Say hello to our new little laptop... the ASUS EEE 1000.
Ours is windows XP rather than linux (to make it easier for Juli to do all she needed to do) and its the 80 GB standard HDD rather than the 20 GB solid state one... which suits me fine.
Its name?
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Wait for it...
Thanks to Juli for coming up with this one...
KAWA-EEE.
Heh heh heh. (If you are still blinking at the screen wondering why that's such a good name, ask.)
City of Calgary
1:09 PM MDT Friday 18 July 2008
Severe thunderstorm warning for
City of Calgary issued
At 1:00 P.M. on radar a line of strong thunderstorms is observed from
20 kilometres southeast of Olds to 20 kilometres southwest of Bragg
Creek. The line is moving southeastward at 25 km/h and will affect
areas near and in the City of Calgary. Quarter size hail has been
reported at Didsbury. Large hail, heavy downpours and strong winds are
the main threat with these storms.
Radar: http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/radar/in
INCOMING!
You XBOX 360 owners are lucky... you'll get Final Fantasy 13 at launch
as well. Now sure who the people at microsoft had to blow at Squenix
to get that to happen but there you are. I figured FF13 for sure would
have been a PS3 exclusive.
Ah well, more people to share in the wonder of tasty FF goodness.
(original youtube clip taken down. This one might stick around for a while. Many thanks to
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pixelfishfor finding this particular page) Pleaaaase may this not suck...
Today's Basic Instructions is a repeat ... but very appropriate.
Especially as I have a fake smile. Which is why I don't smile too much... even when its genuine, I think I'm faking it. :)
I swear they're using Aiko as a model for this one.
Linked from
zastrazzi. Unbreakable brolly. Rather fond of this idea. Though frankly, the experiment against the heavy bag, while proving its resilience, speaks volumes about how NOT to use it in combat. Worst you're going to do to someone with that is piss them off. If you're really good, I guess you could try to get them with the tip like he did with that watermelon. Not really suitable though.
Nope, a brolly like that is for STABBIN'.
And if you aren't the STABBIN' type, it would have huge use as an aid to locks, holds, and bars.
Perhaps most importantly, an umbrella like this might possibly bring one a point or two closer to being as cool as this man.
Mrs. Peel, we're needed....
After october, there will be no new 40 year mortgages. And the 5% down
payment will be mandatory.
I guess we're trying to avoid some of the same problems the states is
facing at the moment. Which is good for the whole... but not so great
personally.
Average price of a single family detached home in calgary: $472,163
5% of that is... $23,608
Current savings = wha? (what would normally go into savings is going
into paying down debt at the moment)
Hrm. Maybe I'll have a down payment arranged by the time I retire or
something. ;)
Not that I have any intention of buying in this town at this time
anyways, as I think some of that bubble needs to burst first. (if it
ever does)
Still, very sobering numbers.
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Ok, I can dig that. After, I do think High Plains Drfter is one of the best Western flicks ever made.
While scotch shall e'er remain my first true love when it comes to the
world of spirits, Bourbon does run a very respectable second. (And
I've got a few people on my FL here to thank for that)
Good to see that bourbon capacity is increasing!
I feel ill just contemplating that. The guy's a bloody monster. he
shouldn't even be in the NHL let alone with the Flames.
I went for a nap this afternoon... and had a dream I actually remembered.
I started world war 3. I think it was inadvertently. Either which way, rather nasty nuclear exchange, post apocalyptic scenario, etc. I remember wanting to send Juli away to coastal BC with a convoy of survivors... (BC would be a pretty good place to start rebuilding)... and was bargaining with a local outpost of farmers for enough gasoline so she could make it there. At the time, it made perfect sense to send Juli with the survivors, as she's got some skills that would actually be useful to such a group. (unlike myself). I was successful in the bargaining, and saw her and the kittenz off. (Kittenz = good post apocalyptic choices as well. Vermin control. Keeps the mutant rats down)
Me? I ended up hotwiring an old jeep and heading south. I think I was going to try and find what was left of the Yanks, and apologize for, you know...ending the world. I made it into Wyoming before something triggered the "hey, I'm dreaming!" response, and I ended up driving off the nearest bridge to end the dream.
Weird.
Well, this certainly looks like the kind of game aesthetic I appreciate. For PS3 too. Hrmmmmmm. I think I might have to buy it this fall. The PS3 is lacking for RPG goodness.
elyssa and stevieg last eve, aftertheir long drive from Phoenix to Calgary. I'm honestly surprised they
looked as coherent as they did. I know I wouldn't have been. But they
chatted away merrily...was great to sit down and shoot the shit with
them.
Either which way, they brought up many yankeesnax™, including enough
payday bars to keep OID in sugar-overload for quite some time.
In other news, just saw the Snowbirds fly over my office. Yay aerobatic team!
yankee friends. :)
First the fingerprinting, next up, making them wear little symbols of
their ethnicity, then packing them off to 'work' camps, I'm sure.
I don't doubt there are problem gypsies... but man, what Italy is
doing here is disgusting.
Some real Mission Impossible stuff went on with that colombian hostage
rescue dealie. I'd say someone's been watching too many movies... but
this whole thing went off smoothly. Someone in the Colombian
Intelligence services is truly mad, bad, and dangerous to know.
like quite the power storage solution.
... which always sends up warning flares for me. When it comes to
power storage or generation, the idea of "if it sounds too good to be
true, it is" is a very commonly used idea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eestor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenn
Quote: The cityZENN is planned to be a fully certified, highway
capable vehicle with a top speed of 125 kilometres per hour (78 mph)
and a range of 400 kilometres (250 mi). Powered by EEStor, the
cityZENN will be rechargeable in less than 5 minutes, feature
operating costs 1/10th of a typical internal combustion engine vehicle
and be 100% emission-free at the point of use. The Zero Emission, No
Noise[citation needed] cityZENN will be designed to meet the
transportation requirements of a large percentage of drivers
worldwide. It is due to be launched in Fall 2009. Also according to
Ian Clifford a normal household outlet with 110 volt supply can fully
charge the EESTor powered CityZENN in 4 hours for a 250 mile range and
a normal household outlet with 220 volt supply can fully charge the
EESTor powered CityZENN in 2 hours for a 250 mile range. CityZENN
target price is around $25000 - $30000. [2]
... Well, I'm no engineer... but I'll hope it works. The bullshit
detector is going off a bit... ok, a lot.... but I don't specifically
know WHY its going off. I'm just gonna be an optimist and hope that a
Canadian made car becomes the first truly viable fully electric
automobile.
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