More Pictures

More pictures being pushed out throughout the day on my other blog. dtiet.tumblr.com

Another Site

I post photos here now http://dtiet.tumblr.com/

Links 6/19/2009

Consumerist:
Now this is an interesting captcha for the guy looking for his iPhone reservation status. [Link]

Gizmodo:
Quite possibly the coolest passport ever! [Link]

Cool laptop cooling pad. Movable fans make hot spots cool again. Especially useful when laptop stands don't cool that particular spot you need. [Link]

If I had a 32gb stick of RAM in my computer, I wouldn't know what to do with all that memory. [Link]


The elevator ride to hell or heaven. [Link]

Afternoon Links

The first space port is going to be started being built this Friday!
Here's the wiki. [Link]

Gizmodo:
Comcast has a new ad out for its new fiber optic. I found it funny. [Link]

For those of you who are attached to their iPhones, here is an inexpensive security system for you. [Link]

The Wii is meant to bridge the age gap in gaming. Sometimes, it is just creepy. [Link]

Consumerist:
The best -6571% sale on a rug ever! [Link]

FW: A Second Before Death

If you know me, you know that I am pretty nerdy. Of course, I enjoy watching LOST and all it's confusing twists and turns and willing to wait til 2010 for it to come back on the air. Well anyway, my dad was trying to log into some website, but couldn't so he asked me to help him out. I get all that settled and then we are in his email trying to figure out how to get the new Yahoo mail to be bigger. The main things he gets in his email are forwards from his relatives and siblings about random things. He likes to show me these things sometimes. Well the one he showed me today was subjected "A Second Before Death" and it is about some plane that crashed into another plane over Brazil. It provided two photos.


These are supposed to be pictures of the cabin right before the crash.

I thought to myself....no way...these can't be real. Then I turned to my dad and said...you know what? This really looks like LOST. So I go searching the web for LOST plane crash, and what do ya know? I find a youtube video.

If you scroll to about 3 minutes and 50 seconds, you find that the scenes look strangely similar. I looked at my dad and told him "do this look familiar to you?" He started chuckling and then replied back to his cousin who sent it to him with the youtube video and then to his other cousin who he forwarded it to.

It is rather strange that I can just look at those two blurry pictures and associate it with LOST. Maybe I watch it too much? I don't know, but I do love that show haha. Oh and upon closer inspection, the lady in the front left is Kate.

Quick Links

Consumerist:
Zicam = No more smelling for you, but you get rid of your cold!
Some funny recalls

Playing Like A 6 Year Old

So Steph and I get bored sometimes at her place and we tend to mope around and then end up in the kitchen to get a snack. Afterwards, we go to the living room and we play with the sofa cushions and pillows. It is pretty fun haha. We took some pictures. They are on her blog. http://stephs.tumblr.com/ . Personally, I like making a stack of pillows and jumping on them. I did however land pretty hard and had to stop my self from hitting the ground and then kinda hurt my wrists, but it was brief pain.

Last Saturday

Went to Stony Point Mall with Steph and Chewie last Saturday. It was pretty hot out, but it was a good walk. Took a few pictures of Steph and Chewie with my point and shoot. Here they are.

Better Blogging

In all, my blog posts are mediocre. I got Zemanta that Blogger recommended on my home computer now. I just read about Windows Live Writer in PC Magazine I got a few days ago.

Zemanta is a pretty cool plug in that suggests pictures you can put into your blog and it also suggests tags to better organize it. I am no good with tags especially so that will help me out a bit.

Windows Live Writer is a program that I could run on my desktop and publish at sometime. I have yet to try it and thus am unable to talk about it.

I will give it a try sometime when I am free between work, Steph, eating, sleeping, and reading.
Heh I keep myself busy.

Ronald McDonald

Why does he dominate my side bar advertisements on Facebook?

Busy Busy

Ooph been busy today. I got pictures. Will post em tomorrow probably.

I Am Rather Annoyed

With particular people in my life at the moment...

As I Look Through Blogger Blogs

From IroniaInside

It's Finally Over

So long analog tv. You served us well in the past, and now you just aren't cutting it with the new fangled HD. I do love me some HD though.


Also, the great Facebook URL rush of 2009 ended for me. I got DannyTiet. I am pleased with that. Stephanie got stephs with my help :P. We got what we wanted. So in the end we win.

And thats that. This blog post is over.

E-Books

So I picked up reading e-books. I am not quite sure why, but it is something more productive I can do with my time than play games. I just started, so I am on page 26 of How to Sleep and Have More Energy. I learned a few random things so far. Such as our body fluctuates 3 degrees throughout the day. Colder when you're sleepy and warmer when you have more energy and are more awake. Most people have the most energy around 6 or 7 PM.

So I hope to finish this one soon and start another one. All I need is a Kindle. That would make reading so much easier than flipping my laptop so it is in portrait mode. I don't really do that though because it is too big to do that...

Consumerist Links

CD Order Confirmation
I wish I got these :(

Best Fast Food Burgers
Some good info

Back to work.

I Want To....

Redesign my blog again. The layout isn't really the most flowing of em all. I'll come up with ideas sometime. I kinda have a general idea but its still in the rough.

Now where is my sketchbook......

J.R. Tucker's Class of 2009 Panorama

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A panorama from the seat I was in.

