Archive for August, 2008

Yahoo still has one thing right

Friday, August 29th, 2008

I've pretty much migrated away from anything Yahoo over the past 3 years. Yahoo Mail - Too much spammy span. Yahoo Movies - Too much Flash My Yahoo - Too much AJAX wizardry. HotJobs - Too much bloody purple (Ok that's a cheap shot) So why do I still visit their site at 3 times ...

ShamWOW!

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

I strained my lower back a few days ago and ended up in bed for almost a week. I watched a lot of daytime TV. Because I kept losing the remote, I was "forced" to watch a multitude of info commercials. It was the typical faire. Amazing food appliances, weight ...

RC cars replace humans at Olympics

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

I came across this cool article about the Chinese using RC cars to bring back the discuses, javalins and hammers thrown in the track and field events. Talk about an awesome job. You get to see everything first-hand and drive a midget-sized electric car. See full story. Good luck to the ...

Beijing Olympics photos continued

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

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More Beijing Olympics photos

Monday, August 18th, 2008

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All exaggerations were true

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Before I left for Beijing I saw a lot of reports about the terrible air quality at the Olympics. They weren't exaggerating. This is a photo taken of the now famous Bird's Nest Stadium. That's not fog in the distance. You can maybe see a half a mile or so. [caption ...