After two weeks of watching what I eat and exercising regularly, I'm down a total of about seven pounds. Two of those magically came off before I really started, so my progress in all accounts for five pounds. Because I like to track this sort of thing, I asked my...
I've mentioned the LeMay auto museum enough times now that it may be clear that I think it's a pretty cool place. Loads and loads of vintage autos, and most in fantastic shape. What I haven't yet mentioned is that during my trip to the museum a bit over a...
I've been talking about using the bus system here in the greater Puget Sound area for months. Seattle (and its suburbs) sport the best transit system of any area I've ever lived—and it's nearly as useful as that in major European metropolii. The key word here is talking, because for...
Ahh...I'm sure you've all see this already, but it still gives me a good gut laugh. Enjoy! (1.48MB WMV)...
...with big, nasty, pointy teeth! As a surprise, Layla snagged a pair of the murderous bunny slippers and got them to me last night. Hoorah! Unfortunately, my honkin' huge stompers are a bit too large (err, size 10.5) for the slippers, so one of them immediately split a seam as...
I've seen these photographs about a half-dozen times over the last few years, but they're absolutely fascinating and worthy of yet another mention. They're color photographs taken all over the Russian empire in the first few years of the nineteen hundreds—the photographer reportedly took three black and white frames with...
You all remember the marketing hype about the GMC Envoy XUV with its retractable rear roof section? No? Well, I'm not surprised; it didn't sell particularly well. Anyway, the "novel new idea" of a retracting rear roof was originally debuted in the Studebaker Wagonaire in 1963—and actually, possibly even earlier...although...
... = this. The exhaust pipe is responsible for dumping 1200°F turbine exhaust all over everyone parked next to you at the plant. And yes, in case you're wondering—the guy who put this together did use it as a daily driver up to the Boeing plant. Yes, those are turbine...
Curse the English system of units. But hoorah for regular exercise and actually knowing what the hell I'm eating. Getting off my ass and not stuffing my face has netted over five pounds, and even though I can't say I feel any better than I used to, I certainly haven't...
Pardon my YouTube. The short version: some yahoo in his Cessna Citation jet tries to land at an airport that's closed to jet traffic. And that's not even the dumbest thing he did that day. It's a long video, but gets really good around the 0:30 and 2:15 marks. For...
This is the grille on a 1930 Stutz SV-16. The picture is notable because it's one of the least fuzzy that I took yesterday at the LeMay Museum. The car is notable because ... well, primarily because it's old. It's got a big Stutz straight-8 in the front end—although that...
Holy hell. I've seen the LeMay Collection. Or at least, I've seen the public part of the collection: approximately 350 of the 2,500 vehicles currently in the collection. It's amazing. More photos to come....
Shippy's question from yesterday is interesting enough to get my attention—enough attention to deserve a response in its own post1. Now, I could probably write an entire book on what WSD is and does, but I'm fairly confident you either know already or you're not all that interested. If you're...
The project I work on, Web Services on Devices API is being featured Windows Hardware Developer Central. Rock, rock on....
I forgot to stretch after my daily workout, and I'm now really really sore. Particularly my arms. At least my fingers still work....
Now that it's gotten awfully cold, the cabana sandals I usually wear around the office aren't nearly as useful as they usually are. My toes are often really cold, and open toes aren't quite the solution. But I've found out that it's nearly impossible to find bunny slippers locally. I've...
So, that's that. I met with a dietitian today and will start tracking my meals tomorrow. Now that I know what I'm looking for, it's fairly clear that there have been days when I've exceeded 3,000 calories. My goals for the 20/20 program are between 1,500 and 1,700 calories a...
Driving the Mercedes around in the winter wonderland that has become the eastern Puget Sound, I've discovered an odd, and unusually immobilizing, feature on the Mercedes. But, some background is required. The Mercedes is equipped with an automatic transmission, which, instead of a clutch, is fitted with something called a...
The odd periodic behavior evidenced in my last pedometer count has apparently continued. Man, this is weird....
This is to everyone who I've ever run into at the grocery store. To the old people feeling perplexed at the self-checkout lane: have you learned your lesson? You've clogged one of the U-scan machines for at least 15 minutes as you've tried to figure out how to buy an...
I've been on the phone (or email) daily with the guy selling a certain Fiat X1/9, but the snow and ice have been conspiring to keep my ass stuck in Kirkland. And even though I've got the 4WD RAV4, it doesn't do me much good, as I'll still have to...
Well, Aleph has finally been featured on Stuff On My Cat (cached). I think I sent in this picture in early November. How's that for turnaround?...
I've already got a thread open with the owner. And, if all goes my way, I'll own an Italian car by this weekend....
Remember the last time it snowed in Seattle? I sure as hell do. I remember it primarily because we got stuck at the office until 8ish, and then spent the next two hours getting home. And then another hour moving the car 200 feet. Well, it's 6:30 right now, and...
As part of the 20/20 program, I've received a free1 pedometer. The purpose is, clearly, to monitor the amount of walking I do each day—and the purpose of monitoring the amount of walking I do is to ensure that I don't drop my usual walking workout levels while I'm actually...
As I was standing in the post office today, I noticed a flyer for the U.S. Selective Service. All men, it stated, ages 18 through 25 must enroll. 25? Oh, right. My registration ended last November. I suppose we didn't get ourselves deep enough into Iraqistan or anything in the...
Three articles over at AA today! Based on overall page and search popularity, I've written an article on the Nissan 240SX. Plus, two backport Collectibles articles: the Chevrolet Chevelle and the Toyota Corolla AE86. An excerpt of the 240SX article: If you're big on RWD, short on cash, and absolutely...
First is something I spotted on I-405 earlier today. My word, that's a lot of pallets. At least 26—and probably more like 40, as there are probably three in the back of the pickup underneath the front stack, and another 11 to the right of it. And this isn't even...
One of the local news channels amused me to no end this morning by totally botching pop culture. It all started when the news program returned from a commercial with some otherwise unused video of a boat, backed up with the hit song Crazy off of Gnarls Barkley's St. Elsewhere...
In honor of passing 1152 posts a while ago, here's a recap of posts whose index is a power of 2 (or a multiple of 128, which is why all aren't of the form /^10*$/). This post is largely copied from Power of 2 roll call (111). The entire static...
Holy crap, it's another Collectibles article over at AA! Today's topic is the Porsche 959. An excerpt from the article: It's only got one side mirror. I understand there are aerodynamic reasons to shed the unnecessary passenger mirror—but come on. The only other 1986 I've driven that didn't have a...
Remember this post? Well, here's another....
Just a few thoughts.The most frustrating part is my own music collection. For example, one track from a Secret Chiefs 3 album is tagged with different album information than all of the other tracks. So playing everything in order, I get tracks 1–7 and 9–16, and then track 8. Annoying....
It's been raining, so now that I've removed the retarded Texan dealership emblem off the trunk of the Mercedes, it's time to patch the holes. Bondo isn't really the ideal solution here—it's really best at filling dents and dings and sanded out rusty patches and the lot. Whenever you're actually...