Some Consumerist Links

Mmmm Mouse Bread
So this guy in Ireland found a baked in rodent in his bread. Strangely enough, he didn't get any form of compensation.

Slim Jim Factory Goes Boom!
A Slim Jim factory in Raleigh exploded the other day killing three people and treating several people for toxic fumes and such.

Irony
FDA issued a statement against Clarcon because their products contain bacteria that can cause certain diseases and sicknesses. Ironically they also distribute hand sanitizer and skin protecting products.

Just Out of Hunger

Lifehacker has been doing segments on food all week. They are posting the top 5 healthiest and 5 least healthy foods at some popular fast food chains.

McDonald's via Lifehacker
Healthiest:
1. The Classic Hamburger
2. Grilled Ranch Snack Wrap
3. Chicken McNuggets 6pc.
4. Southwest Salad with Grilled Chicken
5. Filet-O-Fish

Unhealthiest:
1. Triple Thick Chocolate Shake
2. Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese
3. Chicken Selects 5pc.
4. Grilled Chicken Club
5. Big Mac

Wendy's via Lifehacker
Healthiest:
1. Small Chili
2. Jr. Cheeseburger
3. Ultimate Chicken Grill Sandwich
4. Chicken Caesar Salad
5. Double Stack

Unhealthiest:
1. Triple Burger with Everything and Cheese
2. The Baconator
3. Chicken BLT Salad
4. Southwest Taco Salad
5. Chicken Club Sandwich


Mmm I can feel my arteries clogging with deliciousness now.

Morning Links While I Am Sitting At Work

Deadly Flashlight via Consumerist
Apparently this little flashlight requires you to wear goggles....and give you cancer. Yay for lead paint covered things.

Spend More and Not Think About It at Restaurants via Consumerist
Taking off the dollar sign in restaurant menus makes you break the association with price and food.

Google Analytics Part 2

So after reading up on a lot of Google Analytic's reports, it all makes a lot more sense to me now. I have learned a lot of things just by watching segments of seminars and reading about the different reports. Sounds nerdy I know, but for web developing, it is rather useful.

So for a blog, I won't get the greatest results, but the type of site really determines some of my stats. Such as my bounce rate. It is absurdly high, but then again, how often will someone view another page of posts or click on a post to just view the single post itself.

I feel like a more educated person. Let me apply my knowledge now.

Rhino Virus

More commonly known as the common cold has struck me slightly, but hit Stephanie hard. So now I am at Steph's taking care of her. She is sleeping after I gave her some Dimetapp. It may say children's, but it hits you hard as an adult. I pulled out the Vicks Vaporizer with the Vaposteam stuff in it. It smells menthol-ly in here now.

Yesterday I went to my cousin's grad party. I knew a few of his friends, but I didn't know them know them. Played some soccer on my bum knee and had some graduation cake.

Today I worked for 127tech. Had a Cap One move. Sam and Kevin were there so I talked to them since I hadn't seen them in a while. Good catching up with them.

Anyways I'll post a more interesting update sometime. Sounds like someone is waking up behind me.

VCU Security Breach

Yay my V number and such may have been on the machine stolen from VCU. Alas. Check your VCU mail anywhere to see if you got the memo.

Gran Turismo 5

I want....

It looks so damn real! This is why I would get a PS3.

Google Analytics

It confuses me ever so much. I need to read some tutorial on how to use the web app. Anyone got any pointers?

The IT Crowd

Being a nerd n all, this show is rather funny. It is a British comedy about a company's IT crowd and their lives. They are done with their third season now. The antics they go through are so funny. You just gotta watch it. Also a lot of nerd jokes are thrown around and I tend to laugh at them.

NBC was supposed to do an American spin off of it, but it never aired sadly. Oh well. Youtube gives me plenty to watch about the show.
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Anyway, been working my usual shifts lately. I like this job because it is rather easy and laid back. I gotta say though, I am a pro and disconnecting and reconnecting PC's and making them look neat. Good ol' 127tech for three years got me there. :P I am like lightning with those cables haha.
I gotta get used to working a regular schedule now though. I tend to be more tired in the afternoons now. Maybe it is the lack of daylight I see inside the buildings and the basement of the Grace building.
I also need to find something to do for the weekends that pay me. I need some dinero and I need it now.
Let's see what else is there to talk about....I recently fixed up my cousin's computer. It had so much malware on it. Ew. So many update/security bypasses on it.

Hmm well I am fresh out of ideas. Back to the IT Crowd.

The Lion King

Such a great movie. The intro is rather great too. Just a guy screaming NAHHHHHHH and some other sounds that I can't put into onomatopoeia. Just hear it for yourself:

I Love To Sing'a

I loved this cartoon as a child! It was such a catchy song then, and it still is now!

I heard this song on the indie station based in Charlottesville. I like the end more than anything else in this song, but what else I saw in this video blew my mind!

THE MELODICA! First the keytar, now this?! Crazy crazy crazy. It looks interesting though, I wonder what it would be like to play it.

Man Utd. and My Web Identity

So I have expanded to 4/5 pages of Google results. Of course not all about me, but its a good presence. There is one link about Manchester United fans in Vietnam. Funny thing is though, I don't like Manchester United. Go Barcelona!