediculous. So, back to my roots...I decided to check my mailbox size. I am both saddened and embarrassed...I have becomed that user, the one with gigs of email, and what for? *sigh* there should be some light at the end of the tunnel...it is either a patch, or the delete key:  Sunday, February 17, 2008
Another great weekend of home improvement...tomorrow is another day off, but I will be working a good amount (professionally) for some up coming deadlines at the office. Yesterday Dad stopped over for the day, and we ran 5 new outlets, wired up a switch for the overheads, then we installed the acoustical tiles in the wall. The goal is to minimize noise in Minifem2's new bedroom, since afterall she is such a light sleeper. Amazingly enough, they seem to work, and will keep out noise that simple insulation would not. You can see some of the tiles installed in the shots below. Today, I was able to drywall the entire room, as well as install the three new can lights in the ceiling. The room is quickly coming together:    Saturday, February 16, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Now this is impressive...it makes me want to pick up mountain biking all over again...sadly, no trails like this around here! Rather funny video of a take off gone wrong...why were they standing there?? RC Jet Hilariously Bad Take Off - Watch more free videos Monday, February 11, 2008
Some days throw you some curves, today was one of those days. Started off with something like -2 wind chill, and then on my commute to the office realized that the car was 'overheating' and well, she died on me. In traffic, dead on the road. Some how or another, I coaxed her all the way home...but the car was ill. Came home, grabbed the fem's Pathfinder and then hit the road to make my 8:15 meeting. Fem took care of everything, had it flatbed'ed to MAG, and they were able to quickly diagnose it to a faulty thermostat. Since the computer thought the car was overheating, the computer would shut it off at any safe moment it felt necessary...it was an interesting ride back to the house for sure. The good news is that we were able to pick it back up tonight at 7pm, and all is well...just we are about 7 bills lighter (faulty thermostat, leaking powersteering line, and service interval)....would have done the work myself...had it not been so cold. So after coming home from MAG, pulling in the drive, I see our owl. First time I could catch him on 'film' (from my Q's camera)...very pretty bird, and rediculously large wing span. Seen him a few times, finally have proof he exists:  Sunday, February 10, 2008
Since the room upstairs is finished, thought I would post up some shots of the work leading up to now: The wall framed and up:  All drywalled and ready for tape and mud:   And the finished product, drywalled, painted, woodwork all trimmed out, new fan/light:  Thought I would toss up a quick flickr describing the recently furnished home office...more to come as we continue the build... |
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