Archive for May, 2004

May 8th, 2004

Can you run 154 miles in 24 hours?

Yes, run. Not drive, or bike, or get towed. Running. Recently a guy beat the world record for running the most miles in a single day. He collapsed 8 minutes before 24 hours, and had 1/3 mile left to beat the record. Got himself up and beat the record by 5/16th of a mile. 154 [...]

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May 8th, 2004

Two Hobbies in One

Yes I’m a geek. Bear with me: By the end of this month I hope to have a computer hardwired into my car. Yes a full size computer, with a processor a gig of ram, Windows XP, and sporting a 180 GB HDD. 7″ LCD Touchscreen, Custom Mount, Wireless Network Card, Verizon PCI card, Wireless [...]

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May 8th, 2004

A Real Convo

“Hi, can I get a milkshake?” “Sure. What kind?” “What types are there?” She motioned to a board around the corner without turning her head. “All those flavors.” I didn’t bother looking. “Chocolate?” “Okay. Do you want yogurt or ice cream?” After pausing briefly: “What’s the difference?” “Well, one is fat, the other is non-fat,” [...]

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May 2nd, 2004

Laptop Keyboard – This post is a waste of your time.

Typing on a laptop is ridiculously fun. I really need to get a keyboard for my regular computer that types like this. This short clicky clicky feeling is great for typing at high speeds. This is a totally pointless entry except that I got to type it on my really short clicky clicky keyboard. Speaking [...]

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May 2nd, 2004

Pills are Evil

I put the owl-shaped vitamin in my mouth, took a drink of water, tilted my head back, and attempted to swallow. But the vitamin, almost the size of my pinky, wouldn’t go down. After spitting and swearing, I grabbed the container to make sure that they were, in fact, children’s vitamins, because I was wondering [...]

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May 1st, 2004

V1 Installed

Got the Valentine1 installed and hardwired. I tried mounting the V1 remote display, into the AC vent on the driver side. I messed up a lot, but I have a rough idea of what I did wrong. Going to go the dealer or a junk yard on Monday, and picking up another vent to redo [...]

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