I Cashed Mine!
I got a check for$27.68 the other day as part of a lawsuit settlement. I know a few other people got one as well. They were suspicious. Mine’s already cashed. Did you get one? Know why?
Check out the link:
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
I went to this
http://feh.osu.edu/competition.htm
tonight. Quite fun! My girlfriend’s son was participating. Lessons learned… don’t change your environment on the last day of testing. They had a robot built that was working great and they had been downloading the software via one of the campus machines. Today, all the sudden it started misbehaving? Why? Not sure, but they started using one of their own personal laptops and the thinking is one of the libraries in their environment that it downloaded to the robot was outta synch. Their robot stalled after driving forward about 2 inches (the GPS data got all whacked). We were sorry to see that happen, since his robot had performed quite well in the preliminaries.
I use to participate in a Lego Robotics League with a bunch of guys at AOL. I kind of miss those days. We had some great competitions and some great innovation. Sometimes I wish I had gone into robotics, since whenever I play with it, I seem to do pretty well and really enjoy it.
Super Busy
I haven’t written for a while. Been super busy at work with this new project, and home with various house projects. I’ve also released a new version of Jiggle Balls.
I saw “Angels & Demons” a week ago. It was pretty good (despite the sound level of the theatre being louder than a jet airplane). I loved that they changed the ending from the book. The ending in the book always bothered me. Looking forward to Terminator (although terribly bummed SCC got canned on TV). Even Land Of The Lost looks pretty cool (loved that show as a kid).
Have a great Memorial Day weekend!
Never Shake A Baby
I posted this in the Apple Forums this morning:
Why is Apple approving this stuff?
Apr 22, 2009 8:36 AM
Baby Shaker:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=312345678&mt=8
that’s just wrong IMHO.
Tonight this showed up on MSNBC. I hope my message had something to do with it, but I suspect A LOT of people were complaining.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30354894/
Outsourcing
Funny! Thanks Kim.
More American Workers Outsourcing Own Jobs Overseas
My Company Website
I’ve been working on my company website a bit over the last few days. Check it out: www.funkyvisions.com. I’ve added a product list down the side and integrated the blog into it better. Let me know what you think.
Ha Ha Got Me!
I was importing my CD of Trio tonight. When I played it back on my iPod I was convinced it had imported incorrectly. Song #4 (Out In The Streets) kept skipping. So… I re-imported it. Same thing! Ha! So I checked YouTube to see how it was suppose to sound, and guess what? It’s suppose to skip. Got me! Great CD by the way, if you’ve never heard it.
No Wonder Disney Can Crank Them Out!
My brother sent this to me. Interesting how the scenes match almost verbatim.
Earth Hour
Last Saturday during “Earth Hour” Las Vegas participated and turned it’s lights off. Interesting comparison.
Global Warming… It’s A Crock
I’ve been thinking about this for a while and wanted to write something about it. Why? Because I’m convince there is no such thing as global warming, and… if there is… there’s really nothing we can do about it. After reading (listening) to Bill Bryson’s book “A Short History of Nearly Everything“, I’m convinced the Earth is doing what is has always done. Cleansing itself. For us to think we have any control over what’s inevitably going to happen, is ludicrous.
Does this mean I’m not committed to saving resources and doing my part? Absolutely not! I think we all need to do our part to make the world a safe and habitable place to live. But eventually, Mother Nature will take over and we’ll either be frozen into extinction or burned up. Is that pessimistic? No… just realistic. The Earth has wiped out whatever species has been dominant, several times. It will continue to do so, and some other race or being will populate the planet. Now of course, these things happen on huge timescales, that none of us will ever see (unless the meteor extinction scenario happen — but Bruce Willis will save us from that).
So the Earth might slowly be getting warmer or colder, but it’s gonna take thousands (if not millions) or years. The Earth is 4.5 billion years old. Man has only been around, at best, a couple of million years. That’s a speck of time. The dinosaurs were around a lot longer than we have been, but of course, they are gone, as in time, we will be. So.. to whatever species is reading my blog (or whatever you species do), congratulations — enjoy the planet. But don’t get too cocky. It’s only for a short time.