06:21pm 09/11/2009
  http://jalopnik.com/5400651/this-man-has-eaten-entirely-too-much-candy

new writer for jalop. oh, i think i might like this guy..
 
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09:21am 07/11/2009
  interesting thing i saw at the dealership today:

http://www.jackdanielsvw.com/VehicleDetails/506951343

2003 aston martin db7.  only 8200 miles.  any one got 55 grand i can borrow?
 
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01:38pm 02/11/2009
  November 15 = new Top Gear and new Doctor Who. wooooooo  
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02:53pm 21/10/2009
  nasa has released some news on the most recent astronaut candidate class. from the photos, i have confirmed that yes, i would have been far and away the youngest. also, "over 3500" people applied, 9 were selected for training.  
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11:17pm 11/09/2009
  "Retailing for $399 in the US, you'll be paying $6.23 per gigabyte for the 64 GB touch. That's no match for the $1.56 per gigabyte for the 160 GB iPod Classic.

Going back four years, the original nano was $62.25 per gigabyte, while the hard drive-based 60 GB iPod Video of that era was $6.65 per gigabyte.

Interestingly, that means that today flash is roughly equivalent to where hard drives were four years ago. In 2005, you could purchase a 60 GB iPod Video for $399, while today you can get a 64 GB iPod Touch for the same price."
 
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11:52am 01/09/2009
  https://secure.pursuantgroup.net/pursuant4/worcesterpolytechnicinstitute/2009/goddardhall/default2.asp?tpgid=32350836&sn=2

pretty slick video, i especially like the ken burns affect over-usage.
 
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02:58pm 30/08/2009
  http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/08/17/harvey-danger-farewell-tour-diary-chapter-2/

brooklyn farewell show described as "almost certainly" the best ever.

...i agree
 
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WANT   
03:27pm 26/08/2009
  http://froufy.tumblr.com/post/171413408/also-floating-around-the-tumblrsphere-this-kfc

finally, a reason to visit providence
 
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story of my life =^P   
11:19pm 24/08/2009
  http://movies.apple.com/media/us/mac/getamac/2009/apple-mvp-top_of_the_line-us-20090824_640x360.mov

"when you're ready to compromise, you call me"
 
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11:56pm 11/08/2009
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UyDxQs7EHA&feature=channel_page

this was one of the best concerts i have ever gone to.

it's finally starting to sink in that it was the last time i'd ever see them...
 
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12:43am 03/08/2009
  "The press actually called these people 'rocket scientists' but there's no such thing. There were rocket engineers. Scientists dream the things and engineers do 'em." - Ed Kilgore, Apollo Engineer  
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06:30pm 16/07/2009
  http://blogs.edmunds.com/straightline/lambosales-950%20web.jpg

how to make a lamborghini gallardo seem common and boring..
 
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06:19pm 13/07/2009
  http://videos.streetfire.net/video/IMV-Films-Gymkhana-SPOOF_694713.htm

who's this ken block fellow?

it's official. i need an old wrx... and to live in the sticks
 
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12:28am 29/05/2009
  from [info]spatialrift47

1. What got you into engineering, and what do you imagine yourself doing with it?

well, my great grandfather was a carpenter/mechanic, my grandfather was a seabee/mechanic/race-car-driver, and my father was a mechanic/engineer/race-car-driver. [insert 'in my blood' type cliche here] i wanted to be a pilot when i was a kid, but then i got more interested in making planes. i imagine i'll just be another old cynical engineer one day, having deferred every potential management "advancement" opportunity that comes up. hopefully i'll get to use it to become an astronaut. helps to be a mechanic/mechanical engineer when assembling space stations, i hear..

2. What's your favorite mathematical oddity?

well, you know of my preference for primes, but i'd have to say the whole trick with multiples of 9 summing their digits to be 9 has stuck with me since i was a young calculon-bot

3. String theory. Discuss.



4. Which xkcd strip most closely defines you as a person?

split somewhere between my positive nihilism (http://www.xkcd.com/167/) and my man-child-esque purchasing of toys and childhood fantasies (http://www.xkcd.com/150/)

i was going to curse you for having caused me to have to go through the entire archive, but really, i already knew the answer to this one.

5. What fictional technology would you most like to experiment with?

oh, definitely holodecks, or any "hard light" projectors. baring that, i'd have to go with 3D printers/replicators and hoverboards
 
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falcon = complete   
11:49pm 19/05/2009
  on the same day that i get my official letter of acceptance from stevens, i also finished the falcon

http://picasaweb.google.com/chronoso/LEGOUCSMillenniumFalcon10179#

also, my boss got laid off. so that leaves me and melissa the inspector to run the quality department. this..should be interesting
 
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09:35pm 12/05/2009
  ..also this

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1180629/The-bird-came-second-best-How-pelicans-brief-encounter-plane-led-sticky-end.html
 
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09:17pm 12/05/2009
  http://anon.nasa-global.edgesuite.net/qt.nasa-global/ksc/ksc_051109_sts125_launch_1080i.mov

mmmm life is good

edit: be sure to copy the link and paste it into the native quicktime app. viewing HD videos embedded in your browser is no fun for anybody.
 
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03:27pm 07/04/2009
  http://picasaweb.google.com/chronoso/LEGOUCSMillenniumFalcon10179#

album to be updated as i go along
 
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sad news in NJ not-quote-pop culture   
02:40am 21/03/2009
  Fountains of Wayne to possibly close

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090320/ap_en_mu/people_fountains_of_wayne


The owner of the ferry on the Raritan River off the Turnpike has died.

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20090318/NEWS/903180357&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL
 
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07:24am 24/02/2009
  finished it!

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=370194
 
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