D00rky D00r Lock

ok, ok, ok. Before you read this you MUST know that I am a HUGE geek. Giant, if its electronic and cool, I will either have it or want it, unless it sux. Well, this does not SUCK! What is it you might ask? Well its a RFID Digital Door Lock. Its like the security badges that you have when you work for a bigger company.

Pretty sweet. I would check out the details of the thing and read about it if I were you. I must say it looks rather impressive.

My New Desktop

Thanks to my buddy Brian, I have an all new desktop. All of those spiffy little "widgets" that you see are part of a killller program called Konfabulator! so basically what you are seeing is what OSX Tiger has implimented called the Dashboard.

It gives you a whole slew (i have been waiting a long time to get "slew" into a post) of downloadable widgets. At present time I have a to do list, a weather one, a clock, a Simpsons Quoter, a power button, and of course a mini ip reader.

They have all provided me with some helpful information, and i hope that I will be able to find more of them that are pertinant to what I do on a daily basis. I highly recomend that you download the program and play with it as much as you can!

Santa Cruz

This picture was taken while walking on the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, CA. It was after a long day of cruizin up and down the boardwalk. It really was a great day. Tara and I went to celebrate 5 months together. I am still lucky to have her in my life.

She will tell you the picture is terrible, but I would disagree. We found a place that sells Salt Water Taffy, its really good. And we got me some new Reef Sandlals. If you don't know what they are then man you gotta get yourself a pair. They are the most comfortable sandals in the world! Squishy and the last pair that I had I had for over 8 years. Well worth the 21.95 they cost at a shop on the boardwalk.

OH D00d this is Awesome!

I must be the luckiest person on the face of the freakin planet! Check out what I got for my 5 month anniversary present. Its the Giants Batting practice jersy, that is personallized. Its got my number and my name on it. This lady that I have is truly incredible.

In case ya'll didn't know I am a huge baseball fan. I love the Giants, even though they are not having the best of seasons right now. It will be great if they were doing better, but I will always be a fan. I showed Tara that I liked the jersey cause it matched my hat that I bought a couple of years ago when the Giants were in the Playoff's. I bought it as a lucky hat, which hasn't worked yet, but of course it nabbed me her, and she thinks I look cute in it.

This may be one of the best presents that I have ever recieved. Not just because of what it is, which puts it pretty damn high up there, but also because of the thought that went into it. She cares so much. I am honored, and this will be the outfit I wear to the Giants v Dodgers game in September! D00d this just rules!

The Answer, and more. . .

As I am sure most of you know, the answer to life, the universe and everything is 42. It just so hapens that my new address is 42. Let me tell you something that ROCKS! It isn't just because its from a horrifying movie that was a bit of a discrace to all those who have read Sir Douglas's books, but because its about freakin time that I found it.

Just to the left of that numbered sign resides the most incredible woman that I have ever met. Truly the answer to everything that I had been searching for before this. What a killer coincidence.

Dream Job

I don't know how many of you have acutally seen this show or not, but it is quite amazing. Its on the Discovery Channel and its called MythBusters. Basically its a couple of guys who used to do special effects for a living, who had too much free time on thier hands. They find out a myth, and try to bust it.

Everything from Finding a Needle in a Haystack, to leaving a pilot light on when doing a roach bomb. These guys get to blow things up, play with heavy machinery and then blow up the heavy machinery. It really does look like a dream job for a geek. If you haven't seen the show yet, you really should give it a chance!

Plates

Ok, so I was at CostPlus World Importers and they had these plates. They are freakin awesome looking. I have absoluetly no idea what they mean or anything, but man they are awesome. I hope that someday we can afford them, but 8 bucks a plate seems a little much.

I suppose I should ask my parents to bring me something like these from Japan. I hope they have something like it there, who knows. I can only hope, but they have lots of them at CostPlus, they are cool as hell, white ones, black ones, all sorts of different shapes and sizes, bowls everything. I am hooked! I love that place.

Not even to mention the 1/2 hour I spent in the beer section, just looking and reading labels, but that is a different story for a different time.

Boating Hurts

Let me tell you something. Boating is fun. Boating is exciting, Boating HURTS! We went out to Lake Don Pedro on Sunday the 3rd of July, and rode around on a boat for hours and hours. It was great fun, and turned out to be a grand adventure.

We started early in the morning, had no troubles launching the thing, got out going and swam a bit. Then we decided to get our friend Shannon out on her WaterSki. Took us a few times, but we really got her going for a while. It was a lot of fun. Then we took Savannah out on the tube, with me and Tara, then Tara went by herself, then me.

Here is a small piece of advice. Don't sit in an innertube. Just hold on. If you sit on an innertube, and are a boy, its like you are basicallly sitting directly on the water. Just a thin film of canvas separating your most precious of parts from the harsness that is the water. Plus I got dumped on my head. My ears still feel weird.

Eventually we stopped and had something to eat. Mostly because the engine wouldn't start. We waited about an hour and tried again, no luck. We ended up floating toward a house boat. The people on it were very nice. Helped us figure out how to use the trolling motor. We took off at the amazing speed of 3 miles per hour. 2 hours later, the steering on the troll went out. I had to manually steer the thing as it was loosing power, we did manage to flag some people down who were nice enough to tow us to a dock. We had to wait at the dock for a couple more hours while we got the truck over to pull us out of the water.

Still, I am very glad that I went. No way to learn like Trial by Fire! I learned a lot that day. Sunscreen helps, but doesn't prevent everything, and man oh man am I sore!

Angie, my Bud!

Last night me and Tara got to hang out with the friend of ours that set us up. We are extreeemly grateful for that. It was a little wierd because it was the first time that she has seen us together since the first weekend that we met. But all was good. She spoiled Tara more than I do. Sheesh, who know someone needed that many clothes!

Its OK cause Tara deserves it. She brought her niece with her last night, what a darling little girl. Talks a bit, and the more you are around her the more you understand. What seemed strange though is how facinated with the candle that Tara keeps in the bathroom. It was lit, and all the little one could say was "oooh light". She wanted everyone to go look at it and explain it to her. We were all tired and didn't really want to get up so that she could walk us up the stairs.

Still the whole point of this post, was simple. It looks like to me Angie is ready to hvae little ones of her own. I guess she has been spending a lot of time with her Brother's kids. But she is very caring, and has a watchful eye that I have not seen in her before. I know she wants to have them. Maybe she is more ready than she thinks?