Wii Fit

Ok. Becky and I have an affinity for getting the latest and greatest gadgets.

Our latest and greatest addition is of course...














We both got set up and we each messed around with a few activities for about half an hour.
But, oh yeah, it's pretty slick. Even though this is really just a fancy bluetooth scale. I tried doing one of the strength training exercises, the push-up. Even though there were only 6 reps, it still whooped my ass. Finally, Wii Fit calculates your "Wii Fit age". I'm 45...I guess I'll have to work on that.

Trader Joe's

Yesterday, Becky went to Clayton NC for a party at her sister's and afterward, she went to Trader Joe's to check out their stuff.
While she was there she bought me some of their brand beer, Frugal Joe's Ordinary Beer. And well, that is what it is. Plain 'ole light beer. It's not bad. Price is typical of a cheaper micro-brew, about $5 and some change.

Tent cat will ambush you.

So about a week ago Evan got a play tent and we put it in his room. The funny part of this is that Lucy spends more time in it than Evan does and has turned it into her new lair...

Where's my stuff?

Well, I've really gone against Chad Warden's advice and ordered a 360 and not the PS "triple".
if you don't know who this guy is check this out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25LceCPO1ys

(this guy created a MAJOR commotion on the youtube with this vid)

So, we got a Wii and now we're gettin' the new Xbox with the HDMI AND hard drive.

The part that angers me though is I ordered on Sunday and it Amazon waited to ship until today. Not cool. I ordered a HDMI cable from Amazon on the same order and it come today.

Now all I need is an Xbox...

Organic beer

Yes, there is organic beer. This particular brand is not even that expensive. A six pack costs $4.99 and it sure beats the "macrobrew" stuff. I wont name the store we get it from, but I will say you need to use a VIC card there. The color is a little darker than is should be. I tried taking it without a flash, but it turned out blurry.

Blogging again.

Ok, I figure I'm long overdue for a blog...
2008 is here and there have been a few changes. I am now a permanent employee at ECU; I'm off probation now! The Mustang is GONE. I sold it. It was getting tiresome. I like the car, it wasn't quite "modern" enough for me... most notably no keyless entry and no cup holders. I shoulda got a '94 or '95 - last of the 5.0's or better yet, I probably could of found an older Mustang Cobra. Oh well, can't have it all. But literally, I sold my car in ONE DAY. I listed it on craigslist at lunch on a Friday and a guy came with cash money Friday night. I made him wait a couple days before I handed the keys over to him since I hadn't gotten a new car yet. I got a 2008 Honda Civic LX four door. I'd post a picture, but well, its a Civic. I see new ones around town all the time. I really wanted a Civic Si sedan, but they a bit out of budget. I keep joking with Becky that the civic needs about 400 horsepower and then I would be happy with it. But at least I got the 5 speed, so that makes the car a little less boring. But now I have a car that get about 24 mpg in town instead of 13. Big improvement.

Changing the subject, I installed Vista on my computer at the beginning of the year. I was able to get a legit copy of Vista Business last semester for 25 bucks, so I figured I'd take the plunge. So far, its worked pretty good. I have found some stuff that doesn't work with Vista.

Then, this week, Becky and I each got a new toy... new cell phones. We bought them straight out from Motorola. It wasn't as cheap as getting them from US Cellular, but then we aren't locked in another 2 year contract...like thats a big deal. They are nifty little mp3 phone that came with a 512 meg AND a 1 gig micro sd card. It even has a real headphone jack for whatever headphones you like. My only complaint is that all these phones nowadays are "pocket phones"... no clip/hoster/case is included. I bought a cheap holder from the store where got them activated at, but I hate it. We both had Razr's previously and I had found a nice leather case from Best Buy that worked really good. I found something on Amazon similar to my old holder that maybe I won't hate. I hope it comes soon...

Hot damn.

Its about time to update my blog again. I figured now would be about as good a time as any.
I've been using excite a looong time for one of my email accounts. Of course I have the others : hotmail, yahoo, gmail, my ISP, ECU...the list is big. I seem to prefer excite as my "main" address for ordering online.
Anyways, I think I found an interesting glitch on "my" Excite main page regarding current temperature. It was 117 degrees today in Greenville and I got the screen shot to prove it, so it must be true. Ha! Now thats technology at it's best.

Search engines

So, its been a while since I posted.
Summer is just about "over"; school is starting real soon.

Anyways, it hit me tonight... I think I will search for myself on Google. Its been a while. I never get an exact match. But now that is over. Thanks to ECU, I'm part of the "index". I even checked Yahoo. Yup, I'm there too. I don't know if I should be afraid or not.

Homework

Ok.
This is for an assignment for one of my summer classes. I am supposed to find 3 blogs and post them in my blog.

I'm an on again and off again blogger, so I don't typically read many blogs. So here are my three:

1. crave.cnet.com - this is a relatively new blog from c|net about all kinds of technology that will never be available in real life and when it does, I could never afford it. Cool stuff.

2. www.gizmodo.com - another technology blog featuring "bleeding edge" stuff. I know these folks were on the map before crave.

3. www.teslamotors.com/blogs.php - If you haven't heard of the Tesla Roadster, shame on you! It's electric, its designed by and built from Lotus parts, and it would put my ol' 5.0 to shame. It's definitely not cheap. They are raising the price from $92k to $98,000. Ouch. I just wonder how a/c works in an all electric vehicle when the heat index is like 105. Hmmm...

On the road.

Well, I finally got to ride on public roads last night again. I rode to do a computer job and drop off some rented movies and Wii games. The majority of my riding had been around my neighborhood. According to the owners manual the motor should not exceed 5,500 rpm for the first 500 miles. The odometer is showing 25 miles now. Actually I'm sure that all the low speed, stop and go riding is doing good to break the motor in right. I had the urge to take some pictures, so I decided to take one under the worst conditions I could take one; at night in our garage lit by a single 4o watt bulb. Luckily the camera did a good job of helping me out.